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Minnie Brinkley
Date: Between 1900 and 1919
Studio portrait of Minnie Brinkley possibly taken at graduation. Minnie was married to Dr. John R. Brinkley.
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Dr. Tiberius Gracchus Jones and family
Date: 1898
View of Dr. Tiberius Gracchus Jones and family standing on the steps of the doctor’s office, 1898. Dr. Jones was the father-in-law of John R. Brinkley.
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Wichita Village
Date: Between 1860 and 1890
A sketch of a Wichita Indian village.
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Pawnee Lodge
Date: Between 1860 and 1890
This is a photograph of a Pawnee Lodge with families gathered around. It was copied from the Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin #77, plate 50. The volume was published in…
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Map of Douglas County, Kansas Territory, 1857
Date: July 4, 1857
Compiled from the field notes in the surveyor generals’ office by J. Cooper Stuck, this map shows the townships of Wakarusa, Calhoun, Washington, and Lecompton in Douglas County, Kansas Territory.…
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The first victim of the Kansas war
Date: Between 1854 and 1861
Illustration of a woman mourning the death of her husband as he lay on a bed. He is suppose to be the first victim of the Kansas Territorial conflict.The illustration…
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Destruction of the city of Lawrence and massacre of its inhabitants by so-called rebel guerrillas
Date: September 5, 1863
This is an illustration of the August 21, 1863, raid led by William Clarke Quantrill, 1837-1865, on Lawrence, Kansas. Quantrill and a group of 300 Confederate guerrillas attacked Lawrence at…
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Stafford County, Kansas, map
Date: 1887
Map of Stafford County, Kansas, showing township lines, section lines, quarter section lines, railroads, public roads, churches, school districts, cemeteries, marshes, streams and post offices.
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Street scene of St. John, Kansas
Date: Between 1875 and 1885
Photo of a street scene in St. John, Kansas, showing the first courthouse.
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William Allen White and family
Date: June 1940
Photo of William Allen White sitting in a hammock with wife, Sallie Lindsay and son, William Lindsay, sitting by his side.
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Students from the “Spirit of 76” school, Grantville, Kansas
Date: Between 1930 and 1932
Group of children from the “Spirit of 76” one-room school, Grantville, Kansas, dressed for a George Washington play. The photograph was taken in front of the Grantville Methodist Church.
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W.L.K. Owen and family in their covered wagon
Date: November 20, 1894
Photo of the W.L.K. Owen family preparing to leave for Illinois in their covered wagon.
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Pioneers in a covered wagon pulled by mules
Date: 1879
This is a photo of a pioneer family on their way to church in a covered wagon pulled by mules, near Colby, Kansas.
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Family in covered wagon during a wind storm
Date: May 30, 1874
Photo of an illustration of a single family in covered wagon during a wind storm on the prairie, copied from “Harper’s Weekly,” May 30, 1874.
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Pilgrims on the Plains
Date: 1869
This sketch by Theodore R. Davis shows families crossing the plains in covered wagons. They appear to be stopped for the night and content in the wagons is visible. It…
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Emigrants Crossing the Plains
Date: 1869
Photo of a sketch copied from Samuel Bowles “Our New West” of settlers traveling by covered wagons.
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A wilderness Family
Date: 1867
This is a sketch of a “Wilderness Family” from Albert D. Richardson from “Beyond the Mississippi” (German edition).
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Fred Pearson and family, Johnson County, Kansas
Date: 1908
Fred Pearson and family posed by their covered wagon, Johnson County, Kansas.
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Wm. B. Strong steam engine No. 2 pulling a tender car
Date: Between 1881 and 1885
The Wm. B. Strong steam engine No. 2 built by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway in 1881. The engine was renumbered No. 82 in 1898 and No. 174…
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company’s steam locomotive #132
Date: Between 1950 and 1965
This black and white photographs shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company’s steam locomotive #132 pulling coal and passenger cars. It was built in 1880 by the Baldwin…
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D & B Powers wagon train
Date: June 20, 1868
This is a photograph of the D. & B. Powers wagon train from Leavenworth, Kansas, circling in the street at Denver, Colorado. A number of business buildings are visible in…
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Covered wagons, Coalville, Utah
Date: 1863
Photo of covered wagons and unidentified people, Coalville, Utah.
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Fording the Arkansas River
Date: September 1862
Photo of an illustration of covered wagons fording the Arkansas River copied from “Harper’s New Monthly Magazine,” Sept. 1862.
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Crossing the Plains
Date: August 13, 1859
Photo of a sketch of covered wagons with the wording “Pikes Peak” copied from “Harper’s Weekly,” August 13, 1859.
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Indian freighter guiding covered freight wagons pulled by horses
Date: Unknown
Photo of a sketch of Indian freighter guiding covered freight wagons pulled by horses. The source is not identified but it appears to be a magazine.