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William Alfred Peffer

Date: Between 1890 and 1897

This is a carte de visite of William Alfred Peffer, a Populist, who served in both the Kansas State Senate from 1874 to 1876 and the United States Senate from…

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Alfred Mossman Landon speaking in front of a camera

Date: Between 1935 and 1936

This photograph shows Alfred Mossman Landon speaking in front of a camera during his 1936 Presidential campaign against President Franklin Roosevelt. Men captured in the photograph includes Jack Barrett, Monte,…

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Oil and ownership map of Johnson County, Kansas

Date: Between 1935 and 1939

This map shows oil and land ownership in Johnson County, Kansas. The map was distributed by Hedrick Abstract & Guaranty Company of Olathe, Kansas, and road information was provided by…

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Joplin Miners baseball players at a picnic

Date: 1949

These twelve snapshots were taken at a picnic in Joplin, Missouri, attended by members of the 1949 Joplin Miners minor league baseball team. The team finished third in the Class…

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Harland Coffman of the Columbus Red Birds

Date: 1952

Topekan Harland Coffman is shown in this photograph from 1952, when he was a right-handed pitcher with the Columbus,Ohio Red Birds, a Class AAA minor league club in the American…

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Moose lodge 555 in Topeka, Kansas

Date: February 07, 1971

This photograph is identified as a ‘class enrollment’ picture for Topeka Moose Lodge No. 555. It is dated February 7, 1971, and was taken by Richard Wolfe Photos of Topeka.

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Harland Coffman, bowling in Topeka, Kansas

Date: Between 1960 and 1969

Topekan Harland Coffman is bowling in this photograph from the 1960s. Coffman was a lifelong Topekan who played high school, American Legion, minor league, and semi-pro baseball throughout his youth…

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Western League statistics for the 1951 season

Date: October 16, 1951

This 1951 news release contains official statistics for the Western League, a Class A minor league baseball circuit. The release identifies the league’s batting, pitching, and fielding leaders, as well…

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Harland Coffman in Independence, Kansas

Date: 1948

This photograph of Topekan Harland Coffman was taken in Independence, Kansas, in 1948. That summer, Coffman was a right-handed pitcher with the Independence Yankees, a Class D minor league club…

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Harland and Burton Coffman, Topeka, Kansas

Date: 1940-1945

These two photographs from the 1940s show Harland and Burton Coffman of Topeka. In the earlier of the two photos, dated 1940, the boys are posing with their bicycles outside…

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Dawn Coffman, Topeka, Kansas

Date: Between 1952 and 1953

This photograph from the early 1950s shows a young Dawn Coffman posing on the bus used by the Topeka Decker Oilers semi-pro baseball team. Her father, Harland Coffman, was a…

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Baseball team in Topeka, Kansas

Date: Between 1937 and 1939

This snapshot from the late 1930s shows members of a semi-pro baseball team in Topeka. Players on the team include at least three members of the Coffman family, who later…