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The fruit of the (family) tree
Date: June 4, 1925
A political cartoon titled “The Fruit of the (Family) Tree” featured in “The Emporia Gazette” newspaper on June 4, 1925. The cartoon is centered around the trial of John Scopes,…
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Inadmissable (sic) evidence
Date: July 21, 1925
This political cartoon titled “Inadmissable (sic) Evidence” was featured in the Topeka Daily Capital on July 21, 1925. The cartoon is centered around the trial of John Scopes, a high…
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Map of Eastern Kansas & Border Counties in Missouri
Date: Between 1870 and 1890
The map illustrates eastern Kansas and border counties in Missouri along the Missouri River, Ft. Scott, and Gulf Railroad company.
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1888 Missouri Pacific railway system map
Date: 1888
This 1888 map illustrates the following rail lines: Mo.Pac, St. L., I, MT’N & S’N, MO., Kan. & Tex, Cent, BR. Un. Pac, INT & GT, and North’N, Texas &…
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Map of the Lands of the Missouri River, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad Company
Date: Between January 01, 1880 and December 31, 1890
The map illustrates towns, railroad stations, county seats, rivers, creeks and townships of Bourbon, Crawford and Cherokee counties in Kansas.
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Missouri Kansas & Texas Ry. Co in the Neosho Valley, KS
Date: Between 1870 and 1890
The new sectional map illustrates lands granted to the Missouri Kansas & Texas Ry. Co in the Neosho Valley, Kansas.
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Map of the Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston Railroad lands
Date: Between 1870 and 1880
The map illustrates the Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston Railroad lands in southeast Kansas.
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Kansas and Nebraska map
Date: 1865
Kansas and Nebraska map of 1865 from the 39th Congress 1st session: Annual Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office.
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Map of Fort Scott, Kansas
Date: March 16, 1887
A map of Fort Scott, Kansas, at a scale of 600 feet to the inch. The map shows town blocks and lots, and lot ownership.
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Passenger car
Date: Between January 01, 1901 and December 31, 1919
This is a photograph of a passenger car. The name of the railroad is not known. The image was taken in either Finney, Lane, or Scott County.
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Locomotive #484
Date: Between January 01, 1900 and December 31, 1919
This is a photograph of Locomotive #484. The name of the railroad is not known. The image was taken in either Finney, Lane, or Scott County.
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Bicycle adapted for rail use, Bourbon County, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1919
This photograph shows a woman with a baby in a carriage and a man on a bicycle that has been uniquely adapted for rail use in Bourbon County, Kansas. The…
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Corner of Main Street and Wall Street, Fort Scott, Kansas
Date: Between 1870 and 1890
A stereographic view of a corner at the intersection of Main Street and Wall Street in Fort Scott, Kansas.
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Locomotive engine in pit
Date: Between 1900 and 1910
This is a view of four men examining a steam locomotive that has tumbled into a pit.
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Pullman car advertising Kansas land
Date: Between 1900 and 1919
View of a group of men and women, who are either standing or seated in automobiles alongside a solitary Pullman car which bears a sign advertising “Thurman & Alexander Lands…
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Missouri Pacific steam locomotive
Date: Between 1920 and 1930
This black and white photograph shows Missouri Pacific steam locomotive #4 and its coal tender.
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Streetcar, unidentified location
Date: Between January 01, 1900 and December 30, 1929
Streetcar, unidentified location, possibly in Topeka, Kansas.
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Missouri Pacific steam locomotive #6428
Date: April 26, 1941
This black and white photograph shows Missouri Pacific steam locomotive #6428, pulling a train composed of a coal tender, mail freight car, and four passenger cars, stopped at the Missouri…
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Missouri Pacific steam locomotive #6428
Date: Between 1920 and 1940
This black and white photograph shows Missouri Pacific steam locomotive #6428 pulling a coal tender, mail freight car, and four passenger cars. The photograph was taken at Topeka and 37th…
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Wichita & Western construction camp
Date: Between 1880 and 1890
Wichita & Western construction camp along the Ninnescah River in Sedgwick County, Kansas.
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Wichita & Western construction camp
Date: Between 1880 and 1890
View of a Wichita & Western construction camp along the Ninnescah River in Sedgwick County, Kansas.
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Missouri Pacific Railroad depot, Uniontown, Kansas
Date: December 17, 1911
This photograph shows a view of a couple married at the Missouri Pacific Depot in Uniontown, Kansas.
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Flood, Bourbon County, Kansas
Date: September 7, 1915
View of a group of men and boys standing near train tracks on higher ground near John Baptist’s at 8AM during a flood in Bourbon County, Kansas. The photograph includes…
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Missouri Pacific bridge in Bourbon County, Kansas
Date: September 7, 1915
This black and white photograph shows wreckage a Missouri Pacific Railroad bridge that had been overturned by the flood of 1915. The water was reported as 12 feet over the…
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Missouri Pacific Railroad Company freight depot, Iola, Kansas
Date: Between 1890 and 1910
This photograph shows a view of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company freight depot in Iola, Kansas. A bicycle, box car, and group of people are visible in the photograph.