Old military crossing, Louisville, Kansas
Date: Between 1890s and 1900s
These four black and white photographs show William Darnell with his cows at the old military crossing of Rock Creek, which was below the dam at Louisville, Kansas.

Kansas farmers with President Coolidge in Washington, D. C.
Creator: Miller, Henry, News Picture Service
Date: December 08, 1927
This is a photograph of Senator Arthur Capper, left, and President Calvin Coolidge, center, with members of a farm group, which took a two-week tour sponsored by the Kansas Farmer. It featured visits to industrial plants, historic sites, White House, and the United States Capitol. Thirty-two farmers signed up for the tour. The group left November 27 by Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe passenger train. They made stops in Chicago, IL; Detroit, MI; Windsor, Canada; Buffalo, New York; Schenectady, New York; New York, New York; Philadelphia, PA; Akron, OH; and Washington, D.C. The group spent three days in Washington.

Kansas farmers at the capitol in Washington, D.C.
Date: December 06, 1927
This is a photograph of Kansas farmers posed with Senators Charles Curtis and Arthur Capper on the capitol steps in Washington, D.C. The farmers signed up for a two-week tour sponsored by the Kansas Farmer and featured visits to industrial plants and historic sites. Thirty-two farmers signed up for the tour. The group left November 27 by Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe passenger train. They made stops in Chicago, IL; Detroit, MI; Windsor, Canada; Buffalo, New York; Schenectady, New York; New York, New York; Philadelphia, PA; Akron, OH; and Washington, D.C. The group spent three days in Washington.

Frank Langley
Date: Between 1890 and 1899
This is a photograph of Frank Langley.

Farm equipment on Elmer Nicholson's farm near Jennings, Kansas
Date: Between 1910 and 1920
This is a photograph showing Casey and Gladys Nicholson, Elmer and Christena Nicholson, and an unidentified child posed with two teams of horses and wagons. The Nicholson farm was located near Jennings, Kansas.

Planting equipment on Elmer Nicholson's farm near Jennings, Kansas
Date: Between 1910 and 1915
This is a photograph of Elmer Nicholson with his daughters Elma and Velda posed by a tractor and planter near Jennings, Kansas.

Harvest equipment on Elmer Nicholson's farm in Decatur County, Kansas
Date: August 1911
This is a postcard showing Elmer Nicholson with his harvest equipment in Decatur County, Kansas.

Christena Nicholson and Ellen Nicholson in a horse drawn carriage
Date: Between January 01, 1900 and December 31, 1905
This is a photograph showing Christena "Steen" Nicholson and her mother Ellen Nicholson in a horse drawn carriage. The photograph was probably taken in Decatur County, Kansas

Chris and Ellen Nicholson on their farm near Jennings, Kansas
Date: Between January 01, 1910 and December 31, 1915
This is a photograph of Chris and Ellen Nicholson posed with their work horses. The Nicholson farm was located near Jennings, Kansas.

Arthur Alexander and Christena Randall's farmhouse in Decatur County, Kansas
Date: Between January 01, 1930 and December 31, 1935
This is a postcard showing three men and a horse standing next to Arthur Alexander Randall's farmhouse in Decatur County, Kansas. A windmill is visible next to the farmhouse.

Men tilling a garden in Wichita, Kansas
Creator: United States. Works Progress Administration
Date: Between 1935 and 1943
This is a photograph showing men using hand plows and hoes to till a garden in Wichita, Kansas. The activity was part of the Works Progress Administration's gardening project.

Men tilling a garden in Wichita, Kansas
Creator: United States. Works Progress Administration
Date: Between 1935 and 1943
This is a photograph showing men tilling and spraying a garden in Wichita, Kansas, as part of the Works Progress Administration gardening project. The men are using hand and motorized plows.

Horses sold at auction in Topeka, Kansas
Creator: Wood, W.J.
Date: May 19, 1917
Here are two photographs showing seventeen head of draft horses consigned and sold at Bechtelheimer's auction in Topeka, Kansas. The businesses in the photograph are identified as C. W. Armstrong's horseshoeing on the left, located at 918 North Kansas Avenue, and M. B. Bechtelheimer's Horses & Mules bought sold and exchanged sales barn at 916 North Kansas Avenue.

Feeding Chickens
Date: 1908
This black and white photograph shows a young girl feeding chickens. In the background an advertisement for Quakers Oats is visible.

Wheat harvest in Gray County, Kansas
Date: 1940
A photograph showing farmers harvesting wheat in Gray County, Kansas.

Greenleaf Ranch, Kiowa County, Kansas
Creator: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Date: Between 1890 and 1900
This sepia colored photograph shows cattle being rounded up on the O.J. Greenleaf ranch in Kiowa County, Kansas. In the foreground, two cowboys have separated a cow from the herd.

Scott Kelsey digging potatoes near Topeka, Kansas
Date: August 21, 1912
This photograph shows Scott Kelsey digging potatoes near Topeka, Kansas.

White House reception for all Kansas tour
Creator: Schutz
Date: December 8, 1927
This panoramic photograph shows members of the 1927 All-Kansas Special tour at a White House reception in Washington, D.C. The two-week tour was sponsored by the Kansas Farmer and featured visits to industrial plants and historic sites. Thirty-two farmers signed up for the tour. The group left November 27 by Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe passenger train. They made stops in Chicago, IL; Detroit, MI; Windsor, Canada; Buffalo, New York; Schenectady, New York; New York, New York; Philadelphia, PA; Akron, OH; and Washington, D.C. The group spent three days in Washington. When they visited the White House, they had this photograph taken with President Coolidge. William Jardine, Secretary of Agriculture and former Dean of the School of Agriculture at Kansas State Agricultural College (Kansas State University), hosted a luncheon for the farmers. Several of the people in the photograph are identified: Melvin Taylor Kelsey, 9th from left; Senator Arthur Capper, 13th from left; President Calvin Coolidge, 15th from left; and Representative Daniel R. Anthony, 19th from left.

Digging potatoes on Melvin Kelsey's farm in Shawnee County, Kansas
Date: September 1911
These photographs show people digging potatoes on Melvin Kelsey's farm in Shawnee County, Kansas.

Harvesting wheat near Geneseo, Kansas
Date: Between 1910 and 1915
This photograph shows farmers harvesting wheat near Geneseo, Kansas.

Cattle pens and railroad cars at Silkville, Kansas
Date: Between 1903 and 1910
A photograph showing cattle in a stockyard and railroad stock cars in Silkville, Kansas.

Woman on a steam powered tractor
Date: Between 1915 and 1920
A photograph of a woman standing on the wheel of a steam powered tractor. The photograph was possibly taken in Illinois.

Dugout in Hamilton County, Kansas
Date: 1908
This photograph shows a family with their dugout and windmill in Hamilton County, Kansas.

Storm damage on Menninger Clinic East Campus, Topeka
Date: July 11, 1958
A wind storm hit Topeka, Kansas in July 1958. These three black and white photographs show the damage to the Menninger East Campus and Roy Leonard of the maintenance crew clearing up the debris.

International Harvester employees, Rossville, Kansas
Date: Between 1950 and 1970
Pictured left to right at the International Harvester business in Rossville, Kansas, are Oliver Tuller, Herb Trimble, and George Stadler. This photograph is provided through a pilot project to host unique cultural heritage materials from local libraries on Kansas Memory and was accomplished by mutual agreement between the Northeast Kansas Library System, the Rossville Community Library, and the Kansas Historical Society.