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Family on the front porch of their home in Kansas, 1880
A family of five has their photograph taken on their front porch, probably around the year 1880. One woman is using a large spinning wheel, another woman has a baby on her lap and is using a small one. A little boy is shelling out popcorn into the wire mesh popper.
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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.
previewL. W. Halbe Collection
Halbe, L. W. (Leslie Winfield), 1893-1981
The L. W. (Leslie Winfield) Halbe photo collection consists of 1500 glass plate negatives produced by Halbe during his teenage years. Halbe lived in Dorrance, Russell County, Kansas, and began taking photographs of the region with an inexpensive Sears and Roebuck camera when he was fifteen years old.
previewGolden Charles Dresher photograph collection
Dresher, G. C.
This collection consists of 326 photographs taken by G. C. (Golden Charles) Dresher of Canton, McPherson County, Kansas. The photos mostly concern the Dresher family, their friends and the surrounding area. Photographs of McPherson College students and the flooding of Cow Creek are also included. Dorothy May (Dresher) Richards, the daughter of G. C. Dresher, donated the original glass plate negatives to the Kansas Historical Society in 1999.
previewAllen D. Birch and family gathered to listen to radio
Allen D. Birch and family are gathered to listen to radio at their home in Topeka, Kansas, in the 1920s.
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