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Baseball team in Topeka, Kansas
Date: Between 1915 and 1920
This is a photograph of an unidentified baseball team in Topeka, Kansas.
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Log cabin in Kansas
Date: 1859
This is a stereograph showing a log cabin in Kansas. The photograph was taken by Albert Bierstadt, New Bedford, Massachusetts, while on the Lander’s Expedition. Captain F. W. Lander’s party…
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Elsie, Bob and Joyce Gladfelter dressed for the Kansas Territorial Centennial in Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1954
This is a photograph showing Elsie, Bob and Joyce Gladfelter dressed for the Kansas Territorial Centennial in Topeka, Kansas.
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Men’s fellowship class in Topeka, Kansas
Date: Between 1930 and 1939
This is a postcard showing Men’s Fellowship Class, Inc., semi-annual breakfast held at Gage Park shelter house in Topeka, Kansas. See the back of the postcard for more information about…
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Fire at the Third Christian Church in Topeka, Kansas
Date: January 30, 1949
Here are photographs showing a fire at the Third Christian Church located at Third and Lake in Topeka, Kansas. The fire which destroyed the church was believed to have originated…
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View from the statehouse dome in Topeka, Kansas
Date: Between 1940 and 1945
This is a view looking north taken from the statehouse dome in Topeka, Kansas. The Topeka Avenue Bridge is visible in the distance. The photograph shows a number of buldings…
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President Woodrow Wilson and Governor Arthur Capper in Topeka, Kansas
Date: February 03, 1916
This is a photograph showing President Woodrow Wilson and Governor Arthur Capper in Topeka, Kansas.
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Western Branch of the Kansas Normal School at Hays, Kansas
Date: October 01, 1913
This is a photograph showing the Western Branch of the Kansas Normal School at Hays, Kansas. In the background, is the hospital building which was part of the Fort Hays…
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Hospital building at Fort Hays
Date: Between 1900 and 1910
This is a photograph showing the hospital building at Fort Hays. The main ward of the prefabricated pine hospital is on the left; it was forty by twenty-four feet. The…
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Western Branch of the Kansas Normal School at Hays, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1910
This is a photograph showing the military hospital building at Fort Hays when it was used by the Western Branch of the Kansas Normal School. The photograph shows students on…
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Hospital building at Fort Hays
Date: 1873
This is a photograph showing the hospital building at Fort Hays. The main ward of the prefabricated pine hospital is on the left; it was forty by twenty-four feet. The…
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Crawford County, Kansas
Date: 1879
A map of Crawford County, Kansas featuring townships, towns, landowners, railroads, and creeks.
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Crawford County, Kansas map
Date: 1886-1887
This is a map of Crawford County, Kansas, published by L. H. Everts. Townships, towns, railroads, schools, and creeks are noted.
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Fritz Luciano of the Topeka Owls baseball team
Date: 1947
Fred ‘Fritz’ Luciano, a right-handed pitcher for the Topeka Owls minor league baseball team, is pictured in this snapshot from 1947. Luciano’s record for the Owls in 1947 was 5-5…
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Chick Gordon, Topeka, Kansas
Date: Between 1948 and 1952
Topekan Charles (Chick) Gordon is pictured here wearing a Topeka Decker Oilers jacket and cap. Gordon is known to have played with this semi-pro baseball team in 1948 and 1950-52…
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Abilene Ikes baseball team, Abilene, Kansas
Date: 1949
This photograph features the 1949 Abilene Ikes, the team that won the pennant in the Amateur Baseball League of America with a record of 28-20. The ABLA, which was established…
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Chick Gordon in Topeka, Kansas
Date: Between 1945 and 1951
This photograph shows Topekan Charles (Chick) Gordon being tended to by a basketball team trainer. Gordon was a standout athlete at Topeka High and Washburn University, excelling at both basketball…
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Group of young men, Topeka, Kansas
Date: Between 1947 and 1951
This snapshot from the late 1940s or early 1950s shows a group of young men, probably students at Washburn University. The only individual identified is Topekan Charles ‘Chick’ Gordon, who…
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Chick Gordon, Topeka, Kansas
Date: Between 1945 and 1951
These photographs show Topekan Charles (Chick) Gordon in three different basketball poses. Gordon was a standout athlete at Topeka High and Washburn University, excelling at both basketball and baseball. He…
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Topeka High School basketball team
Date: Between 1946 and 1947
This photograph shows the 1946-47 Topeka High School basketball team. In the top row are (l to r): Jack Lambert, Jim McFarland, Chick Gordon, Charles Benson, and Coach Chet Davenport.…
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Topeka Decker Oilers in Wichita, Kansas
Date: 1948
This photograph of the Topeka Decker Oilers is believed to have been taken in August 1948 during the National Baseball Congress’ national semi-pro baseball tournament in Wichita, Kansas. The Decker…
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Commercial Hotel in Ransom, Kansas
Date: Between 1910 and 1915
This is a postcard showng the Commercial Hotel in Ransom, Kansas.
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May Harlan Irwin
Date: Between 1910 and 1915
This is a photograph of May Harlan Irwin who was born April 26, 1895.
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Stephen Beason and Mildred Cass Beason
Date: October 13, 1917
This is a photograph of Stephen Beason and Mildred Cass Beason possibly taken on their wedding day, October 13, 1917. After graduating from high school, Stephan attended Kansas University for…
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Stephen Beason
Date: 1913
This is a high school graduation photograph of Stephen Beason. After graduating from high school, Stephen attended Kansas University for one year. Later he farmed, taught school and served as…