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Moses Grinter
Date: Between 1831 and 1840
Moses Grinter, the first permanent white settler in Wyandotte County, was sent in 1831 by the United States Govemment to establish a ferry across the Kansas River. The ferry crossing…
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African American soldier
Date: Between 1881 and 1885
Portrait of an unidentified African American soldier who served in the 9th Cavalry at Fort Riley, Kansas.
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William Frederick “Buffalo Bill” Cody
Date: Between 1890 and 1899
Portrait of William Frederick “Buffalo Bill” Cody. During the Civil War, he served in the 7th Kansas Cavalry Regiment. Later, Cody was chief of scouts for the Third Cavalry during…
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Dog Chief, Pawnee Indian scout
Date: Between 1870 and 1889
Portrait of Dog Chief, a Pawnee Indian scout that served with Company A, 1st Battery.
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Steam Engine # 3751
Date: 1927
Steam Engine 3751 built by Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1927. Experimental locomotive built for purpose of developing motive power suitable for handling heavy passenger trains over mountain territory. This locomotive was…
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company’s Super Chief
Date: 1937
This black and white photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company’s eight car passenger train the” Super Chief” traveling along its transcontinental journey.
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company’s Super Chief
Date: Between 1930 and 1940
This black and white photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company’s passenger train the” Super Chief” ascending the steep grades near the old Dick Wooton ranch at…
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Atchsion, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company drawing of steam engine #3765
Date: Between 1920 and 1930
This black and white photograph shows a cut-away drawing of a Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company drawing of engine #3765.
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Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company’s El Capitan, Super Chief ,streamlined Chief, Dearborn station, Chicago, Illinois
Date: 1938
This photographs shows the first El Capitan, the 2nd Super Chief and the streamlined Chief at the Dearborn Station in Chicago, Illinois
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Henry Worrall
Date: Between 1870 and 1890
Henry Worrall, an artist who contributed several illustrations to Harper’s Weekly and to Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper. He is best known for his work “Droughty Kansas” which depicts drought conditions…
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Harvey Worrall on stage at the Topeka Library
Date: 1893
Harvey Worrall on stage at his second public piano recital at the Topeka Library, May 30, 1893. Harvey was the son of Henry Worrall, a noted Kansas artist and musician/composer.
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Main street, Chetopa, Kansas
Date: Between 1870 and 1879
A stereograph view of Main Street in Chetopa, Kansas, showing businesses on one side of the street. Chetopa is located on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway line.
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Hudson automobiles
Date: Between 1910 and 1920
Hudson automobiles on an unidentified showroom floor, location unknown.
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Eddy sheep farm, Washington County, Kansas
Date: Between 1895 and 1905
This is a view of a large flock of sheep in front of a barn on the Eddy farm in Washington County, Kansas. An unidentifed man is shown supporting a…
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Eddy farm, Washington County, Kansas
Date: March 17, 1908
This is a view of the stone barn and Eddy family members with horses, on the Eddy farm in Washington County, Kansas. A farm implement is visible on the hill…
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Mokohoko
Date: 1870 ?
A portait of Mokohoko, a leader of the Sac and Fox.
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Wichita Indian grass house
Date: Between 1890 and 1899
Grass house of the Wichita Indians near Anadarko, Oklahoma, is cone shape with a thatch of long grass laid in tiers that overlap like shingles. The Wichita have been identified…
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Osage couple
Date: Between 1880 and 1890
An informal portrait of an Osage couple standing beside a grass house. The Osage, known as “Little Ones of the Middle Water,” lived in permanent villages in the woodlands of…
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Cessna airplane
Date: 1911
Photo of “Silverwing,” a Cessna monoplane in flight. The “Silverwing” was completed by May 1911 and was based on the Bleriot monoplane designed by French aviator and inventor Louis Bleriot.
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Albin K. Longren airplane
Date: 1912
This photo shows Philip Billard sitting in an Albin K. Longren airplane. Longren and his wife Dolly opened an airplane factory in Topeka, Kansas. Longren’s factory was the first successful…
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Albin K. Longren airplane
Date: 1911
Photo of Albin K. Longren’s first airplane
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Albin K. Longren’s No. 6, Model G airplane
Date: Between 1911 and 1916
This is a photo of Albin K. Longren’s No. 6, Model G airplane surrounded by a group of unidentified people. Longren and his wife Dolly opened an airplane factory in…
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Chief White Cloud
Date: Between 1930 and 1939
This is a postcard showing James White Cloud “The gro-wo-nung” born May 15, 1840, on the Iowa Indian Mission east of Highland Kansas. He served in the Union Army as…
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Albin K. Longren’s No. 6, Model G airplane
Date: Between 1916 and 1920
This is a photo of Philip Billard sitting in Albin K. Longren’s No. 6, Model G airplane (biplane) which was built in 1916. Longren and his wife Dolly opened an…
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Political cartoon concerning Dr. John R. Brinkley
Date: Between 1930 and 1934
Political cartoon concerning Dr. John R. Brinkley. The Milford, Kansas, physician ran as an independent write-in candidate for Governor of Kansas in 1930, 1932, and 1934.