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Peter Percival Elder

Date: Between 1870 and 1880

This is an illustration of Peter Percival Elder, 1823-1914, newspaper editor and publisher from Ottawa, Kansas. A free state activist and actively involved in the development of Kansas politics, Elder…

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Peter Percival Elder

Date: Between 1870 and 1890

This is a photograph of Peter Percival Elder, 1823-1914, newspaper editor and publisher from Ottawa, Kansas. Elder was a free state activist and was actively involved in the development of…

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John Davis

Date: Between 1891 and 1895

This is a formal portrait of John Davis, 1826-1901, a farmer, newspaper editor and publisher from Junction City, Kansas. Davis was actively involved in the development of Kansas agricultural and…

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John Whitnah Leedy

Date: Between 1896 and 1899

This formal portrait shows John Whitnah Leedy, a Civil War veteran from LeRoy, Kansas. Actively involved in the development of Kansas politics, he embraced Republican values until he changed to…

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Jonathan McMillan Davis

Date: Between 1900 and 1920

These are aset of photographs of Jonathan McMillan Davis, 1871-1943, a farmer and politician from Bronson, Kansas. Davis began his political career in 1900 when he was elected as a…

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John M. Dunsmore

Date: Between 1893 and 1894

This is a formal portrait of John M. Dunsmore, 1844-1922, a lawyer and Civil War veteran from Thayer, Kansas. Actively involved in the development of Kansas politics, Dunsmore was elected…

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Samuel Medary

Date: Between 1859 and 1860

This formal portrait shows Samuel Medary (1801-1864), a newspaper editor and publisher from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He served as the sixth territorial Governor of Kansas from December 20, 1859 until…

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Edmund Needham Morrill

Date: Between 1895 and 1897

This is a photograph of Edmund Needham Morrill, 1834-1909, businessman and civil war veteran from Brown County, Kansas. Morrill was a free state activist and was actively involved in the…

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John Alexander Martin

Date: Between 1885 and 1889

This formal portrait shows John Alexander Martin (1839-1889), a newspaper publisher and Civil War veteran from Atchison, Kansas. He was a free state activist and helped to organize the Kansas…

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John Alexander Martin

Date: Between 1885 and 1889

This formal portrait represents John Alexander Martin, 1839-1889, a newspaper publisher and civil war veteran from Atchison, Kansas. He was a free state activist and helped organize the Kansas Republican…

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Alfred Mossman Landon

Date: December 03, 1935

This photograph shows Kansas Governor Alfred Mossman Landon reading a story to his daughter Nancy Josephine.

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Edward Wallis Hoch

Date: 1905

This postcard shows the official state seal of Kansas with the Hon Edward W. Hoch, the seventeenth governor of Kansas.

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Alfred M. Landon cartoons

Date: 1936

This set of political cartoons symbolizes and exaggerates Kansas Governor Alfred M. Landon’s campaign for president of the United States. In the presidential election of 1936 Landon is defeated in…

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Arthur Capper, United States Senator

Date: June 01, 1925

This photograph shows United States Senator Arthur Capper with fellow United States Senator from Kansas Charles Curtis to the far left, and Kansas Governor Benjamin Paulen in the middle, at…

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Arthur Capper

Date: January 01, 1916

This photograph shows Kansas Governor Arthur Capper gathered, at the capitol in Topeka, Kansas, with a group of people burring the last bonded indebtedness of Kansas.

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Arthur Capper’s birthday celebration

Date: July 14, 1917

This set of photographs show Kansas Governor Arthur Capper gathered with children and adults during his annual birthday celebration at an unidentified park. The birthday parties, held from 1908-1950, featured…

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Frank Carlson

Date: 1947

This formal portrait shows Kansas Governor Frank Carlson. Born in 1893 in Cloud County, Kansas, Frank was a World War I veteran and farmer. He was elected in 1928 as…

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Frank Carlson

Date: Between 1949 and 1962

This formal portrait shows Kansas Governor Frank Carlson. Born in 1893 in Cloud County, Kansas, Frank was a World War I veteran and farmer. He was elected in 1928 as…

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George Washington Glick

Date: Between 1860 and 1869

This carte de visit shows George Washington Glick. Born in 1827, Glick was a lawyer and Civil War veteran from Atchison, Kansas. He was elected a member of the Kansas…

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George Washington Glick

Date: Between 1900 and 1910

This formal portrait shows George Washington Glick. Born in 1827, Glick was a lawyer and Civil War veteran from Atchison, Kansas. He was elected a member of the Kansas House…

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George Washington Glick

Date: Between 1870 and 1880

This formal portrait shows George Washington Glick. Born in 1827, Glick was a lawyer and Civil War veteran from Atchison, Kansas. He was elected a member of the Kansas House…