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Walter Johnson

This is a photograph of Walter Johnson, 1887-1946, as he appeared pitching for the Washington Senators baseball team at the peak of his career. Nicknamed "The Big Train" for the speed and power of his pitches, Johnson was born and raised on a farm near Humboldt, Kansas.

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A handbook of useful information for immigrants and settlers

Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company

Published by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, this pamphlet encouraged agricultural settlement on railroad lands in Kansas by glorifying the state's natural resources including water, soil, mineral deposits and plant life. Printed by the Kansas Farmer in Topeka, Kansas.

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Jonathan Erickson, Russell County, Kansas

Halbe, L. W. (Leslie Winfield), 1893-1981

View of Jonathan Erickson seated in a Reo coupe automobile parked in front of his home in Russell County, Kansas. Also visible are five women standing on the front porch, a hammock, and a stone post and wire fence.

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Good Roads Help Farmers

Promotional brochure designed as a talk to encourage road construction to enhance agricultural productivity and rural community development.

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Spectators at a baseball game

Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936

View of people, cars, and carriages at a baseball game, presumed to have been taken in Haskell County, Kansas.

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Horses and mules in a farm's corral

Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936

This is a view of horses and mules in a corral on an unidentified farm/ranch presumed to be in Haskell County, Kansas. Also visible are a windmill, farmhouse, fencing, and a large barn.

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Sheep near a man-made stock pond

Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936

This is a view of sheep near a man-made stock water pond on an unidentified farm presumed to be in Haskell County, Kansas. Sheep were an important economic asset in early Haskell County agriculture.

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Cattle in a farm corral

Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936

View of cattle in a corral, next to a barn, on an unidentified farm presumed to be in Haskell County, Kansas.

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Cattle in a fenced pasture

Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936

View of cattle in a fenced pasture, next to a barn, on an unidentified farm presumed to be in Haskell County, Kansas. Also visible in the photograph are a man afoot, a horse-drawn carriage, a farmhouse and outlying farm buildings, and a man and boys astride horses.

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A flock of chickens

Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936

This photograph shows a flock of chickens, a man, chicken coops, farm buildings, and a windmill on an unidentified farm, presumed to be in Haskell County, Kansas. Poultry was a very important food source before refrigeration was commonplace in rural households on the prairie. Chickens and turkeys also provided a much-needed source of income through the sale of live birds and eggs.

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