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Alfred “Alf” Mossman Landon

Date: 1936

An informal portrait of Kansas governor Alfred “Alf” Mossman Landon, campaigning for President of the United States from a rail car in Canton, Ohio. Landon lost the 1936 presidential election…

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Sunflower Ordnance Works float

Date: Between 1941 and 1948

This black and white photograph shows a group of female employees from the Sunflower Ordnance Works Plant during a parade in Topeka, Kansas. The Sunflower Ordnance Works Plant, established at…

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Hercules drivers, De Soto, Kansas

Date: Between 1941 and 1948

A view of three women drivers employed by Hercules Powder Company from the Sunflower Ordinance Works plant in De Soto, Kansas. The plant, established in 1941, was the world’s largest…

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Skelly gasoline station, Marysville, Kansas

Date: July 11, 1930

This is a nighttime view of a Skelly Oil Company gasoline station located at 12th and Center Streets in Marysville, Kansas. Also visible are pumps and signs for gasoline and…

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Arbuthnot Motor Company, Marysville, Kansas

Date: December 13, 1927

This is a view of men inspecting the first Model A Ford in the Arbuthnot Motor Company showroom located at 709 Broadway in Marysville, Kansas. Advertisements for other Ford models…

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Arbuthnot Motor Company, Marysville, Kansas

Date: December 13, 1927

This is a view of people looking at advertisements for new Ford automobiles and trucks at the Arbuthnot Motor Company showroom at 709 Broadway in Marysville, Kansas. The advertisements provide…

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Man with monkey, Marysville, Kansas

Date: July, 1926

This is a photograph of a man with a monkey in front of Thompson’s Ice Cream Factory at 204 North 6th Street in Marysville, Kansas. Thompson’s gave the monkey as…

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Adolph Duever farm near Bremen, Kansas

Date: March 27, 1929

This is a view of people and dairy cattle on the Adolph Duever farm near Bremen, Kansas. A man and woman are each posed with cows, and a second woman…

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A & B Drug Company, Marysville, Kansas

Date: October 23, 1931

This is a view of the soda fountain counter and pedestal stool seats at the A & B Drug Company located at 905 Broadway Street in Marysville, Kansas. The fountain’s…

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Robert Russell Whittaker

Date: Between 1978 and 1988

A portrait of Robert “Bob” Russell Whittaker, a resident of Augusta, Kansas, who served in the Kansas House of Representatives from 1974 to 1977. In 1978, he was elected to…

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Brunswick Billiard Hall, Marysville, Kansas

Date: February 11, 1942

This is a view of a bartender serving beer to customers in the Brunswick Billiard Hall’s bar in Marysville, Kansas. People in the photograph are identified (left to right) as:…

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Larry Winn

Date: Between 1970 and 1980

This black and white photograph shows Edward Lawrence “Larry” Winn, Jr.. He began his political career when was successfully elected in 1966, to the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas’…

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Schill residence, Beattie, Kansas

Date: January 31, 1945

This is a view of two boys seated in the living room of Joe and Gertrude Schill’s residence in Beattie, Kansas. A hand-crank telephone is visible on the wall between…

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Chrysler automobile, Marysville, Kansas

Date: September 7, 1929

This is a view of a young boy and a man looking at their new Chrysler automobile which is parked in front of the Lipscomb Blocker Motor Company at 704…

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Chrysler automobile, Marysville, Kansas

Date: September 7, 1929

This is an informal portrait of a man and a boy, dressed as a chauffeur, seated on the bumper of a new Chrysler automobile parked in front of the Lipscomb…

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Folberg Tire Store, Clay Center, Kansas

Date: October 8, 1929

View of four men and a woman standing in front of the Folberg Tire Store in Clay Center, Kansas. Firestone tires are displayed in the window and in front of…

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Display window, Marysville, Kansas

Date: August 16, 1927

This is a nighttime view of a lighted window display at the Ingalsbe Drug Store at 721 Broadway in Marysville, Kansas. Loving cups, advertisements, and photographs of parade floats are…

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Pie eating contest, Marysville, Kansas

Date: Between 1920 and 1925

This photograph shows nearly two dozen young boys competing in a pie eating contest, on a table constructed of boards and saw horses, at the Marysville Country Club, just north…

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Baseball team, Marysville, Kansas

Date: 1930

This photograph shows the managers and members of the Athletic Club baseball team of Marysville, Kansas, posed in their uniforms on the city’s baseball field. The members of the team…