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Ft. Fletcher-1867

Date: 1867

This image of Ft. Fletcher is a copy of sketch in Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, 1867

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Ft. Hays, Kansas

Date: 1867

Ft. Hays-views-1867; Buildings at old Ft. Hays, 1867; Company post; barracks on the left; officer’s quarters on the right.

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Oil well pump and derrick

Date: Unknown

View of an oil well pump and derrick. Also visible are a tank with two step ladders, equipment sheds, and buildings. A second oil well pump and derrick are visible…

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Kersey Coates

Date: Unknown

A portrait of Kersey Coates, 1823-1887, who was a Kansas City pioneer and businessman.

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James F. Joy

Date: Around 1885

A portrait of James F. Joy, a railroad promoter and builder, who owned the Missouri River, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad, which was also known as the Border Tier Railroad.…

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Lawrence, Kansas Territory

Date: 1880-1919

An illustration of the Kansas River and the newly founded town of Lawrence, Kansas Territory, as it appeared in 1854. The drawing might be based on an earlier illustration of…

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Dalton Gang, Coffeyville, Kansas

Date: October 5, 1892

A postmortem photograph of Dalton Gang members Tim Evans, Bob Dalton, Grot Dalton, and Dick Broadwell after they were killed trying to escape an attempted robbery of the C. M.…

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Free-State Legislative Council, Kansas Territory

Date: Between 1857 and 1958

A photograph of the Free-State Legislative Council, 1857-58. The delegates were elected October 5, 1857. They met in an extra session December 7-17, 1857 and in regular session January 4,…

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Buster Keaton

Date: Around 1905

This is a photograph of silent film comedian and director Joseph Frank “Buster” Keaton, 1895-1966, as a child. Keaton was born in Piqua, Kansas, and performed as a member of…

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Samuel Dexter Lecompte

Date: 1868

Portrait of Samuel Dexter Lecompte, 1814-1888, who served as chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Kansas Territory from 1854-1859. This particular photograph was copied from the 1868 Kansas…

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Lear Jet, Wichita, Kansas

Date: 1960

An aerial view of the large Lear Jet factory plant in Wichita, Kansas. Also visible are jets and automobiles parked outside of the factory.

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Cheyenne prisoners in Dodge City

Date: April 30, 1879

This stereograph shows a group of Cheyenne prisoners seated on the Ford County courthouse steps in Dodge City, Kansas. These men had taken part in “the last Indian raid in…

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Little Wolf, Cheyenne Indian

Date: 1879

This is a photograph of Leban, a nephew of Northern Cheyenne Chief, Little Wolf. Leban took the name Little Wolf from his uncle. Funds for digitization provided by Mr. Steve…

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Olive Ann Beech

Date: Between 1950 and 1955

This is an informal portrait of the “First Lady of Aviation,” Olive Ann Beech (1903-1993), co-founder and President of the Beech Aircraft Corporation, standing by a Beechcraft Bonanza (Model 35)…

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Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

Date: 1864

This photograph of Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, was taken in 1864 by an unidentified photographer. The building in the background is the guardhouse, and in the foreground is an African-American battery.…