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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Date: between 1865 and 1880
Engraving of Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Medium: StillImage
Frances Elizabeth Willard
Date: between 1875 and 1889
This is portrait of Frances Elizabeth Willard, 1839-1898, president of Evanston College for Ladies and dean of women at Northwestern University. After leaving the university, she helped organize the Chicago…
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Harry Walter Colmery
Date: Between 1917 and April, 1919
This is a portrait of Harry Walter Colmery (1890-1979) dressed in his World War I uniform. Colmery was an attorney in Topeka, Kansas, an American Legion National Commander, and author…
Medium: StillImage
Harry Walter Colmery
Date: 1937
This is a portrait of Harry W. Colmery, Topeka, Kansas, attorney; American Legion National Commande; and author of the G. I. Bill of Rights.
Medium: StillImage
Harry Walter Colmery speaking at the Montsec Memorial Dedication, Montsec, France, August 3, 1937
Date: August 3, 1937
Photograph of Harry W. Colmery, Topeka attorney, American Legion National Commander, and author of the G. I. Bill of Rights speaking at the Montsec memorial dedication, Montsec, France, August 3,…
Medium: StillImage
Harry Walter Colmery’s children
Date: between 1935 and 1939
This is a photograph of Harry W. Colmery’s children (l to r) Mary, Harry W. Jr., and Sarah Elizabeth.
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Harry Walter Colmery with his wife Minerva and children
Date: between 1930 and 1939
Harry W. Colmery, his wife Minerva (Mina), and their children Harry Jr., Mary, and Sarah are standing by a car.
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Minerva and Sarah Elizabeth Colmery
Date: between 1920 and 1925
This is a portrait of Minerva “Mina” and Sarah Elizabeth Colmery, wife and daughter of Harry W. Colmery, Topeka attorney, American Legion National Commander, and author of the G. I.…
Medium: StillImage
Harry Walter Colmery as a young boy.
Date: between 1900 and 1905
Portrait of Harry W. Colmery, 1890-1979, taken when he was a young boy.
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Several members of the “first team” that helped create and pass the first GI Bill
Date: between 1943 and 1944
These thirteen members of the “first team” quarterbacked the creation and passage of the first GI Bill. Front row left to right: Lyon W. Brandon (Miss.); Roane Waring (Tenn.); Rep.…
Medium: StillImage
Harry Walter Colmery, as a young man.
Date: between 1910 and 1915
Portrait of Harry W. Colmery as a young man.
Medium: StillImage
Walter and Flora Colmery
Date: between 1915 and 1925
This is a portrait of Mr. & Mrs. Walter Colmery, parents of Harry W. Colmery
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Harry Walter Colmery at a World War I cemetery in Europe.
Date: 1937
this is a photograph of Harry W. Colmery, 1890-1979, American Legion National Commander, in a World War I military cemetery in Europe.
Medium: StillImage
Harry Walter Colmery, American Legion Commander, speaking at the dedication of the Flanders Field Chapel, Waeregham, Belgium
Date: August 8, 1937
Photograph of Harry W. Colmey, American Legion National Commander, speaking at the dedication of the Flanders Field Chapel, Waeregham, Belgium, August 8, 1937.
Medium: StillImage
Lucy B. Hobbs Taylor
Date: 1903
A portrait of Lucy B. Hobbs Taylor, the first woman to receive the Degree of Doctor in Dental Surgery.
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Harry Walter Colmery
Date: between 1936 and 1945
This is a portrait of Harry W Colmery, 1890-1979, Topeka attorney, American Legion National Commander, and author of the G.I. Bill of Rights.
Medium: StillImage
Ada and Burt McColl gathering buffalo chips
Date: 1893
Ada and her brother Burt McColl (in a dress) are gathering buffalo chips to use for heating and cooking fuel. An abridged version of this photograph without Burt is very…
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Ada McColl gathering buffalo chips near Lakin, Kansas
Date: 1893
In this photograph, pioneer Ada McColl of Kearny County collects buffalo chips. In areas of western Kansas where trees were scarce, these chips were a convenient (and plentiful) source of…
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Voting at Kickapoo, Kansas Territory
Date: 1867
An 1867 illustration of pro-slavery Missourians voting at Kickapoo, Kansas Territory, sometime in 1855. The image was copied from “Beyond the Mississippi” by Albert D. Richardson.
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Senate Apartments and Capper Courts, Topeka, Kansas
Date: Between 1930 and 1939
Senate Apartments and Capper Courts located in the 900 block of Tyler Street, Topeka, Kansas. Automobiles are parked on the street.
Medium: StillImage
Senate Apartments, Topeka, Kansas
Date: Between 1930 and 1939
Panoramic view of the Senate Apartments located in the 900 block of Tyler Street, Topeka, Kansas.
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Suffragists, Lawrence, Kansas
Date: Between 1910 and 1912
A photograph showing suffragists seated in an automobile and holding signs “Vote for women,” in Lawrence, Douglas County. The women were participating in an automobile parade at the Douglas County…
Medium: StillImage
Suffragists, Topeka, Kansas
Date: August, 1916
View of a group of suffragists on the steps of the Kansas Statehouse, Topeka, Kansas.
Medium: StillImage
Parade for women’s rights, Columbus, Kansas
Date: 1912
View of a car with people campaigning for women’s rights, Columbus, Kansas, 1912. The woman in the front seat is Mrs. Hattie (Will) Whiteside, the boy in the front is…
Medium: StillImage
Susan Brownell Anthony
Date: between 1885 and 1895
Portrait of Susan Brownell Anthony.