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Westmoreland depot, Westmoreland, Kansas

This black and white photograph shows two men standing beside the Power Transfer & Dray wagon in front of the Westmoreland Depot in Westmoreland, Kansas.

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.

Main Street, Culver, Kansas

This photograph shows Main Street looking south in Culver, Kansas. The business on the far right of the picture has an obscured store name, with part of the sign advertising drugs and general merchandise. A bank is visible on the left side of the picture, and several adults and children, along with several horses, carriages, and wagons are visible in the photograph.

Freight wagons, Liberal, Kansas

This black and white photograph shows a team of pack mules hitched to freight wagons on the streets of Liberal, Kansas. In the background, a group of men can be seen standing in front of C. Summers' business.

Cities Service Petroleum Corporation, El Dorado, Kansas

This black and white photograph shows a team of horses and mules inside the pipe yard of the Cities Service Petroleum Corporation at El Dorado, Kansas. These horse drawn wagons were responsible for transporting the heavy equipment to the oil fields.

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.

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.