Winnie and Larry McClain, Rossville, Kansas
Date: 1960
Winnie and her son, Larry, enjoying watermelon at the Lions watermelon feed in Rossville, Kansas, September 1960. 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.

Joe Campbell, Rossville, Kansas
Date: 1960
Joe Campbell enjoys watermelon at the Lions watermelon feed in Rossville, Kansas, September 1960. 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 watermelon feed, Rossville, Kansas
Date: 1960
Don Jones, Mr. Sears, and Gene Irwin enjoy watermelon at the Lions watermelon feed in Rossville, Kansas, September 1960. 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.

Watermelon eating, Bourbon County, Kansas
Date: August 13, 1911
This black and white photograph shows a group of people eating watermelon in Bourbon County, Kansas.

Apple tree, Shawnee County, Kansas
Date: 1936
This black and white photograph shows drought damage to an apple tree in Shawnee County, Kansas.

Picnicking on watermelon
Date: 1900
This photograph from a glass plate negative shows two woman and a young child picnicking on slices of watermelon.

Farmer's display, Wichita County Fair, Kansas
Date: 1887
This sepia colored photograph shows a display of vegetables at the Wichita County fair. The sign indicates this was the first farmer's display at the fair.

Peach canning time on the farm
Creator: Martin, William H., 1865-1940
Date: 1910
This photomontage or exaggerated postcard shows a group of men canning and preserving oversize peaches.

A Kansas bungalow
Creator: Martin, William H., 1865-1940
Date: 1909
This photomontage or exaggerated postcard shows an African-American family standing in front of a giant watermelon that resembles a home. It was used as an advertising item for the Palace Clothing Company for a raincoat sale being held in the Arts Building of the Topeka Fair Grounds. The photo content would not be considered "politically correct" by current standards.

Exaggerated photograph
Creator: Beck, Hezekiah
Date: 1888
This photomontage or exaggerated photograph shows a gentleman, possibly A.B. Arment, posing with a giant ear of corn and an oversized watermelon.

Watermelons grow large in Kansas
Creator: Martin, William H., 1865-1940
Date: 1908
This photomontage or exaggerated postcard shows giant watermelons falling off a horse drawn-wagon due to their size and weight which broke the wagon wheel.

Leigh R. Webber to Miss Brown
Creator: Webber, L. R.
Date: August 30, 1862-August 31, 1862
A letter written by Leigh R. Webber from Gibson County, West Tennessee, addressed to Miss Brown, a daughter of John Stillman Brown, a Unitarian minister who lived west of Lawrence, Kansas. Webber begins with the news that the troops may return to Kansas, though he and the other soldiers particularly wished to avoid Lawrence due to previous negative experience there. He describes camp news as well as local individuals and commerce. The second portion of Webber's letter relates news that the troops would be sent back to Missouri and expresses dread at the prospect of guerrilla warfare.

Orchard on the Bartlett farm east of Garden City, Kansas
Date: Between 1890 and 1900
The photograph shows what may be an apple orchard on the Bartlett farm east of Garden City in Finney County, Kansas. The photograph also shows two men standing in the orchard.

Mexican "Bracero", Santa Ana, California
Creator: Erb, Don
Date: May 1958
This colored slide shows a Mexican "Bracero" picking Valencia oranges near a grove in Santa Ana, California. A "bracero" was a farm laborer from Mexico who was contracted on a temporary basis, during World War II, between the Mexican and the United States government to assist with the labor shortage in the U.S. . After the war the "Bracero Program", as it was commonly referred to, continued among the two countries until it formally ended in 1964.

Display at Finney County Fair, Kansas
Creator: Wolf, Henry L. 1850-1924
Date: 1890
The photograph shows I.L. Diesem's home as a model and crop display at the Finney County Fair in Kansas in 1890.

Fairgrounds, Finney County Fair, Kansas
Date: 1894
Photographs showing the produce exhibit of J. T Pearce at the fair in Finney County, Kansas.

Southwestern Kansas Exposition, Finney County, Kansas
Date: Between 1880 and 1890
The photograph shows the Southwestern Kansas Exposition in Finney County, Kansas.

Runnymede, notes of a visit to a thriving English colony
Creator: Wichita Eagle
Date: January 1, 1891
A copy of an article on Runnymede, Kansas, originally printed in the "Wichita Eagle." Using notes from a visitor, the article describes the town, from it's thriving businesses to it's flourishing agriculture.

Kaw Valley Produce, Topeka, Kansas
Date: March 12, 1963
A photograph of the Kaw Valley Produce Company located in the 100 block of Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kansas. Visible in the photograph are delivery trucks parked in front of the warehouse.

I.L. Diesem's individual agricultural exhibit, fair, Finney County, Kansas
Creator: Wolf, Henry L. 1850-1924
Date: 1892
The photograph shows I.L. Diesem's agricultural exhibit at the fair in Finney County, Kansas. The agricultural products are on different shelves and some are on the ground. The photograph also shows how some products are in jars, baskets, and buckets on the shelving unit. Also in the center of the photograph there are straw models of Diesem's home.

Watermelon patch, Washington County, Kansas
Creator: Root, J.M. & Company
Date: Between 1890 and 1900
A photograph of a watermelon patch in a unknown location, in Washington County, Kansas.

Growing melons for D.M. Ferry, Kearney [Kearny] County, Kansas
Creator: Wolf, Henry L. 1850-1924
Date: Between 1890 and 1900
This damaged photograph show melons being grown for D.M. Ferry, Kearny County, Kansas.

Growing melons for D. M. Ferry, Kearney [Kearny] County, Kansas
Creator: Wolf, Henry L. 1850-1924
Date: Between 1890 and 1900
This photograph shows melons being grown for D.M. Ferry, Kearny County, Kansas.

Peach tree, Finney County, Kansas
Creator: Wolf, Henry L. 1850-1924
Date: Between 1890 and 1900
This photograph shows a peach tree in Finney County, Kansas.

Bartlett's vineyard, Garden City, Finney County, Kansas
Creator: Wolf, Henry L. 1850-1924
Date: Between 1890 and 1900
This photograph shows two men standing in Bartlett's vineyard in Garden City, Finney County, Kansas.