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William, Ada & Lora McColl
Date: Between 1890 and 1899
This is a photo of William, Ada and Lora McColl. Photo taken in Garden City, Finney County, Kansas.
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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Rome, Kansas
Date: May 19, 1931
This photograph shows a general view of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Rome, Kansas. The one-story wooden structure, built in 1880, with batten siding measures…
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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Richmond, Kansas
Date: May 1931
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot at Richmond, Kansas. A cart, cans and a barrel are also visible. The depot was built in 1902.
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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, St. John, Kansas
Date: June 1913
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in St. John, Kansas. The one-story “county seat” style depot built in 1913 features a gabled roof with…
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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Raymond, Kansas
Date: May 10, 1931
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot at Raymond, Kansas. The wooden structure was built in 1872 and moved to Sterling, Kansas, in 1905.
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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Plevna, Kansas
Date: May 09, 1931
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot at Plevna, Kansas. The one-story wooden structure with batten siding was built in 1886, remodeled in 1907, and…
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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Partridge, Kansas
Date: May 9, 1931
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot at Partridge, Kansas. Two cars, a dolly and a water pump are visible. Built between 1886 and 1908,…
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Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Oneonta, Kansas
Date: May 1931
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot at Oneonta, Kansas. The depot was built in 1893.
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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company’s freight depot, Ottawa, Kansas
Date: May 1931
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company’s freight depot at Ottawa, Kansas. A car, barrel and rail car are also visible. The depot was built in…
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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Ottawa, Kansas
Date: May 1931
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Ottawa, Kansas. A row of carts is also visible. The depot was built in 1888.
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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Olney, Kansas
Date: May 10, 1931
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot at Olney, Kansas. Two carts and a dolly are also visible. Built in 1887, the depot measured 14′…
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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Oxford, Kansas
Date: May 1931
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Oxford, Kansas. The depot was built in 1880.
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Pioneer school teacher, Finney County, Kansas
Date: Between 1920 and 1930
This photograph shows Miss Downey at her back door. Maude Elliott’s uncle’s Model T is in front of the house.
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Solid Comfort sod school house, Finney County, Kansas
Date: Between 1880 and 1920
This photograph shows one of the last sod school houses used in Kansas. It was located in Finney County, Kansas. The sod school house was called Solid Comfort. The inhabitants…
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Frank Clare’s children going to school, Finney County, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1910
This photograph shows Frank Clare’s children as they were going to school in Finney County, Kansas. Maude Elliott could have ridden with them instead of walking the two or three…
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Shoe Shop School, Finney County, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1910
This photograph shows the Shoe Shop School with paper covering the sides, wheels, and all. The paper proved to be poor insulation and did not keep the wind or the…
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Sketch of Pawnee Rock in Barton County, Kansas
Date: April 6, 1867
A sketch of Pawnee Rock by Ado Hunius. The view was drawn from the Santa Fe Road, which was 16 1/2 miles from Fort Zarah.
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Shoe Shop School scene, Finney County, Kansas
Date: Between 1910 and 1920
Maude Elliott explains on the back of the photograph how the chuck wagon she was using as a school progressed into a shoe shop in Garden City. When the new…
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School in a chuck wagon, Finney County, Kansas
Date: Between 1870 and 1900
This photograph shows Maude Elliott’s first school building; it was used as a chuck wagon where two or three women cooked for a crew of men. The tent was their…
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Frank Clare homestead, Finney County, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1910
This photograph shows the out buildings on Frank Clare’s homestead. Maude Elliott remembered him as having the only windmill in the district. The photograph also shows an infant and a…
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Frank Clare’s family, Finney County, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1910
This photograph shows Frank Clare’s family outside of his residence. Maude Elliott wrote on the back of the photograph about Frank Clare: Frank Clare was the clerk of the school…
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Maude Elliott, School teacher, Finney County, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1910
This photograph shows Maude Elliot shooting her handgun at a coyote that was too far away. She was able to hit him on the foot and he jumped high into…
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School teacher going to school, Finney County, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1910
This photograph shows Miss Downey as she went by horse and buggy to school. She went three miles in one direction and she had her shot gun beside her.
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Sand pump on Arkansas River, Garden City, Finney County, Kansas
Date: October 25, 1919
The photograph shows the sand pump on the Arkansas River in Garden City, Finney County, Kansas in 1919.
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Sugar beet factory, Garden City, Kansas
Date: 1910
The photograph shows a sugar beet plant in Garden City, Finney County, Kansas, in about 1910. In front of the building there are people, horses, buggies, and wagons. The photograph…