Medium: Text
Date: September 12, 1880
In this letter to Kansas Governor St. John, George Bain leaves no doubt about his admiration for St. John, by prophetically proclaiming “the honor of victory………will guard your ashes in…
Medium: Text
Date: 1887
This is a lithograph depicting the Spring Hill Farm and Stock Ranch owned by S. F. Jones, located on Fox Creek, three miles north of Strong City, Chase County, Kansas.…
Medium: Text
Date: Between 1900 and 1905
This is a postcard view of the Ideal Restaurant located on north Ohio Street in Mount Hope, Kansas.
Medium: Text
Date: September 13, 1880
In this letter, A.W. Dahlsten of Salemsburg writes Kansas Governor St. John, assuring him the community would welcome him whenever the Governor wishes to come. Mr. Dahlsten notes that their…
Medium: Text
Date: September 13, 1880
In this letter, temperance worker, Mrs. Lang, requests Kansas Governor St. John send a letter of introduction to interested parties in Salina, her next stop. She is planning to organize…
Medium: Text
Date: September 13, 1880
In this letter, Kansas Governor St. John is invited by W.H. Trammel to attend a grand temperance rally in Huntington, Indiana, on the 2nd day of October. Trammel would like…
Medium: Text
Date: 1938
This is a brochure published by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company promoting a fleet of thirteen new ultra-modern streamlined trains for the southwestern and California travels. One…
Medium: Text
Date: March 1938
This booklet published by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company, is promoting travelers to tour the great southwest by booking one of the Harvey car Indian detours. This…
Medium: Text
Date: Bewteen May 1930 and November 1931
These two flyers published by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company are promoting tourism of the Great Southwest on the Santa Fe Harveycars. Apparently, the Santa Fe Railroad…
Medium: Text
Date: 1931
This brochure published by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company is promoting the experience and luxury of the Santa Fe System through the personal recommendation of Miss Clara…
Medium: Text
Date: Between 1922 and 1925
This brochure published by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company is urging travelers to book a Harveycar tour to see the hidden wonders of the Southwest. Inside the…
Medium: Text
Date: 1930
This brochure published by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company is promoting travelers to take a summer excursion train through the scenic regions of the southwest. On the…
Medium: Text
Date: Between 1931 and 1932
This flyer published by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company is promoting travelers to take the passenger train the “Chief” for a winter vacation to Phoenix, Arizona.
Medium: Text
Date: 1963
This booklet published by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company tells the story of how the railroad transformed Arizona from a rugged and wild territory into a prosperous…
Medium: Text
Date: August 15, 1929
This brochure published by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company is prompting travelers to book their next business trip through the “Train, Plane, Trail” service operated by the…
Medium: Text
Date: April 01, 1947
This brochure published by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company is promoting travelers to take the passenger train the “Chief” and enjoy the new through sleeping car services…
Medium: Text
Date: 1848
Color illustration of an Indian on horseback hunting a buffalo. This illustration is the frontispiece for volume one of Thomas Loraine McKenney’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America.
Medium: Text
Date: Between 1920 and 1929
This is a photocopy of an advertisement for the Overland Park Film Manufacturing Company. The company had two locations: Studio Overland Park, Kansas, and City Offices, 1234 Walnut Street, Kansas…
Medium: Text
Date: Between 1937 and 1947
This brochure published by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company is urging travelers to take the passenger trains the “Super Chief and “Chief” to sun drenched Palm Springs,…
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Date: June 09, 1929
This brochure published by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company is promoting travelers to take the passenger trains the “Chief”, the “California Limited” and the “Grand Canyon Limited”…
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Date: Between January 1931 and February 1931
This brochure published by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company is seeking travelers to take the passenger trains the “Chief” and the “Grand Canyon Limited” to Phoenix, Arizona…
Medium: Text
Date: June 10, 1929
This brochure published by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company is encouraging travelers to take one of the six transcontinental trains to California. Those trains are listed with…
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Date: Between 1926 and 1927
This flyer published by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company is promoting travelers to take the passenger train the “Chief.”
Medium: Text
Date: Between 1930 and 1939
This coupon published by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company is promoting travelers to take the passenger train the “Chief” for a winter trip.
Medium: Text
Date: February 10, 1930
This flyer published by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company encourages travelers to take advantage of the new luxuries added to the passenger train the “Chief.” Some of…
