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Cyrus Kurtz Holliday

Portrait of Cyrus Kurtz Holliday, 1826-1900, a founder of Topeka, Kansas, served as Adjutant General, State Senator and Representative, owner of the "Topeka Tribune", member of the Board of Regents, and president of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway.

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Cyrus Kurtz and Mary Holliday

This is a daguerreotype portrait of Cyrus Kurtz and Mary Holliday. Cyrus was one of the original founders of Topeka, Kansas, served Kansas as Adjutant General during the Civil War, and later as a State Senator. He owned the "Topeka Tribune" and was also a member of the Board of Regents. Holliday was the first president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and served on its board of directors for thirty-seven years.

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Samuel Jay Crumbine

Dr. Samuel Crumbine in the State Board of Health office with his assistants Warren Crumbine and Bernice Vreeland.

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Edward P. McCabe

Leonard & Martin

Portrait of Edward P. McCabe, Kansas State Auditor, 1883-1887.

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Foster Dwight Coburn

Downing, George

Portrait of Foster Dwight Coburn, Secretary of the Kansas Board of Agriculture.

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Foster Dwight Coburn

Farmers Advocate

Foster Dwight Coburn, Secretary of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, standing in a corn field.

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Several reasons why flies should be unwelcome guests. Swat the fly!

Kansas State Board of Health

"Swat the Fly" Cartoon

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John Anderson, Jr.,

This colored portrait shows John Anderson, Jr., a lawyer and politician from Olathe, Kansas. He begins his political career in 1946 when he is elected as a Republican for county attorney of Johnson County. In 1952 Anderson is elected to the Kansas Senate representing District Sixth of Johnson County. A position he serves from 1953 to 1956 before his appointment as Attorney General of Kansas. He serves from 1956 to 1961 and wins the elections of 1956 and 1958. In the November general election of 1960, Anderson defeats Democratic incumbent George Docking to become the thirty-sixth governor of Kansas serving from 1961 to 1965. He is also the first governor to occupy Cedar Crest, which became the official home of the Kansas Governor.

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Northwood Farms, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas

This is a view of workers sacking harvested potatoes on Northwood Farms, owned by Scott E. Kelsey and sons, in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas. Topeka is spelled out on the burlap bag and it say Try Our Potatoes Each Kustomer Amazed. The photograph was from the Kansas Industrial Development Commission.

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Samuel Dale Brownback

Blaker

This black and white photograph shows Samuel Dale Brownback. Brownback, a member of the Republican party, began his political career in 1986 when he was appointed Kansas Secretary of Agriculture, a position he held until 1993. In 1994, Brownback was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas's second congressional district and served for two years. In 1996, he sought and won the senatorial race to replace Bob Dole, who had resigned from the Senate to run for the U.S. Presidency. In the general elections of 1998 and 2004 Brownback was successfully re-elected. In 2010, he didn't seek re-election to the Senate because of his support for term limits for members of Congress. On November 2, 2010 Samuel Dale Brownback was elected the forty-sixth governor of Kansas.

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