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Fort Larned in Kansas

Date: 1948

Photo #1 is of a building on the north side of Fort Larned. Photo #2 is a building on the south side of Fort Larned, built in 1866. The photos…

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Fort Larned, Pawnee County

Date: 1973

This is an aerial view of a proposed restoration of the Fort Larned National Historic Site in 1973. The drawing is by Frank S. Gerner, National Park Service.

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Statehouse statues, Topeka, Kansas

Date: July 23, 1981

These two black and white photographs show the statue of the twentieth Governor of Kansas and U.S Senator Arthur Capper being moved into the capitol in Topeka, Kansas. The 2,000…

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Fort Larned in Pawnee County

Date: 1950-1956

Two aerial views of Fort Larned, on U.S. 156 highway, 6-7 miles west of Larned, Kansas, showing the remaining original fort buildings being used on the Frizell Ranch. The photograph…

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Statehouse statue, Topeka, Kansas

Date: July 27, 1981

These two black and white photographs show the statue of newspaper publisher and Pulitzer Prize winner William Allen White at the capitol in Topeka, Kansas. The 2,000 pound native limestone…

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Statehouse statue, Topeka, Kansas

Date: July 27, 1981

These two black and white photographs show the statue of Amelia Earhart at the capitol in Topeka, Kansas. The 2,000 pound native limestone statue, sculpted by artist Peter “Fritz” Felten,…

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Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kansas

Date: Between 1870 and 1875

A stereograph showing the southwest corner of Kansas Avenue looking south from 6th Street in Topeka, Kansas. Visible on the corner is the Kansas Valley National Bank.

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Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kansas

Date: 1876

A photograph showing the southeast corner of 6th Street, looking down Kansas Avenue in Topeka, Kansas. On the corner is the Carbon Coal & Mining Company.

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Ritchie Block, Topeka, Kansas

Date: Between 1860 and 1868

A carte-de-visite showing Ritchie Block located at 6th and Kansas Avenue in Topeka, Kansas. The block burned down on November 30, 1869. Businesses and organizations in the block included R.…

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Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kansas

Date: Between 1863 and 1865

A carte-de-visite showing the east side of Kansas Avenue near the corner of 6th Street in Topeka, Kansas. Businesses along the avenue included the Topeka Meat Market; J. F. Osenburg,…

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Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kansas

Date: 1896

A newspaper photograph showing Kansas Avenue looking north from the corner of Fifth Street in Topeka, Kansas. The photograph is captioned “The principal business street of Topeka twenty-five years ago.”

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Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kansas

Date: Between 1945 and 1949

This photograph shows the east side of the 500 block of Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kansas. Kansas Avenue was the main business district during this time. Businesses in the photograph are:…

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Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kansas

Date: Between 1935 and 1939

A photograph showing Kansas Avenue looking south from Fifth Street, Topeka, Kansas. Visible in the photograph are automobiles and a streetcar.

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S.S. Kresge Store, Topeka, Kansas

Date: Between 1910 and 1919

A photograph showing S. S. Kresge 5 & 10 cent store located at 619 Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kansas. Kresge’s was a well known business in Topeka and had multiple branches…

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C. F. Kendall Dry Goods, Topeka, Kansas

Date: September 1880

An illustration depicting C. F. Kendall’s Dry Goods, copied from the St. Louis Illustrated Magazine. Copied from the St. Louis Magazine, September 1880, page 398.

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Omar Hawkins photograph collection

Date: 1912-1945

Based in Marysville, Kansas, photographer Omar Hawkins captured scenes of his town and the surrounding communities from 1912-1945. The images reveal the details of small town America and the emergence…

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Statehouse statue, Topeka, Kansas

Date: July 27, 1981

This black and white photograph shows the statue of newspaper publisher and Pulitzer Prize winner William Allen White at the capitol in Topeka, Kansas. The 2,000 pound native limestone statue,…