$1,000,000 beet sugar factory in Garden City, Kansas
Creator: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Date: Between 1900 and 1910
This is a photograph of the United States Sugar and Land Company sugar beet factory. In front of the factory is an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe train advertising The Great Western Land Co. The train is pulled by locomotive No. 2170.

1005 North 4th Street, Garden City, Kansas
Date: 1996
This photograph shows bungalow home located at 1005 North 4th Street in the Historic District of Garden City, Kansas. There is an automobile parked beside the left side of the house.

Ada McColl
Creator: H. L. Wolf
Date: Between 1890 and 1899
This is a portrait of Ada McColl taken in Garden City, Kansas.

Aerial view of Garden City, Finney County, Kansas
Date: 1935
An aerial view of Garden City, Kansas. The photograph also shows the only sugar factory located in Kansas.

Aerial view of Garden City, Finney County, Kansas
Date: 1966
This is an aerial view of Garden City, Kansas. This photograph was donated by the Kansas Industrial Development Commission. A baseball field is in the foreground.

Agricultural equipment, Garden City, Finney County, Kansas
Creator: Wolf, Henry L. 1850-1924
Date: Between 1890 and 1900
The photograph shows the first steam powered plow in Garden City, Finney County, Kansas. The photograph also shows a man, who looks to be steering the plow while another man is riding on it. In the background of the photo there are a few buildings.

Agricultural scenes, Finney County, Kansas.
Creator: Wolf, Henry L. 1850-1924
Date: Between 1890 and 1900
This photograph shows different agricultural scenes on R. J. Mefford's farm west of Garden City in Finney County, Kansas.

Alfalfa field, near Garden City, Finney County, Kansas
Date: Between 1920 and 1935
This image shows an alfalfa field near Garden City, Finney County, Kansas. The photograph was donated by the Garden City, Chamber of Commerce.

Arkansas River bridge, Garden City, Finney County, Kansas
Creator: Wolf, Henry L. 1850-1924
Date: Between 1890 and 1900
This photograph shows the Arkansas River Bridge in Garden City, Finney County, Kansas. The photograph shows people on the bridge. The inside rails of the bridge are inscribed with advertisements or signs of some type.

Arkansas River bridge, Garden City, Finney County, Kansas
Creator: Wolf, Henry L. 1850-1924
Date: Between 1890 and 1900
This photograph shows the Arkansas River bridge in Garden City, Finney County, Kansas. Several people are visible on and near the bridge.

Arkansas River bridge, Garden City, Kansas
Creator: Wolf, Henry L. 1850-1924
Date: Between 1895 and 1900
A photograph showing people on the Arkansas River bridge in Garden City, Kansas.

Arkansas River from bridge, Garden City, Finney County, Kansas
Creator: Wolf, Henry L. 1850-1924
Date: Between 1890 and 1900
The photograph shows a view of the Arkansas River from a bridge in Garden City, Finney County, Kansas.

Arkansas River, Garden City, Kansas
Date: July 1878
This photograph shows a view of the Arkansas River in Garden City, Kansas.

Arkansas River, Garden City, Kansas
Date: Between 1870s and 1890s
This photograph shows a group of people standing on a bridge over the Arkansas River in Garden City, Kansas. The river is full of water in the spring due to the melting snows in the Colorado mountains.

Arkansas River, Garden City, Kansas
Date: Between 1870s and 1890s
This photograph shows a lack of water in the Arkansas River in Garden City, Kansas. Several people can be seen standing on the bridge.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Garden City, Kansas
Creator: Kelley, Frank O.
Date: 1972
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot at Garden City, Kansas. The one-story "prairie style" station features a hipped roof with a semi-hexagonal operator's bay and a matching bay at the waiting room end. The depot has been refurbished and is used by Amtrak.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Garden City, Kansas
Creator: Bohi, Charles W., 1940-
Date: Between 1960 and 1969
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot at Garden City, Kansas. The one-story "prairie style" station features a hipped roof with a semi-hexagonal operator's bay and a matching bay at the waiting room end. The depot has been refurbished and is used by Amtrak.

Automobile Club of Wichita Year Book
Creator: Automobile Club of Wichita, Kansas
Date: 1909-1910
The Automobile Club of Wichita published this year book for the years 1909-1910. Its content reflects that automobile travel was a recent introduction to the lives of Kansans. It includes advertisements from automobile dealers, garages, and other businesses in Wichita, Hutchinson, Newton, Winfield, El Dorado, Dodge City, Yates Center, Iola, Independence, Topeka, Emporia, Garden City, and Lawrence. It also lists the officers and board of directors of the club, its constitution and bylaws, the Kansas law regulation the use of automobiles, two Wichita ordinances (#2875 and 3002) related to the use of cars, and rules of the road. The bulk of the yearbook provides driving routes to and from various cities and towns in Kansas, as well as Colorado and Oklahoma. An index to the routes and maps is on pages 22-23. These driving routes include specific directions and include references to many small towns and local landmarks, etc. The yearbook also lists Wichita residents that own automobiles, their license numbers and the type of automobile they own. The booklet concludes with a list of members of the automobile club.

Bailes Mestizos flyer, Topeka, Kansas
Date: December 6, 1975
This is a poster for the Bailes Mestizos "Danza Folklorica" from Topeka, Kansas. The Mexican Fiesta Association presented this performance at the Garden City Community College Fine Arts Auditorium.

Bartlett's vineyard, Garden City, Finney County, Kansas
Creator: Wolf, Henry L. 1850-1924
Date: Between 1890 and 1900
This photograph shows two men standing in Bartlett's vineyard in Garden City, Finney County, Kansas.

Beet field near Garden City, Kansas
Creator: Steele and Hoke
Date: Between 1900 and 1910
Photograph showing a 200-acre beet field belonging to Mr. F.A. Gillespie, manager of the United States Sugar and Land Company in Garden City, Kansas.

Beet sugar dump in Garden City, Kansas
Creator: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Date: Between 1900 and 1910
A photograph showing horse drawn wagons lined up at the beet sugar dump. Visible in the photograph is an automobile and an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad car.

Beet sugar dump U. S. Sugar & Land Co. in Garden City, Kansas
Creator: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Date: Between 1900 and 1910
A photograph showing where railroad cars dumped sugar beets at the United States Sugar and Land Company sugar beet factory in Garden City, Kansas.

Birt Way's house in Garden City, Kansas
Date: Between 1910 and 1915
Here is a photograph and postcard of Birt Way's house in Garden City, Kansas.

Black Friday meets its master
Creator: Garden City Daily Telegram
Date: April 10, 1935
Several articles about life in the Dust Bowl can be found on the front page of this newspaper from Garden City. Articles of particular interest include two articles on "raging dusters," one on the winter wheat crop, and a brief article discussing the postponement of community meetings to distribute aid under the soil erosion program. The newspaper also includes articles about other newsworthy events occurring in Garden City and around the state of Kansas.