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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Lions donkey ball, Rossville, Kansas
Date: Between 1950 and 1960
George Sullivan (pictured at right) rides a donkey at the Lions donkey ball in Rossville, Kansas. The man on the left is unidentified. 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.

Lions donkey ball, Rossville, Kansas
Date: Between 1950 and 1960
Unidentified men riding donkeys at the Lions donkey ball in Rossville, Kansas. 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.

Lions donkey ball, Rossville, Kansas
Date: Between 1950 and 1960
Men riding donkeys at the Lions donkey ball in Rossville, Kansas. The man on the left is Don Jones. 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.

Leo Gannon in a parade, Rossville, Kansas
Date: 1961
Leo Gannon riding a donkey in the Rossville, Kansas, Tall Corn Festival parade in August 1961. 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.

Lions donkey ball, Rossville, Kansas
Date: 1950-1975
A photograph of Don Jones, George Sullivan, unidentified, and unidentified at the Lions Donkey Ball in Rossville, Kansas. 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.

Installing the Great White Buffalo statue at the Kansas State Historical Society
Creator: Kansas State Historical Society. Library and Archives Division
Date: September 30, 1983
A photograph showing the installation of the Great White Buffalo statue at the Kansas State Historical Society's museum in Topeka, Kansas. It is in a reflecting basin at the entrance of the Kansas Museum of History.

M.S. Martin's Livery barn, Sharon Springs, Kansas
Date: Between 1880s and 1890s
This black and white photograph shows a group of people with horses and buggies in front of M.S Martin's Livery barn in Sharon Springs, Kansas.

The dairy herd of the Security Benefit Association farms in Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1930
The Security Benefit Association, a fraternal organization that evolved into an insurance organization, charged the members a nickel a month for hospital care, an orphanage for their children if the member died, and an old folks home all centered around a model farm in the western portion of Topeka, Kansas. This was part of the model farm, a herd of registered Holsteins.

Cattleman, Dodge City, Kansas
Date: Between 1880s and 1890s
This black and white photograph shows a group of cattleman from Dodge City, Kansas. The men have been identified from left to right as: W.H (Hank) Cresswell, Bud Driskill, Richard J. Hardesty, George E. Harder and Nick Easton. According to the back of the photograph, Bud Driskill's family drove 65,000 head of cattle in twenty-one herds to Dodge City in one season

Robert H. Hazlett
Creator: Smith, Guy E.
Date: 1933
This black and white photograph shows cattleman Robert H. Hazlett from El Dorado, Kansas with his Grand Champion bull and cow at the American Royal International Shows in Kansas City, Kansas.

Firemen, Abilene, Kansas
Date: Between 1890s and 1900s
This black and white photograph shows two men sitting in a horse-drawn wagon equipped with ladders and hoses in Abilene, Kansas.

Kansas City Stockyards, Kansas City, Missouri
Date: Between 1920 and 1929
This black and white photograph shows a portion of the cattle yards at the Kansas City Stockyards in Kansas City, Missouri. The facility, established in 1871 along the Kansas River and the Kansas Pacific and Missouri Pacific Railroad tracks, became one of the leading livestock markets in the United States. The stockyards closed for business in October of 1999.

Kansas City Stockyards, Kansas City Missouri
Date: Between 1920 and 1929
This black and white photograph looking from the northwest shows a portion of the cattle pens at the Kansas City Stockyards in Kansas City, Missouri. The facility, established in 1871 along the Kansas River and the Kansas Pacific and Missouri Pacific Railroad tracks, became one the leading livestock markets in the United States. The stockyards closed for business in October of 1999.

Cities Service Petroleum Corporation, El Dorado, Kansas
Date: Between 1914 and 1916
This black and white photograph shows a team of horses and mules inside the pipe yard of the Cities Service Petroleum Corporation at El Dorado, Kansas. These horse drawn wagons were responsible for transporting the heavy equipment to the oil fields.

Veterinarian treating a horse in Topeka, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1910
A photograph showing an unidentified veterinarian treating a horse, possibly on a street in Topeka, Kansas.

Farmer with a team of mules and horses
Date: Between 1935 and 1939
A postcard showing a farmer and his dog with a team of four mules and horses pulling a piece of equipment. The location is unknown.