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General Samuel Ryan Curtis

Date: Between 1861 and 1865

This is a photograph of Samuel Ryan Curtis, who was born near Champlain, New York. Curtis graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1831, and moved to Ohio, where…

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Ford family reunion in Ohio

Date: 1880

This is a photograph of the Ford family reunion in Ohio. The man with the beard, fourth from the front on the right side, is probably Joseph Ford who settled…

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Ira J. Lacock

Date: Between 1884 and 1889

This cabinet card shows Ira J. Lacock (1831-1900), a lawyer from Hiawatha, Kansas. Lacock was a native of Washington County, Pennsylvania and graduated from Washington and Jefferson College in 1856…

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Group of men in Seneca, Kansas

Date: Between 1910 and 1919

This is a postcard showing a group of men in Seneca, Kansas. They were possibly gathered to work on or discuss roads in their community.

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Walter G. Thiele

Date: Between 1955 and 1957

Here are two photographs of Walter G. Thiele who was born in Washington, Kansas, the son of George and Elizabeth Baumberger Thiele. While attending school, Walter worked in his father’s…

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William Foster Means

Date: Between 1894 and 1900

This cabinet card shows William Foster Means (1861-1930), a lawyer from Hiawatha, Kansas. Means, a native of DeKalb County, Missouri, graduated from the University of Missouri in 1885 with a…

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Clara Curtis

Date: Between 1870 and 1875

Here are two tintypes of Clara Curtis.

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Charley Curtis

Date: Between 1865 and 1870

This is a tintype of Charley Curtis as a small boy. We are not able to determine if this is Charles Curtis that represented Kansas in the United States Senate…

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Garfield Park, Topeka, Kansas

Date: July 28, 1951

This black and white photograph shows the aftermath of the 1951 flood to Garfield Park in Topeka, Kansas. The extremely heavy rains during June and July caused some of the…

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Garfield Park, Topeka, Kansas

Date: July 28, 1951

This black and white photograph shows the aftermath of the 1951 flood to the bathhouse at Garfield Park in Topeka, Kansas. The extremely heavy rains during June and July caused…

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North Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kansas

Date: July 28, 1951

This black and white photograph shows the aftermath of the 1951 flood at 1526 North Kansas Avenue in Topeka, Kansas. The extremely heavy rains during June and July caused some…

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William Allen White

Date: April 1929

This is an autographed photograph of William Allen White. As publisher and editor of the Emporia Gazette newspaper, White gained national fame with his editorial “What’s the Matter with Kansas?”…

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George Thiele

Date: Between 1885 and 1890

This is a tintype showing George Thiele, father of Kansas Supreme Court Justice Walter G. Thiele. George Thiele lived in Washington, Kansas, and owned an abstracting business.

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Major General James B. McPherson, McPherson, Kansas

Date: Between 1930 and 1938

This postcard shows the statue of Major General James Birdseye McPherson in McPherson, Kansas. This bronze monument honors the career of a Union General and the namesake of McPherson, Kansas.…

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Main Street, McPherson, Kansas

Date: 1908

This sepia-colored postcard shows a street scene of store fronts and horse-drawn wagons along Main Street in McPherson, Kansas. The following text “Compliments of Albert E. King, McPherson, Kansas” and…

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Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas

Date: 1886

This plat shows the city of Hiawatha in Brown County, Kansas. The map has been scaled one inch to 600 hundred feet and shows blocks of the original city along…

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Walter G. Thiele and Maude Baker Thiele

Date: 1911

This is a photograph of Walter G. Thiele and Maude Baker Thiele. Walter was born in Washington, Kansas, the son of George and Elizabeth (Baumberger) Thiele. Growing up he worked…

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Charles A. and Frank Richard

Date: Between 1897 and 1899

This is a photograph of Charles A. and Frank Richard, the twin sons of Frank and Olive Jane Richard. They lived in Holton and attended Campbell College. Charles A. Richard…

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Scenes of Sherman County, Kansas

Date: 1890-1930

Multiple scenes of Sherman County, Kansas. In the photograph of lunch time for the harvest crew, Mrs. Ed Chatfield is the woman on the left and Ed Chatfield is the…