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H. W. Farnsworth

Date: Between 1861 and 1867

A portrait of H.W. Farnsworth, federal Indian agent at the Kansas Agency, 1861-67. He was also a director of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad and a member of…

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Major H. W. Farnsworth

Date: February 1, 1887

A portrait of Major H. W. Farnsworth, director of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. Farnsworth was born in Brattleboro, Vermont, on October 13, 1816. He came to Topeka,…

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H.W. Farnsworth

Date: Between 1830 and 1869

A full portrait of H. W. Fransworth, who was director of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway from 1863 to 1865.

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Harry Walter Colmery

Date: Between 1937 and 1945

This is a formal portrait of Harry Walter Colmery (1890-1979), who was an attorney in Topeka, Kansas, the National Commander of the American Legion, and the author of the G.…

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Horse drawn trolley

Date: 1870

Horse-drawn trolley in Lawrence, Kansas. The trolley was apparently operated by the Lawrence Street Railway Company. A sign on the car indicates the Kansas Pacific Depot.

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First street car, Lawrence, Kansas

Date: 1909

A view of men on board, or standing near, the first street car in Lawrence, Kansas. Car number 109 of the Lawrence Railway Company is shown outside of the offices…

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Frederick (Fred) Lee Hall

Date: Between January 10, 1955 and January 3, 1957

Photograph of Frederick (Fred) Lee Hall (1916-1970) sitting at his desk when he was governor of Kansas from 1955 to 1957. He resigned on January 3, 1957 to accept an…

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Governor Frederick (Fred) Lee Hall

Date: Between January 10, 1955 and January 3, 1957

Photograph of Frederick Lee Hall (1916-1970), standing by the governor’s desk. Hall served as Kansas governor from 1955 until his resignation on January 3, 1957, when he accepted an appointment…

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Frederick (Fred) Lee Hall

Date: Between January 10, 1955 and January 3, 1957

A portrait of Frederick Lee Hall (1916-1970), seated at the governor’s desk, who served as Kansas governor from 1955 until his resignation, on January 3, 1957, to accept an appointment…

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Walter Augustus Huxman

Date: March 1937

This black and white photograph shows Kansas Governor Walter Augustus Huxman, (1937-1939), signing a bill to legalize the sale of 3.2 beer. People in the photograph are (left to right):…

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Walter Augustus Huxman

Date: January 11, 1937

This black and white photograph shows Walter Augustus Huxman (1887-1972), being sworn in as Kansas governor. He established his career as a public official serving as Reno County’s assistant attorney…

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George Docking

Date: Between January 14, 1957 and January 9, 1961

This portrait shows George Docking, 1904-1964, a native of Clay Center, Kansas. He served as the Democratic governor of Kansas from 1957 to 1961. His son, Robert B. Docking, 1925-1983,…

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Frederick Lee Hall

Date: Between January 10, 1955 and January 03, 1957

This formal portrait shows Frederick Lee Hall, 1916-1970, a lawyer from Dodge City, Kansas. He is elected in 1950 as the Republican Lieutenant Governor of Kansas, beating out a field…

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Andrew Frank Schoeppel

Date: Between January 11, 1943 and January 13, 1947

Photograph of Andrew Frank Schoeppel, 1894-1962, Kansas governor from 1943-1947.

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Frank Leslie Hagaman at governor’s desk

Date: Between November 28, 1950 and January 08, 1951

Photograph of Frank Leslie Hagaman (1894-1966), Kansas governor from 1950 to 1951. The photograph shows Governor Hagaman sitting at the governor’s desk.

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Frank Leslie Hagaman taking the oath of office

Date: November 28, 1950

A photograph showing Frank Leslie Hagaman taking the oath of office to become Kansas Governor. He served from 1950 to 1951. Standing between Hagaman and Chief Justice of Kansas Supreme…

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Frank Leslie Hagaman

Date: 1947

A formal portrait of Frank Leslie Hagaman (1894-1966). Hagaman, a Republican, succeeded Frank Carlson to serve as Kansas Governor from 1950 to 1951.

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Walter Augustus Huxman

Date: Between 1937 and 1939

This sepia colored photograph shows Walter Augustus Huxman (1887-1972). He established his career as a public official by serving as Reno County’s assistant attorney from 1915 to 1919, and later…

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Henrietta Briggs Wall

Date: Between 1890 and 1909

A formal portrait of Henrietta Briggs-Wall of Hutchinson in Reno County, Kansas, who designed the picture, “American Woman and her Political Peers,” and commissioned W. A. Ford, also of Hutchinson,…

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Loading potatoes

Date: Between 1959 and 1970

A view of a man loading sacks of potatoes onto an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway freight car.

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Loading boxes of Efco lettuce

Date: Between 1950 and 1979

A view of men using a conveyor belt to load boxes of Efco Lettuce into an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway freight car.