1927 Kaffir Corn Queen float, El Dorado, Kansas
Date: 1927
This postcard photograph shows the float of the 1927 Kaffir Corn Queen and her Court, created for the Kaffir Corn Carnival Parade in El Dorado. This publication was funded in part by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

American flag float, Kaffir Corn Carnival Parade, El Dorado, Kansas
Date: Between 1911 and 1915
This photograph shows a float decorated with kaffir corn in the pattern of an American flag, created for the Kaffir Corn Carnival Parade down West Central Avenue in El Dorado. This publication was funded in part by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

Approaching float at the Kaffir Corn Carnival parade, El Dorado, Butler County, Kansas
Date: Between 1920 and 1929
This photograph shows an automobile float advancing west down West Central Avenue in El Dorado as part of the Kaffir Corn Carnival parade. This publication was funded in part by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

Ashpile Club float, Kaffir Corn Carnival Parade, El Dorado, Kansas
Date: 1914
This photograph shows a group riding on a horse-drawn float assembled by the Ashpile Group, an El Dorado club, for participation in the Kaffir Corn Carnival Parade in El Dorado. A note on the back of the photo reads: "The Ashpile Club. Jimmie Dodwell, Leahy, Stinson, and their crew of intellectuals." This publication was funded in part by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

Automobile float at the Kaffir Corn Carnival Parade, El Dorado, Kansas
Date: 1922
This photograph shows an automobile float ridden in by several men and women for the Kaffir Corn Carnival Parade in El Dorado. This publication was funded in part by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

Automobile float, Kaffir Corn Carnival, El Dorado, Kansas
Date: 1924
This photograph shows an automobile float passing down West Central Avenue in El Dorado as part of the Kaffir Corn Carnival Parade. This publication was funded in part by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

Automobile Float, Kaffir Corn Carnival Parade, El Dorado, Kansas
Date: Between 1920 and 1929
This photograph shows the front of an automobile float created for use in the Kaffir Corn Carnival Parade in El Dorado. This publication was funded in part by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

Automobile Float, Kaffir Corn Carnival Parade, El Dorado, Kansas - 02
Date: 1926
This photograph shows the front of an automobile float created for use in the Kaffir Corn Carnival Parade in El Dorado. This publication was funded in part by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

Automobile float with trellis at the Kaffir Corn Carnival Parade, El Dorado, Kansas
Date: Between 1920 and 1929
This photograph shows an automobile float decorated with a pair of trellises and walking beam seesaw, ridden in by a young girl for the Kaffir Corn Carnival Parade in El Dorado. This publication was funded in part by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

Baby Kaffir Queen float, Kaffir Corn Carnival Parade, El Dorado, Kansas - 02
Date: Between 1920 and 1929
This photograph shows a second view of the Baby Kaffir Queen and her court of children on a float in the Kaffir Corn Carnival Parade in El Dorado, Kansas. The Carnegie Library is visible in the background. This publication was funded in part by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

Baby parade float at the Kaffir Corn Carnival, El Dorado, Kansas
Date: 1926
This photograph features a bascinet-shaped float decorated with a stork on the front, with several young children riding inside. Adults and older children accompany it on its way down West Central Avenue in El Dorado as part of the Kaffir Corn Carnival Parade. This publication was funded in part by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

Baby Queen float, Kaffir Corn Carnival parade, El Dorado, Butler County, Kansas
Date: 1926
This photograph shows the pony-drawn float of the Baby Queen and her Court in the Kaffir Corn Carnival Parade in El Dorado. This publication was funded in part by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

Baling broom corn, Greeley County, Kansas
Date: Between 1920 and 1930
A work crew bales broom corn, Greeley County, Kansas.

Bruno Township Booth Closeup, Kaffir Corn Carnival in El Dorado, Kansas
Date: Between 1911 and 1915
This photograph shows a close-up view of the booth constructed by Bruno Township as a display for the Kaffir Corn Carnival in El Dorado, Kansas. This publication was funded in part by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

Bunting Covered float, Kaffir Corn Carnival parade, El Dorado, Butler County, Kansas
Date: Between 1920 and 1929
This photograph shows the front of a bunting covered automobile float advancing westward on West Central Avenue in El Dorado as part of the Kaffir Corn Carnival Parade. This publication was funded in part by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

Butler County Farm Bureau booth, Kaffir Corn Carnival, El Dorado, Butler County, Kansas
Date: 1927
This photograph shows the booth constructed by the Butler County Farm Bureau as a display for the Kaffir Corn Carnival in El Dorado. This publication was funded in part by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

Butler County School float, Kaffir Corn Carnival Parade, El Dorado, Butler County, Kansas
Date: 1926
This liberty-themed school float was made from kaffir corn (including the bell) for the Kaffir Corn Carnival Parade in El Dorado. This publication was funded in part by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

Carl Hanson farm, Logan County, Kansas
Date: 1925
This photograph shows a pile of harvested corn on the Carl Hanson farm in Logan County, Kansas.

Carnival Visitors in Front of Township Booths, Kaffir Corn Carnival, El Dorado, Kansas
Creator: C. Otis Boston Studio (El Dorado, Kan.)
Date: 1911
This photograph shows a crowd of men and women in front of a number of the booths built by each township in Butler County as a display for the Kaffir Corn Carnival in El Dorado, Kansas. The booths for Spring, Murdock and Fairview townships are visible. This publication was funded in part by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

Chase County farmers
Date: 1933-1948
These photographs show farmers in Chase County, Kansas, including Ross Ritchie, engaged in plowing, planting, and pest control. These photographs originally appeared in the Chase County Extension Office annual reports.

Chelsea and Prospect Township Booths, Kaffir Corn Carnival, El Dorado, Kansas
Date: 1914
This photograph shows the booths created by the Chelsea and Prospect Townships as a display for the Kaffir Corn Carnival in El Dorado, Butler County, Kansas. This publication was funded in part by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

Chelsea Township booth, Kaffir Corn Carnival, El Dorado, Butler County, Kansas
Date: 1927
This photograph shows several women and men looking into the booths constructed by Chelsea and other Butler County townships as a display for the Kaffir Corn Carnival in El Dorado. This publication was funded in part by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

Children's float, Kaffir Corn Carnival Parade, El Dorado, Butler County, Kansas
Date: 1926
This photograph shows an automobile float carrying several girls and boys for the Kaffir Corn Carnival Parade in El Dorado. This publication was funded in part by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

Children's float, Kaffir Corn Carnival Parade, El Dorado, Kansas
Creator: C. Otis Boston Studio (El Dorado, Kan.)
Date: Between 1911 and 1915
This photograph shows a boat-shaped children's float decorated with a portrait of President Woodrow Wilson and a bust of Abraham Lincoln. The float is part of the Kaffir Corn Carnival Parade in El Dorado. This publication was funded in part by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

Child Rider in the 1925 Kaffir Corn Carnival Parade, El Dorado, Kansas
Date: 1925
In this photograph a young boy in a patriotic top hat rides a pony decked out with a kaffir corn saddle blanket, ready for the Kaffir Corn Carnival Parade through El Dorado, Butler County, Kansas. This publication was funded in part by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.