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Overholt Cafe, Ransom, KS
This photograph shows a group of people gathered inside the Overholt Cafe in Ransom, Kansas. The individuals have been identified from left to right as follows: Jessie Yost, Mittie Schreiber, Elsie Moore, Mrs. Overholt, (seated), unknow customer on counter stool, and Mr. Overholt behind the soda fountain.
previewSt. Louis-San Francisco Railway dining hall, Neodesha, Kansas
This photograph shows a group of people standing in front of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company dining hall in Neodesha, Kansas.
previewInterior view of a bakery, Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas
This photograph shows two men and a woman, possibly employees, standing inside a bakery in Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas.
previewThree photographs of John Ellis' blacksmith shop in Benedict, Wilson County, Kansas
These three photographs, taken around 1910, show the blacksmith preparing a horse shoe inside John Ellis' blacksmith shop in Benedict, Wilson County, Kansas. A farmer is holding the horse nearby, and a woman and child are also in one of the photographs.
previewSalina Plumbing Company, Salina, Kansas
This photograph shows Anne Geis and four unidentified men standing outside the Salina Plumbing Company building on N. 7th street in Salina, Kansas. Ann Geis was the bookkeeper for the business.
previewSalina Plumbing Company delivery wagon, Salina, Kansas
These three photographs show the delivery wagons of the Salina Plumbing Company in Salina, Kansas. The first image shows Anna Geis, the bookkeeper, standing next to the wagon. The second view shows Ed Sharp leaning on the wagon. The last photograph shows just the horse and wagon.
previewAtchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company Harvey House
This photograph shows a Harvey Girl serving meals at an unidentified Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company Harvey House.
previewHarvey Girls, Hutchinson, Kansas
This photograph shows two Harvey Girls in Hutchinson, Kansas. The young women, wearing modest black dresses with long white aprons, served meals to travelers at the Fred Harvey hotels and restaurants along the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway line.
previewXavia Hightower Howard
A photograph of Xavia Hightower Howard who was born in 1916 and lived in Wichita, Kansas. Her mother Victoria Murdoch-Hightower owned and operated Citizens Funeral Home. In 1941, Xavia graduated from Williams Institute of Mortuary Science. After her mother's death in 1942, Xavia became the proprietor of Citizens Funeral Home. She was the first female African-American licensed funeral director and embalmer in Kansas. Xavia was active in the community serving on many committees and boards. She retired from the funeral business in 1998.
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