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Albin Kasper Longren’s photograph album

Date: 1912-1921

This photograph album documents a number of airplanes (biplanes)designed, built and flown by Albin Kasper Longren. He built and flew Topeka’s first aircraft on September 2, 1911. At two different…

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Cattle

Date: Between 1940s and 1950s

This black and white photograph shows cowboys rounding up cattle at a unidentified location.

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Cattle

Date: Between 1940s and 1950s

This black and white photograph shows cattle being moved into a stock pen at a unidentified location. In the background, tank cars and boxcars are visible from a nearby rail…

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John Henry “Doc” Holliday

Date: Between 1880 and 1887

A photo of John Henry “Doc” Holliday who practiced dentistry at Dodge City and had his office in the Dodge House. Holliday saved Wyatt Earp’s life in 1878 and they…

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Sheep

Date: Between 1940s and 1950s

This black and white photograph shows sheep grazing in an open field near Roswell, New Mexico.

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Football team, La Harpe, Kansas

Date: Between 1900 and 1909

This black and white photograph shows members of the football team from La Harpe, Kansas. In the foreground, a football with “Champions of Kansas” is visible.

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Red Cross nurse, Iola, Kansas

Date: Between 1900sand 1920s

This formal portrait shows a woman dressed as a Red Cross nurse from Iola, Kansas. According to the back of the photograph, she was a member of a theatrical group…

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Mining scene in Treece, Kansas

Date: Between 1955 and 1960

Here are three photographs showing chat piles near Treece, Kansas. One of the photographs shows coal and gondola railroad cars used to transport zinc and lead from the mine.

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Atlantic & Pacific Railroad office

Date: Between 1867 and 1897

This black and white photograph shows a group of men standing in front of the west coast office of the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad.