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Title | Creator | Date Made Visible | None
L. B. Breese General Merchandise and Drug Store, Elmdale, Kansas
These three photographs show exterior views of the L. B. Breese General Merchandise and Drug Store in Elmdale, Kansas. The first picture shows several adults and children outside the store, as well as some horse-drawn wagons. The second picture shows a group of adults and children posing in front of the store. Horse-drawn wagons and a dog are also visible in the photograph. The third photograph shows a group of men and women posing in front of the store. Pictured are Clara Richter Kuhle; Reverend G. B. Mehl, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church; Mae Spencer, store owner L. Bud Breese, Veola Jeffrey, Mrs. J. J. Jeffrey and an unidentified man. The "Drug Store" sign on the corner of the building shows the traditional mortar and pestle pharmacy symbol.
previewPatent medicine drummer, Alma, Kansas
This photograph shows a view of a patent medicine drummer (salesman)in front of an unidentified house in Alma, Kansas. The sign on the salesman's horse-drawn wagon reads, "Dr. Miller's Remedies." A man holding a case is visible in front of the wagon, and a woman and a girl are visible sitting on the edge of the porch of the house.
previewGolden Charles Dresher photograph collection
Dresher, G. C.
This collection consists of 326 photographs taken by G. C. (Golden Charles) Dresher of Canton, McPherson County, Kansas. The photos mostly concern the Dresher family, their friends and the surrounding area. Photographs of McPherson College students and the flooding of Cow Creek are also included. Dorothy May (Dresher) Richards, the daughter of G. C. Dresher, donated the original glass plate negatives to the Kansas Historical Society in 1999.
previewRabbits to be shipped out, Liberal, Kansas
This photograph shows rabbits getting ready to be loaded into a Santa Fe refrigerator car in Liberal, Kansas. They have been transported to the rail yard on a horse drawn skid. The rabbits were to go east and be sold for 10 cents a piece.
previewScenes of Sherman County, Kansas
Multiple scenes of Sherman County, Kansas. In the Sherman County Courthouse photograph, pictured left to right are: Fred Dawson, County Commissioner, A.D. Rummel, County Clerk, J.B. Ruberson, County Commission, and J.W. Germann, County Commissioner.
previewScenes of Sherman County, Kansas
Multiple scenes of Sherman County, Kansas. The photograph showing the County Clerk's office, pictured left to right are: Mrs. C.W. Jupe, Lizzie Mae Jupe Farrell, A. Zuspann (County Commissioner), Ray Stanley (County Commissioner), Herold Daise (County Commissioner), Hal Everett (County Engineer), and Jaggard (County Attorney).
previewThreshing, Shawnee County, Kansas
This photograph shows farm workers on a wagon pulled by a team of draft horses and mules, working on a machine threshing the dirty wheat, on the Kreipe farm, Shawnee County, Kansas.
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