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Covered wagon with wording “Kansas or Bust”
Date: Unknown
Photo of a sketch by Margaret Whittemore of a covered wagon with the words “Kansas or Bust.”
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Arrival of wagon caravan at Santa Fe
Date: 1844--1845
Photo of an illustration “Arrival of the caravan at Santa Fe” from Josiah Gregg’s Commerce of the Prairies.
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The Passage of the “Enabling Act of Kansas Territory” brought many Settlers through the Border Gateways–1854
Date: Unknown
Photo of a painting of a wagon train: “The Passage of the ‘Enabling Act of Kansas Territory’ brought many settlers through the Border Gateways–1854.”
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Indians attacking Aubrey’s Caravan
Date: 1878
Photo of a sketch of “Indian Attack on Aubrey’s Caravan,” from Joseph Tasse, Les Canadiens De L’Quest
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Covered wagon pulled by an ox.
Date: Unknown
Photo of two unidentified men standing next to a covered wagon pulled by one ox, location and date unknown. This photo appears to have been enhanced or “doctored.”
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Log cabin erected in 1856 in Shawnee County, Kansas
Date: 1856
Photo of a drawing of the William Jordan log cabin erected in 1856 in Shawnee County, two miles south of Topeka, Kansas.
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Log cabin of Joseph Gardner
Date: 1857
Photo of a a log cabin erected by Joseph Gardner in November of 1857 near Lone Star, Douglas County, Kansas. This was the site of the Border Battle, June 1860.
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Log cabin with sod roof
Date: Between 1860 and 1879
Photo of a man holding a rifle sitting next to his log cabin at an unidentified location.
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Lucy Tayiah Eads “Little Deer”
Date: Between 1920 and 1939
Portrait of Lucy Tayiah Eads (Little Deer), woman Chief of Kanza Indians.
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Ten-squat-a-way or Tenskwatawa, the Shawnee Prophet
Date: 1831
Tenskwatawa, whose name means “open door,” was a Shawnee Indian from present-day Ohio who fiercely opposed Indian removal. Tenskwatawa was a revered religious figure among the Shawnee, and he advocated…
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James Burnett Abbott
Date: Between 1856 and 1860
Portrait of James Burnett Abbott , 1818-1897, member of the John Doy rescue party, member of the 1856 legislature, a member of the first Kansas state legislature, and agent to…
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Unidentified family standing in front of a sod house, Finney County, Kansas
Date: Between 1890 and 1899
Six members of a family standing in front of a sod house, Finney County, Kansas.
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Harriet Knight Cook
Date: Between 1880 and 1889
Portrait of Harriet Knight Cook, wife of Hugh A. Cook, Sheriff of Franklin County, Kansas, from 1860-1862.
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Hugh A. Cook with his wife and children
Date: 1866
Portrait of Mr. & Mrs. Hugh A. Cook with three children and their dog. Cook was the second Sheriff of Franklin County, Kansas. Photo taken by W. H. Lamon of…
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Hugh A. Cook with his wife and children
Date: 1865
Portrait of Mr. & Mrs. Hugh A. Cook and their three eldest children. He was the second Sheriff of Franklin County, Kansas. Photo taken by W. H. Lamon, Lawrence, Kansas.
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Plat of Waverly station grounds, Waverly, Kansas
Date: May, 1887
Plat of the Southern Kansas Railway Company station grounds in Waverly, Kansas.
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Hugh A. Cook
Date: Between 1870 and 1889
Portrait of Hugh A. Cook, second Sheriff of Franklin County, Kansas.
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Street car in Olathe, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1910
This black and white photographs shows a group of people gathered around a street car in Olathe, Kansas.
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George Washington Carver and Dr. and Mrs. M. L. Ross
Date: April 06, 1932
George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, and Dr. and Mrs. M. L. Ross.
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Buffalo skulls and bones
Date: Between 1870 and 1890
This black and white photograph shows a view of a pile of buffalo skulls and bones possibly near Wichita, Kansas.
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company’s steam locomotive #384
Date: Between 1900 and 1919
This black and white photograph shows a group of adults and children standing by Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway steam locomotive #384. The photo was taken at an unknown…
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Man portraying Dr. John R. Brinkley
Date: Between 1920 and 1939
Man portraying Dr. John R. Brinkley with a sign that reads “Vote for Brinkley” photo taken in Alma, Kansas. Dr. Brinkley ran as an independent write-in candidate for Governor of…
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Cartoon showing dancing goats
Date: September 21, 1930
A cartoon showing dancing goats celebrating the revocation of Dr. Brinkley’s medical license in Kansas.
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Dr. John R. Brinkley and surgical team
Date: Between 1920 and 1939
Dr. John R. Brinkley performing surgery.
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Dr. John R. Brinkley performing surgery
Date: 1920
Dr. John R. Brinkley, a physician from Milford, Kansas, famous for his goat gland transplants.