Aerial view of Houtz farm in Wabaunsee County, Kansas
Date: Between 1975 and 1985
This is an aerial view of a Wabaunsee County farm identified as the Ralph Houtz farm, located north of Templin School. The caption says it is also known as the Wolgast farm.

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.

Albert Rogler & William Crouch at Rogler Ranch
Date: Between 1896 and 1897
This black and white photograph shows Albert Rogler and William Crouch hauling slop to the sow pens on the Rogler Ranch in Chase County, Kansas. The pens were on the south side of the big hedge fence about 200 feet south of the Rogler house.

Arnold Schmitz farm and residence, Wabaunsee County, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1910
A photograph showing the barn, chicken house, and residence on Arnold Schmitz's farm located west of Alma on old highway 10, Wabaunsee County, Kansas.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company stock pens, Carlsbad, New Mexico
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: April 02, 1931
This black and white photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company stock pens, built in 1906, at Carlsbad, New Mexico.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company stock yards, Clearwater, Kansas
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: May 28, 1931
This black and white photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company stock yards at Clearwater, Kansas. Built from 1887-1907, the yards measured 64 ' x 130'.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company stockyards, Danville, Kansas
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: February 25, 1931
This black and white photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company stockyards at Danville, Kansas. The stockyards measured 50'x 102' and were built in 1904.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company stock yards, Sofia, New Mexico
Date: Between 1930 and 1939
This black and white photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company stock yards near Sofia, New Mexico. The facility consisted of six pens, two combination chutes, and a truck unloading chute.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe stock pens, Wellington, Kansas
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: February 25, 1931
A photograph of the Santa Fe Railway stock pens at Wellington, Kansas. The pens were built in 1880.

Barn at Bismarck Grove, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1920
Barn once used as a race track stable at the old Bismarck Grove fairgrounds, near Lawrence, Kansas, before it was converted into a livestock farm.

Barns and corrals at the Bismarck Grove, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1920
A view of the barns and corrals at the Bismarck Grove fairgrounds near Lawrence, Kansas some time after it was converted into a livestock farm. Also visible are men seated on horse-drawn wagons, cattle, a carriage, and wagons.

Barns and corrals on the old Bismarck Grove fairgrounds
Date: Between 1900 and 1920
Barns and corrals on the old Bismarck Grove fairgrounds near Lawrence, Kansas, before the grounds were converted into a livestock farm.

Cattle
Creator: Erb, Don
Date: Between 1940s and 1950s
This black and white photograph shows cattle being moved into a stock pen at a unidentified location. In the background, tank cars and boxcars are visible from a nearby rail line.

Cattle Dipping Association, Garden City, Kansas
Creator: Wolf, H. L.
Date: 1900
This sepia colored photograph shows members from the Kansas Cattle Dipping Association in Garden City. The group of men and one woman are gathered at a dipping vat to watch cattle move through 4,000 gallons of solution to remove ticks.

Cattle at Rogler Ranch
Date: Between 1900s and 1930s
This black and white photograph shows cattle eating out of troughs on the Rogler ranch. The homestead is located on 160 acres of land along the South Fork of the Cottonwood River basin in the Bazaar Township of Chase County, Kansas. From 1859 to 2006 the Rogler family owned and operated the property until October of 2006, when the historic property was sold at auction.

Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway stockyards in McFarland, Kansas
Date: 1922
Photograph of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway stockyards in McFarland, Kansas.

Davenport Ranch in Wabaunsee County, Kansas
Date: 1912-1913
Three photographs taken at Byron Davenport's ranch in Wabaunsee County, Kansas.

Fairplay Methodist Church, parsonage, and stable in Marion County, Kansas
Date: January 1, 1898
Here are two photographs mounted together on a board showing the Fairplay Methodist Church, parsonage, and stable. The church was located five miles south of Peabody, Kansas.

Golden Charles Dresher photograph collection
Creator: Dresher, G. C.
Date: Between 1870 and 1940
This collection consists of 326 photographs taken by G. C. (Golden Charles) Dresher of Canton, McPherson County, Kansas. The photos mostly concern the Dresher family, their friends and the surrounding area. Photographs of McPherson College students and the flooding of Cow Creek are also included. Dorothy May (Dresher) Richards, the daughter of G. C. Dresher, donated the original glass plate negatives to the Kansas Historical Society in 1999.

Hotel De Hoss livery stable, Independence, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1905
This photograph shows the Hotel De Hoss livery stable located at 8th and Laurel, Independence, Kansas. Jake Moore, third from left, was the owner. The building was remodeled and in 1956 housed a Cadillac and Oldsmobile dealership.

Kansas Film Commission site photographs, subject farmhouses
Creator: Kansas Film Commission
Date: 1980s-2000s
These are panoramic photographs of locations in Kansas created by the Kansas Film Commission to promote scenes to film companies. The panoramics were created by taking individual photos and taping them together. The photographs are arranged alphabetically by subject and then location. The subject of this part of the collection is farmhouses, arranged alphabetically by county.

Kansas Film Commission site photographs, subject stadiums - trains
Creator: Kansas Film Commission
Date: 1980s-2000s
These are panoramic photographs of locations in Kansas created by the Kansas Film Commission to promote scenes to film companies. The panoramics were created by taking individual photos and taping them together. The photographs are arranged alphabetically by subject and then location. Subjects in this part of the collection include stadiums, stockyards, studios, theaters, and trains.

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.

Loading cattle on a stock car
Creator: Castaigne, A.
Date: 1892
"Loading the stock at the railroad" sketched by A. Castaigne and copied from Scribner's Magazine, June 1892. The illustration shows cowboys loading cattle onto a railroad stock car.

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