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J. M. Webster & family, Wyandotte, Kansas. 286 miles west of St. Louis Mo.

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

This stereograph shows J. M. Webster with two children that are seated on a horse near Wyandotte, Kansas. It is from Alexander Gardner's series, Across the Continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division.

Populist members of the House of Representatives, Topeka, Kansas

These are Populist members of the House of Representatives and others standing on the state capitol steps, Topeka, Kansas.

Tennessee Town kindergarten, Topeka, Kansas

This photo shows an interior view of the kindergarten for African American children sponsored by the Central Congregational Church, Topeka, Kansas. Dr. Charles Monroe Sheldon started the kindergarten in 1893 and served as pastor of the church from 1889-1920. The photo shows teachers Ruby Pliley and June Chapman posing with students and Dr. Sheldon. Since the 1870s, central Topeka had become home to many ex-slaves from the South (Exodusters) and acquired the name Tennessee Town.

Alfred Mossman Landon

This photograph captures a young Alfred Mossman Landon at the age of two. In the photograph, he is wearing a straw hat with a toy sailboat in a barrel filled with water. Landon would go on to be Kansas governor from 1933 to 1937, and run in the 1936 Republican Presidential election, losing to President Franklin Roosevelt.

Buster Keaton

This is a photograph of silent film comedian and director Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton, 1895-1966, as a child. Keaton was born in Piqua, Kansas, and performed as a member of his parents' vaudevillian act from the age of three.

Topeka Daily Capital delivery boys, Topeka, Kansas

Topeka Daily Capital

A view of Topeka Daily Capital delivery boys with bicycles and a dog in front of the newspaper's office in Topeka, Kansas.

Elmo Mahoney in a Reo automobile, Dorrance, Kansas

Halbe, L. W. (Leslie Winfield), 1893-1981

View of a couple looking at a toddler, Elmo Mahoney, seated in an open Reo automobile in Dorrance, Russell County, Kansas. Also visible are a garage or barn built with corrugated metal siding and door, a wooden picket fence, a tree, and a house in the background.

Charlotte Hopper driving a Ford automobile, Dorrance, Kansas

Halbe, L. W. (Leslie Winfield), 1893-1981

Charlotte Hopper is in the driver's seat of a Ford convertible automobile in Dorrance, Kansas. Four people are seated in the automobile, and two young boys are shown seated upon its left front fender and left running board.

E. S. Hopper driving a Ford automobile, Dorrance, Kansas

Halbe, L. W. (Leslie Winfield), 1893-1981

View of E. S. Hopper driving a Ford automobile decorated with U. S. flags, Dorrance, Kan. There are three people in the automobile, three children standing on the running board, and a woman standing next to the automobile.

Joseph Brown family in an automobile, Dorrance, Kansas

Halbe, L. W. (Leslie Winfield), 1893-1981

View of Joseph Brown and family in an automobile, Dorrance, Kan. There are two adults and two children in the automobile.