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Steamboat Aunt Sally

Date: July 04, 1878

Photograph of a large group of people on the steamboat “Aunt Sally” docked on the Arkansas River in Arkansas City, Kansas.

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Star automobile

Date: Between 1923 and 1925

A view of N. C. Arnold and Alva McEwen fixing a flat tire on a Star automobile during a Sunday drive to Manhattan, Kansas.

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Smith automobile

Date: 1906

Photo of the Dr. Sam Lyman family in a Smith automobile, unknown location

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Stafford automobile

Date: 1907

Photo of Alonzo & Annie Thomas sitting in a Stafford automobile built by Terry Stafford, unknown location.

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Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kansas

Date: Between 1887 and 1909

A group of Haskell Institute students in Lawrence, Kansas. The school provided vocational education to their Native American students at the elementary and secondary level.

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Railroad line map of the State of Kansas

Date: Between 1866 and 1867

The map illustrates the rail lines of the Union Pacific Railroad to Denver, Colorado; the Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railroad; and Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Railroad through the eastern…

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Warner and Boeger family automobiles

Date: Between 1906 and 1908

Photograph of Dr. Warner and family and Paul Boeger and family in separate cars, probably Clay County, Kansas. The automobiles are most likely Model G Mitchell Roadsters.

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University of Iowa mascot “Herky” the hawk

Date: Between 1950 and 1960

This black and white photograph shows the University of Iowa band members with their mascot “Herky” the hawk and a block of Mississippi river ice boarding an Atchison, Topeka &…

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University of Iowa band members

Date: Between 1950 and 1960

This black and white photograph shows a cake of Mississippi River ice being presented to officials from the Tournament of Roses parade by Mayor Walter Guenther of Ft. Madison, Iowa.

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Kiowa Chief Satanta

Date: Between 1860 and 1870

Satanta chief and warrior of the Kiowa Indian Tribe. Considered a eloquent speaker with government officials, he earned the title “Orator of the Plains”. He was one of the signers…

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William Frederick “Buffalo Bill” Cody

Date: Between 1880 and 1917

William Frederick “Buffalo Bill” Cody, a soldier, buffalo hunter, and entertainer. During the civil war, he served as a Union scout in campaigns against the Kiowa and Comanche and was…

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William E. Mathewson

Date: Between 1870 and 1890

William E. Mathewson, a trader and trapper, who first earned the title “Buffalo Bill,” for supplying setters with buffalo meat during the winter of 1860-61. He maintain a respected relationship…