6th & Broadway Pittsburg, KS, Fleischaker's
Creator: Hughes, James Clark, 1888-1964
Date: 1917
Two horse-drawn wagons on brick streets in downtown Pittsburg, Kansas. A row of commercial buildings is in the background. In 1917 James C. Hughes was Captain of Battery C, 130th Field Artillery, Kansas National Guard. Battery C was organized in Pittsburg, Kansas. A full biography of James Clark Hughes is available on Kansapedia.

A. C. Davis & Co. grain elevator, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1915
A view of men and horse-drawn wagons in line at the A. C. Davis grain elevator in, possibly, Pratt or Almena, Kansas. A steam locomotive is visible in the background.

A. E. Blake and others on the plains in Seward County, Kansas
Creator: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Date: Between 1900 and 1912
In this photograph, A. E. Blake is seated in an automobile, a man is standing next to that automobile, a man is seated in the driver's seat of a horse-drawn wagon, and two young girls and a dog are standing next to the wagon. All are present in an unidentified field in Seward County, Kansas.

Agricultural scene, Finney County, Kansas
Date: 1916
The photograph shows farm wagons and a grain elevator on an unidentified farm in Finney County, Kansas. The photograph was taken in 1916.

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.

A group of men at a cookout
Creator: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Date: Between 1891 and 1912
This is a view of a large group of men, some in suit coats, eating around a campfire in Seward County, Kansas. Also visible are a wagon, chuckwagon, and carriage.

Altoona Ice Company, Wilson County, Kansas
Date: 1890-1920
This photograph shows a horse and wagon and a horse and buggy at the loading dock of the Altoona Ice Company in Wilson County, Kansas. The man in the wagon is loading a block of ice.

Anderson County fair
Creator: Richmond Lithograph Company
Date: September 04, 1894-September 07, 1894
Baskets of crops and produce surround three children in this poster for the Anderson County, Kansas, fair. At the bottom, it lists R.T. Stokes, President, and M.L. White, Secretary, of the fair.

A parade float in Cimarron, Kansas
Date: Between 1915 and 1920
This photograph depicts the Liberty 40 horse drawn parade float in Cimarron, Kansas. There are children on the float in addition to the driver. The bed of the float says Kansas Products.

A rare specimen found on hill above Fort Riley, Kansas. 420 miles west of St. Louis Mo.
Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
Date: 1867
One side of a stereograph showing two unidentified men looking at a plant specimen near Fort Riley, Geary County, Kan. The men are next to Alexander Gardner's photographic outfit.

Arbor Day in Topeka, Kansas
Date: April 22, 1875
This a photograph of Arbor Day activities at 8th & Jackson streets on the Statehouse grounds in Topeka, Kansas. Over 800 trees were planted on the statehouse grounds to commemorate the occasion; however, only a few lived through the summer.

Arkansas River, Dodge City, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1919
This black-and-white photograph shows a horse-drawn wagon hauling hay across the steel girder bridge over the Arkansas River in Dodge City, Kansas.

Arrival of the Caravan at Santa Fe
Date: Between 1844 and 1845
This illustration from Josiah Gregg's Commerce on the Prairies depicts a caravan of Americans arriving in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Santa Fe Trail, opened in 1821 by William Bucknell, served as a freight route and passed through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, and New Mexico.

Articles wanted for an outfit of fifty volunteers
Date: ca. January 1857
Among the articles itemized in this "Memorandum of articles wanted as an outfit for fifty volunteers to serve under my [John Brown?] direction during the Kansas war" are wagons, horses, blankets, frying pans, etc., at an estimated cost of $1,774.

Atchison, Kansas Territory
Date: Between 1859 and 1861
View of 3rd and Commercial Streets looking west, Atchison, Kansas Territory. Business buildings and horse drawn wagons are visible on the street.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company construction, Abo Canyon, New Mexico
Date: Between 1905 and 1908
This photograph shows a view of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company workmen, construction equipment, structures, and materials in Abo Canyon, New Mexico. Also visible is a driver and horse-drawn wagon. Construction begun in 1905 and was completed in 1908.

Barn on the Capsey farm in Nemaha County, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1910
A photograph showing a barn on the Capsey farm. This barn was located in Nemaha County, Kansas.

Bazine, Ness County, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1919
This is a photograph of a commercial district in Bazine, Ness County, Kansas. It shows a number of buildings, horse drawn wagons, and a windmill in the distance in the center of the street.

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.

Bellemont, Kansas Territory
Creator: Bierstadt Bros.
Date: 1859
This is an 1859 stereopticon view of Bellemont, Doniphan County, Kansas Territory, photographed by the Bierstadt Bros., Photographers, of New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Bertran Avenue, St. Marys, Kansas
Creator: M. L. Zercher Book and Stationery Company
Date: Between 1900 and 1910
A postcard view looking west on Bertran Avenue, St. Marys, Kansas. Visible in the postcard are business buildings and horse drawn wagons, and one identifiable business, Rezacs Meat Market.

Bidwell Wagon Shop, Topeka, Kansas
Date: Between 1890 and 1899
A photograph showing five men working in the Bidwell Wagon Shop located on E. 6th Street, Topeka, Kansas. People in the photograph are Mr. Boten, with beard, and Ona Boten (son) with derby hat.

Big show at Garnett, Kansas
Creator: Anderson County Fair Association
Date: August 26, 1884-August 29, 1884
This Anderson County fair poster advertises horse racing, which will include a fenced track and new stables along with "many other improvements." Featured is an illustration of a horse race along with four images of livestock. D. D. Judy is the president of the Anderson County Fair Association and M. L. White is the secretary.

Billings & Bryant to John Brown, bill of sale for horse wagon
Creator: Billings & Bryant,
Date: Between 1855 and 1859
The state of Iowa frequently served as a relatively safe haven for abolitionist John Brown and his followers during the late 1850s, and Iowa City was on the famous Lane Trail which carried many free-state activists and settlers to and from Kansas. This document, from "Billings & Bryant," indicates that the partners had received $100 from John Brown as payment "in full for a heavy Horse Waggon" that they agreed "to ship immediately to J B Iowa City, Iowa; care of Dr. Jesse Bowen." Bowen was a member of the Kansas Central Committee of Iowa who later lived in Leavenworth, Kansas Territory.

Blacksmith, Neodesha, Kansas
Date: Between 1880 and 1892
This black and white photograph shows a group of men standing before the blacksmith shop in Neodesha, Kansas. Standing second from left is T.J. Norman, Neodesha blacksmith on whose garden plot William M.Mills drilled the first commercially successful oil well in Kansas and in the Mid-Continent Field. Norman moved from the above location to a new place of business on the west bank of the Verdigris river east of town when the well was drilled in 1892.