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Perth, Kansas

Date: Between 1890 and 1920

This photograph shows the business district, the south side of Main Street, looking west in Perth, Kansas. The town of Perth, located in south central Sumner County, was a shipping…

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Perth, Kansas

Date: Between 1890 and 1920

This photograph shows the business district in Perth, Kansas, viewing the south side of Main Street, looking west from 1/ 2 block east of bank corner. The town of Perth…

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Perth, Kansas

Date: Between 1890 and 1920

This photograph shows the south side of main street looking east from railroad tracks. The town of Perth located in south central Sumner County was a shipping point for livestock…

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Housekeeping aides, Topeka, Kansas

Date: Between 1935 and 1943

Photo of two African American women preparing food in Topeka, Kansas, as part of the Works Progress Administration’s domestic science and foods project.

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Women canning, Wichita, Kansas

Date: Between 1935 and 1943

Women preparing jars for canning, Wichita, Kansas, part of the Works Progress Administration’s domestic science and foods project.

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Unidentified woman

Date: Between 1860 and 1880

This portrait of an unidentified woman is included in a collection of photos of Cyrus K. Holliday. She may have been a friend or family member. Copied from a carte-de-visite.…

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Cyrus Kurtz Holliday

Date: Between 1880 and 1890

Cyrus Kurtz Holliday, a Kansas pioneer and businessman. He came to the Kansas Territory as an agent for the New England Aid Company. In December of 1854, he helped organize…

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Transferring civil war flags

Date: May 27, 1914

This is a photo of veterans transferring the civil war flags from the Kansas Statehouse to the GAR Memorial Hall in Topeka, Kansas.

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Dodge City Peace Commission

Date: Between 1882 and 1884

These three photos show different versions of the Dodge City Peace Commission as variations of a single photo negative. The first photo shows the commission with Wm. Tilghman (back right).…

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Cyrus Kurtz Holliday

Date: Between 1870 and 1880

Cyrus Kurtz Holliday a Kansas pioneer and businessman. He came to the Kansas Territory as an agent for the New England Aid Company. In December of 1854, he helped organize…

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Cyrus Kurtz Holliday home

Date: Between 1890 and 1920

This is a photograph of the Cyrus Kurtz Holliday home located on the corner of Sixth and Monroe in Topeka, Kansas. Cyrus Kurtz Holliday was one of the founders of…

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Kansas Statehouse

Date: Between 1896 and 1899

This is a photograph of the Kansas Statehouse taken after it’s construction was complete, Topeka, Kansas.

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Barbed wire advertisements

Date: Between 1880 and 1890

Advertisements for three barbed wire manufacturers: H. B. Scutt & Company of Buffalo; Hazard Manufacturing Company of New York; and Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Company of St. Louis.

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President Taft addressing a crowd

Date: September 27, 1911

This is a photo of President William H. Taft addressing the crowd at the laying of the cornerstone of the Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall in Topeka, Kansas,…