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6th St., Pittsburg, KS, Ellsworth - Gruber Funeral Carraige
Creator: Hughes, James Clark, 1888-1964
Date: 1917
Automobile hearse parked on street in Pittsburg, Kansas. Lettering on driver's window reads "Ellsworth Gruber." In 1917 James C. Hughes was Captain of Battery C, 130th Field Artillery, Kansas National Guard. Battery C was organized in Pittsburg, Kansas. A full biography of James Clark Hughes is available on Kansapedia.
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Ambulance, Topeka, Kansas
Creator: Harrison, Paul
Date: Between 1900 and 1919
This black and white photograph shows an ambulance belonging to the Penwell Funeral Home at 511 Quincy Street in Topeka, Kansas. In the background, a nurse can be seen standing.
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Citizens Funeral Home in Wichita, Kansas
Creator: Hughes, Leon K.
Date: Between 1945 and 1950
This photograph shows the interior of the Citizens Funeral Home in Wichita, Kansas. The business was originally purchased and owned by Victoria Murdoch-Hightower who was the first African-American funeral director in Kansas. She also owned the Hightower Funeral Home in Coffeyville, Kansas. Later her daughter, Xavia Earline Hightower-Howard, entered the business. She was the first female African-American licensed funeral director and embalmer. Xavia was active in the community, serving on many committees and boards. She retired from the funeral business in 1998.
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Doerr's Big Store in Larned, Kansas
Date: Between 1890 and 1899
Thirteen stereographs and one postcard showing exterior and interior views of the Albert A. Doerr Mercantile Company located in Larned, Kansas. The Doeerr's Big Store was a combination general/department store selling furniture, hardware, clothing and bedding, buggies, harnesses, and farm implements. It even had an undertaking department with caskets.
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Frank and Xavia Hightower Howard
Date: Between 1998 and 2000
A portrait of Frank and Xavia Hightower Howard. They were married in 1942 and lived in Wichita, Kansas. Her mother Victoria Murdoch-Hightower owned and operated Citizens Funeral Home. After her mother's death in 1942, Xavia became the proprietor. She was the first female African-American licensed funeral director and embalmer in Kansas. Xavia was active in the community serving on many committees and boards. She retired from the funeral business in 1998.
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Funeral procession of William Schroeder, Alma, Ks
Date: 1892
This is a photo of the funeral procession for William Schroeder as it was leaving his home on East Fourth Street in Alma. Herman Richter was a the funeral director when in this photograph from February 19, 1892. It was common in the 19th century for wakes and funerals to be held at the home of the departed. In small towns, undertakers were usually the furniture makers who also manufactured coffins. In Alma, both Richter and Hasenbank undertakers operated furniture stores. The procession is lead by a man carrying the U.S. flag, a drummer, possibly pallbearers walking, a horse-drawn glass sided hearse, and followed by horses pulling buggies. A few houses are along the street, including a stone two-story house in the background.
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Furniture store and undertaking parlor
Date: Between 1880 and 1900
The building on the left is a furniture store and undertaking parlor in Sedan, Kansas. At one time this building served as post-office. It is now Warring Furniture Store. The second building from the left housed the Sherman House Hotel, which occupied the upstairs or 2nd floor and a meat market on the first floor. Kings Shoe Shop now occupies this building. The building on the right was the O.C. Bricker Clothing Store and is now the Don Kellers Men's Store.
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H. G. Richter Furniture Store, Alma, Kansas
Date: Between 1880 and 1890
This is a photo of Herman Richter in front of his H. B. Richter Furniture Store and undertaking business. It was located at 312 Missouri Street in Alma, Kansas. Richter lived in the stone house in what is today's Alma City Park (2009), and he was a prominent early businessman in Alma. Chairs and benches are displayed outside the store. The sidewalk is built of wooden planks. "Furniture" is the sign at the top of the store and "Coffins" is the sign down the upper left side of the store. "H. G. Richter." is below the furniture sign. The frame building burned on February 4, 1896.
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Jack's barber shop and J.D. Chambers undertaker, De Soto, Kansas
Date: 1911
This black and white photograph shows a view of Jack's barber shop, Chambers furniture, hardware, and undertaker in De Soto, Kansas. The town is located in Johnson County along the south bank of the Kansas river and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad.
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John Hasenbank driving a team of oxen on Missouri Street, Alma, 1910
Date: 1910
This photograph shows John Hasenbank driving a team of oxen down Missouri Street, Alma, Kansas, in this 1910. Dick Thoes, W. C. Hasenbank, and several other men stand in the doorway of Hasenbank's furniture and undertaking business at 204 Missouri Street, far right. Several other people are riding in the wagon pulled by the oxen. The only other identifiable business in the photograph is a bank.
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L. W. Halbe Collection
Creator: Halbe, L. W. (Leslie Winfield), 1893-1981
Date: 1908-1912
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.
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Main Street, Lyndon, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1909
This photograph shows a view of the west side of Main Street looking north in Lyndon, Kansas. A drug store and several businesses are visible. A woman standing next to a horse and carriage can be seen near the drug store. Other businesses in the picture include R. M. Kelly Furniture and Undertaking, Nealan Brothers Clothing, The Herald, and Gardner and Son Hack Barn.
