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John Baptist Miege
Date: Between 1863 and 1870
John Baptist Miege was the first Catholic Bishop of Kansas.
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Josiah Miller
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Although born in South Carolina, Josiah Miller was a free state supporter. He attended college in Indiana and law school in New York. He came to Kansas in 1854 and…
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Nebraska and Kanzas
Date: 1855
The map, published in 1855, showed the eastern portions of both Kansas and Nebraska. The Nebraska portion depicts the counties that had been established at that time. The Kansas portion…
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John Brown
Date: Between 1888 and 1891
A tintype portrait of John Brown, an abolitionist and one of the free-state leaders. This tintype was produced by M. A. Winnie while he was active in Topeka from 1888…
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John Brown
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Portrait of John Brown, abolitionist and one of the free-state leaders. Brown came to Kansas Territory in 1855 and left in 1859 but in that time, he was involved in…
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S. L. Adair to the friends of Christ
Date: c. 1855
This letter reported on the current religious situation in Osawatomie, Kansas Territory. According to the author, a missionary with the American Missionary Association, the residents had begun the preliminary steps…
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Samuel Forster Tappan
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A portrait of Samuel Forster Tappan, who was born in Massachusetts and came to Kansas when he was in his twenties. He listed his occupation as a journalist but was…
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Joshua A. Pike
Date: Between 1856 and 1865
A portrait of Joshua A. Pike, who was a member of the Doy rescue party and was part of a plot to rescue John Brown after the raid on Harpers…
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Gustave Colton
Date: Between 1857 and 1860
A portrait of Gustavus A. Colton, who served as speaker of the Territorial House of Representatives in 1860. Also, he served as assistant secretary of the Council from 1857 to…
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William Frederick Milton Arny
Date: Between 1870 and 1879
A portrait of William Frederick Milton Arny, who was active in numerous territorial Kansas activities. He served as a general agent for the National Kansas Committee and as a delegate…
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Rail bridge across Kansas River
Date: 1867
This stereograph shows a railroad bridge across the Kansas River at State Line, Kansas. There is a locomotive crossing the bridge and along the banks are logs that have washed…
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Tennessee Town kindergarten, Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1893
This is a group photo of Tennessee Town kindergarten students and teachers standing in front of Union Hall, Topeka, Kansas. This was a kindergarten for African American children sponsored by…
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Tennessee Town Kindergarten, Topeka, Kansas
Date: Between 1895 and 1899
This photograph shows June Chapman, standing, and Mary Jordan, seated, at tables with their students at Tennessee Town Kindergarten in Topeka, Kansas.
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Mothers meeting at Sheldon Kindergarten, Topeka, Kansas
Date: Between 1893 and 1899
This is a photograph of the mothers of kindergarten students in a meeting at the Sheldon Kindergarten in Topeka, Kansas. In 1893, Charles Monroe Sheldon, pastor of Topeka’s Central Congregational…
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Tennessee Town Kindergarten, Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1899
A group photo of Tennessee Town kindergarten children and teachers celebrating George Washington’s birthday, Topeka, Kansas.
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Tennessee Town Kindergarten, Topeka, Kansas
Date: Between 1890 and 1900
A photograph showing Sheldon’s Kindergarten band, which was part of the Tennessee Town Kindergarten, Topeka, Kansas.
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Ferry crossing the Kansas River
Date: Between 1854 and 1861
A view of a ferry carrying a team of horses, a wagon, and people across the Kansas River at an unidentified location.
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company section workers
Date: 1900 and 1909
This black and white photograph shows section workers with their shovels, picks and hammers at an unknown location on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company line.
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Family on the front porch of their home in Kansas, 1880
Date: 1880
A family of five has their photograph taken on their front porch, probably around the year 1880. One woman is using a large spinning wheel, another woman has a baby…
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Carry Amelia Nation poster
Date: Unknown
A photograph of a poster that reads, “The Famous and Original Bar Room Smasher Carrie Nation.” Nation is pictured on the poster with a hatchet and the Bible.
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Sod schoolhouse, Thomas County, Kansas
Date: Between 1890 and 1899
This black and white photograph shows a group of students and their teacher standing before a sod schoolhouse in Thomas County, Kansas. The use of sod to build homes and…
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Dust storm in Liberal, Kansas
Date: April 14, 1935
This photograph shows a dust storm in Liberal, Kansas. An automobile is in the foreground.
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Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad track crew, Kechi, Kansas
Date: 1966
This photograph shows a track crew standing on a handcar in front of the depot in Kechi, Kansas.
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Wind wagon, Logan County, Kansas
Date: Between 1890 and 1899
This photograph shows George Bull and Clint McIntosh with a wind wagon, Logan County, Kansas.
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Long Branch Saloon in Dodge City, Kansas
Date: 1886
This black and white photograph shows a group of men in the Long Branch Saloon in Dodge City, Kansas. Lo Warren is the bartender.