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Land buyers visit Satanta, Haskell County, Kansas

Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936

View of James Septer Patrick's business building (Jas. S. Patrick Agent for Satanta Lots And Santa Fe Lands) in Satanta, Kansas. Also visible in the photograph are the Deal building and a water tower, both under construction, and people seated in four automobiles. The first two cars contain land buyers from Wichita, Kansas (only John Jacob Miller, seated next to the driver in the first car, is identified ), the third car contains Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Johnson from Sublette, Kansas, and James Septer Patrick is alone in the fourth car. Note the steering wheels are on the right side of the cars.

John Jacob Miller home and underground water line, Santa Fe, Kansas

Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936

This is a view of John Jacob Miller's farmhouse and farm buildings in Santa Fe, Haskell County, Kansas. Also visible are a woman, three men, a black dog, and an underground water line fed from a large reservoir.

Lawrence Guitar and Mandolin Club

A portrait of the members of the Lawrence Guitar and Mandolin Club of, possibly, Lawrence, Kansas.

Women's Band, Holyrood, Kansas

Unidentified women's band, Holyrood, Kansas.

Herkimer School in Marshall County, Kansas

This photograph shows an interior view of the Herkimer School in Marshall County, Kansas. The students are posed in a group with the teacher and desks, organ, chalkboard and wall hangings are visible.

Onaga bloomer girls' baseball team from Onaga, Kansas

A studio portrait of the members of the Onaga bloomer girls' baseball team of Onaga, Pottawatomie County, Kansas. Members of the team: top row: (l to r) Winifred Floberg, Edna Selbach, Ada Ingalsbe, Dessa Smith, Clara Knipp, Ola Hobbs; bottom row (l to r) Jennie McCabe, Garnett Day, Norma Miller, Ethel Hobbs, and Hazel Mount.

Myra McHenry

Buck, G.V.

Myra McHenry was a reformer who fought for anti-smoking laws as well as temperance and women's suffrage.

Topeka Provident Association Topeka, Kansas

This sepia colored photograph shows African American girls in a cooking class at the Topeka Provident Association building Topeka, Kansas. The charitable organization was established in 1904 at 335 Jackson Street in response to the needs of victims who were recovering from the devastating flood of 1903. Some of the services provided by the association included: cooking and sewing classes for girls, a boy's club, a library, a day care center and a men's dorm. For several decades the Topeka Provident Association provided assistance to people in and around the Shawnee County area until 1951 when the organization changed it's name to the Family Service of Topeka.

Topeka Provident Association Topeka, Kansas

This sepia colored photograph shows a sewing class at the Topeka Provident Association building in Topeka, Kansas. The charitable organization was established in 1904 at 335 Jackson Street in response to the needs of victims who were recovering from the devastating flood of 1903. Some of the services provided by the association included: cooking and sewing classes for girls, a boy's club, a library, a day care center and a men's dorm. For several decades the Topeka Provident Association provided assistance to people in and around the Shawnee County area until 1951 when the organization changed it's name to the Family Service of Topeka.

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.