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Mineral mining camp, Cherokee County, Kansas

Date: Between 1941 and 1975

Several photographs of he Mineral mining camp. Mineral was a small camp of approximately 1000 people at its peak. Located six miles west of Scammon (another mining camp) in Cherokee…

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Frontenac, Crawford County, Kansas

Date: Between 1900 and 1969

These 15 images include photographs and records related to the town of Frontenac, in Crawford County, Kansas. The materials include school records, certificates of citizenship. The town, established in 1866…

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Pittsburg, Kansas

Date: Between 1909 and 1962

Here are multiple photographs of mining near Pittsburg, Kansas. The Pittsburg mining camp was founded in 1876 specifically to be a center for smelting lead and zinc since it was…

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M.W. Houston home photograph

Date: 1928

This photograph represents the M.W. Houston farm home in Thomas County, Kansas. The photograph was taken from a 1928 Thomas County atlas.

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Walker W. Nash gas station photograph

Date: 1928

This photograph shows the exterior of the Walker W. Nash gas station in Menlo, Thomas County, Kansas. The photograph was copied from a 1928 Thomas County atlas.

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Menlo State Bank photograph

Date: 1905

This photograph is of an interior view of the cashier’s cage at the Menlo State Bank, Menlo, Thomas County, Kansas.

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Kansas Legislature, 1889

Date: 1889

This legislative panel shows members of the Kansas House of Representatives and the Senate. In the center of the panel images of senators are inserted while representatives are arranged in…

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Inter-Ocean Mills in Topeka, Kansas

Date: Between 1900 and 1905

This is a photograph showing the Inter-Ocean Mills located in Topeka, Kansas. On the tracks next to the mill Union Pacific Railroad boxcars are visible.

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Edmund Denny, WIBW Sendol Program

Date: Between 1940 and 1980

This is a publicity portrait of Edmund Denny, a radio show performer on the WIBW Sendol Program. Denny was a member of the Pleasant Valley Gang musical trio from the…

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Menlo main street photograph

Date: Between 1915 and 1920

A street scene in Menlo, Thomas County, Kansas. A group of men stand in front of Fred Christensen’s Menlo Confectionery shop, which featured a short order menu and a lunch…

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Tent revival photograph

Date: 1921

This photograph represents a scene of a religious revival in Cumberland, Thomas County, Kansas. A group of cars are parked near a large white tent next to a frame church…

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Old Settler’s portrait

Date: Between 1900 and 1915

An elderly man, identified only as an “old settler,” reads in a chair outdoors in Cumberland, Thomas County, Kansas.