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Land buyers visit Satanta, Haskell County, Kansas

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

View of James Septer Patrick's business building (Jas. S. Patrick Agent for Satanta Lots And Santa Fe Lands) in Satanta, Kansas. Also visible in the photograph are the Deal building and a water tower, both under construction, and people seated in four automobiles. The first two cars contain land buyers from Wichita, Kansas (only John Jacob Miller, seated next to the driver in the first car, is identified ), the third car contains Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Johnson from Sublette, Kansas, and James Septer Patrick is alone in the fourth car. Note the steering wheels are on the right side of the cars.

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.

Shoe shine parlor, Arkansas City, Kansas

A black and white photograph of a group of men at a shoe shine parlor in Arkansas City, Kansas.

Scenes of Sherman County, Kansas

Multiple scenes of Sherman County, Kansas.

Scenes of Sherman County, Kansas

Multiple scenes of Sherman County, Kansas.

Salina Plumbing Company delivery wagon, Salina, Kansas

These three photographs show the delivery wagons of the Salina Plumbing Company in Salina, Kansas. The first image shows Anna Geis, the bookkeeper, standing next to the wagon. The second view shows Ed Sharp leaning on the wagon. The last photograph shows just the horse and wagon.

Salina Plumbing Company, Salina, Kansas

This photograph shows Anne Geis and four unidentified men standing outside the Salina Plumbing Company building on N. 7th street in Salina, Kansas. Ann Geis was the bookkeeper for the business.

View of the northeast corner of the north side of the courthouse square in Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas

This is a view of the intersection of 6th Street and Monroe, at the northeast corner of the north side of the courthouse square in Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas. The building on the corner is the Long Brothers building, which houses a millinery shop. Other businesses visible include the Fredonia Gas Company, the Fredonia Brick Company offices, the Kennedy Printing Company, and the J. E. Wolcott Piano Store.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company's Fred Harvey House, Chanute, Kansas

These two photographs show the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company's Fred Harvey House in Chanute, Kansas. The first image is a view of the lunch counter shaped like a horse shoe with swivel chairs. The second photograph shows the dining room with tables covered in white cloth. The two-story red-brick building, completed in 1903, is designed in the Richardsonian-Romanesque style and includes a passenger depot, and a Harvey House. In 1987, the building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The structure currently houses the Osa and Martin Johnson Safari Museum and the Chanute Public Library.