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Randolph High School class, Randolph, Kansas

Date: Between 1924 and 1925

A photograph showing students and teacher at Randolph High School, Randolph, Kansas. Some students identified are Eckdal (far left), Molene (second from left), Pauline Newby (fourth from left), Bloomberg (far…

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Randolph High School, Randolph, Kansas

Date: Between 1920 and 1929

An interior view of Randolph High School showing students and teachers, Randolph, Kansas. John Matchett is seated in the third row from the back and far right.

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Martha Van Orsdol Shaw Farnsworth

Date: Between 1880 and 1900

This is an image of Martha Van Orsdol Shaw Farnsworth as a young woman. She grew up in Winfield and moved to Silver Lake and then Topeka. She married John…

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John Lewis Waller

Date: Between 1887 and 1888

This sepia colored cabinet card shows John Lewis Waller, 1850-1907. Born into slavery, Waller overcame his humble beginnings to become an accomplished lawyer, journalist, politician and diplomat. He migrated to…

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James Frazier Legate

Date: Between 1889 and 1890

This cabinet card shows James Frazier Legate,(1829-1902). A politician from Leavenworth, Kansas, Legate began his political career, in 1861, when he was elected to the first House of Representatives under…

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James Frazier Legate

Date: Between 1890 and 1902

This cabinet card shows James Frazier Legate,(1829-1902). A politician from Leavenworth, Kansas, Legate began his political career in 1861, when he was elected to the first House of Representatives under…

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George Seanor Robb and Stanley T. Adams

Date: Between 1954 and 1956

A photograph of George Seanor Robb and Lt. Stanley Adams, both Congressional Medal of Honor winners. Robb from Assaria, Kansas, entered the army in 1917 after graduating from Columbia University…

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George Seanor Robb

Date: Between 1917 and 1918

A portrait of George Seanor Robb, Purple Heart and Congressional Medal of Honor winner, from Assaria, Kansas. He entered the Army in 1917 after graduating from Columbia University and teaching…

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James Frazier Legate

Date: Between 1880 and 1885

This cabinet card shows James Frazier Legate,(1829-1902). A politician from Leavenworth, Kansas, Legate began his political career in 1861 when he was elected to the first House of Representatives under…

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Joseph Parks

Date: Between 1850 and 1854

A portrait of Captain Joseph Parks, Shawnee Indian Chief, who moved from Ohio with other Shawnee Indians to Kansas Territory in 1833. He served as an interpreter and agent for…

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Chauncey Belden Whitney

Date: Between 1868 and 1873

A portrait of Chauncey Belden Whitney, an early Ellsworth County settler and law enforcement officer. He served as Ellsworth County Sheriff 1871-1873; Under Sheriff, 1870; Ellsworth Township Constable, 1867-1873; and…

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George D. Brewer

Date: Between 1914 and 1916

This black and white photograph shows George D. Brewer. An active member of the Socialist Party in Crawford County, Kansas, Brewer served as the leading journalist for the party’s newspapers…

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Industrial Workers of the World

Date: July 24, 1920

This political cartoon shows the invasion of the Wobblies in a Kansas wheat field. The illustration was based on the June 24, 1920 I.W.W. District Court case in Butler, Kansas,…