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Dodge City, Kansas

Knight, J. Lee

This photograph of a street scene in Dodge City, in Ford County, depicts three of the town's buildings. The building on the left was the first dance hall in Dodge City, owned by a man named Jones. The second building was a grocery and general store owned by George O. Smith and J. B. Edwards, and the third building, also a general store, was owned by a man named Wolf. Also visible are a crowd of men standing in the street, and two horse-drawn wagons loaded with buffalo hides. Dodge City is located on the Santa Fe Trail in western Kansas.

Covered wagons on the streets of Caldwell, Kansas

Photo of covered wagons on the streets of Caldwell, Kansas during the gathering of the Oklahoma Boomers.

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.

C.C. Nicholson store, Topeka, Kansas

These two sepia colored photographs show the exterior view of C.C. Nicholson's wholesale and retail coal and feed store at 1009 North Kansas Avenue in Topeka, Kansas. The building in the second image replace the building in the first image. The second image also has a sign for C. F. Bridge, real estate and rental office. Each image also has a horse drawn wagon.

Gillette & Nicholson lumber yard, Topeka, Kansas

This sepia colored photograph shows delivery wagons in front of the Gillette and Nicholson lumber yard at 100 Kansas Avenue in Topeka, Kansas. It was across the street from the Rock Island Depot.

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.

View of the west side of the courthouse square in Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas

This photograph is a view of the block of buildings on the west side of the courthouse square in Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas. The G. W. Mariner store is closest. A drugstore, hardware store and marble works business are also visible. Men and women are standing outside the businesses and sitting in horse-drawn wagons.

Scenes from a parade in Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas

These three photographs show scenes from a parade on Main Street in Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas. Photo number one shows a wagon carrying wooden barrels followed by men on horses; number two shows a wagon carrying a barber cutting a man's hair, followed by band and cavalry troops; number three shows a horse-drawn wagon carrying a group of men.

James Tarr's blacksmith Shop, Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas

This photograph shows the exterior of James Tarr's "Plow Work and General Blacksmithing" shop at the corner of 6th and Jefferson streets in Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas. The building also bears a sign for H. J. Wood and an ad for Catlin's Meerschaum chewing tobacco. There are a number of men standing outside and two horse drawn wagons.