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Alan, Fannie and Jack Wisman

Date: 1975

An informal portrait of Alan, Fannie, and Jack Wisman at their Army Surplus store located at 626 South Kansas Avenue in Topeka, Kansas.

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Flood in Topeka, Kansas

Date: July 14, 1951

A photo showing a house in the 400 block of east First Street flooded by the Kansas River, Topeka, Kansas. When this photograph was taken, the river was 35.2 feet…

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Flood in Topeka, Kansas

Date: July 14, 1951

A photograph of the Texaco Service Station, East Crane & Quincy, Topeka, Kansas, during the 1951 flood. The Kansas River was at 35.2 feet.

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Flood in Topeka, Kansas

Date: July 13, 1951

A photograph looking east down the Kansas River during the 1951 flood, Topeka, Kansas. The Kansas River is at 36.27 feet.

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Flood in Topeka, Kansas

Date: July 13, 1951

An aerial photograph showing Little Russia during the 1951 flood, Topeka, Kansas. The Kansas River is at 36.27 feet.

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Flood in Topeka, Kansas

Date: July 12, 1951

An aerial photograph looking northeast at the Santa Fe Bridge showing the Kansas River during the 1951 flood, Topeka, Kansas. The Kansas River was at 33.5 feet.

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Canning kitchen, Wichita, Kansas

Date: 1934

This photograph shows workers at a Wichita, Kansas canning kitchen preparing meat that will be canned and distributed as part of the Kansas Emergency Relief Committee (KERC).

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Jack rabbit roundup near Liberal

Date: 1935

This photograph by C. A. Smith depicts only a small section of the territory covered in a jack rabbit drive near Liberal, Seward County, during the Dust Bowl. Jack rabbits…

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Western Kansas jack rabbit roundup

Date: 1935

This photograph, taken by C. A. Smith near Liberal, Kansas, depicts the crowds preparing to round up jack rabbits who had been devastating what little crops had managed to survive…

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Dust storm in Topeka, Kansas

Date: March 20, 1935

Although Topeka lay outside the area affected most by the Dust Bowl, residents of Topeka did suffer from blinding dust storms. This photograph depicts a particularly fierce storm that hit…

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Flood, Topeka, Kansas

Date: July 12, 1951

An aerial view showing the Kansas River flood waters around the Union Pacific Depot, Topeka, Kansas. At the time this photograph was taken, the river was 33.5 feet high.

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Cannon and soldiers, Fort Riley, Kansas

Date: Between 1870 and 1880

A view of a cannon and soldiers at Fort Riley, Kansas. Fort Riley was established as a military post in 1853 to protect people and trade along the Oregon-California and…

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Flood, Topeka, Kansas

Date: July 12, 1951

An aerial view showing the Kansas River flood waters around the Seaman High School District, North Topeka, Kansas. When this photograph was taken, the river was at 33.5 feet.

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Flood, Topeka, Kansas

Date: July 11, 1951

An aerial view looking to the south from North Topeka, across the Kansas River, Topeka, Kansas. When this photograph was taken, the river measured 31.5 feet.

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Old Dutch Mill, Marysville, Kansas

Date: August 19, 1928

This is a view of the Dutch Mill service station in Marysville, Kansas. The station, which was managed by J. H. Reynolds, sold Red Crown Gasoline and included a lunch…

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War between rum and religion

Date: March 1, 1901

An illustration portraying a caricature of Carry Amelia Nation leading a mob against a beleaguered saloon keeper who is defended by bible scripture in support of wine and drinking. Nation…

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Kansas State Penitentiary

Date: Between 1920 and 1929

This photograph shows guards in formation holding their rifles, at the Kansas State Penitentiary, Lansing, Kansas.

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Kansas State Penitentiary

Date: Between 1920 and 1929

These inmates are working on a construction project at the Kansas State Penitentiary, Lansing, Kansas.

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Kansas State Penitentiary

Date: Between 1920 and 1929

This photograph shows inmates working at the brick plant, Kansas State Penitentiary, Lansing, Kansas.