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Street scene, Ulysses, Kansas
Date: 1906
This is a photograph of a street in Ulysses, Kansas, before the town was moved to a new site on February 6, 1909.
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Street scene, new Ulysses, Grant County, Kansas
Date: 1910
This is a photograph of a Saturday afternoon street scene in “new” Ulysses, Grant County, Kansas. All trading was done every Saturday and people stayed in town all day long.…
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Thomas Andrew Osborn
Date: between 1873 and 1877
This portrait represents Republican Kansas Governor, Thomas Andrew Osborn while he was in office from 1873 to 1877. After serving as Governor, Osborn worked as the director for the Atchison,…
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Theodore C. Henry
Date: between 1870 and 1879
Portrait of Theodore C. Henry, an Abilene, Kansas, pioneer and wheat farmer.
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Constitution Hall, Lecompton, Kansas
Date: 1957
This is a view of Constitution Hall, Lecompton, Kansas. In 1857, proslavery delegates gathered at the hall and wrote a constitution, which would have brought Kansas into the Union as…
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John Brown
Date: 1859
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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Charles Jesse Jones (Buffalo Jones)
Date: Between 1885 and 1895
A photograph showing Charles Jesse “Buffalo” Jones seated in a cart driving a team of buffalo.
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Walter Herschel Beech
Date: 1926
Walter H. Beech (L), pilot and eventual founder of Beech Aircraft Company, and Brice H. Goldsborough, of the Pioneer Instrument Corp. and navigator, standing by a Travel Air built by…
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Kansas in the Union
Date: Jan. 31, 1861
The entire issue of the Lawrence Republican, January 31, 1861, with articles announcing the admission of Kansas to the Union.
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Kansas in the Union
Date: Feb. 02, 1861
An announcement published in the Topeka Tribune telling people about Kansas’ admission to the Union. A cannon illustrates the article.
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Samuel Clarke Pomeroy, United States Senator from Kansas
Date: Between 1885 and 1890
Samuel Clarke Pomeroy, United States Senator from Kansas, seated in a horse drawn carriage in front of a residence, Washington D.C.
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Georgia Neese Clark Gray
Date: Between 1935 and 1940
A formal portrait of Georgia Neese Clark Gray, 1900-1995, of Richland, Kansas. Gray was National Committeewoman for the Democratic Party, 1936-1964, and was appointed by President Harry S. Truman on…
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Preston B Plumb
Date: January 12, 1865
Portrait of Preston B. Plumb, 1837-1891, in military uniform. He served in the Eleventh Kansas Volunteer Cavalry.
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Charles Curtis
Date: Between 1928 and 1933
This photograph shows Charles Curtis, 1860-1936, standing on the steps of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.As a Kansas politician he serves in the United States Congress from 1893-1907.…
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Leavenworth, Kansas, Ku Klux Klan
Date: 1924
Leavenworth Ku Klux Klan members posed by a passenger car at a rally in St. Joseph, Missouri.
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Ku Klux Klan
Date: 1924
Topeka Ku Klux Klan members posed by an automobile at a rally in St. Joseph, Missouri.
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Clarina Irene Howard Nichols
Date: between 1855 and 1861
Portrait of Clarina Irene Howard Nichols, 1810-1885. Nichols and her husband settled in Quindaro, Wyandotte County, Kansas Territory, where she was active in politics and women’s rights. Nichols attended the…
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Franklin Pierce
Date: Between 1853 and 1857
Engraving of Franklin Pierce, 1804-1869, who served as United States President from 1853 to 1857.
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James Henry Lane
Date: Between 1858 and 1861
This is a portrait of James Henry Lane, 1814-1866. Lane was a leader of the abolitionist movement during the turbulent period before Kansas Territory was admitted to the Union as…
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Andrew Horatio Reeder
Date: Between 1854 and 1855
Portrait of Andrew Reeder, 1807-1864, who was the first Kansas Territorial Governor. He was commissioned on June 29, 1854, took the oath of office on July 7, and arrived in…
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Cyrus Kurtz and Mary Holliday
Date: Between 1855 and 1860
This is a daguerreotype portrait of Cyrus Kurtz and Mary Holliday. Cyrus was one of the original founders of Topeka, Kansas, served Kansas as Adjutant General during the Civil War,…
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George Armstrong Custer
Date: 1872
This is a copy of a 1872 studio portrait of George Armstrong Custer, 1839-1876, and Duke Alexis, as published in the February 15, 1895 issue of “The Reveille.”
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Kansas Legislature, 1870
Date: 1870
This sepia colored legislative panel shows the members of the Kansas Legislature. In the lower portion of the panel, images of the capitol have been inserted.
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Leavenworth Public Library, Leavenworth, Kansas
Date: 1911
View of the central reference desk and reading room bookshelves in the Leavenworth Public Library located at 5th and Walnut Streets in Leavenworth, Kansas. Built in 1900 with funds that…
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Leavenworth Public Library, Leavenworth, Kansas
Date: 1902
View of the classic Carnegie style Leavenworth Public Library located at the corner of 5th and Walnut Streets in Leavenworth, Kansas. Built in 1900 with funds that included a $25,000…