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F.W. “Woody” Hockaday

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“Woody” Hockaday, an automobile dealer from Wichita, launched a campaign to mark Kansas auto routes. Later in 1918, he published a road map showing 33 marked highways in the United…

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F.W. “Woody” Hockaday

Date: 1918

Hockaday’s official marked-road map of Kansas showing approximately thirty thousand miles of road marked or being marked by counties and trail associations with national H marker.

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Street scene in Arkansas City, Kansas

Date: 1890-1910

This photograph shows what could be the main street of Arkansas City, Kansas. A number of business buildings are visible as well as horse drawn wagons/carriages and a trolley car.

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Arthur Capper

Date: Between 1890 and 1895

This is a portrait of Arthur Capper, 1865-1951, as a young man. Capper, a native of Garnett, Kansas, served Kansas as Governor, 1915-1919, and as U. S. Senator, 1919-1949.

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Andrew Reeder

Date: May 1856

Copy of a photograph taken of Andrew H. Reeder in May, 1856 upon his escape from KS disguised as a wood choper. Taken in the city of Chicago.

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Clyde Cessna

Date: 1917

This black and white photograph shows Clyde Cessna piloting his Cessna aircraft.

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Clyde Cessna

Date: 1917

This photograph shows a group of men including Clyde Cessna (4th from left) posing with the first plane built in Wichita. The image includes a description that reads “a part…

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Willard, Jess

Date: 1919

A portrait of Jess Willard, (1888-1968), native of Pottawatomie County, Kansas, who became the world heavyweight boxing champion, on April 5, 1915, when he defeated defending champion Jack Johnson in…

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Amelia Earhart and Laura Ingalls

Date: August 19, 1935

This photograph shows Amelia Earhart Putnam and Laura Houghtaling Ingalls, descending from a TWA “Sky Chief” airplane that stopped briefly at the municipal airport in Wichita, Kansas. The two female…