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Rural Free Delivery carriers, Delphos, Kansas

Ballou, Don D.

This black and white photograph shows a group of Rural Free Delivery, (R.F.D.) carriers delivering the Christmas mail in Delphos, Kansas. The men have been identified from left to right as the following: L.C. Talcott, Aristotle Black, ___ Hardy, and Albert E. Fitch on a Thor motorcycle.

Whiteker Bros. Wholesale Fruit and Produce Company, Topeka, Kansas

Farrow, W. F.

This series of photographs are representations of the Whiteker Bros. Wholesale Fruit and Produce Company. George Parker Whiteker and his brother T.C. Whiteker incorporated their business in 1901 at the northeast corner of First and Kansas Avenue.

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.

Hauling dirt for the railroad bed

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

This is a view, presumed to have been taken in Haskell County, Kansas, of rail workers using horse- and mule-drawn wagons to haul dirt for a railroad bed.

Chuckwagon and cowboys, Seward County, Kansas

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

View of a chuckwagon and cowboys eating at an unidentified location in Seward County, Kansas. Also visible are blankets and other bedding, farm implements, and a grove of trees.

Giant steam tractor pulling four one-way disks to turn wheat stubble

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

View of a giant steam tractor pulling four one-way discs to turn up wheat stubble in a field. Also visible are a horse-drawn wagon and three men.

Harvesting wheat, Seward County

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

View of men harvesting wheat with a steam tractor, thresher, and horse-drawn water wagon in a field in Seward County, Kansas.

Steam tractor pulling a large plow, Comanche County, Kansas

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

Farmers standing by a large plow pulled by a steam tractor in Comanche County, Kansas. Also visible is a horse-drawn wagon.

Cowboys bathing in a pond, Seward County, Kansas

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

This is a view of cowboys bathing in a pond in Seward County, Kansas. Also visible are other cowboys, horses, and a chuckwagon.

Patent medicine drummer, Alma, Kansas

This photograph shows a view of a patent medicine drummer (salesman)in front of an unidentified house in Alma, Kansas. The sign on the salesman's horse-drawn wagon reads, "Dr. Miller's Remedies." A man holding a case is visible in front of the wagon, and a woman and a girl are visible sitting on the edge of the porch of the house.