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Populist members of the House of Representatives, Topeka, Kansas

These are Populist members of the House of Representatives and others standing on the state capitol steps, Topeka, Kansas.

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Tennessee Town kindergarten, Topeka, Kansas

This photo shows an interior view of the kindergarten for African American children sponsored by the Central Congregational Church, Topeka, Kansas. Dr. Charles Monroe Sheldon started the kindergarten in 1893 and served as pastor of the church from 1889-1920. The photo shows teachers Ruby Pliley and June Chapman posing with students and Dr. Sheldon. Since the 1870s, central Topeka had become home to many ex-slaves from the South (Exodusters) and acquired the name Tennessee Town.

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Alfred Mossman Landon

This photograph captures a young Alfred Mossman Landon at the age of two. In the photograph, he is wearing a straw hat with a toy sailboat in a barrel filled with water. Landon would go on to be Kansas governor from 1933 to 1937, and run in the 1936 Republican Presidential election, losing to President Franklin Roosevelt.

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Sod schoolhouse, Thomas County, Kansas

This black and white photograph shows a group of students and their teacher standing before a sod schoolhouse in Thomas County, Kansas. The use of sod to build homes and schools was common on the Kansas prairie due to the lack of wood available.

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Tennessee Town Kindergarten, Topeka, Kansas

A photograph showing Sheldon's Kindergarten band, which was part of the Tennessee Town Kindergarten, Topeka, Kansas.

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Tennessee Town Kindergarten, Topeka, Kansas

A group photo of Tennessee Town kindergarten children and teachers celebrating George Washington's birthday, Topeka, Kansas.

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Tennessee Town kindergarten, Topeka, Kansas

This is a group photo of Tennessee Town kindergarten students and teachers standing in front of Union Hall, Topeka, Kansas. This was a kindergarten for African American children sponsored by the Central Congregational Church, Topeka, Kansas. Dr. Charles Monroe Sheldon started the kindergarten in 1893 and served as pastor of the church from 1889-1920. The adults are identified as Mother Ransome, Margaret Adams, Miss Doolittle, and Nettie Miller.

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A sod house in eastern Beaver County, Oklahoma Territory

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

This is a view of a sod house in the eastern portion of Beaver County, Oklahoma Territory. In the foreground, a woman is pouring water into a livestock trough and there is a boy on a horse.

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F. J. Birdsall's grandson, Custer, Oklahoma, Territory

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

View of F. J. Birdsall's grandson fishing in Custer, Oklahoma Territory. A dog and horse are present with the boy in the foreground, and unidentified buildings are visible on top of the hill in the background.

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George Allen's children, Meade, Kansas

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

This is a view of George Allen's children seated on a horse that is drinking from a water trough. A dog and several other horses are also visible in the photograph.

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