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Santa Fe workers

Date: Between 1900 and 1920

Group portrait of employees of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway in Topeka, Kansas.

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Robert John Walker

Date: Between 1855 and 1857

Portrait of Robert John Walker, 1801-1869, Kansas Territorial Governor. He took the oath of office May 9, 1857 and served from May 27 to November 16, 1857.

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Independent Kansas Jay-Hawkers

Date: August 24, 1861

Broadside recruiting men for the Independent Kansas Jay-Hawkers, 1st Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. Charles R. “Doc” Jennison was colonel of the regiment and, as a consequence of his position, was responsible…

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The Day Of Our Enslavement!!

Date: September 15, 1855

A broadside titled “The Day Of Our Enslavement!!” which was published in the Kansas Weekly Tribune, Lawrence, Kansas Territory.

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James Montgomery

Date: Between 1858 and 1860

Portrait of James Montgomery, who came to Linn County, Kansas Territory, early in the territorial period and became active in the free state cause. When the Civil War started, Montgomery…

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Wilson Shannon

Date: Between 1855 and 1856

Portrait of Wilson Shannon, Territorial Governor of Kansas, commissioned August 10, 1855, took the oath September 7, 1855, served June 24, 1856, July 7 to August 18, 1856, and sworn…

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Great Bend, Kansas

Date: Between 1870 and 1880

This black and white photographs shows a view of the business district in Great Bend, Kansas.

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Kansas State Capitol construction

Date: 1895

View of construction scaffolding around the pinnacle of the Kansas State Capitol building’s dome in Topeka, Kansas. Also visible are an American flag and a portion of the Capitol building…

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Kansas State Capitol construction

Date: 1880

View of the west wing of the Kansas State Capitol building under construction in Topeka, Kansas. Also visible are a man seated in a horse-drawn wagon in the crowded construction…

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Carry Amelia Nation

Date: Between 1890 and 1910

An informal portrait of temperance leader Carry Amelia Nation, 1846-1911, shown standing outside a cave, possibly in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, and pouring a liquid into a cup.

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Carry Amelia Nation

Date: Between 1900 and 1911

A portrait of temperance leader Carry Amelia Nation, 1846-1911, standing in front of Hatchet Hall, her home at 35 Steele Street in Eureka Springs, Arkansas.

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Carry Amelia Nation memorabilia

Date: 1911

A table with memorabilia from the life of temperance leader Carry Amelia Nation, 1846-1911, in front of Hatchet Hall, her home in Eureka Springs, Arkansas.

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Carry Amelia Nation

Date: Between 1865 and 1875

A portrait of temperance leader Carry Amelia Nation, 1846-1911, as a young woman.

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Carry Amelia Nation

Date: Between 1904 and 1905

A portrait of temperance leader Carry Amelia Nation, 1846-1911, shown with her bible kneeling in prayer by a chair in a jail cell at an unknown location.

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William L. Brandon

Date: Between 1880 and 1890

This black and white photograph shows businessman William L. Brandon with his fine mansard style home in Clyde, Kansas. Brandon founded and operated the Clyde Elevator. He also served as…

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Carry Amelia Nation

Date: Between 1890 and 1910

A view of temperance leader Carry Amelia Nation, 1846-1911, talking to two unidentified men on a city street.

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Carry Amelia Nation

Date: Between 1890 and 1910

A portrait of temperance leader Carry Amelia Nation, 1846-1911, shown sitting with her niece, Callie Bell Moore Blum, 1886-1977.

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Carry Amelia Nation

Date: Between 1890 and 1910

An informal portrait of temperance leader Carry Amelia Nation, 1846-1911, holding an ice cream cone before an unidentified man.

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Carry Amelia Nation

Date: Between 1890 and 1910

An informal portrait of temperance leader Carry Amelia Nation, 1846-1911, talking to an unidentified man and woman on a ship’s deck.