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Locomotive plowing through heavy snow in western Kansas
Date: February 26, 1912
This is a photo of a locomotive plowing heavy snow off of the railroad tracks in western Kansas.
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Locomotive plowing through a snow storm between Morrill and Sabetha, Kansas
Date: March 15, 1912
This is a photo of several men trying to remove snow off of a locomotive and railroad tracks between Morrill and Sabetha, Ks.
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High water caused by ice jam, Lawrence, Kansas
Date: Between 1910 and 1919
In this photograph, an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe train is stalled in Lawrence, Kansas, due to high water brought on by an ice jam. The steam locomotive is #1561.
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Flooding in Lawrence, Kansas
Date: 1903
This is a photo of flooding on North Second Street, Lawrence, Ks
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Flooding in Lawrence, Kansas
Date: 1951
This is a photo of sandbags being used to help control the flooding in Lawrence, Ks.
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Broadway Avenue looking north, Pittsburg, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1910
A view of Broadway Avenue looking north in Pittsburg, Kansas. The National Bank of Pittsburg is visible on the northeast corner of the intersection. The Pittsburg Opera House is the…
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Melan Bridge, Topeka, Kansas
Date: January 12, 1898
This sepia colored photograph shows a crowd gathered for the grand opening of the Melan bridge in Topeka, Kansas. According to newspaper accounts, hundreds of people were reported to have…
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Parade, Pittsburg, Kansas
Date: Between 1910 and 1920
A view of a parade in Pittsburg, Kansas.
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Joseph and James McCoy
Date: Between 1870 and 1875
A portrait of Joseph McCoy and his brother James McCoy. Joseph, a young cattle dealer from Illinois, induced Texas herders to drive their cattle to Abilene, Kansas. In 1871, increased…
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Fred Harvey restaurant
Date: Between 1885 and 1895
This is a photograph of a line drawing showing a cowboy seated at a lunch counter and Harvey Girls serving food.
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National Bank of Pittsburg, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1910
A postcard view of the National Bank of Pittsburg, Kansas. A trolly is also pictured on the left.
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South Main Street, Ada, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1910
This is a view of South Main Street in Ada, Kansas. A hotel is pictured at right.
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Drovers Cottage, Ellsworth, Kansas
Date: Between 1870 and 1872
A photograph showing people standing and sitting in front of Drovers Cottage, Ellsworth, Kansas. Drovers Cottage, which was originally built in Abilene, Kansas, was moved to Ellsworth as increased settlement…
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company workers handling blocks of ice, Stockton, California
Date: September 2, 1952
This black and white photograph shows a group of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company workers handling blocks of ice, in Stockton, California. The men working in the ice…
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway’s mechanical icing machine
Date: Between 1955 and 1959
A photograph showing ice coming down the chute of a mechanical icing machine and into the bunker of a refrigerator car. The ice refrigerated vegetables for transportation by rail. The…
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway’s mechanical icing machines, Bakersfield, California
Date: Between 1955 and 1959
A photograph showing two electronically controlled icing machines. The ice is pulled into the machines where it is crushed and delivered by a chute to the bunkers of refrigerator cars.…
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company’s mechanical icing machine, Argentine, Kansas
Date: Between 1955 and 1959
A photograph showing ice being blown into a car through a large hose using an electrically driven centrifugal impeller. The ice refrigerated leaf vegetables, which were transported by rail. This…
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Melan Bridge, Topeka, Kansas
Date: August 27, 1913
A view of the Melan bridge built across the Kansas River in Topeka, Kansas. The bridge was completed in 1898 and withstood two major floods before collapsing and killing one…
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Melan Bridge, Topeka, Kansas
Date: Between 1895 and 1898
This sepia colored photograph shows the construction of the Melan bridge, possible looking north, across the Kansas River in Topeka, Kansas. The bridge was completed in 1898 and withstood two…
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KAW Movie Theater Topeka, Kansas
Date: May 2, 1962
This is photograph show a view of the KAW movie theater, previously know as the Crystal, looking north on the east side of Kansas Ave. between Fourth and Fifth streets.…
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200 and 300 blocks of Quincy Street Topeka, Kansas
Date: Between 1960 and 1969
This black and white photograph shows a view of an alley that has overgrown brush and dilapidated buildings in the 200 and 300 block of Quincy Street Topeka, Kansas. This…
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Second Quincy School Topeka, Kansas
Date: Between 1905 and 1915
This sepia colored photograph shows the second Quincy School located at the corner of Fairchild and Kansas Avenue in north Topeka, Kansas.
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Quincy School Topeka, Kansas
Date: February 9-10, 1960
This black and white photograph shows Mrs. Irma Barry’s first grade class at Quincy school in Topeka, Kansas. At the back of the classroom, Valentine decorations are arranged on the…
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Texas Cattle Trail Monument, Abilene, Kansas
Date: December 20, 1925
This black and white photograph shows a boulder marking the Texas Cattle Trail in Abilene, Kansas. From 1867 to 1871 cattle herds numbering more than three million traveled through the…
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Sod schoolhouse
Date: Between 1870s and 1890s
This sepia colored photograph shows a group of students standing before a unidentified sod school house. The use of sod was common on the Great Plains for homes and schools…