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Commercial street, Oswego, Kansas

This black and white photograph shows the west side of Commercial Street in Oswego, Kansas. The store fronts with their wooden frames were destroyed by a fire in 1884 and later replaced by masonry buildings. In the foreground Jabez Zink and his team of horse are visible. He settled in 1865 on Labette Creek and eventually became the mayor of Oswego. There is also a stage coach that operated from Oswego to Independence and Coffeyville.

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Business street, Ensign, Kansas

This photograph shows automobiles and horse drawn wagons in front of businesses in Ensign, Kansas.

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Business street, Ensign, Kansas

This photograph shows automobiles and a horse drawn wagon in front of business buildings in Ensign, Kansas.

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Fire Station no. 4, Topeka, Kansas

This photograph shows a horse drawn fire wagon in front of fire station No., 4 located near 8th, and Clay in Topeka, Kansas. The men gathered around the wagon have been identified from left to right as: Will Hall, C. McCabe, Captain A.M. Robinson and E.L. Robinson.

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Hauling water, Overbrook, Kansas

This black and white photograph shows horse-drawn wagons hauling tanks of water from an emergency well during drought conditions, near Overbrook, Kansas.

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Kerosene tank wagon, Arkansas City, Kansas

Baumer, Beverly

This kerosene wagon was once used by the Grimes family of Arkansas City for home delivery of kerosene to customers. When the photograph was taken, the tank was 62 years old and owned by Harry Grimes of Arkansas City. His grandfather and father both sold kerosene from it, driving up and down city streets and country roads.

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Massachusetts Street in Lawrence, Kansas

Lamon, W. H.

This stereograph shows Massachusetts Street looking south from Henry Street (now 8th Street) in Lawrence, Kansas.

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Oklahoma land run

Prettyman, William S., 1858-1932

This black and white photograph shows the Oklahoma land run. The image taken at noon on September 16, 1893, indicates the opening of public land to white settlers in the Indian Territory of Oklahoma. Under the Homestead Act of 1862, a settler could claim 160 acres of land if they lived on the claim and made steady improvements to it. If those requirements were met at the end of five years, the homesteader could file for the title of the land with the United States government.

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Mound City, Kansas

A view of wagons, buggies and storefronts along Main Street in Mound City, Kansas. The town is located south of Kansas City and is the county seat of Linn County.

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Beet sugar dump in Garden City, Kansas

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

A photograph showing horse drawn wagons lined up at the beet sugar dump. Visible in the photograph is an automobile and an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad car.

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