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Wyandotte County, Kansas

Date: 1869

A lithograph published by Merchants Lithograph Co., of Chicago, Illinois, depicts Wyandotte County, Kansas in 1869. The lithograph provides a “bird’s eye view” of the streets and buildings within Wyandotte…

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Shawnee Methodist Mission, Fairway, Kansas

Date: 1854

An illustration of Governor Andrew Reeder’s residence at the Shawnee Methodist Mission in Johnson County, Kansas. When Kansas became a territory in 1854 this building became the first home to…

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Sarah Davis Johnson

Date: Between 1842 and 1854

A portrait illustration of Sarah Davis Johnson, wife of Rev.Thomas Johnson who was the supervisor of the Shawnee Methodist Mission, Johnson County, Kansas.

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Kansas City, Missouri

Date: Between 1854 and 1860

A stereograph of an early view of Kansas City, Missouri, from the county court house.

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St.Joseph, Missouri

Date: 1854

An illustration of an early view of St. Joseph, Missouri, taken from the book United States Illustrated: In views of City and Country by Charles A. Dana.

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First grade class at State Street School, Topeka

Date: January 27, 1955-January 28, 1955

This photograph shows the first grade class at State Street Elementary School, taught by Miss Hunt. It was taken shortly after Topeka elementary schools were racially integrated in the wake…

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Frank Clifton German

Date: Between 1890 and 1899

Oversize drawing of Frank Clifton German, son of Frank Logan and Dora Hesser German, taken as a child.

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Drought relief cattle in Kansas City stockyards

Date: May 1, 1935

This photograph captures one of the hardships faced by families during the Dust Bowl–starving cattle. It was taken in Kansas City, Kansas, by the Kansas Emergency Relief Committee, a state…

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Colton’s Kansas and Nebraska map

Date: 1863

An 1863 version of Colton’s Kansas and Nebraska map, 1855. It shows the eastern portions of Kansas and Nebraska including rivers, creeks, trails, roads, railroads, forts, towns, and counties.

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Victims of Quantrill’s raid

Date: Between 1861 and 1864

A composite of portraits showing Dr. J. F. Griswold, Harlow W. Baker, Josiah Trask, and Simeon Montgomery Thorp. These men were victims of Quantrill’s raid in Lawrence, Kansas. It was…

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Harlow W. Baker

Date: Between 1900 and 1904

A portrait of Harlow W. Baker, a resident and merchant in Lawrence, Kansas. He and Peter D. Ridenour were partners in a grocery business.

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Charles F. Coleman

Date: Between 1861 and 1864

This is a portrait of Captain Charles F. Coleman, a member of Company D, 9th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry.

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Simeon Montgomery Thorp

Date: 1862

A portrait of Simeon Montgomery Thorp, who resided in Lawrence, Kansas, and was State Superintendent of Public Instruction. He served as Kansas State Senator in 1863. In that same year,…

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Children working in Kansas beet fields

Date: 1922

This photograph shows children working in a Kansas beet field. According to the notation on the back of the photograph, this image appeared in William H. Cape’s thesis, Child Labor…

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Theodore Roosevelt Schellenberg

Date: 1960

A portrait of Theodore Roosevelt Schellenberg, 1903-1970, taken at the Barker History Center at the University of Texas in Austin. Born in Harvey County, Kansas, Schellenberg received both his A.B.…

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Eureka, Kansas

Date: 1887

This black and white photograph shows a view looking north of a buggy and a wagon on main street in Eureka, Kansas. The town is located in the Flint Hills…