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Middle Creek Band

View of the members of the Middle Creek Band of Middle Creek, Kansas, in a mule-drawn wagon.

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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.

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Main Street in Erie, Kansas

These photographs show two views of Main Street in Erie, Kansas. The first photograph shows the east side of the street, looking south. In the foreground is the first courthouse, built in 1867 by Truman T. Gilbert. In the middle are the drug store run by Dr. M. E. Lake and the brick post office built between 1902 and 1906 by Richard M. Thomas, a railroad conductor. Crowds of people are visible on the sidewalk, and a circus tent has been set up. The second photograph also shows the drugstore and post office on the east side of Main Street, but looking north. There are no buildings south of the brick post office, which advertises Owl Cigars, because they were destroyed by fire in 1906.

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Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas

This colored postcard shows a view of Minnesota Avenue looking east from 6th Street in Kansas City, Kansas. A business building with a large sign reading, "G. Q. Lake, Prescription Druggist," is visible on the left side of the street. Several other business buildings are visible along the street including one the says "Auditorium, Billiards Bowling". A horse-drawn carriage is visible on the left side of the picture, while several automobiles and a street railway car are visible.

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Wichita Fire Department, Wichita, Kansas

This sepia colored postcard shows a group of men from the Wichita Fire Department standing beside a team of horses that are harnessed to a decorative wagon for a possible parade in Wichita, Kansas.

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Dr. Martha Cunningham, Garnett, Kansas

This black and white photograph shows Dr. Martha Cunningham, seated in the buggy, with her sister Belle. The buggy is in front of her office at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Oak Street in Garnett, Kansas. A graduate from the Chicago School of Medicine, Martha and her reliable horse Prince made house calls for over twenty-five years in the Garnett community. Her name and office hours are on the door in the background.

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J.R. Watkins Medical wagon, Eureka, Kansas

This black and white photograph shows a couple standing beside a J.R. Watkins Medical wagon with sampling cases near Eureka, Kansas. The medical company, founded in 1868 by Joseph Ray Watkins from Plainview, Minnesota, sold medical liniments and salves from the back of a horse drawn wagon. The company may have sold supplies for animals as well as humans because a bucket in the front of the photograph is labeled "stock tonic" and the wagon has "stock and poultry tonic" on it.

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Photographs-Washington Co., Ks.

Twenty-four various scenes in Washington, Co., Ks - 1. Dr. Donald Bitzer in Naval uniform from WWII. 2. Harness Shop, First Nation Bank and Commercial House. 3. Implement Lot in Hanover. J.F. Triska, agent. Show binders, rages, etc. 4. Haddam Bank and Hotel, Haddam. 5. Monument works owned by the Root family. Located on south side of block 16 in Washington. 6. Mildred Kolterman, Mrs. J.R. Hyland, Rev. Matthau, December 1941. 7. J.L. Ernest and his children taken on Grandpa's 75th birthday. 8. Linn Store company, Linn 1909. Dishes and hardware dept. east section. 9. John Boecker, Hanover, in his shoe repair shop. 10. Palmer Depot with hand car on the tracks in front. People not identified. 11. This photo shows how George Poell, Hanover, climbed out in front on the engine and rescued a little boy on the tracks. He lost a leg at the time, 12. Home built by W.H. Hackney in 1883. (Picture taken in 1886). 13. Herynk School, Hanover, Ks. 1921-1922. 14. E.H. Bordener, implement dealer- carriage, photo and wash. 15. Exchange State Bank, Linn, 1906. H.J. Meierkord, cashier. 16. Mr. Whittet's blacksmith shop in Washington, Ks. 17. Linn Store Company, Linn, 1909. Dry goods Dept., west section. 18. West side Square, Washington, Ks. 19. E.H. Bordner, Implement business Washinngton, Ks. 20. Pile driver of B and M RR, June 10, 1903, Hanover, Ks. 21. Dr. W.M. Earnest, Office. 22. Rezin Darby, E.A. Ward, and Rev Matthau, December 1941. 23. Adolph Hannu, Rev. Matthau, December 1941. 24. Mrs. Augudt Soller. Gwen Hamilton, Rev Matthau, December, 1941.

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Salina Plumbing Company delivery wagon, Salina, Kansas

These three photographs show the delivery wagons of the Salina Plumbing Company in Salina, Kansas. The first image shows Anna Geis, the bookkeeper, standing next to the wagon. The second view shows Ed Sharp leaning on the wagon. The last photograph shows just the horse and wagon.

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Post office, Manhattan, Kansas

Orr, S. C.

This photograph shows a mail carrier standing next to a horse-drawn Rural Free Delivery wagon in Manhattan, Kansas. In the background three men are visible standing in front of the United States post office. Signage for The Nationalist Job Printing and Post Office are also visible.

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