Alice Gardiner Sennrich
Date: Between 1920s and 1940s
This black and white photograph shows Alice Gardiner Sennrich, (1878-1968), photographer from Valley Falls, Kansas. The daughter of Tom Gardiner and Mattie Kirkpatrick Gardiner of Winchester, Kansas, she moved in 1880 with her family to Valley Falls where her father established the Valley Falls Register newspaper. As a young woman growing up in a small Kansas community, Alice choose an unconventional career in photography. On January 1, 1902, she purchased the C.S. Edington photography studio in Valley Falls and within a few years was making a name for herself as a Kansas photographer. In 1909, the Photographers Association of Kansas awarded her a first prize medal for her photos of children. She also received a gold medal and a prize of five dollars for her style of retouching photos. In 1915 as her business began to flourish, she married John Sennrich a carpenter and painter from Valley Falls. After their marriage, the couple remained in Valley Falls so Alice could continue to operate her business. For a number of years Alice's artistic eye captured life in a typical northeast Kansas community until she began to loose her eyesight in the 1950s. As her eyesight deteriorated, she could no longer maintain her studio and donated her equipment and props to the Kansas Historical Society. She was blind the last ten years of her life. In 1968, Alice Gardiner Sennrich passed away at the age of ninety at a nursing home in Valley Falls, Kansas.

Alice Gardiner Sennrich
Creator: Sennrich, Alice G.
Date: Between 1898 and 1900
This black and white photograph shows Alice Gardiner Sennrich, (1878-1968), photographer from Valley Falls, Kansas. The daughter of Tom Gardiner and Mattie Kirkpatrick Gardiner of Winchester, Kansas, she moved in 1880 with her family to Valley Falls where her father established the Valley Falls Register newspaper. As a young woman growing up in a small Kansas community, Alice choose an unconventional career in photography. On January 1, 1902, she purchased the C.S. Edington photography studio in Valley Falls and within a few years was making a name for herself as a Kansas photographer. In 1909, the Photographers Association of Kansas awarded her a first prize medal for her photos of children. She also received a gold medal and a prize of five dollars for her style of retouching photos. In 1915 as her business began to flourish, she married John Sennrich a carpenter and painter from Valley Falls. After their marriage, the couple remained in Valley Falls so Alice could continue to operate her business. For a number of years Alice's artistic eye captured life in a typical northeast Kansas community until she began to loose her eyesight in the 1950s. As her eyesight deteriorated, she could no longer maintain her studio and donated her equipment and props to the Kansas Historical Society. She was blind the last ten years of her life. In 1968, Alice Gardiner Sennrich passed away at the age of ninety at a nursing home in Valley Falls, Kansas.

Bank of Winchester in Winchester, Kansas
Date: 1893
A photograph showing the Bank of Winchester in Winchester, Kansas.

Bank of Winchester in Winchester, Kansas
Date: 1896
An interior view of the Bank of Winchester in Winchester, Kansas. The photograph shows a bank employee at the cashier's window.

Baseball team and others at Winchester, Kansas
Date: Between 1890 and 1899
This photograph shows members of the Winchester baseball team along with others, sitting on the steps of an unidentified building.

Baseball team members at Winchester, Kansas
Date: Between 1895 and 1897
This is a studio portrait showing four members of the Winchester baseball team, including Luther "Dummy" Taylor. Taylor is seated on the left; the other three players are unidentified. Taylor is known to have played with the Winchester team during at least portions of the 1895-97 seasons. Luther Taylor was a major league pitcher from 1900 through 1908. All but four of his 274 major league pitching appearances were with the New York Giants. He compiled a 116-106 win-loss record as a major leaguer, with an ERA of 2.75. Upon leaving the Giants, Taylor played for several years in the minor leagues. Taylor, who was deaf, was born in Oskaloosa in 1875 and attended the Kansas School for the Deaf in his youth, graduating in 1895. Following the end of his professional baseball career in 1915, he became a coach and instructor at the Kansas School for the Deaf, where he remained until 1923. He then accepted similar posts working first for the Iowa School for the Deaf, and then the Illinois School for the Deaf. Luther Taylor is in the Kansas Baseball Hall of Fame and the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame. He died in 1958, and is buried in Baldwin City.

Booster's special at the Union Pacific depot, Winchester, Kansas
Creator: Forsyth, Charles
Date: October 19, 1910
A photograph showing a group of people at Worth's Booster Special at the Union Pacific depot in Winfield, Kansas. The Midland Elevator Company grain elevator is visible in the photograph.

Booster crowd in Winchester, Kansas
Creator: Forsyth, Charles
Date: October 1910
A photograph showing a booster crowd on a business street in Winchester, Kansas.

Christian Church Ladies Aid Society at Winchester, Kansas
Date: Between 1910 and 1912
A photograph showing members of the Ladies Aid Society at the Christian Church in Winchester, Kansas.

Descriptive atlas of Jefferson County, Kansas
Creator: Acme Publishing Company
Date: 1899
This atlas shows maps of each township with the names of landowners. It has a patrons' directory, and plats of towns as of the year of publication.

High school, Winchester, Kansas
Creator: Forsyth, Charles
Date: Between 1905 and 1910
A photograph showing students standing in front of the high school in Winchester, Kansas.

