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Title | Creator | Date Made Visible | None
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.
previewArthur Capper's birthday celebration
Harrison, Paul
This set of photographs show Kansas Governor Arthur Capper gathered with children and adults during his annual birthday celebration at an unidentified park. The birthday parties, held from 1908-1950, featured free ice cream for the Topeka community.
previewAfrican American musicians
Lawrence, A (Alfred), 19th cent.
This photograph, from a glass plate negative, shows a group of African American men holding musical instruments alongside two women and children. Alfred Lawrence's studio was located in Lawrence, Kansas, but the actual location of this photograph is not known.
previewF. E. (Gene) Murphy and Merton Elliott, Sublette, Kansas
Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
This is a view of Francis Eugene (Gene) Murphy and Eugene Merton Elliott seated in an automobile in front of a house and barn at 105 Carson, Sublette, Kansas. In 1983, the house was owned by Leonard Obenhaus.
previewCattle 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.
previewA flock of turkeys
Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
This photograph shows a young girl standing near a flock of turkeys on an unidentified farm, presumed to be in Haskell County, Kansas. A farm building and cart are also visible in the photograph.
previewF. M. Steele's photography wagon
Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
View of F. M. (Francis Marion) Steele's photography wagon with a young girl on horseback in the foreground and a herd of cattle in the background.
previewSpectators 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.
previewDistrict 22 schoolhouse and students, Hamilton County, Kansas
A view of the schoolhouse and pupils in school district 22, Hamilton County, Kansas.
previewChildren in costume, Clay Center, Kansas
This postcard shows two children dressed as a World War I soldier and a Red Cross nurse in Clay Center, Kansas. The back of the postcard identifies them as the Wilson children.
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