Bookmobile
Creator: United States. Works Progress Administration
Date: Between 1935 and 1943
A man and four women reading books at a bookmobile, part of the Works Progress Administration's library services program.

Carpenters building a home
Date: Between 1910 and 1920
This photograph shows six carpenters building a wood-framed house and four barefoot children standing in a group by the work bench. Also visible are saws, lumber, nail box, window frame, wood plane, work bench, saw horses, and construction site rubbish.

Chief Stone, Southern Cheyenne
Creator: Windmayer & Co.
Date: Between 1886 and 1887
This is a portrait of Chief Stone, Southern Cheyenne. He is posed by a buffalo hide wearing a feathered headdress and holding a rifle. Stone was a headman in his tribe, which settled along the river southeast of Camp Supply about 40 miles.

Children with bicycles, Harper County,Kansas
Date: Between 1910 and 1919
This black and white photograph shows a group of children standing beside their bicycles in Harper County, Kansas.

Chrysler automobile, Marysville, Kansas
Creator: Hawkins, Omar F. (Omar Finlay), 1890-1967
Date: September 7, 1929
This is an informal portrait of a man and a boy, dressed as a chauffeur, seated on the bumper of a new Chrysler automobile parked in front of the Lipscomb Blocker Motor Company at 704 Center Street in Marysville, Kansas. The man is the owner of the new automobile.

Chrysler automobile, Marysville, Kansas
Creator: Hawkins, Omar F. (Omar Finlay), 1890-1967
Date: September 7, 1929
This is a view of a young boy and a man looking at their new Chrysler automobile which is parked in front of the Lipscomb Blocker Motor Company at 704 Center Street in Marysville, Kansas. A dog is shown next to the boy on the car's running board.

Clothing store, Alma, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1920
This photograph shows the interior of a clothing store in Alma, Kansas. Merchandise includes shoes, gloves, and hats.

Construction workers, Marysville, Kansas
Creator: Hawkins, Omar F. (Omar Finlay), 1890-1967
Date: August 10, 1933
This is an informal portrait of two construction workers on a steam shovel at the Big Blue River bridge construction site near Marysville, Kansas.

Couple fishing
Date: Between 1940s and 1950s
This black and white photograph shows a couple with their back to the camera fishing at an unidentified lake.

Covered wagon, Greenwood County, Kansas
Date: Between 1890 and 1919
This black and white photograph shows a woman wearing a sunbonnet serving lunch to a man seated by a covered wagon in Greenwood County, Kansas. The canvas covering is pulled open so items in the wagon are visible. The individuals have been identified by patron Bette Branscum as possibly being her grandparents Orville Alva Young and Bessie McCain Young traveling from the Oklahoma Territory to Wakarusa, Kansas to visit his grandfather James Wiley Young.

Cowboys
Date: 1940
This black and white photograph shows two young boys dressed as cowboys seated on a pony.

Cyrus W. Higginbotham
Date: Between 1881 and 1910
Cyrus W. Higginbotham was one of the earliest settlers of Shawnee County and Rossville township and one of the founders of 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.

Dalby home, Sheridan County, Kansas
Creator: Pratt, John Fenton, 1856-1937
Date: 1890
This photo shows people posed at the Dalby home located northeast of Studley, Sheridan County, Kansas. They are identified as: back row (left to right) Harry Jeffery; Mr. Dalby; Adam Scott; Mrs. Adam Scott; and front row Mrs. Dalby and her two children; Mrs. Jeffery and granddaughter; Jennie (Place) Pratt; and Hilda Pratt.

David and Haywood Rathbun in Mitchell County, Kansas
Date: Between 1910 and 1913
A postcard showing David Rathbun, born in 1903, and Haywood Rathbun, born in 1902, dressed in cowboy attire and holding the reins of their horses. They lived near Simpson in Mitchell County, Kansas.

Dorothy Robbins Wick and Jessie Robbins Akers
Date: Between 1888 and 1892
Photograph of Dorothy Robbins Wick and Jessie Robbins Akers carrying milk cans at their farm near Topeka, Kansas.

Eagle Plume
Creator: Bell, Charles Milton
Date: September 1877
A studio portrait of Kansa Chief Quyulange, also known as Eagle Plume, Eagle Headdress and Eagle Bonnet. He is photographed holding a tomahawk and wearing a headdress.

Eagle Plume, Kansa Indian
Date: Between 1870 and 1890
Studio portrait of Eagle Plum, Kansa Indian. He is wearing a headdress and holding a tomahawk.

Edward Hopple, prisoner 9443
Creator: Kansas State Penitentiary
Date: July 9, 1900
This photograph shows inmate Edward Hopple, prisoner #9443. He was received at the Kansas State Penitentiary on July 9, 1900 from Rooks County, Kansas for burglary. See also Unit ID 311487.

Elias D. Porter to Thaddeus Hyatt
Creator: Porter, Elias D.
Date: November 27, 1856
Elias Porter, writing from Oriskany, New York, informed Thaddeus Hyatt, chairman of the National Kansas Committee, about a box of provisions sent to W. F. M. Arny, an agent with this committee. The letter includes an itemized list of the materials send to aid the free state settlers residing in Kansas.

Elisha Tabor, prisoner 9646
Creator: Kansas State Penitentiary
Date: January 30, 1901
This photograph shows inmate Elisha Tabor, prisoner #9646. He was received at the Kansas State Penitentiary on January 29, 1901 from Franklin County, Kansas for arson.

Ellie Jones, Rossville, Kansas
Date: Between 1947 and 1964
A photograph of Ellie Jones, wife of Don Jones of 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.

Enoch Stevens, prisoner 9741
Creator: Kansas State Penitentiary
Date: April 8, 1901
This photograph shows inmate Enoch Stevens, prisoner #9741. He was received at the Kansas State Penitentiary from Kay County, Oklahoma on April 8, 1901 for larceny.

Ernest David, prisoner 9740
Creator: Kansas State Penitentiary
Date: April 8, 1901
This photograph shows inmate Ernest David, prisoner #9740. He was received at the Kansas State Penitentiary on April 8, 1901 from Kay County, Oklahoma for larceny. Also known by the surname Davis.

Ernest Godfrey, prisoner 9721
Creator: Kansas State Penitentiary
Date: April 1, 1901
This photograph shows inmate Ernest Godfrey, prisoner #9721. He was received at the Kansas State Penitentiary on April 1, 1901 from Montgomery County, Kansas for larceny. Varient spelling of his given name includes Earnest.

Four people, Marysville, Kansas
Creator: Hawkins, Omar F. (Omar Finlay), 1890-1967
Date: 1914
This is an informal portrait of a young man and three young women, all dressed in winter coats, standing on a sidewalk at the intersection of Eighth and Broadway Streets in Marysville, Kansas. Also visible are portions of city buildings, utility poles and power cables, and two people in the background.