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Horace Greeley
Date: Between 1865 and 1870
An informal portrait of newspaper editor Horace Greeley, 1811-1872, shown seated at a desk, and a man who, perhaps, may be Richard Henry Danna, Jr., 1815-1882, author of “Two Years…
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Amelia Earhart
Date: 1921
This is an informal photograph of pilot Amelia Earhart after her first solo flight in 1921. The image was copied from “Soaring Wings,” which was written by her husband, George…
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U. S. Senate Impeachment of the President : Admit the Bearer
Date: April 17, 1868
A photograph copy of a ticket to the U. S. Senate impeachment trial of the President for April 17, 1868, likely distributed by Senator Edmond G. Ross of Kansas. During…
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President Andrew Johnson’s impeachment votes
Date: May 16, 1868
Illustration from the June 6, 1868 issue of “Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper” titled “Taking the vote on the impeachment of President Johnson, Senate Chambers, Washington, D.C., May 16, 1868 –…
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President Andrew Johnson’s impeachment votes
Date: 1868
Illustration from the June 6, 1868 issue of “Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper” titled “Taking the vote on the impeachment of President Johnson, Senate Chambers, Washington, D.C., May 16, 1868 –…
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Military prison, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Date: 1872
Looking east toward the United States Disciplinary Barracks military prison buildings at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
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Military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Date: Between 1920 and 1929
View of the United States Disciplinary Barracks military prison buildings at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
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Walter Johnson
Date: 1913
This is a photograph of Walter Johnson, 1887-1946, as he appeared pitching for the Washington Senators baseball team at the peak of his career. Nicknamed “The Big Train” for the…
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School segregation banned
Date: May 17, 1954
The front page of this issue of the Topeka State Journal includes several articles related to the desegregation of schools as mandated by the Supreme Court ruling in the Brown…
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James Denver
Date: 1858
Engraving of James William Denver, 1817-1892, by J. C. Buttre of New York, from an ambrotype by Mathew B. Brady. Denver was the 7th Kansas Territorial Governor. He served as…
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Covered wagons, Manhattan, Kansas
Date: 1860
This photograph, taken by an unknown photographer in 1860, shows a train of covered wagons, oxen, and men on horseback setting out from Manhattan, Kansas. These wagons were a common…
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Israil Donalson
Date: 1856
Portrait of Israil Donalson, U.S. Territorial Marshal.
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John Brown birthplace
Date: Between 1880 and 1895
Built in 1785, this Torrington, Connecticut, farm house was purchased in 1799 by Owen Brown, 1771-1856, who was John Brown’s father. John Brown was born there on May 9, 1800.
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Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Date: 1870
A view looking east toward the dragoon barracks, which were built in 1838, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Four children are present in the foreground.
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Officers, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Date: 1880
An informal portrait of a large group of officers at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
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Henry Leavenworth
Date: 1827
Portrait of Henry Leavenworth, 1783-1834, who was a brevetted brigadier-general in the U. S. Army in 1827 when he founded Fort Leavenworth in Kansas Territory.
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George H. Hodges
Date: 1914
This campaign billboard urges for the reelection of Governor George Hartshorn Hodges, 1866-1947. Hodges as Kansas governor for one term from 1913 to 1915.
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General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Date: 1872
Originally built in the 1860s as a storehouse for the arsenal department, this building was subsequently converted for use as the first General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Also…
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Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Date: 1872
Officers’ quarters on Doniphan Avenue, Ft. Leavenworth, 1872.
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Foster Dwight Coburn
Date: Between 1895 and 1899
Foster Dwight Coburn, Secretary of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, standing in a corn field.
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Houses and stores are burned with impunity
Date: 1856
This is an illustration titled “Houses and Stores are burned with Impunity” copied from Reign of Terror In Kansas by C. W. Briggs.
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James Henry Lane, United States Senator from Kansas
Date: Between 1856 and 1860
Portrait of James Henry Lane, 1814-1866, United States Senator from Kansas, 1861-1866.
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Bender farm
Date: 1873
This photograph shows the graves found behind the Bender farm, Labette County, Kansas. The Bender family operated a remote road house on a farm near Cherryvale, Kansas. When several travelers…
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William Inge’s childhood home, Independence, Kansas
Date: Between 1945 and 1955
William Inge’s childhood home, located at 514 N. 4th Street in Independence, Kansas.
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Eugene Fitch Ware
Date: 1898
Portrait of Eugene Fitch Ware, “Ironquill”, a noted Kansas newspaperman, lawyer and poet. He is well known for his poem “Dewey Was the Morning”.