Early Garden City, Kansas
Creator: Wolf, Henry L. 1850-1924
Date: 1895
The photographs show different views of Garden City, Finney County, Kansas, as it appeared in about 1895.

Road construction in Sheridan County, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1940
This photograph shows a team of horses with a road grader and workers. Notes on the back of the photo: "Grading a road, this was a way to pay county taxes using labor and horses in lieu of monetary payment."

Kansas Turnpike
Creator: Kansas Turnpike Authority
Date: Between 1960 and 1969
A black and white photograph of a car driving through the Flint Hills area on the Kansas Turnpike.

Shoveling snow, Gray County, Kansas
Date: 1939
A photograph showing three men shoveling snow from a road in Gray County, Kansas.

Snow covered road, Enterprise, Kansas
Date: Between 1901 and 1902
A photograph showing a snow covered road on the north edge of Enterprise, Kansas. The road went north out of Enterprise to Abilene, Kansas.

Street scenes, Garden City, Finney County, Kansas
Creator: Wolf, Henry L. 1850-1924
Date: Between 1890 and 1900
Photograph showing different street scenes in Garden City, Finney County, Kansas. The scenes include, from left to right: Garden City Waterworks, unknown building, Palace Drugstore, unknown building, Palace Drugstore, J.A. Stevens Opera Block and Hotel Windsor, street scene, and unknown building.

Drive on the Richter farm, Finney County, Kansas
Creator: Wolf, Henry L. 1850-1924
Date: Between 1890 and 1900
This photograph shows a drive or access road on the Richter farm in Finney County, Kansas.

Fort Scott road from Mount Oriad [i.e. Oread], Lawrence, Kansas. 323 miles west of St. Louis, Mo.
Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
Date: 1867
One side of a stereograph showing farmland, houses and barns along the Fort Scott road, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kan.

Front Street, Dodge City, Kansas
Date: 1873
View of Front Street showing Hoover & McDonald Wholesale Dealers, O.K. Clothing Store, and Billiards, Dodge City, Kansas. F.C. Zimmermann is standing by the rail in front of Hoover & McDonald.

Rural Electrification Administration, Brown County
Creator: Wiggins, Byron
Date: 1938
Workers from the Rural Electrification Administration putting in a pole, Brown County, Kansas. This was the first rural electrical line in Kansas.

Rural Electrification Administration, Brown County
Creator: Wiggins, Byron
Date: 1938
Workers from the Rural Electrification Administration installing lines and poles in Brown County, Kansas. This was the first rural electrical line in Kansas.

Dust drifted road, Ford County, Kansas
Creator: Stovall Studio
Date: 1935
Dust drifted road, Ford County, Kansas. Fences and utility poles are visible in the photograph.

Tom Ewing, Jr., to Honorable T. Ewing
Creator: Ewing, Thomas, 1829-1896
Ewing, Jr., wrote from Leavenworth to inform his father about 915 acres of land, "near the Kaw river . . . three & a half miles north east of Topeka," that had just been purchased for him. "The land is beautiful & fertile--and is adjacent to fine bodies of timber in the Kansas Valley. The proximity of the land to Topeka (which will be the Capital, of the state) and to the rail road, which will undoubtedly be built in a few years is to be considered in estimating the value of the land." He also mentioned its proximity to the "great military road to Fort Riley."

E. S. Hopper driving a Ford automobile, Dorrance, Kansas
Creator: Halbe, L. W. (Leslie Winfield), 1893-1981
Date: May 30, 1913
View of E. S. Hopper driving a Ford automobile decorated with U. S. flags, Dorrance, Kan. There are three people in the automobile, three children standing on the running board, and a woman standing next to the automobile.

Joseph Brown family in an automobile, Dorrance, Kansas
Creator: Halbe, L. W. (Leslie Winfield), 1893-1981
Date: May 30, 1911
View of Joseph Brown and family in an automobile, Dorrance, Kan. There are two adults and two children in the automobile.

Enoch Graf in automobile, Dorrance, Kansas
Creator: Halbe, L. W. (Leslie Winfield), 1893-1981
Date: November 3, 1910
View of Enoch Graf seated in his automobile. He is parked in front of Lindenmeyers General Merchandise store, Dorrance, Russell County, Kan.

Automobile on country road, Russell County, Kansas
Creator: Halbe, L. W. (Leslie Winfield), 1893-1981
Date: September 18, 1910
One side of a stereograph showing three people in a car traveling along a country road in Russell County, Kansas. Also visible in the background are a house, a windmill, farm buildings, open fields, groves of trees, and a long bridge that may cross the Smoky Hill River.

Buick automobile, Dorrance, Kansas
Creator: Halbe, L. W. (Leslie Winfield), 1893-1981
Date: September 8, 1910
View of a Buick coupe automobile parked on a street in Dorrance, Russell County, Kansas. Also visible are houses, barns, windmills, a church and steeple, and stone post and wire fences along the city street.

What one county is doing
Date: 1919
Promotional brochure detailing road improvements instituted by Wayne County, Michigan. In particular, the construction of concrete roads in the given county and how it enhances economic commerce.

Kansas People To "Travel on Gravel"
Date: 1919
Kansas Good Roads Association promotional literature highlights the construction of durable and beneficial roads for southeastern Kansas.

$190,235,814 For Dairy Products
Date: 1917
Promotional brochure designed as a talk to encourage the construction of good roads in the state of Kansas highlighted by comparable rural roads in Wisconsin that promote crop and dairy production.

After the great war is over
Date: 1917
This promotional brochure argues that the construction of good roads in the United States will enhance agricultural productivity and economic development in the aftermath of World War I.

Good Roads Help Farmers
Date: 1919
Promotional brochure designed as a talk to encourage road construction to enhance agricultural productivity and rural community development.

Where Kansas stands
Date: 1916
This good roads promotional brochure published by the Kansas Good Roads Association argues that Kansas' position as a national leader in farm production makes good roads a necessity.

365-day roads an investment, not a tax
Date: 1910-1919
Brochure promoting good roads as a investment comparable to other enhancements financed by the farmer and found on his individual land holding.