Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company employee, Abo Canyon, New Mexico
Date: Between 1905 and 1908
This photograph shows an unidentified Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company employee loading a pack donkey at Abo Canyon, New Mexico. Also visible is a canvas tent in the background. Construction began in the canyon in 1905 and was completed in 1908.

Branding cattle, Scott City, Kansas
Date: 1906
This photograph shows cattle being branded on the J.W. Lough's ranch near Scott City, Kansas. In the foreground a woman dressed in white is branding a cow while ranch hands look on. Several cattle are visible in the background.

Children riding donkeys, Lane County, Kansas
Date: 1902
A group of children pose astride two donkeys, Lane County, Kansas.

Children with animals, Gray County, Kansas
Date: 1910s
This photograph shows a young girl riding a donkey and a boy with his rifle and dog, Gray County, Kansas. There is a windmill in the background.

Fourth of July parade, Strong City, Kansas
Date: July 04, 1899
This black and white photograph shows a driver dressed as a clown and his donkey pulling a two- wheeled cart, during a Fourth of July parade in Strong City, Kansas. The donkey is wearing a banner that reads "We all drink buttermilk nothing stronger in Strong".

Hineman's Jack Farm, near Garden City, Finney County, Kansas
Date: 1949
Photograph showing the preparation of an export shipment to France of ten head of American Mammoth Jacks in June 1949. The photograph also shows the new Hineman's Jacks barn located near Garden City, Kansas.

James Glenn McKethen and family members
Date: September 1908
A photograph showing (left to right) Robert L. Carmichael (1850-1911), Sallie Ann (Taylor) Carmichael (1852-1936), Andrew Jackson Pickett (1846-1932), Amanda Melvina (Taylor) Pickett (1847-1922), James Glenn McKethen (1850-1942), and Hulda Amelia (Taylor) McKethen (1850-1930) on donkeys in Colorado Springs, Colorado. James Glenn and Hulda Amelia McKethen lived in Rexford, Kansas. They were vacationing in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

John Christoph photograph album
Date: 1891-1895
This album contains photographs of Ellinwood and Barton County, Kansas, taken by John Christoph. On June 18, 1891, he opened a photography gallery in the north room of a furniture store and continued in the business until February 14, 1919. Christoph also served as the Ellinwood police judge for twenty years.

Leo Gannon in a parade, Rossville, Kansas
Date: 1961
Leo Gannon riding a donkey in the Rossville, Kansas, Tall Corn Festival parade in August 1961. 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.

Leo Gannon in a parade, Rossville, Kansas
Date: 1961
Leo Gannon riding a donkey in the Rossville, Kansas, Tall Corn Festival parade in August 1961. 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 donkey ball, Rossville, Kansas
Date: Between 1950 and 1960
Unidentified men riding donkeys at the Lions donkey ball in 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.

Lions donkey ball, Rossville, Kansas
Date: Between 1950 and 1960
Men riding donkeys at the Lions donkey ball in Rossville, Kansas. The man on the left is Don Jones. 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 donkey ball, Rossville, Kansas
Date: 1950-1975
A photograph of Don Jones, George Sullivan, unidentified, and unidentified at the Lions Donkey Ball in 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.

Lions donkey ball, Rossville, Kansas
Date: Between 1950 and 1960
George Sullivan (pictured at right) rides a donkey at the Lions donkey ball in Rossville, Kansas. The man on the left is unidentified. 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.

L. W. Halbe Collection
Creator: Halbe, L. W. (Leslie Winfield), 1893-1981
Date: 1908-1912
The L. W. (Leslie Winfield) Halbe photo collection consists of 1500 glass plate negatives produced by Halbe during his teenage years. Halbe lived in Dorrance, Russell County, Kansas, and began taking photographs of the region with an inexpensive Sears and Roebuck camera when he was fifteen years old.

Mule and Donkey Shoes from the Billy Dixon Trading Post, 14EL311
Date: 1870-1871
These mule and donkey shoes were recovered from the possible location of the Billy Dixon Trading Post in Ellis County during the 2013 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school. The smaller shoe on the left was made for a donkey. The mule shoe on the right has four horseshoe nails within the fuller grooves. Two dugouts were discovered at the site, which may have been a supply stop for early settlers and hunters.

Pack train, Arkalon, Kansas
Date: Between 1880s and 1890s
This black and white photograph shows a pack train of burros in front of the bank in Arkalon, Kansas.

Seventh biennial report of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, 1889-1890
Creator: Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Date: 1891
This biennial report from the Kansas State Board of Agriculture contains two parts and the page numbering starts over at the beginning of Part II. The volume contains a section on each county, providing summary information about the history of the county, a description of the landscape, crops, livestock, schools, and churches. A large number of tables with statistics about Kansas residents and crop yields, broken down by county, are also included. Other chapters are devoted to interesting subjects such as apiculture, artificial forests, loco weeds, and chinch bugs. Proceedings and other activities of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture are in Part II.

Thirtieth Biennial Report, Statistics by county showing population, acreage, production, and livestock, 1935-1936
Creator: Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Date: 1937
This published report contains statistics compiled by the State Board of Agriculture pertaining to crop conditions, livestock, and other farm products for all Kansas counties. It was copied from the Thirtieth Biennial Report of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, to the Legislature of the State for the Years 1935 and 1936. The most useful sections for seeing the impact of the Dust Bowl on agriculture are the sections for the counties of Finney, Ford, Grant, Haskell, Hodgeman, Morton, Seward, and Stevens in western Kansas.

Twenty-ninth Biennial Report, Statistics by county showing population, acreage, production, and livestock, 1933-1934
Creator: Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Date: 1935
This section of "Statistics by Counties, Showing Population, Acreage, Production, and Livestock" is from the Twenty-ninth Biennial Report of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, to the Legislature of the State for the Years 1933 and 1934. It contains statistics compiled by the State Board of Agriculture pertaining to crop conditions, livestock, and other farm products. The most useful sections for seeing the impact of the Dust Bowl on agriculture are the sections for the counties of Finney, Ford, Grant, Haskell, Hodgeman, Morton, Seward, and Stevens in western Kansas.

Two boys riding a donkey
Two boys riding a donkey in Bourbon County, Kansas.