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Ormond W. Wright

Date: Between 1860s and 1870s

This carte-de-visite shows Ormond W. Wright, (1850-1937). Wright, a Presbyterian minister from New Jersey, migrated at the age of twenty-seven to Dodge City, Kansas. His mission to the wild and…

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George Armstrong Custer

Date: Between 1860 and 1865

This lithograph signed by Elizabeth A Custer shows her husband George Armstrong Custer, (1839-1876). As a United States army cavalry officer he is remembered for commanding the U.S. Seventh Cavalry…

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Fort Hays, Kansas

Date: 1873

A photograph of the quartermaster’s office, noncommissioned officer’s quarters, quartermaster’s warehouse, quartermaster’s shops, and the wagon shed at Fort Hays, Kansas.

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Site for Ottawa’s post office

Date: June 1913

These photographs show several views of the site for Ottawa’s post office. Note that by 1913, Ottawa has electrical power and brick streets. Several styles of horse drawn vehicles are…

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George Armstrong Custer

Date: 1872

This copy from a stereograph shows George Armstrong Custer during the Black Hills Expedition. The image identified by Elizabeth B. Custer, shows her husband gathered around the carcass of a…

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George Armstrong Custer

Date: 1872

This informal portrait shows George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876), dressed in buckskins and holding a firearm during the Duke Alexis’ hunt to Kansas. The Grand Russian Duke traveled to the Great…

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George Armstrong Custer

Date: Between 1860s and 1870s

This formal portrait shows George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876). Custer, a United States army cavalry officer, is remembered for commanding the U.S. Seventh Cavalry Regiment into the Battle of the Little…

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George Armstrong Custer

Date: Between 1860s and 1870s

This copy of a carte de visite shows George Armstrong Custer, (1839-1876). Custer a United States army cavalry officer is remembered for commanding the U.S. Seventh Cavalry Regiment into the…

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Sardius Mason Brewster

Date: 1913

A photograph of Sardius Mason Brewster, who was born June 19, 1870 in Brown County, Kansas, and at age four, he and his family moved to White Cloud, Doniphan County.…

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Clark’s Pharmacy, St. Marys, Kansas

Date: Between 1930 and 1939

A photograph of Blanche Allen drinking a soda at Clark’s Pharmacy fountain, St. Marys, Kansas. Paul Clark, the owner, is standing behind the fountain counter.

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George Armstrong Custer

Date: January 11, 1872

This black and white photograph taken from a tintype shows George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876). The tintype was taken at Edric Eaton Studios, which was located in the 1200 block of…

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Promotional train car, St. Marys, Kansas

Date: Between 1935 and 1940

A photograph of people standing on a business street looking at a promotional train car and truck designed to look like a railroad locomotive in St. Marys, Kansas. On the…

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Flooding on the Kansas River

Date: July 1951

An aerial view from a Kansas National Guard plane piloted by Joe Rosacker, shows flooding at an unidentified location along the Kansas River. During June and July of 1951, extremely…