Medium: StillImage
Hattie Wendland
Date: Between 1910 and 1920
This is a cabinet card studio portrait of a young lady identified as Hattie Wendland. She was the daughter of Ernest and Ida Wendland of Alma, Kansas.
Medium: StillImage
Two unidentified children in Alma, Kansas
Date: Between 1890 and 1910
This is a studio portrait of two small children with a small teddy bear sitting between them.
Medium: StillImage
Anna Werner Steinmeyer and Fritz Palenske
Date: 1889
This is a studio portrait made with a tintype process showing Anna Werner Steinmeyer and Fritz Palenske in Alma, Kansas.
Medium: StillImage
Three men in Alma, Kansas
Date: Between 1885 and 1895
This is a cabinet card studio portrait of three men from Alma, Kansas. The men are identified on the back of the photograph as Richard Thoes, Herman J. Palenske, and…
Medium: StillImage
Mr. and Mrs. George Sutherland
Date: Between 1880 and 1890
This is a studio portrait of Mr. and Mrs. George Sutherland of Alma, Kansas. Sutherland was a saddler.
Medium: StillImage
Strasen siblings, Alma, Kansas
Date: Between 1895 and 1905
This is a studio portrait of siblings belonging to the Strasen family of Alma, Kansas. Those identified are Herman, William, Amelia, and Charles Strasen.
Medium: StillImage
Carl Schubert family
Date: Between 1890 and 1900
Studio portrait of the family of Carl and Barbara Schubert of Alma, Kansas. Both immigrated to the United States from Austria. Carl had been a stowaway on a ship. When…
Medium: StillImage
Tillie Schmitz
Date: Between 1890 and 1900
This is a cabinet card studio portrait of Tillie Schmitz. The photograph was taken by Florence E. Potter in Dallas, Texas.
Medium: StillImage
Stephen H. Fairfield
Date: Between 1890 and 1900
This is a studio portrait of Stephen H. Fairfield. Fairfield, a prominent citizen and county official, was among the first settlers in the county arriving in the Wabaunsee townsite area…
Medium: StillImage
Reinhold Richter family in Alma, Kansas
Date: 1888-1892
Two studio portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Reinhold Richter and their daugher Erna in Alma, Kansas.
Medium: StillImage
Henry Pugh family in Alma, Kansas
Date: Between 1885 and 1890
A studio portrait of the Henry Pugh family of Alma, Kansas. Henry is pictured with his wife, Mary Hiner Pugh, and seven of their children.
Medium: StillImage
Peter Thowe family
Date: 1894-1922
Two studio portraits of Peter and Marie Thowe and their family in Alma, Kansas. The first photograph was taken in 1894 and the second was taken for their 50th wedding…
Medium: StillImage
Minnie Palenske
Date: 1886-1900
Four studio photographs of Minnie Palenske, the daughter of Wabaunsee County photographer Louis Palenske. She is misidentified as Arnold Palenske in one of the photographs.
Medium: StillImage
Max Palenske
Date: Between 1885 and 1890
Two photographs of Max Palenske, son of Louis Palenske of Alma, Kansas.
Medium: StillImage
Louis Palenske
Date: Between 1880 and 1890
This is a cabinet card studio portrait of Louis Palenske, a prominent photographer in Alma, Kansas.
Medium: StillImage
Fritz Palenske
Date: 1885-1895
Seven studio photographs of Fritz Palenske, son of photographer Louis Palenske, in Alma, Kansas. Several of the photographs were also taken by Alma photographer Gus Meier.
Medium: StillImage
Emma Palenske
Date: Between 1880 and 1885
This is a cabinet card studio portrait of Emma (Thoes) Palenske, wife of the photographer, Louis Palenske, and mother of Fred Palenske of Alma, Kansas.
Medium: StillImage
Palenske children, Alma, Kansas
Date: 1888
This is a cabinet card portrait of three Palenske children, identified as Fritz, Max, and Minnie. They were the children of photographer Louis Palenske of Alma, Kansas.
Medium: StillImage
Richard Thoes and H. J. Palenske
Date: 1888
This is a cabinet card studio portrait of Richard Thoes and Herman J. Palenske of Alma, Kansas. The studio prop gives the illusion that the men are sitting on a…
Medium: StillImage
August Ohst
Date: Between 1880 and 1900
Three photographs of artist August Ohst from Alma, Kansas. In addition to oil paintings, Ohst was known for stenciling and mural work on walls and ceilings of homes.
Medium: StillImage
Palenske family, Alma, Kansas
Date: Between 1907 and 1909
This is a studio portrait of Victor and Laura Palenske standing beside Charlotte Palenske who is holding a book.
Medium: StillImage
Mary Sage
Date: 1906
This is a portrait of Mary Sage, the daughter of Frank I. Sage of Alma, Kansas. She was born in 1886 and died in 1907.
Medium: StillImage
Rebekahs Lodge members, Alma, Kansas
Date: Between 1905 and 1915
This is a studio portrait of a large group of lodge women from Alma, Kansas. The women have been identified as Mary Kraus, Mrs. Frank Sanders, Irene Bandle, Madge Fridley,…
Medium: StillImage
Girls dressed as cupids, Alma, Kansas
Date: Between 1895 and 1900
This is a studio portrait of six schoolgirls dressed as cupids with bows and arrows in Alma, Kansas. The only child identified is Jean Watts standing on the back row,…
Medium: StillImage
Gotthelf Nehring family
Date: Between 1902 and 1903
This is a studio portrait of the Gotthelf Nehring family of Alma, Kansas. He is surrounded by his wife, Anna, and children, including Louise, Marie, Helena, Gustave, Paulina, Ida, Margaret,…