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African 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.

African American pioneers in Graham County, Kansas

This black and white photograph shows a group of African American pioneers from Graham County, Kansas. Many of the first black settlers in Graham County were part of the Exoduster movement, an effort to get southern blacks to settle on the farm land that was readily available in Kansas. Donor supplied information which indicates this is a photograph of the Wheeler, Tinsley and Schnebly families. People in the photograph are: Albert Wheeler (second from left) he was a descendant of escaped slaves who came to northeast Kansas in 1862 and lived in Brown and Nemaha Counties. Albert was a successful farmer in Logan County. Viola (Schnebly) Wheeler (third from left) is Albert's wife. The man beside Viola (4th from left top row) is Joseph Wheeler, Albert's brother, who died young. Mr. Schnebly (5th from left) is Viola's father, he lost a leg in a train accident near Hill City, KS. Anna Louise (Wheeler) Tinsley (far right holding Frank Tinsley, a baby) is Albert Wheeler's sister. Frank Tinsley was born around 1917.

African American school, Nicodemus, Kansas

This black and white photograph shows a group of African American students and their teachers standing in front of an unidentified school in Nicodemus, Kansas. Some of the individuals have been identified as Annabelle Taylor, Esther Pace, Jennie Vaughn, Clara Wellington, Cora Ward, Rose Sayers, Jessie Kirtley, Leonard Van Duvall, Arthur Pace, Montagne Loyd, Florence Page, Ira Hall, Charley Vaughn, Velda Van Duvall, James Kirtley, Harry Kirtley, Leroy Van Duvall, Johnson Kirtley, Hattie Burney, and Lula Craig.

A group of pioneer women sitting at a table filled with food, Greeley County, Kansas

A group of pioneer women pose around a table filled with food, Greeley County, Kansas.

Air Dome Theater, Ellsworth, Kansas

Lewis Photograph

This black and white photograph shows three men and a boy in front of the Air Dome Theater in Ellsworth, Kansas. One man has a foghorn. Signs of the side of the structure indicate the theater shows "polite vaudeville and moving pictures" and it is "catering to ladies and children." Tickets are ten and twenty cents but only five cents for children under 8 years of age.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Tecumseh, Kansas

This photograph shows Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway agent Mr. Moreland and an unidentified women standing beside the company's depot in Tecumseh, Kansas. From the script at the bottom of the page, the woman is possible going home for vacation.

Ballerina

Lawrence Studio

This photograph from a glass plate negative shows F. Doane dressed up as a ballerina dancer.

Baptism in cow tank, Linn, Kansas

This postcard shows a group of people gathered around a cow tank as Vern Sizemore baptized a Kaiser boy, at a unedified farm, near the town of Linn in Washington County, Kanas.

Barbara Boyer Schreiber

Black and white photograph of Barbara Boyer Schreiber (1833-1916) seated on a porch in a rocking chair reading a book. A dog is by her side.

Barbecue in Linn County, Kansas

Williams Photo. Co. K.C.

This sepia colored photograph shows a group of people gathered behind a barbecue pit, as large pieces of meat are being cooked, in Linn County, Kansas.