High school at Winchester, Kansas
Creator: Forsyth, Charles
Date: 1911
A photograph showing the newly constructed high school in Winchester, Kansas. Patron information indicates that the school was built in 1909 to serve all twelve grades. Then in 1922 it became a grade school after the construction of a new high school. Finally it was torn down in 1960 after the construction of a new grade school.

High school in Winchester, Kansas
Creator: Harvey, John
Date: Between 1950 and 1960
A photograph showing the back of the high school building in Winchester, Kansas. Patron information indicates that the school was built in 1909 to serve all twelve grades. Then in 1922 it became a grade school after the construction of a new high school. Finally it was torn down in 1960 after the construction of a new grade school.

John Steuart Curry's funeral, Winchester, Kansas
Date: September 01, 1946
Three photographs showing John Steuart Curry's funeral at the Reformed Presbyterian Church in Winchester, Kansas. Curry died August 29, 1946 in Madison, Wisconsin, and he was buried near his childhood home of Dunavant in Jefferson County. A well known artist, he is recognized as a leader in the movement for realistic regionalism. Curry is probably most recognized for painting the famous mural titled Tragic Prelude showing John Brown and the early struggles for freedom in Kansas. Along with the Tragic Prelude, his murals of The Conquistadors and Kansas Pastoral hang at the Kansas capitol.

John Steuart Curry's grave and Curry family plot in Winchester, Kansas
Creator: Tarr, Blair D., b. 1957
Date: July 19, 2003
Here are two photographs showing John Steuart Curry's grave and the Curry family plot in the Reformed Presbyterian Cemetery in Winchester, Kansas.

Kansas Film Commission site photographs, towns Talmage - Zurich
Creator: Kansas Film Commission
Date: 1990-1992
These are panoramic photographs of Kansas towns beginning with Talmage and ending with Zurich. The Kansas Film Commission created the photos to promote Kansas locations to film companies. Many of the photographs show business districts and buildings. The panoramics were created by taking individual photos and taping them together. Towns and cities included in this part of the collection are: Talmage, Talmo, Tasco, Tescott, Topeka, Toronto, Tribune, Troy, Tyro, Ulysses, Uniontown, Utica, Valley Falls, Vassar, Vinland, Virgil, Volland, Wakarusa, Walnut, Wamego, Washington, Waterville, Wathena, Waverly, Weir, Weskan, Westfall, West Mineral, Westmoreland, Westphalia, Wheaton, Wheeler, White Cloud, Whitewater, Whiting, Wichita, Williamsburg, Winchester, Windthorst, Winoa, Worden, Yates Center, Yoder, and Zurich. Photos of courthouses are included for several communities. Some of the photos of communities show churches, grain elevators, water towers, parks, public/government buildings, railroad depots and tracks, and residences. There are aerial photographs for Valley Falls and interior photographs of the Columbian Theater in Wamego. There is a folder for Weston, Missouri, in this group of materials.

Kansas State Temperance Union expense journals
Creator: Kansas State Temperance Union
Date: 1898-1911
This collection consists of 7 volumes of records from the Kansas State Temperance Union. The first volume lists the members and the dues they paid by local organization. The index lists the communities that have members listed and these communities have been included in the categories. Note: other communities are listed elsewhere in the records, particularly the speaker expenses volume. The second volume is the cash book (expense journal) for the years 1901-1904. Volumes three through five are the cash books for 1907-1910, 1909-1910, and 1910-1911. Volume 6 contains speaker expenses and contribution from the communities where they spoke, listed by name of speaker. Several speakers are listed. Volume 7 is an expense journal for 1907-1911. There are also some loose papers inserted into the volumes, mostly correspondence and form letters.

Kinyon's Drugs, Winchester, Kansas
Date: Between 1890 and 1940
This photograph shows an exterior view of Kinyon's Drugs in Winchester, Kansas.

Main Street in Winchester, Kansas
Date: Between 1890 and 1899
A photograph showing businesses on Main Street in Winchester, Kansas. Patron information indicates that this may be a view looking north on Winchester St. between 2nd and 3rd streets in Winchester.

Methodist Episcopal Church, Winchester, Kansas
Date: 1896
A photograph of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Winchester, Kansas.

Methodist Episcopal Church and parsonage in Winchester, Kansas
Creator: Forsyth, Charles
Date: Between 1910 and 1912
A photograph showing the Methodist Episcopal Church and parsonage in Winchester, Kansas.

Middle Town Band, Winchester, Kansas
Date: Between 1890 and 1900
A view of the Middle Town Band of Winchester, Kansas, performing in a parade. A group of people, including someone carrying a large American flag, is following the band. Also visible are spectators and a large building. The building may be the Winchester Methodist Episcopal Church dedicated in 1893 that later became the Winchester United Methodist Church.

Presbyterian church in Winchester, Kansas
Date: Between 1915 and 1920
A photograph showing the Presbyterian Church in Winchester, Kansas.

Standard atlas of Jefferson County, Kansas
Creator: Geo. A. Ogle & Co.
Date: 1916
This atlas shows maps of each township with the names of landowners. It has a patrons' directory, and plats of towns as of the year of publication.

Street scene in Winchester, Kansas
Date: Between 1905 and 1910
A photograph showing the intersection of 5th and Popular, looking north in Winchester, Kansas.