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Clara McClain, prisoner 2157

Date: 1924

This photograph of a female prisoner, Clara McClain, is from the Kansas State Industrial Farm for Women. Clara McClain was incarcerated for a violation of Chapter 205 in 1924. Chapter…

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Lee Spencer, St. Louis-San Francisco Railwy Café

Date: Between 1935 and 1949

Three photographs showing Lee Spencer as cook at the at the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Café in Topeka, Kansas. Photographs represent Lee Spencer carving meat, his wife Helen Spencer and…

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Crop harvesting, Edwards County, Kansas

Date: 1919

This series of photographs represents men harvesting a field in Edwards County, Kansas. The three photographs represent different crews for harvesting: threshing crew and outfit, binder and header crew, and…

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Site of Bushnell, Cowley County, Kansas

Date: 1958

This series of photographs represents the site of the town Bushnell which is no longer standing. The photographs represent two different views of the road leading through Bushnell. At the…

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Petroglyphs, Cowley County, Kansas

Date: 1936

This photograph represents Native American petroglyphs, also known as picture writing. The petroglyphs were found near the east bank of the Walnut River, Cowley County, Kansas. The photograph was taken…

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Myra Miller, prisoner 2145

Date: 1924

This photograph of a female prisoner, Myra Miller, is from the Kansas State Industrial Farm for Women. Myra Miller was incarcerated for bigamy in 1924.