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Wichita Beacon Building, Wichita, Kansas

View of the Wichita Beacon Building after it opened on January 2, 1911. It was the first skyscraper in Kansas.

Blizzard, Oakley, Kansas

These men are clearing the railroad tracks after a blizzard in Oakley, Kansas.

Arthur Capper

Portrait of Arthur Capper, 1865-1951, shown here at the age of fifty-three. Capper, a native of Garnett, Kansas, served Kansas as Governor from 1915 to 1919, and as U. S. Senator from 1919 to 1949.

Leavenworth Public Library, Leavenworth, Kansas

Stevenson, H. S.

View of the central reference desk and reading room bookshelves in the Leavenworth Public Library located at 5th and Walnut Streets in Leavenworth, Kansas. Built in 1900 with funds that included a $25,000 pledge from Andrew Carnegie, the library was constructed in the classic Carnegie library style, with reading rooms positioned on either side of a central reference desk. Leavenworth was one of the first five cities in Kansas to receive a Carnegie library.

Street scene, new Ulysses, Grant County, Kansas

This is a photograph of a Saturday afternoon street scene in "new" Ulysses, Grant County, Kansas. All trading was done every Saturday and people stayed in town all day long. On February 6, 1909, the town was moved from its original location to escape payment of $35,000 in bonds plus $10,000 interest for waterworks and other improvements. The indebtedness was greater than the assessed valuation of the property.

Suffragists, Topeka, Kansas

These suffragists are in Governor Walter Roscoe Stubbs' automobile, going after the vote in Topeka, Kansas. The women are identified as: (l to r) Laura Clay, President of Kentucky Equal Rights Association; Lucy B. Johnston; Sarah A. Thurston; Helen Eacker; and Stella H. Stubbs. They were all members of the Kansas Equal Suffrage Association.

Baker University, Baldwin, Kansas

View of Baker University's campus, Baldwin, Kansas.

Commercial Street, Emporia, Kansas

View of Commercial Street with a banner "Emporia Is The Place" hanging between two poles. Visible are businesses buildings, a trolley, carriages, and people walking on the street and sidewalks.

Arthur Capper

An informal portrait of Kansas Governor Arthur Capper, 1865-1951, signing the "Bone Dry Law" passed by the Kansas Legislature. The law prohibited possession of liquor within the state and ended direct shipments of liquor to Kansas from out-of-state vendors. Capper, a native of Garnett, Kansas, served Kansas as Governor from 1915 to 1919, and as a U. S. Senator from 1919 to 1949.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company's steam locomotive #3000

Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company

This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company's steam locomotive 3000 with a Jacobs-Shupert non-explosive fire box. The locomotive was built in the Topeka, Kansas, shops in 1911 and was the largest steam engine in the world, 121 feet and 6 inches long.