Medium: StillImage
Date: January 1, 1961-December 31, 1965
This is a photograph of Governor John Anderson Jr., the thirty-sixth governor of Kansas, surrounded by a group of people holding a U. S. centennial flag in the Governors’ Office…
Medium: StillImage
Date: January 1, 1953-December 31, 1963
This formal portrait shows John Anderson, Jr., a lawyer and politician from Olathe, Kansas. He begins his political career in 1946 when he is elected as a Republican for county…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1932 or 1933
A view of Santa Fe engine M.190, a Santa Fe motor car powered with a distillate engine and used as an experimental locomotive in the development of the diesel electric…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1995 and 2003
A portrait of William “Bill” Preston Graves who was first served in public office as Secretary of State of Kansas from 1987 to 1995. In 1994, he was elected the…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1877
This plat map depicts town development in Wichita’s first, second, third and fourth wards. Advertisements of local business cover a portion of the map as well.
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1887
This map of Wichita, Kansas, shows the development of the east and west side of the city as well as the different Wichita wards.
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1868
D.C. Oakes (upper left), Lafayette Head (upper right), Christopher “Kit” Carson (lower left), and Hiram P. Bennett (lower right).
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1987 and 1991
A formal portrait of forty-first Kansas Governor Mike Hayden from 1987 to 1991, taken in the governor’s office at the statehouse in Topeka, Kansas. Born in Atwood, Kansas, Hayden entered…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 2000 and 2006
Kansas Governor Kathleen Gilligan Sebelius was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives and served from 1987 to 1994. In 1994 she successfully ran for state insurance commissioner and became…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1967 and 1975
This black and white photograph shows Robert Blackwell Docking, (1925-1983). A World War II veteran and banker from Arkansas City, Kansas, Docking was elected the thirty-eighth Governor of Kansas, (1966-1975).…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1929 and 1939
This portrait represents Payne Harry Ratner. Ratner was the first resident of Labette County to be elected as County Attorney, holding office from 1923 to 1927. After serving as County…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1975 and 1979
This black and white photograph shows Robert Frederick Bennett, (1927-2000). He was first elected to public office, in 1955, as a council member for the City of Prairie Village and…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1957 and 1967
A portrait of William Henry Avery who was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives from 1951 to 1955, and served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1955 to…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1900 and 1919
A view of the Pittsburg Zinc Company’s smelter operation in Pittsburg, Kansas. Pittsburg became an early zinc smelting center because of its proximity to the large coal fields and rich…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1896 and 1916
Zinc smelting established Iola, Kansas as an industrial town, when manufactures located to the area because of the abundance of natural gas needed to fuel the operations.
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1896 and 1916
Zinc smelting established Iola, Kansas as an industrial town when manufacturers located to the area because of the abundance of natural gas needed to fuel the operations.
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1896 and 1916
Zinc smelting established Iola, Kansas as an industrial town when manufacturers located to the area because of the abundance of natural gas needed to fuel the operations.
Medium: StillImage
Date: July, 1954
An informal portrait of Rafael Lopez and his daughter Carmen in Wichita, Kansas. Carmen is shown holding a small dog. An immigrant to the United States from Mexico, Lopez served…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1896 and 1916
Zinc smelting established Iola, Kansas as an industrial town when manufacturers located to the area because of the abundance of natural gas needed to fuel the operations.
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1954 and 1956
This is an informal portrait of Carmen Lopez playing the accordian. Carmen attended All Saints School in Wichita, Kansas. She is the daughter of Concepcion and Rafael Rocha Lopez, who…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1963 and 1965
A formal portrait of Concepcion (Connie), Carmen, and Rafael Rocha Lopez of Wichita, Kansas. Mr. Lopez served in the Army during World War II and the Korean War, and he…
Medium: StillImage
Date: February, 1955
This is a school picture of Carmen Lopez, who attended All Saints School in Wichita, Kansas. She is the daughter of Concepcion and Rafael Rocha Lopez, who immigrated to the…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1970 and 1975
Children and teacher on the television program Romper Room.
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1962 and 1965
Carmen Lopez crowned queen of the Mexican American Basketball Tournament. The coronation ball was held at the Broadview Hotel, Wichita, Kansas. Basketball teams from Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, and Colorado participated…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Between 1950 and 1955
Portrait of Rafael and Concepcion (Connie) Lopez, who immigrated to the United States from Mexico. Mr. Lopez served in the Army during World War II and the Korean War, and…
