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Swollen fortunes and the problem of the unemployed
Daniels, Percy, 1840-1916
Percy Daniels published this pamphlet supporting the Populist Party view that the wealthiest in the United States need to pay a greater share in taxes for the betterment of the general populace. Taxes proposed include property, income and inheritance. Daniels speculates that the problem with unemployment in the country could be solved with taxes directed at the most wealthy in the nation.
previewAlfred Mossman Landon, Kansas Governor
This portrait represents Kansas Governor, Alfred Mossman Landon when he was a student at the University of Kansas. He was governor from 1933 to 1937 and ran an unsuccessful campaign for the Republican Presidential nomination in 1936 against President Franklin Roosevelt.
previewAlfred Mossman Landon
Portrait of Alfred Mossman Landon, 1887-1987, at the time he graduated from the University of Kansas.
previewIsabella Barnes to Governor Edward Hoch
Barnes, Isabella
Mrs. Isabella Barnes of Liberal, Kansas, writes Governor Edward Hoch of Topeka concerning her wish to wear men's clothing. Mrs. Barnes states that she would like to wear men's clothing to help her obtain suitable employment and avoid unwanted insults from men. She has contacted the U. S. Attorney General at Washington D. C. concerning this issue and asks Governor Hoch if she would be liable to arrest and if there was not some way for a woman to receive permission to wear men's clothes. Isabella's concerns illustrate many women's efforts to transcend narrowly defined social and sexual roles in the early twentieth century.
previewJacob Christian Ruppenthal
This is a political advertisement for Jacob Christian Ruppenthal, running for re-election as Judge of the 23rd Judicial District of Kansas. The district covered the counties of Russell, Ellis, Trego, Gove, Logan, and Wallace. Ruppenthal lived in Russell, Kansas.
previewSamuel Crumbine poster
Public poster with Dr. Samuel J. Crumbine banning the public drinking cup, common roller towel, and encouraging the swatting of flies. Dr. Samuel J. Crumbine of Dodge City was one of the nation's leaders in the field of public health. He became secretary of the Kansas State Board of Health in 1904 and served for approximately 20 years. His public health campaigns were directed at practices and conditions that led to the spread of communicable diseases.
previewE.F. Reser
This is a portrait of E.F. Reser of Greensburg, Kansas. He was a Republican state representative of the 97th Dist., Kiowa County.
previewMyra McHenry
Buck, G.V.
Myra McHenry was a reformer who fought for anti-smoking laws as well as temperance and women's suffrage.
previewSamuel Reader self-portrait
Reader, Samuel J.
Self-portrait by Samuel Reader, an early settler and chronicler of territorial life in Kansas. This watercolor was executed in 1908, but based on an early daguerreotype photograph. Reader was an avid diarist who drew in his diaries and, later, his autobiography. During his lifetime, Samuel Reader was best known for his drawings and paintings of the Battle of the Big Blue and other Civil War experiences in Kansas.
previewSamuel Austin Kingman
Snyder
Portrait of Samuel Austin Kingman, Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court, 1861-1865 and Chief Justice, 1867-1876.
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