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Fourth of July celebration, Coldwater, Kansas

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

View of a 1903 Fourth of July celebration on a street in Coldwater, Kansas. Business buildings are visible along the street, including the Shultise & Allderdice General Supply Store.

C. D. Perry's irrigation ditch near Englewood, Kansas

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

View of a couple standing along an irrigation ditch on the Clarence D. Perry farm near Englewood, Kansas.

Spectators at a baseball game

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

View of people, cars, and carriages at a baseball game, presumed to have been taken in Haskell County, Kansas.

Farm and automobile

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

This is a view of an unidentified farmhouse and buildings presumed to be in Haskell County, Kansas. Also visible are a windmill, barn, and two people seated in an automobile.

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.

^c ranch owned by C. E. Doyle, Clark County, Kansas

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

Cowboys in front of the ^c ranch house owned by C. E. Doyle of Clark County, Kansas. Also visible are a couple of women, saddled horses and a dog.

Goodland Ladies Band

This is a photograph of members of the Goodland Ladies Band of Goodland, Kansas, posing with their instruments.

Randall Band, Jewell County, Kansas

This is a formal portrait of the members of the Randall Band, which was the first band in Jewell County, Kansas, posed before an unidentified building, possibly the east side of the Methodist Church in Randall. Pictured are: (left to right) Back row: Bob Sadler; Charley Schott; Allie Crawford; Jesse Kibbe; Grace Hall; Clara Fairchild; Monta Seaver. Middle row: Edwin Shoemaker; Jennie Way; Lola Townsdin; Edith Bowman; Lily Kibbe; George Bruch; Elmore Sadler; Front row: Bertha Morris; Dr. Way; C.M. Conley; James Shaul; Ed Bowman (leader); Charley Kibbe; Will Hall.

Myra McHenry

Buck, G.V.

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

Bicycle adapted for rail use, Bourbon County, Kansas

This photograph shows a woman with a baby in a carriage and a man on a bicycle that has been uniquely adapted for rail use in Bourbon County, Kansas. The bicycle attachment may be the one manufactured by the C. A. Coey Co. of Chicago, Illinois, and frequently advertised in railroad magazines at that time as a way to avoid the dirt and mud of unpaved roads and streets.