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Minnie Johnson Grinstead

This is a portrait of Mineola "Minnie" Tamar Johnson Grinstead, 1869-1925, who was the first woman elected to the Kansas House of Representatives. Grinstead served from 1919 to 1923 as the representative from Liberal in Seward County, Kansas.

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.

People on a flatbed railroad car

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

This is a view, presumed to have been taken in Haskell County, Kansas, of a large group of people (men and women) on a flat railroad car being pulled by a locomotive. Also visible are a horse-drawn wagon and its driver.

Farm and automobile

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

This is a view of an unidentified farmhouse and buildings presumed to be in Haskell County, Kansas. Also visible are a windmill, barn, and two people seated in an automobile.

Land buyers visit Satanta, Haskell County, Kansas

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

View of James Septer Patrick's business building (Jas. S. Patrick Agent for Satanta Lots And Santa Fe Lands) in Satanta, Kansas. Also visible in the photograph are the Deal building and a water tower, both under construction, and people seated in four automobiles. The first two cars contain land buyers from Wichita, Kansas (only John Jacob Miller, seated next to the driver in the first car, is identified ), the third car contains Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Johnson from Sublette, Kansas, and James Septer Patrick is alone in the fourth car. Note the steering wheels are on the right side of the cars.

Longren No.5 biplane

View of Dolly & Albin K. Longren with Longren No. 5 biplane

Wellington Girl's Band

Dodge, E. L.

Photo of the Wellington Girl's Band standing in front of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Reading Room. In 1913 the Welington Girls' Band played at both the Kansas State Fair and the Oklahoma State Fair. The following are the names of members of the band with instrument each played. CORNETS: Irene Osborne, Pauline Osborne, Claudine Waugh, Velma Prock, Vera Wonder, Marie Thompson, Mary Lamb. HORNS: Jennie Phelps, Esther Liddle, Marguerite Smith, Rosie McKowen, Mollie Harbaugh. BARITONES: Maude Price (Mrs. F.E.) Mildred Schwinn, Ruth Droz. TROMBONES: Ruth McIntypre, Ruth Barner, Glays Robinson, Pauline Nelson. BASES: Pearl Loofburrow, Hazel Brumley, Ruth Infield. DRUMS: Ersel Loofburrow, Leah Knowles. CLARINETS: Mildred Waugh, Bessie Whitmann, Laurina Hunt, Grace Burks, Isabel Brandenberg, Vaughnie Waynick, Alice Rutherford, Essie Davis, Sybella Matthews. SAXAPHONES: Marie Murphy, Vesta Kerns, Cecil Pierpont, Olive Collins, Pansy McIntyre, Emily Bailey.

Myra McHenry

Buck, G.V.

Myra McHenry was a reformer who fought for anti-smoking laws as well as temperance and women's suffrage.

Bicycle adapted for rail use, Bourbon County, Kansas

This photograph shows a woman with a baby in a carriage and a man on a bicycle that has been uniquely adapted for rail use in Bourbon County, Kansas. The bicycle attachment may be the one manufactured by the C. A. Coey Co. of Chicago, Illinois, and frequently advertised in railroad magazines at that time as a way to avoid the dirt and mud of unpaved roads and streets.

Photography studio, Clay Center, Kansas

A photograph showing a woman photographer in her studio, Clay Center, Kansas. Visible in the photograph is a camera, backdrop, and windows for lighting. It is possible this is Kalin's Studio, owned by Mrs. B. Kalin, and located at 430 1/2 Lincoln, Clay Center, Kansas.