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William Allen White
Portrait of William Allen white, editor and owner of the Emporia Gazette newspaper, Emporia, Kansas.
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James Naismith and Forrest Claire (Phog) Allen
D'Ambra, Duke
Photograph of Dr. James Naismith and Forrest Claire (Phog) Allen holding a basketball at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.
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William Inge
A portrait of playwright William Motter Inge, 1913-1973. Born in Independence, Kansas, Inge graduated from the University of Kansas, worked for a Wichita radio station, and taught in both high school and college. His play "Come Back, Little Sheba" brought him fame in 1949. In 1953, the play "Picnic" won a Pulitzer Prize and in 1955, "Bus Stop" received rave reviews. Inge drew upon his Kansas background for the characters and storylines in his plays.
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Col. O.W. Wheeler's cattle herd
Baker-Co
View of Col. O. W. Wheeler's herd en route to the Kansas Pacific Railway in 1867. The illustration was copied from "Historic Sketches of the Cattle Trade" by Joseph McCoy published in 1874. The illustrator is Henry Worrall.
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Samuel Jay Crumbine
Dr. Samuel Crumbine in the State Board of Health office with his assistants Warren Crumbine and Bernice Vreeland.
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Reb Russell
Reb Russell seated on his horse Rebel. Born Lafayette H. Russell in Coffeyville, Kansas in 1905, Reb got his nickname while playing football at the University of Nebraska and Northwestern University. Russell excelled at the sport, gaining All American status in 1930 and playing briefly with the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles. However, he chose instead to pursue a movie career after he got a bit part in Universal Pictures' The All-American (1932). Because he was an excellent rider, Russell became an actor in western movies. He appeared in a number of low-budget independent westerns, including The Man from Hell (1934), Fighting Through (1934), Outlaw Rule (1935), and Lightning Triggers (1935).
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James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok
This formal portrait take in Hays, Kansas shows James Butler " Wild Bill" Hickok, 1837-1876. The legendary lawman and gun-slinger begins his career in 1858 as peace officer of the Monticello Township in the Kansas Territory of Johnson County. For a number of years Hickok also works as a government scout, guide and deputy U.S. marshal across the Great Plains. His reputation as a skilled marksman proceeds him wherever he went. In 1869 Hickok is elected marshal of Hays, Kansas and sheriff of Ellis County, Kansas. A role he serves until 1870. In 1871, he is hired as Abilene, Kansas' town marshal. As marshal he earns fame for being a quick draw and for spending most of his time playing cards. Hickok is killed on August 01, 1876 while playing a game of poker at a saloon in the Deadwood, Dakota Territory.
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Jess Willard
This sepia colored photograph shows Jess Willard, 1881-1968, defeating Jack Johnson, 1878-1946, in Havana, Cuba for the title of heavyweight champion of the world.
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Walter Johnson
This is a photograph of Walter Johnson, 1887-1946, as he appeared pitching for the Washington Senators baseball team at the peak of his career. Nicknamed "The Big Train" for the speed and power of his pitches, Johnson was born and raised on a farm near Humboldt, Kansas.
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Samuel J. Jones
A formal, cased ambrotype portrait of Samuel J. Jones who led a large pro-slavery force in the May 21, 1856 sacking of the city of Lawrence, which was an anti-slavery stronghold in Douglas County, Kansas Territory. Jones was the sheriff of Douglas County at the time of the attack.
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People -- Notable Kansans
- Abbott, James Burnett, 1818-1897
- Adair, Florella Brown, 1816-1865
- Adair, Samuel Lyle, 1811-1898
- Adams, Abzuga (Zu), b. 1859
- Alderson, Lewis Allen, 1812-1881
- Allen, Forrest C., 1885-1974
- Allen, Henry Justin, 1868-1950
- Anderson, John, Jr., 1917-2014
- Arny, William Frederick Milton, 1813-1881
- Avery, William Henry, 1911-2009
- Baker, Nancy Landon Kassebaum, 1932-
- Barnes, Ebenezer, 1811-1858
- Bartholomew, Elam
- Blood, James
- Branscomb, Charles Henry
- Brewer, David Josiah
- Brinkley, John Richard, 1885-1942
- Brooks, Louise
- Brown, Frederick
- Brown, George Washington
- Brown, John, 1800-1859
- Brown, Orville C.
- Capper, Arthur, 1865-1951
- Carlin, John, 1940-
- Carlson, Frank, 1893-1987
- Chitwood, Avis, 1893-1994
- Clymer, Rolla Anderson
- Cody, William F. "Buffalo Bill", 1846-1917
- Colmery, Harry W, 1890-1979
- Conway, Martin Franklin, 1827-1882
- Cook, Hugh A., 1827-1901
- Corbett, Boston, b. 1832
- Crane, Franklin Loomis
- Crumbine, Samuel Jay, 1862-1954
- Curry, John Steuart, (1897-1946)
- Curtis, Charles, 1860-1936
- Cutter, George, 1833-1874
- Denison, Joseph, 1815-1900
- Diggs, Annie L. (Annie Le Porte), 1853-1916
- Dobbs, Mary E.
- Douglas, Aaron, 1899-1979
- Doy, Charles
- Doy, John, b. 1812
- Dudley, Guilford, 1835-1905
- Earhart, Amelia 1897-1937
- Earp, Wyatt, 1848-1929
- Eisenhower, Dwight David, 1890-1969
- Elmore, Rush
- Emery, James Stanley
- Evans, Ronald E.
