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Tornado damage, Greensburg, Kansas

Date: May 2007

These photographs show damage to Greensburg, Kansas, after an EF5 tornado struck the town on May 4, 2007. The tornado was part of a storm system which effected south central…

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Wolf and rabbit hunt near Salina, Kansas

Date: January 13, 1908

A photograph showing the results of a big wolf hunt near Salina, Kansas. There were about 800 men in the hunt but only two wolves and numerous rabbits were killed.

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Topeka Provident Association building Topeka, Kansas

Date: Between 1898 and 1920

This sepia colored photograph shows the Bethel Healing Home that later housed the Topeka Provident Association. Located at the corner of Fourth and Jackson streets in Topeka, Kansas, the building…

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Topeka Provident Association Topeka, Kansas

Date: Between 1904 and 1920

This sepia colored photograph shows a sewing class at the Topeka Provident Association building in Topeka, Kansas. The charitable organization was established in 1904 at 335 Jackson Street in response…

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Topeka Provident Association Topeka, Kansas

Date: Between 1904 and 1920

This sepia colored photograph shows African American girls in a cooking class at the Topeka Provident Association building Topeka, Kansas. The charitable organization was established in 1904 at 335 Jackson…

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Minor Burge Hupp

Date: 1869

A sepia colored photo of Minor Burge Hupp taken from the 1869 House of Representatives and Senate panel. Hupp born in Monroe County, Ohio January 22, 1836 was a private…

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Kansas congressional delegation, Washington, D.C.

Date: Between 1955 and 1958

This black and white photograph shows the Kansas Congressional Delegation and military personal on the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. The delegation are identified from the first…

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Clifford Hope

Date: February 1953

A black and white photo of U.S. Congressmen Clifford Hope from Kansas and members of the Cotton Advistory Group and Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson. Left to Right seated:…

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Corn stalks, Jewell, Kansas

Date: Between 1890s and 1910s

This black and white photograph shows corn stalks twenty feet tall, grown on the Henry Boag farm in Jewell, Kansas. Standing beside the vegetation are three men who are comparing…

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Postal mail carriers, Webber, Kansas

Date: 1911

This black and white photograph shows two mail carriers from Webber, Kansas, standing beside their delivery motorcycles. The gentleman have been identified from left to right: George Graham, RFD carrier…

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Rural mail carrier, Webber, Kansas

Date: 1915

This black and white photograph shows George Graham, RFD carrier for Route 2, standing beside his automobile on the streets of Webber, Kansas. In the foreground the mail has been…

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Mennonite Couple

Date: 1870s or 1880s

This black and white photograph shows an unidentified Mennonite couple dressed in traditional Mennonite clothing. Like many Mennonites in the 1870’s, they were lured to Kansas by railroad advertising campaigns…

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Sailors from the USS Hopewell

Date: Between 1943 and 1946

A photograph of Harold Edward McNeive (front row second from left) and seven shipmates from the USS Hopewell. McNeive, from Topeka, Kansas, served on the destroyer, which was involved in…

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Volga German pioneer, Ellis, Kansas

Date: Between 1890 and 1920

This black and white photograph shows an unidentified man from Ellis, Kansas, who is dressed in the traditional Volga German clothing. Like many Volga Germans, he was lured to Kansas…

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Sailors on the USS Hopewell

Date: Between 1943 and 1946

A photograph showing Harold Edward McNeive (in the back) and shipmates on the USS Hopewell. McNeive, from Topeka, Kansas, served on the destroyer, which was involved in numerous South Pacific…