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Covered wagons Wellington, Kansas

Date: April 22, 1889

This sepia colored photograph shows a caravan of covered wagons lined up along main street in Wellington, Kansas. The wagons are filled with supplies waiting for the the Oklahoma Land…

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Soldier’s Orphan’s Home, Atchison, Kansas

Date: 1904

A photograph of the Soldier’s Orphan’s Home in Atchison, Kansas. A 1904 calendar is also included. In 1887, Kansas opened this facility for children of Union soldiers and sailors. This…

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Self-propelled combine, Rush County, Kansas

Date: Between 1891 and 1901

This sepia colored photograph shows a group of men harvesting 600 acres of wheat in Rush County, Kansas with a Holt self propelled combine. According to information written on the…

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Soldier’s Orphan’s Home, Atchison, Kansas

Date: Between 1887 and 1908

Two views of the Soldier’s Orphan’s Home in Atchison, Kansas. In 1887, Kansas opened this facility for children of Union soldiers and sailors. This was the first such facility in…

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Confiscated liquor, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas

Date: Between 1920 and 1929

These four black and white photographs show bottles of confiscated liquor placed on the hood and running board of a car in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. In two of the images…

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Bookmobile in Kansas

Date: July 3, 1958

This postcard shows a bookmobile for Kansas, a service provided by the Traveling Libraries Commission. The postmark is July 3, 1958, and it is addressed to Nyle Miller, executive director…

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Campbell family

Date: Between 1905 and 1910

This is a photograph showing unidentified members of the Campbell family. They were possibly related to the Allison family and lived in McPherson County, Kansas.