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Front Street, Dodge City, Kansas
This black and white photographs shows a view of Front Street and the storefronts of Hoover & McDonald Wholesale Dealers, O.K. Clothing Store, and Billiards, Dodge City, Kansas. F.C. Zimmermann is standing by the rail in front of Hoover & McDonald.
previewBridge and dam under construction, Lawrence, Kansas
Stereograph view of the Kansas River bridge and waterworks dam under construction, Lawrence, Kansas.
preview"Aunt Sally" steamboat on the Arkansas River
A view of a large crowd of people aboard the steamboat "Aunt Sally" as it lies docked somewhere along the Arkansas River in Kansas. The boat is riding low in the water because of the weight of the crowd aboard it. Note that the photograph image is backward (see the reversed name on the paddle wheel housing near the stern).
previewBenjamin "Pap" Singleton and S. A. McClure
This photograph depicts a steamboat containing freed people in Nashville, Tennessee, with Benjamin "Pap" Singleton and S. A. McClure superimposed in the foreground. Singleton, known as the "Father of the Exodus" for the Exoduster Movement in 1879, organized the Tennessee Real Estate and Homestead Association to facilitate black emigration from the South. His town company founded the Dunlap Colony in Morris County, and a short-lived settlement in Cherokee County, Kansas. His widespread use of advertisements encouraged thousands of former slaves to emigrate to Kansas. McClure was one of his associates and advocate for emigration.
previewDodge City, Kansas
Knight, J. Lee
This photograph of a street scene in Dodge City, in Ford County, depicts three of the town's buildings. The building on the left was the first dance hall in Dodge City, owned by a man named Jones. The second building was a grocery and general store owned by George O. Smith and J. B. Edwards, and the third building, also a general store, was owned by a man named Wolf. Also visible are a crowd of men standing in the street, and two horse-drawn wagons loaded with buffalo hides. Dodge City is located on the Santa Fe Trail in western Kansas.
previewWagon caravan, Topeka, Kansas
A photograph of horse drawn wagons traveling through Topeka, Kansas. The view is looking south along the east side of Kansas Ave. between Fifth and Sixth streets. The Peoples Store, Liberty Hall and the Topeka National Bank are all visible.
previewBuffalo hides in Dodge City, Kansas
This photograph, taken in Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas, shows a large pile of buffalo hides obtained from hunting expeditions in western Kansas. It is estimated that the pile contains around 40,000 hides. Charles Rath, who purchased the hides, is seated on the pile. The men in the background are operating a hide baling machine. Dodge City was located on the Santa Fe Trail. During the period in which these hides were gathered, American hunters decimated the bison heards in the West, leaving Native American tribes without one of their primary sources for food, clothing, and tools.
previewFront Street in Dodge City, Kansas
A stereograph showing Front Street in Dodge City, Kansas. Businesses visible in the stereograph include J. Mueller, Dodge House, and Billiard Hall.
previewChase County Courthouse, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas
A view of the Chase County Courthouse in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. The courthouse was constructed between 1871 and 1873. The architect was John Haskell and James Bannon was the contractor.
previewAtchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Topeka, Kansas
Feria, Julius
This photograph shows an illustration of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Topeka, Kansas at the intersection of Fourth and Holliday Streets. The station was built in 1869.
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