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Church of Christ, Ransom, Kansas

Date: Between 1900s and 1920s

This photograph shows the Church of Christ in Ransom, Kansas. In the foreground two people are standing in front of the church.

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Oil well plume in Wayside, Kansas

Date: Between 1910 and 1919

This is a photograph of an oil well plume in Wayside, Kansas. The back of the photograph’s note says “Property of Warren J. Bell Division Office Kansas City Mo. 8425…

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St. John Lutheran Church in Alma, Kansas

Date: Between 1875 and 1946

Five photographs of the St. John Lutheran Church in Alma, Kansas. The photographs also include images of buildings that served as the parish home and the second school building in…

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William Kingen, Prisoner 5780

Date: November 24, 1916

This glass plate negative shows prisoner William Kingen, #5780 from the Kansas State Penitentiary. He was received at the penitentiary on November 24, 1916, from Wyandotte County, Kansas, for grand…

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Ethel Jones, prisoner 1405

Date: 1921

A photograph of a female prisoner, Ethel Jones, from the Kansas State Industrial Farm for Women. Ethel Jones was incarcerated for a violation of Chapter 205 in 1921. Chapter 205…

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Malissa Mathews, prisoner 1404

Date: 1921

A photograph of a female prisoner, Malissa Mathews, from the Kansas State Industrial Farm for Women. Malissa Mathews was incarcerated for violation of liquor laws in 1921.

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Bessie Stowe, prisoner 1396

Date: 1921

A photograph of a female prisoner, Bessie Stowe, from the Kansas State Industrial Farm for Women. Bessie Stowe was incarcerated for bigamy in 1921.

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Alice Scott, prisoner 1391

Date: 1921

A photograph of a female prisoner, Alice Scott, from the Kansas State Industrial Farm for Women. Alice Scott was incarcerated for manslaughter in the forth degree in 1921.

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Julia Galbreath, prisoner 1381

Date: 1921

A photograph of a female prisoner, Julia Galbreath, from the Kansas State Industrial Farm for Women. Julia Galbreath was incarcerated for a violation of Chapter 205 in 1921. Chapter 205…

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Ollie Taylor, prisoner 1374

Date: 1921

A photograph of a female prisoner, Ollie Taylor, from the Kansas State Industrial Farm for Women. Ollie Taylor was incarcerated for vagrancy in 1921.

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Bertha Ramsey, prisoner 1371

Date: 1921

A photograph of a female prisoner, Bertha Ramsey, from the Kansas State Industrial Farm for Women. Bertha Ramsey was incarcerated for petty larceny in 1921.

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Minnie White, prisoner 1369

Date: 1921

A photograph of a female prisoner, Minnie White, from the Kansas State Industrial Farm for Women. Minnie White was incarcerated for buying and receiving stolen property in 1921.

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Arkansas City Street Railway, Arkansas City, Kansas

Date: Bulk June 04, 1909-November 16, 1909

This set of photographs show the Arkansas City Street Railway cars from Arkansas City, Kansas. The streetcars were manufactured by the American Car Company and could seat between twenty-eight and…

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Emporia Railway Company, Emporia, Kansas

Date: November 15, 1911

This photograph shows the Emporia Railway Company streetcar from Emporia, Kansas. The car no. 101 was manufactured by the American Car Company Builders of St. Louis, Missouri and could seat…

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Mary Swift to William Crosby correspondence

Date: September 7, 1864 - October 17, 1864

Three copies of letters sent by Mary Swift to William Crosby. William was part of Company B., 17th Regiment, Kansas Volunteers, and Mary writes to him from the Lawrence, Kansas…