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Owners of The Shawnee County Reporter, Rossville, Kansas

Bill Murray and his wife, Betty, purchased the Rossville Reporter in March of 1953. The name was then changed to The Shawnee County Reporter. The Murrays sold the paper in 1967 to the Pictorial Times, a Topeka paper. Their daughter Diane is also pictured. This photograph is provided through a pilot project to host unique cultural heritage materials from local libraries on Kansas Memory and was accomplished by mutual agreement between the Northeast Kansas Library System, the Rossville Community Library, and the Kansas Historical Society.

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Boy Scouts, Cheney, Kansas

This black and white photograph shows members of an African American Boy Scout troop during a camp out in Cheney, Kansas.

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Santa Fe courier nurse

Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company

This black and white photograph shows a Santa Fe courier nurse assisting young passengers. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company assigned registered nurses, known as couriers, to their passenger trains from the 1930s to the 1960s to attend to the medical needs of passengers. During their cross country travels the nurses, also, assisted with certain administrative duties or errands that required attention.

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Teepee, Satanta, Kansas

Baumer, Beverly

These two black and white photographs show a teepee in Satana, Kansas. The structure is located in the city park along U.S. Highway 56. The first image shows three boys of possible Mexican-Kiowa descent in front of the teepee. In the first year of its opening, 3,000 visitors came to the teepee.

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Corn field

Kansas Industrial Development Commission

This photograph shows a young boy examining a corn stock in an unidentified field.

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Corn field

Kansas Industrial Development Commission

This photograph shows a young boy inspecting an ear of corn in an unidentified field.

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May Day celebration on courthouse lawn, Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas

This photograph shows a May Day celebration on the southwest corner of the courthouse lawn in Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas. A group of young girls is doing a Maypole dance for the crowd. Downtown buildings visible in the background include: Gaede Bakery, Singleton Supply Company, Hubbell Brothers, and the Grand Leader building.

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