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Dow family and home, De Soto, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1919
View of four members of the Dow family standing before their home on Delaware Street in De Soto, Kansas.
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Route of Coronado between the Rio Grande and Missouri rivers
Date: 1912
This map shows the route of Coronado between the Rio Grande and Missouri rivers.
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Wyland Store, De Soto, Kansas
Date: Between 1890 and 1909
View of a young man seated in a rocking chair in George Wyland’s store in De Soto, Kansas. Also visible are art work, antlers, picture frames, rackets, a flue, a…
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At home, De Soto, Kansas
Date: Between 1880 and 1900
View of a woman and two men in front of a large two-story wood-framed home in De Soto, Kansas.
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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, De Soto, Kansas
Date: Between 1880 and 1900
This photograph shows a view of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway tracks, looking east towards the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company depot, in De Soto, Kansas.
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James and Elizabeth Abbott, De Soto, Kansas
Date: Between 1860 and 1889
An informal portrait of James Burnett Abbott, 1818-1897, and his wife Elizabeth Ann Watrous Abbott, standing in their flower garden in De Soto, Kansas. The Abbotts were early settlers and…
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James and Elizabeth Abbott, De Soto, Kansas
Date: Between 1861 and 1889
An informal portrait of James Burnett Abbott, 1818-1897, and his wife Elizabeth Ann Watrous Abbott, standing on either side of a white picket gate at their home in De Soto,…
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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, section crew
Date: Between 1925 and 1935
This photograph shows a section crew of Mexican Americans from the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company.
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Horse drawn dray wagons in Oakley, Kansas
Date: Between 1905 and 1915
These dray wagons are being pulled by horse on a business street in Oakley, Kansas. Walt Cotter is driving the team of white horses.
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Works Progress Administration library
Date: Between 1935 and 1943
A photograph showing a woman seated in a chair reading a library book. The library was part of the Works Progress Administration’s library services program.
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Library, Parsons, Kansas
Date: Between 1935 and 1943
A group of women reading books in a Parsons, Kansas, library, part of the Works Progress Administration’s library services program.
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Mending books, Parsons, Kansas
Date: Between 1935 and 1943
View of four men mending books in a library in Parsons, Kansas. The library was part of the Works Progress Administration’s library services program.
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Boeing Airplane Company, Wichita, Kansas
Date: Between 1935 and 1943
View of a woman and man looking at a book in the Boeing Airplane Company library in Wichita, Kansas. The library was created as part of the Works Progress Administration’s…
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Concert band, Kansas City, Kansas
Date: Between 1935 and 1943
A view of a Works Progress Administration concert band entertaining a group of soldiers in Kansas City, Kansas.
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Band rehearsal, Kansas City, Kansas
Date: Between 1935 and 1943
View of an African American band rehearsing in a park in Kansas City, Kansas. Such bands, and their public performances, were an important part of the Works Progress Administration’s Federal…
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Typing class, Wichita, Kansas
Date: Between 1935 and 1943
View of Women seated at typewriters learning to type at Carleton School, in Wichita, Kansas, as part of the Works Progress Administration adult education program.
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Adult education class, Kansas City, Kansas
Date: Between 1935 and 1943
Women and men attending an adult education class, in Kansas City, Kansas, as part of the Works Progress Administration’s adult education program.
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Typing class, Wichita, Kansas
Date: 1942
View of African American adults seated at typewriters learning to type, in Wichita, Kansas, as part of the Works Progress Administration adult education program.
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Education class, Topeka, Kansas
Date: Between 1935 and 1943
View of Spanish American workers attending an adult education class, in Topeka, Kansas, as part of the Works Progress Administration’s adult education program.
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Typing class, Wichita, Kansas
Date: 1942
Women seated at typewriters learning to type, in Wichita, Kansas, as part of the Works Progress Administration adult education program.
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Typing class, Topeka, Kansas
Date: Between 1935 and 1943
Men seated at typewriters learning to type, in Topeka, Kansas, as part of the Works Progress Administration’s adult education program.
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Adult education class, Topeka, Kansas
Date: Between 1935 and 1943
A group of unemployed workers attending a class on Social Security, in Topeka, Kansas, as part of the Works Progress Administration’s adult education program.
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Typing class, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Date: Between 1935 and 1943
These soldiers are seated at typewriters learning to type, in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, as part of the Works Progress Administration’s adult education program.
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Street scene, Elkhart, Kansas
Date: 1918
This is a street scene of business buildings and automobiles in Elkhart, Kansas.
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First aid class, Parsons, Kansas
Date: Between 1935 and 1943
Men and women taking a first aid class in Parsons, Kansas. The class was part of the Works Progress Administration adult and worker education program.