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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company employee

Date: Between 1960 and 1969

This black and white photograph shows an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company employee checking a passenger’s one price ticket that provided transportation, seat reservations, meals and a pillow.

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Ase-tite, Comanche, in Indian Territory

Date: Between 1875 and 1877

This cabinet card of Ase-tite, a Comanche, was made in Indian Territory in the late 1870s by William P. Bliss. Bliss was a photographer in the 1860s, 1870s and perhaps…

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Harvey Girls

Date: Between 1910 and 1919

This black and white photograph shows a group of Harvey Girls at an unidentified location. These young women served meals to travelers at the Fred Harvey hotels and restaurants along…

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Harvey Girls, Hutchinson, Kansas

Date: 1915

This black and white photograph shows a group of Harvey Girls posing on a concrete railing in Hutchinson, Kansas. Harvey Girls served meals to travelers at the Fred Harvey hotels…

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King’s millinery shop, Harper, Kansas

Date: 1889

This photograph shows the interior view of King’s millinery shop in Harper, Kansas. The owner of the business, Almeda Doorley King, is standing in the middle of the room surrounded…

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King’s millinery shop, Harper, Kansas

Date: Between 1900 and 1919

This sepia colored photograph shows an interior view of King’s millinery shop in Harper, Kansas. The owner of the business Almeda Doorley King is sitting in a chair beside a…

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Hesperian Library Club, Cawker City, Kansas

Date: Between 1884 and 1904

This sepia photograph shows members of the Woman’s Hesperian Library Club in front of the public library in Cawker City, Kansas. The group raised $1,313.75 in monetary funds to build…

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Fanny Kelly

Date: Between 1870 and 1879

This is a tintype showing Fanny Kelly, who left Kansas with her family for Idaho in the summer of 1864. Their wagon train was attacked by Sioux Indians and Fanny…

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Fanny Kelly

Date: Between 1880 and 1889

This is a cabinet card showing Fanny Kelly, who left Kansas with her family for Idaho in the summer of 1864. Their wagon train was attacked by Sioux Indians and…

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Thomas P. Murphy

Date: 1905

This is a photograph showing Thomas P. Murphy who lived in Halstead, Kansas. He served in the Kansas House of Representatives (District 70) in 1905 and 1907 and the Kansas…

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Thomas P. Murphy

Date: 1909

This is a cabinet card showing Thomas P. Murphy who lived in Halstead, Kansas. He served in the Kansas House of Representatives (District 70) in 1905 and 1907 and the…

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Harvey Girls, Hutchinson, Kansas

Date: 1910

This black and white photograph shows a group of Harvey Girls walking along the tracks in Hutchinson, Kansas. The women served meals to travelers at the Fred Harvey hotels and…

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Harvey Girls, Kansas City, Kansas

Date: 1922

This black and white photograph shows a group of Harvey Girls from Union Station in Kansas City, Kansas. The young women served meals to travelers at the Fred Harvey hotels…