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Shelterbelt in Kansas
Date: Between 1930 and 1939
A photograph showing an unidentified farmer standing by his shelterbelt on a farm in Kansas. The shelterbelt helped guard against soil erosion.
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Planting trees for a shelterbelt in Kansas
Date: 1936
A photograph showing McPherson Nursery’s employees planting trees for a shelterbelt at an unknown location in Kansas.
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Shelterbelt in Pratt County, Kansas
Date: October 1939
A photograph showing people viewing the first shelterbelt planted in Kansas. The trees were planted March 23, 1935 on Mamie Axline Fay’s farm in Pratt County.
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Shelterbelt in Edwards County, Kansas
Date: 1935
A photograph showing trees planted for a shelterbelt in Edwards County, Kansas.
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Cultivating trees in Pratt County, Kansas
Date: June 1936
A photograph showing a farmer cultivating trees planted for a shelterbelt in Pratt County, Kansas. The trees were planted March, 1935.
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Marshall’s Band in Denver, Colorado
Date: 1913
A panoramic photograph showing Marshall’s Band at the 32nd Triennial Conclave of the Knights Templar in Denver, Colorado.
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Ekart, Umscheid, Riat, Hoferer and Repp family histories and photographs
Date: 1865-1993
These two volumes contain photographs of people and structures related to the various families in the title. There are also a number of copies of records from the St. Joseph…
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National Women’s Party Workers, Washington, D.C.
Date: May 27, 1933
A panoramic photograph of the annual conference of the National Women’s Party Workers at the Dodge Hotel, Washington, D.C.
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James Butler Hickok at Fort Harker, Kansas
Date: 1867
This photograph shows James Butler Hickok, at far left, with a group of men at Fort Harker, Kansas. Fort Harker was located in present day Kanopolis, Kansas.
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Saloon and billiard hall at Fort Dodge, Kansas
Date: 1867
A photograph showing the saloon and billiard hall at Fort Dodge, Kansas. The saloon was in the right end of the long stone building and the billiard hall was in…
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Fort Riley, Kansas, no longer an outpost
Date: 1867
This stereograph shows buildings at Fort Riley in Davis County, later Geary County, Kansas. Alexander Gardner visually documented the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division as it was being built across…
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United Methodist Church, Hoyt, Kansas
Date: 1886-2009
Five photographs of the United Methodist Church in Hoyt, Kansas.
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Kansas Avenue in Topeka, Kansas
Date: April 1954
A photograph showing Kansas Avenue looking north toward the intersection with Sixth Avenue in Topeka, Kansas. Visible in the photograph are automobiles and business buildings including the National Bank of…
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Kansas Avenue in Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1948
A birds-eye view of Kansas Avenue looking south from the 600 block in Topeka, Kansas. The photograph was taken from the 11th floor of the National Bank of Topeka.
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Fort Wallace
Date: May 25, 1953
A drawing of Fort Wallace, Kansas as it appeared in 1879.
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State house grounds landscaping plan, Topeka, Kansas
Date: June 1871
This working plan was developed by Cleveland & French for arranging the state house grounds in Topeka, Kansas. The map shows the placement of trees on the grounds.
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Edward Townsend Mix
Date: Between 1875 and 1879
A drawing of Edward Townsend Mix, the first architect hired to design the Kansas capitol. He was later replaced by E. T. Carr. This drawing was copied from The National…
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Chester Thomas
Date: Between 1870 and 1879
A photograph of Chester Thomas, Sr., who came to Kansas in the 1850s. He was mail agent for the western territories, and while serving in that capacity, he was able…
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Solon Otis Thacher
Date: Between 1880 and 1889
A photograph of Solon Otis Thacher, a lawyer, who came to Lawrence, Kansas Territory in July, 1858. In 1859, he was elected as a delegate to the Wyandotte Constitutional Convention.…
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Warren Wirt Henry Lawrence
Date: 1890
A photograph of Warren Wirt Henry Lawrence, a lawyer, who came to Kansas in 1857 and settled in Franklin County. He was elected to the 1861 state legislature and in…
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company’s track crew, Arizona
Date: October 1978
These five colored slides show a group of Navajo Indian workers, from the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company’s track crew, repairing a rail line in Arizona.
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company’s track crew, Arizona
Date: October 1978
These five colored slides show a group of Navajo Indian workers from the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company’s track crew repairing a rail line in Arizona.
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Edward C. K. Garvey
Date: Between 1855 and 1859
A photograph of Edward C. K. Garvey, who came to Topeka in the spring of 1855. He was an ardent Free-State man and editor of the Kansas Freeman newspaper, which…
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Guilford G. Gage
Date: Between 1880 and 1889
A photograph of Guilford G. Gage, who came to Topeka in May, 1856. During the Civil War, he was a member of the Second Kansas regiment and fought in the…
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Thomas J. Anderson
Date: 1899
A photograph of Thomas J. Anderson, who came to Kansas in 1857 with his family and settled in Valley Falls. The next year he was elected Jackson County surveyor on…