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Land and Loan office, La Crosse, Kansas

Date: Between 1880s and 1890s

This black and white photograph shows a group of men gathered in front of the Land and Loan office in La Crosse, Kansas. On the roof of the building four…

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Snowball’s pool room

Date: Between 1870s and 1890s

This black and white photograph shows a group of men standing in front of Snowball’s pool room. The location of the pool room is not identified, however, on the back…

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Trump Apron Factory, Frankfort, Kansas

Date: Between 1950 and 1959

This black and white photograph shows a group of women sewing aprons for the Trump Apron Factory in Frankfort, Kansas. At the time of this photo Trump’s Department Store at…

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Right of way map through Dighton, Kansas

Date: 1888

This is a Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad right of way map through Dighton, Kansas. The Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad later became the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway.

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Excursion trains, Hugoton, Kansas

Date: May 1913

These two black and white photographs show groups of people gathered around two excursion trains at the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe depot in Hugoton, Kansas in celebration of the…

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C. B. Lines house in Wabaunsee, Kansas

Date: 1892

Photograph of two unidentified women standing outside the house once owned by Charles Burrill Lines in Wabaunsee, Kansas. Lines was a leader of the Connecticut Colony which settled Wabaunsee in…

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Unidentified man with beaver

Date: Between 1940 and 1970

This is a black and white photograph of an unidentified man with a dead beaver in Wabaunsee County, Kansas.

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Smith girls, Wabaunsee, Kansas

Date: 1911

This is a portrait of four girls belonging to the Smith family of Wabaunsee, Kansas. They are idenified as (from left to right) Carolyn Smith, daughter of Herbert Smith; Lois…

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Maria Lines

Date: Between 1890 and 1897

This is a studio portrait of Maria Lines, wife of Charles Burrill Lines, who came to Wabaunsee, Kansas in 1856.

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Charles Burrill Lines

Date: Between 1880 and 1889

This is a studio portrait of Charles Burrill Lines, one of the leaders of the Connecticut colony who came to Wabaunsee, Kansas in March 1856.

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Lena and Simeon Smith

Date: 1900

This is a studio portrait of Lena Zahner Smith and Simeon Smith. It may be their wedding photograph.

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Joshua Smith, Wabaunsee, Kansas

Date: Between 1880 and 1890

This is a photograph of Joshua Smith who came to Wabaunsee, Kansas, from England in 1849 with his wife and family of six. He and his son John were part…

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John Smith, Wabaunsee, Kansas

Date: Between 1865 and 1875

This is a studio portrait of John Smith who came to Wabaunsee, Kansas in 1855, before the Beecher Colony. He was a conductor on the Underground Railroad and fought in…

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Hayes and Amelia Pitman

Date: March 8, 1899

This is the wedding portrait of Hayes O. Pitman and Amelia Brooks Pitman. They are the parents of Dawn Fulton of Wabaunsee, Kansas, and grandparents of Janey Fulton Wenderott of…

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Elizabeth Enlow

Date: 1880

This is a studio portrait of Elizabeth Enlow, daughter of Robert and Myra Abbott Enlow of Wabaunsee, Kansas.