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Stephen Harriman Long
Date: Between 1810 and 1830
This is a painting of Stephen Harriman Long, 1784-1864, by Charles Willson Peale. Long lead an expedition into the territory west of the Missouri River in 1819 and 1820. Under…
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Stephen Harriman Long
Date: Between 1855 and 1864
This is a portrait of Stephen Harriman Long, 1784-1864, who lead an expedition into the territory west of the Missouri River in 1819 and 1820. Under orders from John C.…
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James Baker
Date: Between 1860 and 1898
Portrait of Jim Baker, an Army scout, trapper and mountain man.
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Jim Bridger
Date: Between 1860 and 1880
Jim Bridger, a scout for the Army, trapper & mountain man.
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Tornado, Anderson County, Kansas
Date: April 26, 1884
A. A. Adams, Garnett, Kansas, photographed this tornado as it passed near Central City, Kansas, in 1884. According to a newspaper account in The Garnett Journal, Friday, May 17, 1907,…
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Benjamin “Pap” Singleton
Date: Between 1870 and 1889
Benjamin “Pap” Singleton was born a slave in 1809, but after 37 years of bondage he escaped to freedom. He made Detroit his home and operated a secret boardinghouse for…
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Osborne County residence
Date: Between 1874 and 1884
This is a photo of an unidentified residence in Osborne County built in 1874
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John Brown
Date: Between 1880 and 1885
A copy of a photograph probably taken in the 1850s, showing John Brown, an abolitionist and free-state leader. He came to Kansas Territory in 1855 and left in 1859 but…
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Harry Boehme Fine
Date: Between 1950 and 1954
A photograph of Harry Boehme Fine teaching American History at St. Mark’s School, Southborough, Massachusetts. As a teenager, Fine, a graduate of Andover High School, Princeton, New Jersey, worked on…
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Harry Boehme Fine
Date: 1915
A photograph of Harry Boehme Fine. As a teenager, Fine, a graduate of Andover High School, Princeton, New Jersey, worked on the W. J. Tod Ranch near Maple Hill, Kansas,…
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Harry Boehme Fine
Date: Between 1945 and 1949
A photograph of Harry Boehme Fine. As a teenager, Fine, a graduate of Andover High School, Princeton, New Jersey, worked on the W. J. Tod Ranch near Maple Hill, Kansas,…
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Harry Boehme Fine
Date: 1959
A photograph of Harry Boehme Fine at Essex, Lake Champlain. As a teenager, Fine, a graduate of Andover High School, Princeton, New Jersey, worked on the W. J. Tod Ranch…
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Adele Boehme Fine with her children
Date: 1905
Adele Boehme Fine with her children Harry, John and Margaret. As a teenager, Harry Fine, a recent graduate of Andover High School, Princeton, New Jersey, worked on the W. J.…
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Harry Boehme Fine and family
Date: 1940
A photograph of Harry and Darrah Fine and their children Molly, Johnny and Paul. As a teenager, Harry Fine, a graduate of Andover High School, Princeton, New Jersey, worked on…
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John Burchard Fine
Date: Between 1920 and 1929
A photograph of John Burchard Fine, father of Harry Fine. As a teenager, Harry Fine, a graduate of Andover High School, Princeton, New Jersey, worked on the W. J. Tod…
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James H. Hale
Date: Between 1889 and 1890
Portrait of James H. Hale, a Republican representative from the 36th District, Woodson County, Kansas.
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Margery & Kathleen Cordts
Date: 1930s
A portrait of Margery & Kathleen Cordts from Wamego, Kansas, performing an acrobatic routine.
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Jean, Kathleen and Margery Cordts
Date: 1930s
A portrait showing three members of the Cordt sisters, Jean, Kathleen & Margery, performing an acrobatic routine. They were from Wamego, Kansas.
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June, Kathleen, Margery and Jean Cordts
Date: 1930s
Portrait of June, Kathleen, Margery and Jean Cordts who were dancers, singers and acrobats from Wamego, Kansas, and performed around the state with the Wiziarde Circus.
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Walter and Annabel Cordts
Date: 1930s
Portrait of Walter “Sonny” and Annabel Cordts, brother and sister tap dancing team, part of the Cordts family performers from Wamego, Kansas.
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Results of dust storm in middle west
Date: Between 1930 and 1940
This photo shows a tractor burried under dust as a result of dust storms in the Midwest during the 1930s.
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Sod house
Date: Between 1860 and 1880
This photograph depicts a sod house in Nicodemus, Graham County. Nicodemus was settled by freed people during the post-Civil War Reconstruction from the South. Nicodemus is now a historic site…
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Benjamin Franklin Mudge
Date: Between 1861 and 1865
Tintype portrait of Benjamin Franklin Mudge, 1817-1879, who was the first State Geologist of Kansas. In 1862, geologist Mudge was invited to deliver a series of lectures before the Kansas…
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Macy’s department store
Date: 1960s or 1970s ?
Macy’s Department Store; Topeka, Kansas.
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Windmill
Date: Between 1970 and 1979
Windmill in an unidentified pasture.