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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.

Ambulance, Topeka, Kansas

Harrison, Paul

This black and white photograph shows an ambulance belonging to the Penwell Funeral Home at 511 Quincy Street in Topeka, Kansas. In the background, a nurse can be seen standing.

Raccoon Plaster, Lawrence, Kansas

Lawrence Studio

This set of photographs from a glass plate negative show two young men with an automobile, parked on the streets of Lawrence, Kansas, advertising for "Raccoon Plaster". The product promised to treat the troublesome corns of the feet. A free sample could be obtained by writing to the company in Le Roy, New York.

Post office, Manhattan, Kansas

Orr, S. C.

This photograph shows a mail carrier standing next to a horse-drawn Rural Free Delivery wagon in Manhattan, Kansas. In the background three men are visible standing in front of the United States post office. Signage for The Nationalist Job Printing and Post Office are also visible.

Osborne Fire Department, Osborne, Kansas

This black and white photograph shows a group of firemen in their uniforms standing beside or seated behind the wheel of a fire truck in Osborne, Kansas. The second image is just the fire truck. Both images are, probably, in front of the town's fire station.

Rural mail carriers, Oakley, Kansas

This black and white photograph shows three rural mail carriers on their motorcycles in front of the post office at Oakley, Kansas. Two of the motorcycles have Thor IV written across the tanks.

J.R. Watkins Medical wagon, Eureka, Kansas

This black and white photograph shows a couple standing beside a J.R. Watkins Medical wagon with sampling cases near Eureka, Kansas. The medical company, founded in 1868 by Joseph Ray Watkins from Plainview, Minnesota, sold medical liniments and salves from the back of a horse drawn wagon. The company may have sold supplies for animals as well as humans because a bucket in the front of the photograph is labeled "stock tonic" and the wagon has "stock and poultry tonic" on it.

Photographs-Washington Co., Ks.

Twenty-four various scenes in Washington, Co., Ks - 1. Dr. Donald Bitzer in Naval uniform from WWII. 2. Harness Shop, First Nation Bank and Commercial House. 3. Implement Lot in Hanover. J.F. Triska, agent. Show binders, rages, etc. 4. Haddam Bank and Hotel, Haddam. 5. Monument works owned by the Root family. Located on south side of block 16 in Washington. 6. Mildred Kolterman, Mrs. J.R. Hyland, Rev. Matthau, December 1941. 7. J.L. Ernest and his children taken on Grandpa's 75th birthday. 8. Linn Store company, Linn 1909. Dishes and hardware dept. east section. 9. John Boecker, Hanover, in his shoe repair shop. 10. Palmer Depot with hand car on the tracks in front. People not identified. 11. This photo shows how George Poell, Hanover, climbed out in front on the engine and rescued a little boy on the tracks. He lost a leg at the time, 12. Home built by W.H. Hackney in 1883. (Picture taken in 1886). 13. Herynk School, Hanover, Ks. 1921-1922. 14. E.H. Bordener, implement dealer- carriage, photo and wash. 15. Exchange State Bank, Linn, 1906. H.J. Meierkord, cashier. 16. Mr. Whittet's blacksmith shop in Washington, Ks. 17. Linn Store Company, Linn, 1909. Dry goods Dept., west section. 18. West side Square, Washington, Ks. 19. E.H. Bordner, Implement business Washinngton, Ks. 20. Pile driver of B and M RR, June 10, 1903, Hanover, Ks. 21. Dr. W.M. Earnest, Office. 22. Rezin Darby, E.A. Ward, and Rev Matthau, December 1941. 23. Adolph Hannu, Rev. Matthau, December 1941. 24. Mrs. Augudt Soller. Gwen Hamilton, Rev Matthau, December, 1941.

Dudley's Drug Store, Silver Lake, Kansas

This photograph shows an exterior view of Dudley's Drug Store in Silver Lake, Kansas. A man possibly identified as Dr. Dudley is visible sitting in a chair on the front porch of the store. Also visible on the right side of the picture is an elevator, and a man is visible standing in front of it. Partially visible in the background between the drug store and the elevator is a Union Pacific rail car.