- Ewing, Thomas, Jr.
- Farley, Alan W.
- Funston, Frederick, 1865-1917
- Gailland, Maurice 1815-1877
- Gardner, Joseph, 1820-1863
- Garvey, Edward C.K., -1884
- Giles, Frye W., 1819-1898
- Glick, George Washington, 1827-1911
- Goodnow, Isaac T., 1814-1894
- Graves, Bill, 1953-
- Green, Elmer
- Grieme, Fred H.
- Griffing, James Sayre, 1822-1882
- Hall, Frederick Lee, 1916-1970
- Hay, George
- Hickok, James Butler, 1837-1876
- Highley, Brewster M, 1822?-1911
- Hill, Hiram
- Hockaday, F.W. ("Woody"), 1884-1947
- Hodges, George H. (George Hartshorn), 1866-1947
- Holliday, Cyrus Kurtz, 1826-1900
- Hoyt, David Starr
- Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
- Hume, Lou E.
- Hutchinson, William
- Huxman, Walter Augustus, 1887-1972
- Ingalls, John James, 1833-1900
- Inge, William
- Jenkins, Gaius
- Jessye, Eva
- Johnson, Walter Perry, 1887-1946
- Jones, Samuel J.
- Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966
- Knight, J. Lee, 1837-1915
- Landon, Alfred M. (Alfred Mossman), 1887-1987
- Lane, James Henry, 1814-1866
- Larzelere, Alfred, 1811-1881
- Lewelling, Lorenzo Dow, 1846-1900
- Lieurance, Thurlow
- Lines, C. B.
- Logan, Herschel C., 1901-1987
- Long, Chester Isaiah, 1860-1934
- Lum, Samuel Y., 1821-1895
- Lykins, Johnston
- March, George M., 1886-1954
- Marlatt, Washington, 1829-1909
- Martin, Albert Bugal, 1898-1986
- Martin, John Alexander, 1839-1889
- McCoy, Isaac, 1784-1846
- McCoy, Joseph Geiting, 1837-1915
- Mead, James R.
- Medary, Samuel, 1801-1864
- Meeker, Jotham, 1804-1855
- Menninger, Charles Fredrick (C. F.), 1862-1953
- Menninger, Karl Augustus, 1893-1990
- Menninger, Philip (Philip Bratton), 1928-
- Menninger, Robert Gaines, 1922-
- Menninger, Roy W., 1926-
- Menninger, William Claire, 1899-1966
- Menninger, W. Walter, 1931-
- Miller, Solomon
- Miller, Vern
- Monroe, Lilla Day, 1858-1929
- Moore, Henry Miles
- Morrison, V. L.
- Naismith, James, 1861-1939
- Nation, Carry Amelia,1846-1911
- Nichols, Clarina Irene Howard, 1810-1885
- Nute, Ephriam, 1819-1897
- Osborn, Thomas Andrew, 1836-1898
- Paddock, George Washington, 1823-1907
- Peffer, William Alfred, 1831-1912
- Perry, Barbara Rondelli
- Phillips, William Addison, 1824-1893
- Pike, Joshua A., 1833-1922
- Plumb, Preston B., 1837-1891
- Pomeroy, S. C. (Samuel Clarke), 1816-1891
- Popenoe, Frederick Oliver, 1863-1934
- Pratt, J. G. (John Gill), 1814-1900
- Price, G. F.
- Randolph, Anna Margaret (Watson), 1838-1917
- Reader, Samuel James, 1836-1914
- Redpath, James, 1833-1891
- Reed, Clyde Martin, 1871-1949
- Reeder, Andrew H. (Andrew Horatio), 1807-1864
- Reid, Albert T.
- Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894
- Rogers, Richard Dean
- Russell, Reb, 1905-1978
- Salter, Susanna Madora, 1860-1961
- Sandzen, Birger, 1871-1954
- Sebelius, Kathleen
- Senix, Jacob
- Seward, C. A. (Coy Avon), 1884-1939
- Shannon, Wilson
- Sheldon, Charles Monroe, 1857-1946
- Shore, Samuel T.
- Simerwell, Robert W.
- Simmons, Thomas
- Simpson, Jeremiah, 1842-1905
- Simpson, Samuel Newell
- Singleton, Benjamin, 1809-1900
- Smith, Glee S., Jr.
- Smith, Mary Alice, 1896-1970
- Soule, Silas Stillman, 1838-1865
- Stewart, John E
- Stinson, Thomas N.
- St. John, John Pierce, 1833-1916
- Stone, Fred Andrew, 1873-1959
- Stone, George Melville, 1858-1931
- Stutz, John Godfrey, 1893-1995
- Trego, Joseph Harrington
- Twente, Esther Elizabeth, 1895-1971
- Wattles, Augustus
- White, William Allen, 1868-1944
- Willard, Jess, 1881-1968
- Willis, S. J.
- Winter, Lumen Martin
- Wood, S. N. (Samuel Newitt)
- Worrall, Henry, 1825-1902
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- Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917
- Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
- Cattle Drives, 1867 - 1885
- Civil War, 1861 - 1865
- Eisenhower Years, 1946 - 1961
- Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
- Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
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- World War II, 1939 - 1945