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Main Street, Ottawa, Kansas
Date: 1898
This photograph shows the store of Brown the Live Druggist on Main Street, between 1st and 2nd streets in Ottawa, Kansas. Signs on the drug store advertise wall paper, cigars, school book exchange, picture framing, Tarrant's Aperient Seltzer, and Garfield Tea Fig Syrup. Other businesses visible include Peter Schuttler Wagons, a store, a restaurant, and E. W. Dowd Furniture and Undertaking. A few horse-drawn wagons and carriages are visible along the street.
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M. H. Bates Drug Store, Emporia, Kansas
Date: Between 1870 and 1879
This photograph shows the M. H. Bates Drug Store in Emporia, Kansas. Moses Bates is identified as the first druggist in Emporia. Other businesses visible on the block include a dry goods store, the Holmes and Holden Land Office, and C. A. Wolf Undertaking. Several people are visible standing on the sidewalks, and a horse-drawn carriage and a wagon are visible.
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Omar Hawkins photograph collection
Creator: Hawkins, Omar F. (Omar Finlay), 1890-1967
Date: 1912-1945
Based in Marysville, Kansas, photographer Omar Hawkins captured scenes of his town and the surrounding communities from 1912-1945. The images reveal the details of small town America and the emergence of the automobile and other modern conveniences. The Hawkins photograph collection at the Kansas Historical Society includes thousands of his photographs. While the entire collection is being digitized, over 2,000 images are currently available for viewing.
This collection is very rich in content from Marysville, other towns in Marshall County, and surrounding counties. A series of photographs documents the Montgomery Ward store(exterior and numerous interiors of products being sold) in Marysville in the late 1920s. The text version provides the description of each image (and is thus available to our search engine) but we are unable to link from the individual photo description to the image at this time. We hope to make that possible in the future.
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Palace Drug Store, Junction City, Kansas
Date: Between 1887 and 1897
This photograph shows an exterior view of business buildings, including the Palace Drug Store, in Junction City, Kansas. A few men are visible standing in front of the buildings. Signs for other businesses pictured include the Tribune Printing Office; K. P. Railroad Land Office; A. C. Pierce Gent. Real Estate and Insurance Agent; Loans, Lands, and Abstracts; Furniture and Undertaking, and W. B. Teitzel and Company. Another sign above the entrance to the drug store reads, "Drugs, Chemicals, and Patent Medicines." This photograph is from the album "Views of Junction City" by Wheeler and Teitzel.
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Scenes of Sherman County, Kansas
Date: 1890-1930
Multiple scenes of Sherman County, Kansas. In the photograph of the Wolfrum sod house, pictured left to right: Clifford Clark Eugune Clark, Rachel Wolfrum, Ernest, Kaye, Grandma Wolfrum, George Wolfrum, and Grandpa Wolfrum.
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Souvenir of Larned and Pawnee County, Kansas
Creator: Larned Chronoscope
Date: 1908 ?
This souvenir history of Larned and Pawnee County, Kansas, includes brief historical sketches with many photos of farms, homes, and businesses.
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Victoria Murdoch-Hightower
Creator: Robinson Studio
Date: Between 1930 and 1935
A portrait of Victoria Murdoch-Hightower. Victoria was born in 1888 and later married Rufus Hightower, a police officer, in the 1920s. He died in the line of duty, and after his death, Victoria found work as a probation officer. Later, she went to Madam C. J. Walker's School of Cosmetology in Kansas City, Kansas and after graduation, she worked at Newt Bower's funeral home in Coffeyville, Kansas. When Newt decided to sell the business, she purchased it and changed the name to Hightower Funeral Home. She became the first female African-American funeral director in Kansas. Victoria expanded her business when she purchased Citizens Funeral Home in Wichita, Kansas. She later sold the funeral home in Coffeyville. Victoria died in 1942. Her daughter Xavia Earline Hightower, obtained her funeral director's and embalmer's licenses and began operating the funeral home. Xavia sold the business in 1998.
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Victoria Murdoch-Hightower
Date: Between 1915 and 1920
A portrait of Victoria Murdoch-Hightower who was born in 1888. She married Rufus Hightower, a police officer, in the 1920s. He died in the line of duty, and after his death, Victoria found work as a probation officer. Later she went to Madam C. J. Walker's School of Cosmetology in Kansas City, Kansas and after graduation, she worked at Newt Bower's funeral home in Coffeyville, Kansas. When he decided to sell the business, she purchased it and changed the name to the Hightower Funeral Home. She became the first female African-American funeral director in Kansas. Victoria expanded her business when she purchased the Citizens Funeral Home in Wichita, Kansas. She later sold the funeral home in Coffeyville. Victoria died in 1942, and her daughter Xavia Earline Hightower obtained her funeral director's and embalmer's licenses and began operating the funeral home. Xavia sold the business in 1998.
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William H. Bower to Governor John St. John
Creator: Bower, W. H.
Date: May 14, 1880
In this letter, Manhattan undertaker William Bower requests Kansas Governor St. John pay a visit to the cities of Ogden and Randolf, where a population of German and Swedish people are divided on the temperance amendment issue.
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Xavia Hightower Howard
Date: Between 1980 and 1985
A photograph of Xavia Hightower Howard at an awards banquet. Xavia was born in 1916 and lived in Wichita, Kansas. Her mother Victoria Murdoch-Hightower owned and operated Citizens Funeral Home. In 1941, Xavia graduated from Williams Institute of Mortuary Science, Kansas City, Kansas. After her mother's death in 1942, Xavia became the proprietor of Citizens Funeral Home. She was the first female African-American licensed funeral director and embalmer in Kansas. Xavia was active in the community serving on many committees and boards. She retired from the funeral business in 1998.
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