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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.

Boeing Airplane Company, Wichita, Kansas

Boeing Airplane Company

This is a view of men and women employees working on B-29 Superfortress airplanes at the Boeing Airplane Company plant in Wichita, Kansas.

Fourth of July celebration, Coldwater, Kansas

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

View of a 1903 Fourth of July celebration on a street in Coldwater, Kansas. Business buildings are visible along the street, including the Shultise & Allderdice General Supply Store.

Mr. and Mrs. Gant, Kiowa County, Kansas

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

This is a photograph of a pioneer couple, Mr. and Mrs. Gant, who settled in Kiowa County, Kansas, in 1870. The couple, who were among the county's early settlers, is shown seated before an entrance to their home. Mrs. Gant is reading a letter, and Mr. Gant is smoking a pipe.

F. J. Birdsall's parlor in Custer, Oklahoma Territory

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

View of an unidentified man and woman seated in the parlor of F. J. Birdsall's sod house in Custer, Beaver County, Oklahoma Territory. This photograph was taken using a flash light.

Farm and automobile

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

This is a view of an unidentified farmhouse and buildings presumed to be in Haskell County, Kansas. Also visible are a windmill, barn, and two people seated in an automobile.

Land buyers visit Satanta, Haskell County, Kansas

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

This is a view of James Septer Patrick's business building (Jas. S. Patrick Agent for Satanta Lots And Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Lands) in Satanta, Kansas. There is a modified Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe logo on the front of Patrick's building. Some railroads received lands from the federal government. They sold the lands to help raise funds to build the railroad. Also visible in the photograph are the Deal building and a water tower, both under construction, and people seated in four automobiles. The first two cars contain land buyers from Wichita, Kansas (only John Jacob Miller, seated next to the driver in the first car, is identified ), the third car contains Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Johnson from Sublette, Kansas, and James Septer Patrick is alone in the fourth car. Note the steering wheels are on the right side of the cars.

John Jacob Miller home and underground water line, Santa Fe, Kansas

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

This is a view of John Jacob Miller's farmhouse and farm buildings in Santa Fe, Haskell County, Kansas. Also visible are a woman, three men, a black dog, and an underground water line fed from a large reservoir.

George Wilcoxen's sod home in Kansas

This black and white photograph shows the George Wilcoxen's family and sod home northeast of Bloom in Ford County, Kansas.

Farm, Greeley County, Kansas

This black and white photograph shows a man and woman standing before their house on a farm in Greeley County, Kansas. Also visible are a dog, a windmill, and several farm buildings.