50th anniversary of Kansas
Date: 1911
This postcard shows the ornate work of the Fetter pillow honoring the Fiftieth Anniversary of statehood in Kansas.

Administration building at Ottawa University
Date: Between 1900 and 1910
Three views of the Administration building at Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas. Two of the photographs were donated by the Wisconsin Historical Society.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot and interlocking tower, Ottawa, Kansas
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: 1956
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot and interlocking tower at Ottawa, Kansas.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Ottawa, Kansas
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: May 1931
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Ottawa, Kansas. A row of carts is also visible. The depot was built in 1888.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Ottawa, Kansas
Date: 1899
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Ottawa, Kansas. Visible in the photograph are people standing on the depot platform.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Ottawa, Kansas
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: Between 1950 and 1959
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Ottawa, Kansas. The depot is located on the Eastern Lines, Eastern Division, Second and Third District.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Ottawa, Kansas
Date: July 14, 1963
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Ottawa, Kansas. It was formerly know as the Ottawa Junction. The depot is located on the Eastern Lines, Eastern Division, Second and Third District.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Ottawa, Kansas
Date: Between 1950 and 1965
These two photographs show the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot at Ottawa, Kansas. The depot is currently the home of the Franklin County Historical Society and is located directly east of the entrance to Forest Park.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company's freight depot, Ottawa, Kansas
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: May 1931
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company's freight depot at Ottawa, Kansas. A car, barrel and rail car are also visible. The depot was built in 1886.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company tower Ottawa, Kansas
Date: June 29, 1957
This black and white photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company tower at Ottawa Junction in Ottawa, Kansas. The two-story structure is part of the Eastern Lines, Eastern Division, Second and Third District, Lawrence District.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's section crew
Date: Between 1900 and 1909
This black and white photograph shows an Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's section crew posed with steam locomotive 1429 near Ottawa, Kansas.

AT&SF passenger depot, Ottawa, Kansas
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: January 09, 1886
This drawing shows the first floor plan of the passenger depot in Ottawa, Kansas.

AT&SF station map, tracks & structures, Ottawa, KS,
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: Between 1884 & 1931
This set of maps represent the railroad grounds of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company in Ottawa, Kansas.

Baldwin-Ward Manufacturing Company of Ottawa Kansas
Date: Between 1930 and 1950
View of the exterior of the Baldwin-Ward Manufacturing Company of Ottawa, Kansas.

Baptist Assembly in Ottawa, Kansas
Date: 1895
This photograph is a group portrait of the Baptist Assembly in about 1895. C.K. Morrison is seated left with Mary Hawley (Hughes) seated on the ground. Seated third from left is Gertrude Fazers (Slater), Harriet E. Godrey is standing and Fannie Sibley (?) is seated fourth from left.

Baseball bat
Creator: P. Goldsmith's Sons
Date: between 1919 and 1920
Small, dark-stained wood bat. Ione and Marie Kelly's parents purchased the bat for the girls in Ottawa, Kansas, around 1919.

Bedrooms at the Dunn House
Date: Between 1890 and 1910
Two views of the bedrooms at the Dunn House in Ottawa. The house is located on the northeast corner of Sixth and Cedar. These photographs were donated by the Franklin County Historical Society.

Bennett Creamery Company in Ottawa, Kansas
Date: Between 1930 and 1950
This photograph shows trucks loaded with milk cans arriving at the Bennett Creamery Company in Ottawa, Kansas.

Between First and Third Avenue on the west side of Main Street in Ottawa
Date: 1898
Three views of the west side of south Main Street in Ottawa showing various store fronts plus five horse and buggy outfits and bicycles. The photos were donated by Ben Park.

Bird's eye view of Ottawa, Kansas
Creator: Glover, E. S. (Eli Sheldon), 1844-1920
Date: 1872
This colored lithograph is a bird's eye view of Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas. It shows an extensive community and the references (legends) identify schools, churches, manufacturing plants, and railroads. The population of Ottawa at this time was 4000. The lithograph shows an extensive railroad machine shops for the Lawrence, Leavenworth, and Galveston Railroad. Insets across the bottom from left to right show: Union School, Ludington House, Hamblin's block including the 1st National Bank, and Ottawa University. The title section of the illustration identifies George W. Hamblin as land agent. Forest Park is shown. The Marais des Cygnes River flows the Ottawa north of the business district. The lithograph was drawn by E. S. Glover and published by the Strobridge & Co. Lith., Cincinnati, Ohio.

Bird's-eye view of Ottawa, Kansas
Date: 1872
This color lithograph shows a bird's eye view of early Ottawa, Kansas. The view is from the northeast with the Marais Des Cygnes River in the foreground. Several buildings including the Union School, Ottawa University, and the First National Bank building are inset at the bottom of the print.

Bruce and Thomas Manufacturing Company of Ottawa
Date: Between 1930 and 1950
Four photographs of the Bruce and Thomas Manufacturing Company in Ottawa, Kansas. The company produced military gear.

Buildex, Inc., of Ottawa
Date: Between 1940 and 1960
Several different exterior views of Ottawa's Buildex, Inc. Three views are of the plant itself while the final view is of the shale pit showing the dragline and the haulage road with the plant in the distance. All persons are unidentified.

Buildex, Inc., of Ottawa, Kansas
Date: 1952
Four photographs of the Buildex plant in Ottawa.

Butterfly illustration
Creator: Howe, William H.
Date: 1949
Preliminary scientific butterfly illustration drawn by Ottawa artist William H. Howe (1928-2009), who spent a lifetime drawing butterflies. Howe's interest in insects surfaced as a boy in California, when he witnessed the metamorphosis of several caterpillars brought home by his entomologist father. Howe then assisted his father in collecting butterflies on scientific expeditions. After graduating from Ottawa University with a degree in biology in 1952, Howe attended the Kansas City Art Institute. Howe illustrated two books and displayed his art at libraries and art centers in Lawrence, Topeka, and Ottawa. According to Howe, this sketch shows his shift away from the inclusion of background, and a return to careful delineation of the butterflies themselves.