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Czech eggs
Date: August, 1987
View of several Czech eggs decorated by artist Kepka Belton of Ellsworth, Kansas. Belton has become known all over the country as “the egg lady.” People write to her from…
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Kepka Belton
Date: October, 1988
An informal portrait of artist Kepka Belton, of Ellsworth, Kansas, demonstrating Czech egg decorating. Belton has become known all over the country as “the egg lady.” People write to her…
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Czech eggs
Date: Between 1987 and 1988
View of several Czech eggs decorated by artist Kepka Belton of Ellsworth, Kansas. Belton has become known all over the country as “the egg lady.” People write to her from…
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Kepka Belton
Date: Between 1987 and 1988
A view of the hands of artist Kepka Belton, of Ellsworth, Kansas, as she demonstrates Czech egg decorating. Belton has become known all over the country as “the egg lady.”…
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Mariachi Estrella performing at Kansas Day, Topeka, Kansas
Date: January 1986
Mariachi Estrella performing at the Kansas Capitol on Kansas Day, Topeka, Kansas.
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Mariachi Estrella, Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1986
A member of Mariachi Estrella performing at the Mexican Fiesta, Topeka, Kansas. Proceeds from the Fiesta are given to Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic School.
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Young women dancing at the Mexican Fiesta, Topeka, Kansas
Date: July 1988
Three young women dancing at the Mexican Fiesta, Topeka, Kansas. Proceeds from the Fiesta are given to Our Lady of Guadalupe School.
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Rosetta Maria Hungerford Akers
Date: Between 1854 and 1859
A formal portrait of Rosetta Maria Hungerford Akers (1835-1928). She married Benjamin Franklin Akers on November 12, 1851. In the early 1860s, Akers opened a livery stable in Leavenworth, Kansas,…
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Benjamin Franklin Akers
Date: Between 1854 and 1859
Portrait of Benjamin Franklin Akers (1829-1880), from Yorkshire, England, who came to America with his parents in 1842 and lived them in Ohio. He married Rosetta Maria Hungerford on November…
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Mexican Fiesta dancers, Topeka, Kansas
Date: July, 1988
A view of young dancers performing at the Mexican Fiesta in Topeka, Kansas. The fiesta’s proceeds were given to Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic School in Topeka.
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Eva Jessye and Eleanor Roosevelt
Date: 1939
Eleanor Roosevelt shaking hands with Eva Jessye at the 1939 New York World’s Fair.
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Eva Jessye
Date: Between 1960 and 1969
Eva Jessye singing at the University of Michigan. Jessye, a Coffeyville native, was the first chorale director of stage shows such as Porgy and Bess, and of the first black…
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Eva Jessye
Date: Between 1940 and 1950
Five views of Eva Jessye in costume. Jessye, a Coffeyville native, was the first choral director of stage shows such as Porgy and Bess, and of the first black musical…
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Miners at mine #14, Scranton, Kansas
Date: Between 1910 and 1925
Group of miners posed with their mules in coal mine #14 at Scranton, Kansas.
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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company’s Fred Harvey lunchroom, LaJunta, Colorado
Date: October 13, 1921
This photographs shows a view of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company’s Fred Harvey lunchroom in LaJunta, Colorado. At the counters Harvey Girls are serving meals to customers…
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company’s Fred Harvey lunchroom, Deming, New Mexico
Date: 1901
This black and white photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway Company’s Fred Harvey lunchroom in Deming, New Mexico. At the counter two Harvey Girls are visible standing.
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Halstead Mill & Elevator Company, Halstead, Kansas
Date: Between 1878 and 1889
Halstead Mill & Elevator Company and Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad cars, Halstead, Kansas. Bernhard Warkentin organized the Halstead Mill & Elevator Company in 1878 and in 1888 it…
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Newton Milling & Elevator Company, Newton, Kansas
Date: Between 1888 and 1890
Drawing of the Newton Milling & Elevator Company, Newton, Kansas. It was organized by Bernhard Warkentin in 1887.
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Newton Milling & Elevator Company, Newton, Kansas
Date: Between 1888 and 1905
View of the Newton Milling & Elevator Company and Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway cars and tracks, Newton, Kansas. Bernhard Warkentin organized the Newton Milling and Elevator Company in…
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Bernhard Warkentin
Date: Between 1900 and 1908
Portrait of Bernhard Warkentin, pioneer Mennonite and miller of Red Turkey wheat in Halstead and Newton, Kansas. Warkentin’s greatest contribution was the introduction of hard Turkey wheat into Kansas. Also,…
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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company’s Fred Harvey House, Syracuse, Kansas
Date: Between 1888 and 1899
This photograph shows a group of Harvey Girls standing in front of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company’s Fred Harvey House in Syracuse, Kansas. The young women, wearing…
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Croweburg camp town, Crawford County, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1919
Croweburg camp town, Crowe Coal Company, shaft mines #6 and #16, Crawford County, Kansas.
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Quanah Parker, Comanche Indian chief
Date: Between 1870 and 1889
Portrait of Quanah Parker, Comanche Indian chief, c.1845-1911, the last chief of the Quahadi Comanche Indians.
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Engine diagram for steam locomotive #3751
Date: 1927
Steam locomotive #3751 was the first of a new class of locomotives built by Baldwin with the wheel arranagment of 4-8-4.
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Engine diagram for locomotives 7 to 9
Date: 1937
This is a diagram for Class 2 diesel locomotives 7 to 9 built by Electro Motive Corporation.