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Women from Nicodemus, Kansas

Date: Between 1920 and 1939

This black and white photograph shows a group of African-American women and two small children posing informally in Nicodemus, Kansas.

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Men from Nicodemus, Kansas

Date: Between 1920 and 1939

This black and white photograph shows a group of men from Nicodemus, Kansas. They have been identified from left to right as: James Freeman, Solomon Thompson, Lucus Bells, Connie Mobley,…

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Robert Dawson Lykins family

Date: Between 1958 and 1959

A photograph of the Robert Lykins family seated in their home at 909 Santa Fe in Atchison, Kansas. They are identified as front row (left to right): Jane Lykins, Mary…

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Robert Dawson Lykins family

Date: January 2000

A photograph of the Robert and Mary Lykins family on the steps of their home at 909 Santa Fe in Atchison, Kansas. They are identified as front row (left to…

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Greenleaf Ranch, Kiowa County, Kansas

Date: Between 1890 and 1900

This sepia colored photograph shows cattle being rounded up on the O.J. Greenleaf ranch in Kiowa County, Kansas. In the foreground, two cowboys have separated a cow from the herd.

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Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kansas

Date: 1935

This black and white photograph shows the businesses along the west side of Kansas Avenue looking north from Eighth Street in Topeka, Kansas. The business signs that are legible include…

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Oliver Brown

Date: Between 1857 and 1859

Oliver Brown was born March 9, 1839, in Franklin, Ohio, the fourth son of John Brown and Mary, his second wife. Oliver was wounded and died during the Harpers Ferry…

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View of Herzog, Kansas

Date: Between 1890 and 1910

This sepia colored postcard shows a birds eye view of Herzog, Kansas. The town, located one half mile north of the English settlement of Victoria, was founded in 1876 by…

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Fairview School, Nicodemus, Kansas

Date: 1915

This black and white photograph shows a group of African-American students with their teacher from Fairview School near Nicodemus, Kansas. The school was located 2 miles north of Nicodemus. A…

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Telephone switchboard, Oakley, Kansas

Date: 1923

This black and white photograph shows telephone operators, from left to right, Verna Anderson Close and Edna Eversole, inside the switchboard room in Oakley, Kansas.

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Box kite, Monument, Kansas

Date: Between 1900 and 1919

This black and white photograph shows a group of men gathered around a box kite in Monument, Kansas.

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Seward Jones

Date: Between 1920 and 1929

This black and white photograph shows Seward Jones with his wife listing to the radio.

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Schoolhouse, Sharon Springs, Kansas

Date: Between 1891 and 1899

This black and white photograph shows a group of students standing in front of the two-story buick schoolhouse in Sharon Springs, Kansas.

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Topeka Veterans Administration Hospital 20th anniversary

Date: January 11, 1966

Mayor Charles Wright is cutting a cake to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Topeka Veterans Administration Hospital, later renamed the Colmery-O’Neil Veterans Administration Hospital. During world War II years,…

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Topeka Veterans Administration hospital

Date: 1956-1960

These four black and white photographs show the Veterans Administration Hospital. Two are aerial views–one of the construction of the Veterans Administration hospital with the Winter Army General Hospital in…