600 block of South Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kansas
Creator: Wolfe, Harold B., 1898-1966
Date: 1930s
A panoramic view showing the west side of the 600 block on South Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kansas. Businesses visible in the photograph are: S.S. Kresge Company, Hickey-Freeman Customized Clothes, Felix Clothing Company, F.W. Woolworth Company 5-10 and 15 Cent Store, Banner Lunch, and S.S Kresge Company 5-10-25 Cent Store. Automobiles are parked on the street.

600 block of South Kansas Avenue,Topeka, Kansas
Creator: Wolfe, Harold B., 1898-1966
Date: Between 1930 and 1939
Panoramic view showing the east side of the 600 block on South Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kansas. Businesses visible in the photograph: The Fair Store, David J. August, Banner Lunch, Frank Furnisure Company, Acme Quality Paint Store, Nygren Bros. Tailors, Christopher Studio, Stansfield Drug Company, and C. E. Wardin & Sons.

Alford Cafe in Mount Hope, Kansas
Date: Between 1905 and 1910
This is a postcard view of the Alford Café in Mount Hope, Kansas. It was located next to the hotel near the corner of Ohio and Main Streets.

Arthur Valentine
Date: September 3, 1954
This is a photograph of Arthur Valentine, creator of the Valentine Diner. Valentine Diners were manufactured in Wichita, Kansas and were constructed as eight-to-ten-seat restaurants that one or two people could operate. In an industry where nearly all major diner manufacturers were on the East Coast, the Kansas company managed to ship its pre-fabricated structures across the country. Valentines could be found along major highways to attract travelers, in industrial areas to attract workers, and in small towns where they might be one of the only restaurants available. Today many Valentine diners are still open across the country.

Atchison, Topeka & Sant Fe Railway Company's Fred Harvey House, Ash Fork, Arizona
Date: 1916
This photograph shows a group of Harvey Girls standing in the dining room of the Fred Harvey House in Ash Fork, Arizona.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's Fred Harvey House, Kansas City, Missouri
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: Between 1930 and 1945
This black and white photographs shows an Interior view of customers and waitresses at the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's Fred Harvey House in Kansas City, Missouri. Over 9,000 meals were served at the restaurant in a 24-hour period.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's Fred Harvey House, Newton, Kansas
Date: Between 1920 and 1937
This photograph shows an interior view of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's dining room inside the Fred Harvey and Arcade Hotel in Newton, Kansas. A Harvey Girl is somewhat visible in the background.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's Fred Harvey House staff, El Paso, Texas
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: Between 1945 and 1959
This black and white photograph shows the staff at the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's Fred Harvey House, El Paso, Texas.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's Fred Harvey dining room, Los Angeles, CA
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: 1945
This photograph shows soldiers who were returning from the South Pacific and en route to separation centers eating at the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's Fred Harvey dining room at the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Los Angeles, CA.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's Fred Harvey lunchroom, Deming, New Mexico
Date: 1901
This black and white photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway Company's Fred Harvey lunchroom in Deming, New Mexico. At the counter two Harvey Girls are visible standing.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's Fred Harvey lunchroom, Emporia, Kansas
Date: 1924
This black and white photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's Fred Harvey lunchroom in Emporia, Kansas. At the horse shape counter a group of Harvey Girls are serving and taking orders from customers.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company Harvey House
Date: Between 1950 and 1959
This photograph shows a Harvey Girl serving meals at an unidentified Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company Harvey House.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company's Fred Harvey House, Hutchinson, Kansas
Date: Between 1920 and 1929
This photograph shows a group of Harvey Girls gathered in the dining room of the Harvey House at the Bisonte Hotel in Hutchinson, Kansas. The facility designed by architect J.G. Holland opened in November of 1897. For a number of years the hotel provided service until the late 1940s when it closed its doors due to the decline in rail services. The building was razed between 1964 and 1965.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company's Fred Harvey House, Newton, Kansas
Date: 1934
This set of photographs show the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company's dining room inside the Fred Harvey and Arcade Hotel in Newton, Kansas.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company's Fred Harvey House, Syracuse, Kansas
Date: Between 1888 and 1899
This photograph shows a group of Harvey Girls standing in front of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company's Fred Harvey House in Syracuse, Kansas. The young women, wearing modest black dresses with long white aprons, served meals to travelers at the Fred Harvey hotels and restaurants along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway line.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company's Fred Harvey lunchroom, LaJunta, Colorado
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: October 13, 1921
This photographs shows a view of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company's Fred Harvey lunchroom in LaJunta, Colorado. At the counters Harvey Girls are serving meals to customers while a gentleman sells cigars, magazines and candy nearby.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Fred Harvey House and El Garces Hotel
Creator: Fred Harvey (Firm)
Date: Between 1930s and 1940s
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Fred Harvey House, and the El Garces Hotel in Needles, California. The hotel was named after Father Francisco Garces, a Spanish missionary, and was designed in the Neoclassical and Beaux-Arts style. The El Garces Hotel closed in 1949 and became an office building. The office building and depot were closed in 1998. On May 17, 2002, the El Garces Hotel was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot and Fred Harvey House, Merced, California
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: Between 1920 and 1935
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot and the Fred Harvey House at Merced, California.

Atchison,Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot and Fred Harvey Sequoyah Hotel, Syracuse, Kansas
Date: Between 1908 and 1936
These series of photographs show the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot and the Fred Harvey Sequoyah Hotel in Syracuse, Kansas. The facility designed by Louis Curtis opened in 1908 and provided service until closing in 1936. The building was razed in 1972.

A trip with the camera man
Date: 1940
This silent film by an unknown photographer features various businesses and industries in Lawrence, Kansas. The film begins with children playing on a playground followed by an airplane landing at an airport. The photographer visits an airplane factory, the Wister Chevrolet Co. car dealer and repair shop, a roller skating rink, the L. T. Harris Co. Oil-O-Matic appliance dealer, a shooting range, a machine shop, an ice plant, the Hall Brothers truck lines, the Cadwell chick hatchery, and a restaurant. The film ends with a plane taking off from the airport.

Avalon Bakery, Topeka, Kansas
Date: Between 1880 and 1910
This is a photograph of the Avalon Bakery in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas. The photograph is representative of the interior of the bakery.

Barto's Idle Hour restaurant in Frontenac, Kansas
Creator: Coble, Teresa Ann
Date: February 25, 2019
Several photographs of Barto's Idle Hour restaurant at 201 Santa Fe Street in Frontenac, Kansas. The restaurant was founded in 1951 by Ray Barto.

Bean pot
Date: between 1950 and 1990
Rafael and Concepcion (Connie) Rocha Lopez owned this large, glazed terra cotta pot. Both Rafael and Connie were born in Mexico. They frequently returned there and brought things back with them, including this crock pot. Reportedly, Connie used the pot in her home to cook beans. In 1963, the Lopez's opened Connie's, the first family-owned Mexican restaurant in Wichita, Kansas.

Blossom House Cafe, 200 block of Missouri, Alma, Kansas
Date: Between 1890 and 1920
The Blossom House Café, the two-story building on the right, was located on the west side of Missouri Street in the 200 block and owned by William Dieball. These three frame buildings were constructed in the late 1800s and were demolished and replaced by Alma Co-op's grain elevators in the 1990s (just to the south of the museum building).

Book's Cafe, Marysville, Kansas
Creator: Hawkins, Omar F. (Omar Finlay), 1890-1967
Date: May 2, 1932
This photograph shows waitresses and cooks posed outside of Book's Cafe in Marysville, Kansas. The cafe was located one half block south of Broadway on Seventh Street.