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Postal mail carriers, Webber, Kansas

This black and white photograph shows two mail carriers from Webber, Kansas, standing beside their delivery motorcycles. The gentleman have been identified from left to right: George Graham, RFD carrier for Route 2, and Mort Harding RFD carrier for Route 1.

L. 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.

Rural mail carriers, Oakley, Kansas

This black and white photograph shows three rural mail carriers on their motorcycles in front of the post office at Oakley, Kansas. Two of the motorcycles have Thor IV written across the tanks.

Vern Miller on a motorcycle

A photograph showing Vern Miller, Sedgwick County Deputy Sheriff, seated on a motorcycle.

Vern Miller

A photograph showing Vern Miller, Sedgwick County Sheriff, seated on a motorcycle. He served as Sheriff from1964 to 1970.

Rural Free Delivery carriers, Delphos, Kansas

Ballou, Don D.

This black and white photograph shows a group of Rural Free Delivery, (R.F.D.) carriers delivering the Christmas mail in Delphos, Kansas. The men have been identified from left to right as the following: L.C. Talcott, Aristotle Black, ___ Hardy, and Albert E. Fitch on a Thor motorcycle.

Vern Miller getting on a motorcycle in Wichita, Kansas

This is a photograph showing Vern Miller getting on a motorcycle in Wichita, Kansas. Miller served as Attorney General for Kansas from January 1971 to January 1975.

Albin K. Longren

This black and white photograph shows inventor and aviator Albin K. Longren posing with an Indian motorcycle. The following has been written across the bottom of the photograph "Longren Clay Center, Kansas."

Motorcycle mechanics at Camp Funston, Kansas

Seven U.S. Army motorcycle mechanics pose for this view at Camp Funston, Kansas in the winter of 1918. The men are unidentified, but Basil Stella, Laura Palenske's husband-to-be, was included in this group. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

Motorcycle mechanics at Camp Funston, Kansas

This photo of sixteen U.S. Army motorcycle mechanics at Camp Funston, Kansas shows the group in front of their camp garage. Dated December 6, 1918, the soldiers are identified back row, left to right: Boerk, Prophet, Armstrong, Ward, Townsend, Kost, Barrett, Bellinger; front row, left to right, Basil Stella, McCullough, Miller, Bucher, Kiser, Sweet, Kirk and Vidich. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.