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Sugar Company plant in Garden City, Kansas

Date: 1910

The photographs show views of the sugar beet factory in Garden City, Finney County, Kansas, about 1910. The photographs also show people, wagons, buggies, horses, and a railroad track in…

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Mill in Garden City, Kansas

Date: Between 1800 and 1900

The photograph shows an unidentified mill in Garden City, Finney County, Kansas, around the 19th century.

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Volga German Women

Date: Between 1890s and 1920s

This black and white photograph shows a group of Volga German woman from Ellis, Kansas. The women are dressed in traditional Volga German clothing of dark, simple dresses. They have…

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Volga German family, Ellis, Kansas

Date: Between 1890s and 1920s

This black and white photograph shows a Volga German family from Ellis, Kansas. Like many Volga Germans the family was likely lured to Kansas by advertising campaigns that promoted the…

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Chautauqua, Arkansas City, Kansas

Date: Between 1900 and 1919

This black and white photograph shows the Chautauqua assembly hall in Arkansas City, Kansas. Standing before the auditorium is a crowd of men, women and children holding umbrellas in their…

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The coming of the Spaniards

Date: 1951

A portion of a mural at the Kansas State Capitol in Topeka titled “The Coming of the Spaniards” painted by artist David H. Overmyer in 1951 depicting the arrival of…

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Boomer Camp on Walnut River, Arkansas City, Kansas

Date: Between 1886 and 1889

This sepia colored photograph shows a group of “boomers” near the banks of the Walnut River in Arkansas City, Kansas. The “boomers” were white settlers who were attempting to settle…

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Street scene, Council Grove, Kansas

Date: Between 1870 and 1875

A photograph showing Main Street in Council Grove, Kansas. Visible in the photograph are horses and carriages on the street in front of several businesses including a blacksmith shop, wagon…