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Jacob Valentine Schleigh

Date: Between 1900 and 1915

This is a postcard photograph showing Jacob Valentine Schleigh at his sawmill, Beattie, Kansas.

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Jacob Valentine Schleigh

Date: Between 1900 and 1915

This is a postcard photograph showing Jacob Valentine Schleigh at his sawmill in Beattie, Kansas.

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Saw mill, Beattie, Kansas

Date: Between 1900 and 1915

This photograph shows the Schleigh saw mill, Beattie, Kansas. Visible in the photograph are Jacob Valentine and Mary Ellen Schleigh, and their grandson John Matchett.

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Topeka High School, Topeka, Kansas

Date: 1932

An exterior view taken from south of Topeka High School, 800 SW 10th Street, Topeka, Kansas. The school was designed by architects Thomas Williamson and Ted Greist and completed in…

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Topeka High School, Topeka, Kansas

Date: Between 1932 and 1939

An exterior view of Topeka High School, 800 SW 10th Street, Topeka, Kansas. It was designed by architects Thomas Williamson and Ted Greist and completed in 1931. The building features…

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Richard Josiah Hinton

Date: Between 1890 and 1900

A sepia colored portrait of Richard Josiah Hinton, 1830-1901. Hinton a New York journalist and an anti-slavery advocate moved to the Kansas territory, in June of 1856, to battle against…

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Anti-war rally, Topeka, Kansas

Date: May 13, 1970

This black and white photograph shows students at an anti-war rally on the grounds of the capitol in Topeka, Kansas. The peaceful demonstration was attended by about 1,200 college students…

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Anti-war rally, Topeka, Kansas

Date: May 13, 1970

This black and white photograph shows a crowd of people at an anti-war rally on the steps of the capitol in Topeka, Kansas. The peaceful demonstration attended by about 1,200…

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Governor Robert Docking

Date: May 13, 1970

This black and white photograph shows Kansas Governor Robert Docking accepting petitions from college students during an anti-war rally on the steps of the state capitol in Topeka, Kansas. The…

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Governor Robert Docking

Date: May 13, 1970

This black and white photograph shows Kansas Governor Robert Docking accepting petitions during an anti-war rally on the steps of the state capitol in Topeka, Kansas. The peaceful demonstration lead…

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Governor Robert Docking

Date: May 13, 1970

This black and white photographs shows Kansas Governor Robert Docking during an anti-war rally on the steps of the capitol in Topeka, Kansas. The governor spoke before a crowd of…

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Governor Robert Docking

Date: May 13, 1970

This black and white photographs shows Kansas Governor Robert Docking with a man during an anti-war rally on the steps of the capitol in Topeka, Kansas. The governor spoke before…

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Anti-war rally,Topeka, Kansas

Date: May 13, 1970

This black and white photograph shows an anti-war rally on the steps of the state capitol in Topeka, Kansas. In the background, a banner reads “Pleading Kansas”. The peaceful demonstration…

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Martha Van Orsdol Shaw Farnsworth

Date: Between 1900 and 1915

This is a photograph of Martha Van Orsdol Shaw Farnsworth in middle age. She grew up in Winfield and moved to Silver Lake and then Topeka. She married John W.…

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Fred Farnsworth

Date: Between 1880 and 1900

Fred Farnsworth worked for the U. S. Post Office and this image shows him in uniform. In 1894, he married Martha Van Orsdol Shaw, who had been recently widowed. Martha’s…

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Randolph band, Randolph, Kansas

Date: Between 1920 and 1929

A photograph of the Randolph band posed at a bandstand, Randolph, Kansas. Fred J. Newman is standing at the bottom of the steps holding a baritone.