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Governor William “Bill” Preston Graves

Date: Between 1995 and 2000

Two color slides showing Governor Bill Graves sitting at his desk in the capitol. Bill Graves was Kansas’ 43rd governor. Born January 9, 1953 in Salina, Graves was first elected…

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Auto converted for plowing

Date: 1916

This sepia colored photograph shows a group of men gathered around an automobile that has been converted for plowing purposes. The vehicle has a 1916 Kansas license plate.

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Breaking sod, western Kansas

Date: Between 1910 and 1925

This black and white photograph shows a steam tractor breaking sod in western Kansas as a group of men and two children look on. The men standing on the plow…

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Elk County, Kansas

Date: c1927

This map of Elk County, Kansas shows oil and gas wells, dry holes and abandoned, schools, churches, cemeteries, and state and county roads. It also shows names of rural landowners.

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Amelia Earhart

Date: July 02, 1932

This is a photograph of Amelia Earhart after her solo flight, meeting with Jack Mollendyk, father of commercial aviation, and Mr. McKenney, one of TWA’s first traffic managers.

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Aerial view of Ellis County, Kansas

Date: October 01, 1951

This aerial photograph, taken by the Kansas Department of Transportation, shows U. S. Highway 40 along the town of Hays in Ellis County, Kansas.

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Harland Coffman baseball collage

Date: Between 1948 and 1996

This is a collage of items relating to the baseball career of Topekan Harland Coffman, who pitched for several minor league teams between 1948 and 1952. In 158 minor league…

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Omaha Cardinals baseball team

Date: 1951

This is a photograph of the 1951 Omaha Cardinals, a minor league baseball team in the Class A Western League. Among those pictured are Kansans Harland Coffman, of Topeka, and…

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George Hopkins

Date: Between 1907 and 1912

This sepia colored photograph shows George Hopkins, baggage master, for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company in Topeka, Kansas.

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United States army equipment

Date: April 1940

This photograph shows Caterpillar tractors and 155 mm guns on flatcars at the Fort Benning railhead, during the third army maneuvers, in Fort Benning, Georgia.

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United States army tanks

Date: Between 1941 and 1945

This photograph shows a fleet of United States Army tanks on flatcars at the New York Central embarkation yard. The equipment was to be shipped overseas for World War II…

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United States army tanks

Date: April 1960

This black and white photograph shows members from the Strategic Army Corps, Armored Division, securing tanks to flatcars at Fort Hood’s railhead during exercise “Cimarron Drive”.