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Hostetter's ranch south of Coats, Kansas
Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Hereford heifers on the Hostetter's ranch (owned by Harris and Crane of Ottawa, Kansas) south of Coats, Kansas. A wagon, hay mounds, wooden fences, and out-buildings are also visible in the photograph.
previewB. R. Grimes' mess wagon, Ashland, Kansas
Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
This is a view of cowboys eating a meal by the B. R. Grime's chuck wagon in Ashland, Kansas.
previewMiddle Creek Band
View of the members of the Middle Creek Band of Middle Creek, Kansas, in a mule-drawn wagon.
previewThielen elevator, Dorrance, Kansas
Halbe, L. W. (Leslie Winfield), 1893-1981
These grain wagons are at the Thielen Grain Company elevator, Dorrance, Kansas.
previewSeneca Cornet Band
This photograph shows members of the Seneca Cornet Band seated in their horse-drawn wagon, Seneca, Kansas
previewL. 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.
previewCheney Drug Company, Cheney, Kansas
These photographs show views of the Cheney Drug Company store in Cheney, Kansas. The first photograph shows an exterior view of the Cheney Drug Company located in the Collins and Joslyn Building. Four men are visible standing in front of the store, and a sign below the windows advertises drugs and soda water. The offices above the drug store are identified as those of Dr. Artman, M. D., and the telephone office. The business to the left of the drug store is identified as Robert King Jewelry Store. Four men are visible near the front of the store on the right side of the picture, and a girl and a dog are visible in front of the store to the left of Cheney Drug Company. A horse-drawn buggy and a wagon are visible in the street. The second photograph shows an interior view of the Cheney Drug Company store. A man and woman are visible standing in the store. Many display cases are visible along both sides of the store, and shelves line the left, back, and right walls. The shelves on the left appear to be filled with bottles of chemicals and pharmacy supplies. A partially visible sign across the top of the back shelves reads, "To cure a cold in one day." The hanging sign near the middle of the picture reads, "Wise men smoke Ben-Hur cigars," and advertises the five cent price. A wall clock is visible on the left side of the back wall.
previewFiremen, Abilene, Kansas
This photograph shows two men seated in a horse-drawn wagon equipped with ladders and hoses in Abilene, Kansas.
previewWichita Fire Department, Wichita, Kansas
This sepia colored postcard shows a group of men from the Wichita Fire Department standing beside a team of horses that are harnessed to a decorative wagon for a possible parade in Wichita, Kansas.
previewJ.R. Watkins Medical wagon, Eureka, Kansas
This black and white photograph shows a couple standing beside a J.R. Watkins Medical wagon with sampling cases near Eureka, Kansas. The medical company, founded in 1868 by Joseph Ray Watkins from Plainview, Minnesota, sold medical liniments and salves from the back of a horse drawn wagon. The company may have sold supplies for animals as well as humans because a bucket in the front of the photograph is labeled "stock tonic" and the wagon has "stock and poultry tonic" on it.
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