Medium: StillImage
Date: June 1936
Here are two photographs of the First Territorial Capitol building at Fort Riley, Kansas. Clarence and Janice Fornwald took the photographs while they were on their honeymoon. They started from…
Medium: StillImage
Date: June 1936
Here are three photographs showing the entrance to St. Mary’s Jesuit College in St. Mary’s, Kansas. Clarence and Janice Fornwald took the photographs while they were on their honeymoon. They…
Medium: StillImage
Date: June 1936
This is a photograph of a mill in Topeka, Kansas. Clarence and Janice Fornwald took the photograph while they were on their honeymoon. They started from Pittsburg, California, and traveled…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1888 and 1910
This sepia colored photograph shows the Bennett home at the corner of Eighth and Buchanan Streets in Topeka, Kansas. Designed by architect Seymour Davis, the home was built between 1886…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1925
This sepia colored photograph shows the re-enactment signing between the Osage Indians and representatives of the U.S. Government establishing the right away for the Santa Fe Trail in Council, Grove,…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1925
This sepia colored photograph shows a group of Native Americans dressed in their tribal clothing and some cowboys during the celebration at the Santa Fe Trail’s centennial anniversary (1825-1925) in…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1906 and 1907
This postcard shows the Santa Fe Trail monument erected by the Daughters of the American Revolution and the state of Kansas in Dodge City, Kansas.
Medium: StillImage
Date: April 14, 1935
This black and white postcard shows drifts of dust near the town of Hugoton, Kansas. In the background a windmill is visible among the trees.
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1920 and 1929
This sepia colored postcard shows a table covered with early radio equipment at a unidentified location.
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1900 and 1909
This black and white photograph shows a group of gentlemen, possibly a salesman and customers, standing beside a horse-drawn J.R. Watkins Medical Company wagon near Eureka, Kansas. There is also…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1900 and 1919
This black and white photograph shows a couple standing beside a J.R. Watkins Medical wagon with sampling cases near Eureka, Kansas. The medical company, founded in 1868 by Joseph Ray…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1900 and 1919
This black and white photograph showing a young boy carrying a large fish in Volland, Kansas.
Medium: StillImage
Date: September 02, 1957
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Harveyville, Kansas. The structure was located on the Eastern Lines, Eastern Division, Alma District at mile post…
Medium: StillImage
Date: between 1890 and 1899
These two black and white photographs show the first Rural Free Delivery wagon for the U.S. mail in Maple Hill, Kansas. In the first image Mr. Joe Boyd, is seated…
Medium: StillImage
Date: May 1936
This is a panoramic photograph showing Slovenska Svobodomiselna Podporna Zveza convention members in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Frank Strukel, who lived in Breezy Hill, Kansas and Arma, Kansas, is in the back…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1885
A plan of the city of Topeka and suburbs, and Shawnee County, by William Tweeddale, from official records and surveys. This map shows land ownership, streets, points of interest, railroad…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1887
A map of Topeka, Kansas, published from the office of Highland Park for the sale of lots in the Highland Park addition. It shows city streets, distances from certain locations…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1887
A map of Topeka, Kansas showing the city’s streets, railroads, distances from certain points in the city to the post office, neighborhood additions, and a portion of the Kansas river.…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1880 and 1890
A map of the city of Topeka made for George W. Watson, a local realtor. It shows the city’s streets, neighborhoods, railroads, and part of the Kansas river. A list…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1887
A map showing Topeka, Kansas, and its local neighborhoods. The map also shows distance from certain points in the city to the state house. The backside of the map gives…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1882
A pocket map of Topeka, Kansas, showing the city’s suburbs as well as its streets, churches, schools, and other points of interest. The four different wards of Topeka have been…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1881
A map of Topeka, Kansas, compiled from recorded plats. It shows the different Topeka wards, as well as streets, lots, land ownership, railroads, and a portion of the Kansas River.…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1878
A map of Topeka, Kansas, showing the city’s neighborhood additions, streets, railroad lines, and points of interest such as the Capitol Park, College of the Sisters of Bethany, and the…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1870
A plat map of Topeka, Kansas based on official surveys of the county surveyor. This map shows the city’s streets, lots, land ownership, and a portion of the Kansas river.
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1887
A blueline map of Topeka, Kansas, showing the city’s many neighborhood additions. A portion of the Kansas river is also visible.
