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Occidental Hotel

Date: Between 1880 and 1900

This is an exterior view of the Occidental Hotel in Sedan, Kansas.

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Busby School

Date: Between 1900 and 1943

This is a view of Busby School in Elk County, Kansas.

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Stock farm

Date: Between 1890 and 1920

View of a stock farm near Climax, Kansas.

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E.F. Reser

Date: Between 1899 and 1900

This is a portrait of E.F. Reser of Greensburg, Kansas. He was a Republican state representative of the 97th Dist., Kiowa County.

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Frederick Funston

Date: Between January 01, 1875 and December 31, 1885

This studio portrait shows Frederick Funston, 1865-1917 as a young man. He grew up in Iola, Kansas and became a prominent military leader in the United State Army. He enrolled…

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Bark house, Kickapoo Reservation

Date: 1935

This photograph, taken in 1935 as part of the New Deal Federal Indian program, depicts a bark house on the Kickapoo Reservation in northeast Kansas. This was the home of…

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Joe Topash

Date: 1935

This photograph of Joe Topash, an Indian farmer, was taken in 1935 as part of the New Deal Federal Indian program.

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Prairie Band Potawatomi women

Date: 1935

This photograph of Mrs. Frank Mazhas and her two daughters, Louise and Lizzie, was taken in 1935 as part of the New Deal Federal Indian program. These women belonged to…

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Keokuk, or “The Watchful Fox”

Date: Between 1839 and 1848

This photograph depicts Keokuk, or “the Watchful Fox,” a chief of the Sac and Fox tribe. The Sac and Fox tribes were moved to Kansas (then called Indian Territory) after…

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Group of four Sac and Fox chiefs

Date: Between 1860 and 1869

This formal photograph, taken in Washington, D.C. during the 1860s, depicts four Sac and Fox chiefs from Kansas. They are dressed in traditional Sac and Fox clothing. The photographer remains…

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Reverend Charles Bluejacket

Date: Between 1860 and 1879

Charles Bluejacket, a mixed-blood Shawnee Indian, came to Kansas (then called Indian Territory) in 1832. He was a well-respected man among the Shawnee Indians, and he became an ordained Methodist…

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Frederick Funston

Date: Between 1916 and 1917

This photograph shows Frederick Funston, 1865-1917, standing beside a passenger train with a group of men during the conflict between the United States and Mexico.