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Alan, Fannie and Jack Wisman
Date: 1975
An informal portrait of Alan, Fannie, and Jack Wisman at their Army Surplus store located at 626 South Kansas Avenue in Topeka, Kansas.
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Sam and Fannie Wisman, Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1955
An informal portrait of Sam and Fannie Wisman at their Army Surplus store located at 404 South Kansas Avenue in Topeka, Kansas.
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Nathan and Charlie Einstein, Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1911
An informal portrait of Nathan Einstein and his son, Charlie, at their Army Surplus store located at 809 North Kansas Avenue in Topeka, Kansas.
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Lutheran Church, Valley Falls, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1920
This is a view of the Lutheran Church in Valley Falls, located in northern Jefferson County, Kansas.
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Lutheran Church, Valley Falls, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1919
This is a view of the Lutheran Church in Valley Falls, in northern Jefferson County, Kansas.
Medium: StillImage
Lutheran Church, Valley Falls, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1929
This is a view of the Lutheran Church in Valley Falls, in northern Jefferson County, Kansas.
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Flood in Topeka, Kansas
Date: July 14, 1951
A photo showing a house in the 400 block of east First Street flooded by the Kansas River, Topeka, Kansas. When this photograph was taken, the river was 35.2 feet…
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Flood in Topeka, Kansas
Date: July 14, 1951
A photograph of the Texaco Service Station, East Crane & Quincy, Topeka, Kansas, during the 1951 flood. The Kansas River was at 35.2 feet.
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Flood in Topeka, Kansas
Date: July 13, 1951
A photograph looking east down the Kansas River during the 1951 flood, Topeka, Kansas. The Kansas River is at 36.27 feet.
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Flood in Topeka, Kansas
Date: July 13, 1951
An aerial photograph showing Little Russia during the 1951 flood, Topeka, Kansas. The Kansas River is at 36.27 feet.
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Flood in Topeka, Kansas
Date: July 12, 1951
An aerial photograph looking northeast at the Santa Fe Bridge showing the Kansas River during the 1951 flood, Topeka, Kansas. The Kansas River was at 33.5 feet.
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Canning kitchen, Wichita, Kansas
Date: 1934
This photograph shows workers at a Wichita, Kansas canning kitchen preparing meat that will be canned and distributed as part of the Kansas Emergency Relief Committee (KERC).
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Jack rabbit roundup near Liberal
Date: 1935
This photograph by C. A. Smith depicts only a small section of the territory covered in a jack rabbit drive near Liberal, Seward County, during the Dust Bowl. Jack rabbits…
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Western Kansas jack rabbit roundup
Date: 1935
This photograph, taken by C. A. Smith near Liberal, Kansas, depicts the crowds preparing to round up jack rabbits who had been devastating what little crops had managed to survive…
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Dust storm in Topeka, Kansas
Date: March 20, 1935
Although Topeka lay outside the area affected most by the Dust Bowl, residents of Topeka did suffer from blinding dust storms. This photograph depicts a particularly fierce storm that hit…
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Flood, Topeka, Kansas
Date: July 12, 1951
An aerial view showing the Kansas River flood waters around the Union Pacific Depot, Topeka, Kansas. At the time this photograph was taken, the river was 33.5 feet high.
Medium: StillImage
Cannon and soldiers, Fort Riley, Kansas
Date: Between 1870 and 1880
A view of a cannon and soldiers at Fort Riley, Kansas. Fort Riley was established as a military post in 1853 to protect people and trade along the Oregon-California and…
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Flood, Topeka, Kansas
Date: July 12, 1951
An aerial view showing the Kansas River flood waters around the Seaman High School District, North Topeka, Kansas. When this photograph was taken, the river was at 33.5 feet.
Medium: StillImage
Flood, Topeka, Kansas
Date: July 11, 1951
An aerial view looking to the south from North Topeka, across the Kansas River, Topeka, Kansas. When this photograph was taken, the river measured 31.5 feet.
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Old Dutch Mill, Marysville, Kansas
Date: August 19, 1928
This is a view of the Dutch Mill service station in Marysville, Kansas. The station, which was managed by J. H. Reynolds, sold Red Crown Gasoline and included a lunch…
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War between rum and religion
Date: March 1, 1901
An illustration portraying a caricature of Carry Amelia Nation leading a mob against a beleaguered saloon keeper who is defended by bible scripture in support of wine and drinking. Nation…
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Onion field, Kansas State Penitentiary
Date: Between 1920 and 1929
These prisoners are working in an onion field at the Prison Farm, Kansas State Penitentiary, Lansing, Kansas.
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Kansas State Penitentiary
Date: Between 1920 and 1929
This photograph shows guards in formation holding their rifles, at the Kansas State Penitentiary, Lansing, Kansas.
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Kansas State Penitentiary
Date: Between 1920 and 1929
These inmates are working on a construction project at the Kansas State Penitentiary, Lansing, Kansas.
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Kansas State Penitentiary
Date: Between 1920 and 1929
This photograph shows inmates working at the brick plant, Kansas State Penitentiary, Lansing, Kansas.