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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company's Fred Harvey House, Hutchinson, Kansas
This photograph shows a group of Harvey Girls gathered in the dining room of the Harvey House at the Bisonte Hotel in Hutchinson, Kansas. The facility designed by architect J.G. Holland opened in November of 1897. For a number of years the hotel provided service until the late 1940s when it closed its doors due to the decline in rail services. The building was razed between 1964 and 1965.
previewBasketball team, De Soto, Kansas
This is an informal portrait of the coach and members of the De Soto High School girls' basketball team in De Soto, Kansas. A girl is holding a basketball with "DHS 1924" written on it. Also visible are a parked car, buildings, and a bicycle in the background.
previewHarvey Girls, Syracuse, Kansas
This photograph shows a group of Harvey House girls standing in front of the Fred Harvey restaurant in Syracuse, Kansas. The women, wearing modest black dresses with long white aprons, served meals to travelers at the Fred Harvey hotels and restaurants along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway line.
previewGraves Drug Store, Garnett, Kansas
Interior view of Graves Drug Store. Shown is the soda fountain, employees, and a customer.
previewGarfield School, Topeka, Kansas
Three black and white photographs of Garfield School in Topeka, Kansas, serving as an emergency hospital, possibly during the Spanish Influenza epidemic.
previewWarren G. Harding, Hutchinson, Kansas
Wide World Photos
This set of photographs show the twenty-ninth President of the United States Warren G. Harding standing in a wheat field, owned by Chester O' Neal, near Hutchinson, Kansas. The president was visiting the area to talk to farmers about the legislative measures taken by the government to assist American farmers. In the second and third photographs, President Harding can be seen holding toddler Mary Jane Dyson the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Andis Dyson from Hutchinson. On the right hand side of these two images, Kansas U.S. Senator Arthur Capper is visible standing in the crowd.
previewHigh School, Arlington, Kansas
This is panoramic view of Arlington High School students and teachers taken in front of the school. The school is a brick structure. Most of the young men are wearing overalls.
previewTelephone switchboard, Oakley, Kansas
This black and white photograph shows telephone operators, from left to right, Verna Anderson Close and Edna Eversole, inside the switchboard room in Oakley, Kansas.
previewKansas State Postal Conference Convention in Topeka, Kansas
Willard
This is a panoramic photograph of the people attending the Kansas State Postal Conference-Convention held November 10, 1922, in Topeka, Kansas. They are posed on the steps of the Kansas State Capitol. There are a few women scattered throughout the crowd. There is a banner on the front row that says "Kansas RLCA Over 300% Gain 1922." RLCA stands for Rural Letter Carriers Association.
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