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Catholic Church, Ness County, Kansas

Date: Between 1900 and 1919

This is a view of a large wood/frame Catholic church and its congregation in Ness County, Kansas. Also visible are parked automobiles, a post and wire fence, and utility poles…

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Bazine, Ness County, Kansas

Date: Between 1900 and 1919

This is a photograph of a commercial district in Bazine, Ness County, Kansas. It shows a number of buildings, horse drawn wagons, and a windmill in the distance in the…

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Farm scene

Date: Between 1900 and 1920

This is a view of a family riding in a horse-drawn wagon in Ness County, Kansas. Several structures are in the background.

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Ness City, Kansas

Date: Between 1900 and 1920

This is a photograph of Ness City, Kansas, in the early 1900s.

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Circus parade

Date: Between 1940 and 1950

This is a view of elephants in a circus parade in Ness City, Kansas. Several business are visible in the background.

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Harness shop

Date: Between 1900 and 1919

This photograph shows the interior of a harness shop in Ness City, Ness County, Kansas.

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Farmer’s Co-Op, Ness City, Kansas

Date: Between 1920 and 1939

This is sepia colored photograph shows a group of men standing in front of the Farmer’s Co-Op Grain & Supply Company in Ness City, Kansas.

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Medicine show, Bazine, Kansas

Date: Between 1900 and 1919

This sepia colored photograph shows a crowd of people watching a medicine show barker in Bazine, Kansas. The barker is standing on the roof of the J. W. Connell general…

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George Docking

Date: Between 1957 and 1961

This portrait shows George Docking, 1904-1964, a native of Clay Center, Kansas. He served as the Democratic governor of Kansas from 1957 to 1961. His son, Robert B. Docking, 1925-1983,…

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Sod house, Dodge City, Kansas.

Date: 1872

Photo of the first building (sod house) erected in the early summer in Dodge City by either H. L. Settler, Black Kelley or Dixon.

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Elizabeth Jennings Graham

Date: 1854-1860

A portrait of Elizabeth Jennings Graham copied from an article “The Story of an Old Wrong” published in The American Woman’s Journal, July, 1895.

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“Kansas Workman,” Quenemo, Kansas

Date: Between 1880 and 1889

A view of two women at work in the “Kansas Workman” newspaper office in Quenemo, Kansas. The monthly newspaper, edited by A. P. Riddle, was published in support of the…