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Steam engine

Date: Between 1900 and 1920

This is a view of a steam engine in Wetmore, Nemaha County, Kansas.

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Madonna of the trail

Date: Between 1930 and 1950

View of a statue titled Madonna of the Trail, in Council Grove, Morris County, Kansas.

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Farmer shoveling heavy dust

Date: Between 1930 and 1939

Farmers had to shovel dust from implements and uncover food for livestock. The dust began to blow in 1933 and for four years western Kansas was a part of the…

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Threshing crew in western Kansas

Date: Between 1910 and 1919

This is a threshing crew with horse drawn wagons, threshing machine, steam tractor, and a water wagon in western Kansas.

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Gas station

Date: Between 1920 and 1940

This is a view of a Phillips 66 gas station in Blue Rapids, Marshall County, Kansas.

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James Blackwood Pearson

Date: Between 1962 and 1978

This black and white photograph shows James Blackwood Pearson, (1920-2009). A World War II veteran and lawyer from Prairie Village he served as assistant county attorney of Johnson County, Kansas…

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Reading, Manhattan, Kansas

Date: Between 1935 and 1943

Reading time at a Manhattan, Kansas, play center. The play center was part of the Works Progress Administration.

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School lunch

Date: Between 1935 and 1943

Lunch served in an unidentified Kansas school. The lunch program was part of Works Progress Administration.

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School lunch

Date: Between 1935 and 1943

Lunch being served to students at an African American school in Kansas, part of the Works Progress Administration.

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Caldwell Weekly Advance

Date: Between 1890 and 1899

Interior view of the Caldwell Weekly Advance newspaper shop showing men using a printing press and one man holding a copy of the newspaper. The Caldwell Weekly Advance newspaper was…

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Dr. R.E. Gray

Date: 1901

Dr. R. E. Gray performing surgery in his office, Garden City, Kansas. Two assistants are helping with the surgery.

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Andrew Frank Schoeppel

Date: Between 1953 and 1961

Andrew Schoeppel, United States Senator from Kansas, with Richard Milhous Nixon, Vice President of the United States, and Dwight David Eisenhower, President of the United States.