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Minnie Johnson Grinstead

This is a portrait of Mineola "Minnie" Tamar Johnson Grinstead, 1869-1925, who was the first woman elected to the Kansas House of Representatives. Grinstead served from 1919 to 1923 as the representative from Liberal in Seward County, Kansas.

Spectators at a baseball game

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

View of people, cars, and carriages at a baseball game, presumed to have been taken in Haskell County, Kansas.

Farm and automobile

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

This is a view of an unidentified farmhouse and buildings presumed to be in Haskell County, Kansas. Also visible are a windmill, barn, and two people seated in an automobile.

Longren No.5 biplane

View of Dolly & Albin K. Longren with Longren No. 5 biplane

Myra McHenry

Buck, G.V.

Myra McHenry was a reformer who fought for anti-smoking laws as well as temperance and women's suffrage.

Photography studio, Clay Center, Kansas

A photograph showing a woman photographer in her studio, Clay Center, Kansas. Visible in the photograph is a camera, backdrop, and windows for lighting. It is possible this is Kalin's Studio, owned by Mrs. B. Kalin, and located at 430 1/2 Lincoln, Clay Center, Kansas.

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.

Women's tennis club, Lawrence, Kansas

This black and white photograph shows the women's tennis club from Lawrence, Kansas.

Harvey girls, Hutchinson, Kansas

This photograph shows a group of Harvey Girls seated near the tracks in Hutchinson, Kansas. The young women, wearing modest black dresses with long white aprons, served meals to travelers at the Fred Harvey hotels and restaurants along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway line.

Nurses, Lawrence, Kansas

Lawrence Studio

This photograph shows nurses providing what appears to be staged medical treatment to patients at an unknown location, in Lawrence, Kansas.