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The house flies

Kansas. Board of Health

A poem and drawing titled "The House Flies" copied from the Kansas State Board of Health Bulletin. Exact year and volume unknown.

Carry Amelia Nation

Roger, I

A studio portrait of temperance leader, Carry Amelia Nation, shown seated with book resting on her lap.

Carry Amelia Nation seated in a chair holding a book

White

A black and white portrait of Carry Nation seated in a chair holding a book.

Carry Amelia Nation holding a Bible and hatchet

Portrait of Carry Nation holding a Bible and hatchet.

Carry Amelia Nation

A signed black and white portrait of Carry Nation seated and holding a book.

Spectators at a baseball game

Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936

View of people, cars, and carriages at a baseball game, presumed to have been taken in Haskell County, Kansas.

Hauling dirt for the railroad bed

Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936

This is a view, presumed to have been taken in Haskell County, Kansas, of rail workers using horse- and mule-drawn wagons to haul dirt for a railroad bed.

Cattle in a fenced pasture

Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936

This is a view of cattle in a fenced pasture, next to a barn, on an unidentified farm presumed to be in Haskell County, Kansas. Also visible in the photograph are a man afoot, a horse-drawn carriage, a farmhouse and outlying farm buildings, and a man and boys astride horses.

A flock of chickens

Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936

This photograph shows a flock of chickens, a man, chicken coops, farm buildings, and a windmill on an unidentified farm, presumed to be in Haskell County, Kansas. Poultry was a very important food source before refrigeration was commonplace in rural households on the prairie. Chickens and turkeys also provided a much-needed source of income through the sale of live birds and eggs.

A man feeding chickens

Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936

View of a man feeding chickens on an unidentified farm presumed to be in Haskell County, Kansas. Also visible in the photograph are a farmhouse and several farm buildings.