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Rural mail carriers, Uniontown, Kansas

This black and white photograph shows a family gathered around an automobile with the caption stating they were U.S. mail carriers on Route # 3 in Uniontown, Kansas.

Fort Worth Union depot, Fort Worth, Texas

Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company

A photograph of the Fort Worth Union Depot in Fort Worth, Texas. Built in 1900, it was use by the following railroads: Gulf Colorado & Santa Fe, Texas & New Orleans, St. Louis Southwestern, and Fort Worth and Denver City.

Gulf Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Copeville, Texas

Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company

This black and white photograph shows the Gulf Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company depot at Copeville, Texas. The depot was built in 1887. Visible in the photograph is a sign for a segregated waiting room.

Gulf Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Justin, Texas

Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company

This black and white photograph shows the Gulf Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company depot at Justin, Texas. It was built in 1912 and measured 24'x113'.

Gulf Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Godley, Texas

Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company

This black and white photograph shows the Gulf Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company depot at Godley, Texas. The depot was built in 1887. Visible in the photograph is a sign for a segregated waiting room.

Eisenhower homecoming, Topeka, Kansas

These four black and white photographs show scenes from General Dwight D. Eisenhower's homecoming celebration in Topeka, Kansas. His wife Mamie is standing beside him in two of the images. They are on a Union Pacific train. He grew up in Abilene, Kansas.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Gainesville, Texas

The black and white photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Gainesville, Texas. This two-story red brick structure was built around 1902 and housed a Fred Harvey House until 1931. Restoration on the building was completed in 2001 and today houses city offices and a museum.

Employees of Smith automobiles, Topeka, Kansas

A photograph showing three female employees at the Smith automobile factory, Topeka, Kansas. These employees were timekeepers.

Vern Miller on a motorcycle

A photograph showing Vern Miller, Sedgwick County Deputy Sheriff, seated on a motorcycle.

Steven A. Hawley

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

A photograph of Steven A. Hawley (far left) with astronauts (left to right) Charles F. Bolden, Jr., Kathryn D. Sullivan, Loren J. Shriver, and Bruce McCandless, II, posed near the Space Shuttle Discovery following a smooth landing at Edwards Air Force Base. The mission included launching the Hubble Space Telescope. Hawley was born in 1951 in Ottawa, Kansas, but grew up in Salina. After graduating from Salina High School, Hawley attended the University of Kansas where he graduated with honors in 1973 with degrees in physics and astronomy. He received a doctor of philosophy in astronomy and astrophysics from the University of California in 1977. Dr. Hawley was selected to join NASA's astronaut program in 1978.