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A sod house in eastern Beaver County, Oklahoma Territory
Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
This is a view of a sod house in the eastern portion of Beaver County, Oklahoma Territory. In the foreground, a woman is pouring water into a livestock trough and there is a boy on a horse.
previewA flock of turkeys
Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
This photograph shows a young girl standing near a flock of turkeys on an unidentified farm, presumed to be in Haskell County, Kansas. A farm building and cart are also visible in the photograph.
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.
previewE. J. Pyle's reservoir, Garden City, Finney County, Kansas
Wolf, Henry L. 1850-1924
This photograph shows E. J. Pyle's reservoir in Garden City, Finney County, Kansas. An Aermotor windmill, several people and some cattle are visible.
previewDoty's reservoir, Finney County, Kansas
Wolf, Henry L. 1850-1924
This photograph shows two children playing in Doty's reservoir in Finney County, Kansas.
previewE.J. Pyles' reservoir, Garden City, Finney County, Kansas
Wolf, Henry L. 1850-1924
This photograph shows E.J. Pyles' reservoir in Garden City, Finney County, Kansas, including a windmill, several people, and some cattle.
previewVeselik-Gannon photograph collection
Gannon, Richard
The Veselik-Gannon photograph collection documents farming and ranching activities in Sherman County, Kansas, in the early twentieth century. The photographs include images of sod houses and other residences, barns and outbuildings, many children and farm and ranching families, tractors and other farm machinery, horses and cattle, people doing farm chores, cowboys, and early automobiles and motorcycles. The John L. and Mary Veselik residence near Ruleton appears in many of the photographs. The photographer is unknown. Richard Gannon donated copies of the photographs to the Kansas Historical Society in 1983 after discovering them in a building on his property.
previewGolden Charles Dresher photograph collection
Dresher, G. C.
This collection consists of 326 photographs taken by G. C. (Golden Charles) Dresher of Canton, McPherson County, Kansas. The photos mostly concern the Dresher family, their friends and the surrounding area. Photographs of McPherson College students and the flooding of Cow Creek are also included. Dorothy May (Dresher) Richards, the daughter of G. C. Dresher, donated the original glass plate negatives to the Kansas Historical Society in 1999.
previewFamily with their sod house, Decatur County, Kansas
This is a photograph of an unidentified family standing in front of their sod house near Norcatur, Decatur County, Kansas. Visible in the photograph is a windmill.
previewIrrigation pumping plant in Finney County, Kansas
The photographs show two different pumping plant scenes in Finney County, Kansas.
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