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Katherine Amelia Whitney Whiting

Date: Between 1890 and 1900

This cabinet card shows Katherine Amelia Whitney Whiting (1838-1907). Whiting a native of Waterbury, Vermont received her formal education at the Fairfax and Barrer Academies. She taught school in the…

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Albe Burge Whiting

Date: Between 1900 and 1919

This cabinet card shows Albe Burge Whiting, (1835-1928). Whiting a native of Johnson, Vermont migrated to the Kansas territory in 1856 and settled near Fort Riley. He founded the town…

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Albe Burge Whiting

Date: Between 1890 and 1900

This cabinet card shows Albe Burge Whiting,(1835-1928). Whiting a native of Johnson, Vermont migrated to the Kansas territory, in 1856, and settled near Fort Riley. He founded the town of…

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Jonathan Thomas

Date: Between 1900 and 1910

This black and white portrait shows Jonathan Thomas, (1841-1910), prominent businessman and philanthropist. Thomas a native of Lumberville, Pennsylvania, settled, in the 1870s, in Topeka, Kansas to work in the…

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Washburn Law School, Topeka, Kansas

Date: Between 1903 and 1918

This black and white photograph shows the Washburn Law School in Topeka, Kansas. The school opened its doors on September 17, 1903 at 118 West Eight Street. In 1911, the…

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Quaker Mission, Johnson County, Kansas

Date: Between 1910 and 1917

A photograph showing the Quaker Shawnee Indian Mission, which was located 1/2 mile east and 1/4 mile south of Merriam, Johnson County, Kansas. The mission building was erected in 1845…

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Quaker Mission, Johnson County, Kansas

Date: Between 1914 and 1916

A carte-de-visite showing the Quaker Shawnee Indian Mission located 1/2 mile east and 1/4 mile south of Merriam, Johnson County, Kansas. The mission, which faced south, was built in 1845…

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Eureka Irrigation Canal, Ford County, Kansas

Date: Between 1883 and 1885

This sepia colored photograph shows the construction of the Eureka Irrigation Canal in Ford County, Kansas. Financed in 1883 by Asa T. Soule, the project was a scheme to divert…

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Eureka Irrigation Canal, Ford County, Kansas

Date: Between 1908 and 1909

These sepia colored photographs show a sand dredge being operated during a second attempt to make the Eureka Irrigation Canal in Ford County, Kansas a success. Originally financed in 1883…

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Eureka Irrigation Canal, Ford County, Kansas

Date: Between 1883 and 1885

This sepia colored photograph shows the construction of the Eureka Irrigation Canal in Ford County, Kansas. Financed in 1883 by Asa T. Soule, the project was a scheme to divert…

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William Tilghman

Date: Between 1880 and 1889

This is a portrait of William Tilghman, deputy sheriff in Dodge City, Kansas. The portrait is copied from W. B. Masterson’s “Famous Gun Fighters of the Western Frontier” published in…

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Jayhawk Hotel, Topeka, Kansas

Date: 1926

A photograph showing the construction of the Jayhawk Hotel located at 7th and Jackson in downtown Topeka, Kansas. Steel for the hotel was furnished by The Capital Iron Works. The…