Aerial view of Florence Williams' farm in Morris County, Kansas
Date: Between 1960 and 1979
This is an aerial photograph looking northeast showing Florence Williams' farm and home in Morris County, Kansas.

A farm near Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas
Creator: Kansas. Industrial Development Division
Date: 1966
A typical farm scene near Ottawa, Kansas, in Franklin County. This photograph shows a two-story house, large barn, silo and multiple out-buildings.

A flock of chickens
Creator: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Date: Between 1891 and 1912
This photograph shows a flock of chickens, a man, chicken coops, farm buildings, and a windmill on an unidentified farm, presumed to be in Haskell County, Kansas. Poultry was a very important food source before refrigeration was commonplace in rural households on the prairie. Chickens and turkeys also provided a much-needed source of income through the sale of live birds and eggs.

A flock of turkeys
Creator: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Date: Between 1891 and 1912
This photograph shows a young girl standing near a flock of turkeys on an unidentified farm, presumed to be in Haskell County, Kansas. A farm building and cart are also visible in the photograph.

Agricultural machinery in a field in Greeley County, Kansas
Date: Between 1920 and 1930
A collection of agricultural machinery sits in a field in Greeley County, Kansas. On display are a Rumely tractor, a stacker, a header, and a cook shack. The farm is not identified.

A man feeding chickens
Creator: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Date: Between 1891 and 1912
View of a man feeding chickens on an unidentified farm presumed to be in Haskell County, Kansas. Also visible in the photograph are a farmhouse and several farm buildings.

Branding cattle in Wichita County, Kansas
Date: Between 1880 and 1919
This black and white photograph shows ranchers branding cattle on Charley Sims' ranch in Wichita County, Kansas. A windmill and a barn/shed are visible in the background.

Buildings on the fairgrounds at Bismarck Grove, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1920
Buildings on the old Bismarck Grove fairgrounds, near Lawrence, Kansas, after it was converted into a livestock farm.

Cabbage patch vegetable garden
Creator: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Date: Between 1891 and 1912
This is a view of a cabbage patch vegetable garden in Haskell County, Kansas. Farm buildings and part of a windmill are visible in the background.

Cabbages on a Haskell County, Kansas homestead
Creator: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Date: 1912
This is a view of a cabbage patch vegetable garden on an unidentified farm in Haskell County, Kansas, in 1912. The early settlers experimented by trial and error with many different kinds of crops. Also visible, in the background, are a corral, farm buildings, windmill, farmhouse, and someone seated in a horse-drawn carriage.

Caleb Sutton home, Cave, Kansas
Date: Between 1890 and 1899
This is a photograph of Caleb Sutton's home and out buildings near Cave, Kansas.

Cucumbers, Finney County, Kansas
Date: Between 1890 and 1900
This photograph shows cucumber mounds in Finney County, Kansas. A wagon, horse and shed are also visible.

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.

Dust Storm
Creator: Herschel C. Logan
Date: 1938
Woodcut entitled "Dust Storm" by Herschel C. Logan. The artist was a charter member of the influential Prairie Print Makers, a group dedicated to promoting print making and offering affordable art to collectors. Logan studied commercial art at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. He directed the Consolidated Printing and Stationery Company in Salina, Kansas, for many years. Logan's printmaking career spanned just 18 years but his work received much acclaim.

E.L. Hall's irrigation plant, Garden City, Finney County, Kansas
Creator: Wolf, Henry L. 1850-1924
Date: Between 1890 and 1900
This photograph shows E.L. Hall's irrigation plant in Garden City, Finney County, Kansas, including a pond, windmill and shed.

Elton Raymond and Nora Helen Allen farm, Jackson County, Kansas
Date: May 20, 1954
An aerial view of the Elton Raymond and Nora Helen Allen farm located northwest of Soldier, Jackson County, Kansas.

Enoch Teel farm, Sheridan County, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1915
This photograph shows the Enoch Teel homestead in about 1908. Visible are the residence, a barn, and various outbuildings.

Farm family seated on an outbuilding, Butler County, Kansas
Date: 1899
This posed photograph shows four women, a boy, and a white dog seated in a row on top of a low outbuilding in rural Butler County. This publication was funded in part by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

Farmhouse, windmill, shed, and barn in Haskell County, Kansas
Creator: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Date: Between 1891 and 1912
View of an unidentified farmhouse, windmill, shed, and barn in Haskell County, Kansas.

Four farm women beneath a windmill, Butler County, Kansas
Date: 1899
This photograph shows four farm women posed in their good clothes at the base of a metal windmill in rural Butler County, Kansas. A farmhouse, barn, and another log building are visible in the scene. This publication was funded in part by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

Frank Arnold's ranch near Ashland, Kansas
Creator: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Date: Between 1891 and 1912
View of cowboys with their horses in a corral on the Frank Arnold Ranch. Visible in the photograph are western saddles, equipment, a windmill, and a herd of cattle in the background.

Henry E. Wilson's family garden in Hamilton County, Kansas
Creator: Kansas Emergency Relief Committee
Date: August 08, 1935
This is a photograph showing Henry E. Wilson's family garden in Hamilton County, Kansas. It was irrigated from a garden pond constructed entirely by hand. The photograph was removed from the Relief Garden Program of 1935 portion of the Kansas Emergency Relief Committee collection.

Homestead, Finney County, Kansas
Creator: Wolf, Henry L. 1850-1924
Date: Between 1880 and 1900
A photograph of a family farm in Finney County, Kansas. The family is standing in front of their residence and outbuildings. Also visible is a barn, windmill, horses, and a rocking horse.

Hostetter's ranch south of Coats, Kansas
Creator: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Date: Between 1891 and 1903
Hereford heifers on the Hostetter's ranch (owned by Harris and Crane of Ottawa, Kansas) south of Coats, Kansas. A wagon, hay mounds, wooden fences, and out-buildings are also visible in the photograph.

J. Garrett farm, Russell County, Kansas
Creator: Halbe, L. W. (Leslie Winfield), 1893-1981
Date: September 20, 1910
This phogohraph documents the house, barn and other structures on the J. Garrett farm, Russell County, Kansas.