Aerial views of Topeka and Shawnee County, Kansas
Creator: Kansas Department of Transporation
Date: February 27, 1957
A series of aerial photographs showing areas adjacent to the Kansas River, prior to the construction of I-70 Interstate, and east of downtown Topeka. Recognizable sites include: the Kansas River; Topeka Water Department treatment plant; Union Pacific Railroad tracks and bridge; Topeka State Hospital grounds; Ward-Mead home; Topeka Avenue bridge; Kansas Avenue bridge; business buildings north of Fourth Street; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway shops, tracks and bridge; and Auburndale, Potwin, East Topeka and Oakland residential areas.

Aerial views of Topeka and Shawnee County, Kansas
Creator: Kansas Department of Transporation
Date: November 30, 1956
A series of aerial photographs showing construction of I-70 Interstate west of Gage Boulevard. Also, the areas east of Gage Boulevard to MacVicar Avenue, where I-70 was eventually built. Recognizable sites include: West Hills residential area; Kansas River; Topeka Water Department treatment plant; sand and concrete company; and Union Pacific Railroad tracks.

Arma mining camp, Crawford County, Kansas
Date: 1905-1943
Photographs and postcards of the mining camp, businesses, community interests, residents, and buildings in Arma, Kansas. The city of Arma was incorporated in 1909 and is located in Crawford County about nine miles north of Pittsburg. Previously the area was known as Rust, a small coal camp laid out in 1886. The town was inhabited by miners from many of the surrounding mines. Arma continues today and is home to a few businesses, a grade school and a high school.

Cities and Towns
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1879-1883: Glick)
Date: 1883-1885
These letters are from city councils, mayors, and other Kansas citizens regarding their cities and towns to Kansas Governor G. W. Glick. The topics of these letters include the board of education, Enterprise, Kansas as a railroad station, invitations to visit, and the appointment and removal of city officials. Many letters pertain to Olathe and a water works building contract named the Holmes Contract because of the owner's last name. There are also Governor Proclamations and letters responding to or requesting the proclamations for the cities of Arkansas City, Girard, Hiawatha, and Pittsburg.

City Power House and Dam Iola, Kansas
Creator: Kropp, E.C. Co.,
Date: Between 1900s and 1920s
This postcard shows the City Power House and Dam in Iola, Kansas. The facility is located along the Neosho River.

City water and power works, Sedan, Kansas
Date: Between 1880 and 1900
This is a view of the city water and power works in Sedan, Kansas.

City water filtration plant, Topeka, Kansas
Creator: Wolfe Commercial Photo Service
Date: Between 1920s and 1930s
This black and white photograph shows the city water filtration plant in Topeka, Kansas. The city of Topeka was founded in 1857 along the banks of the Kansas River in present day Shawnee County.

City Water Plant Iola, Kansas
Creator: Gibson, photographer
Date: Between 1920s and 1940s
This photograph shows the water plant in Iola, Kansas.

City water works tower at Minneapolis, Kansas
Date: Between 1910 and 1915
A postcard showing the city water works tower in Minneapolis, Kansas.

Ditch digging for pipe to be laid, Cimarron, Kansas
Date: Between 1930 and 1935
This photograph shows workers using a ditch digging machine to lay a sewer or water line in Cimarron, Kansas.

Fire engine, Iola, Kansas
Date: 1925
This black and white photograph shows a fire engine parked on the streets of Iola, Kansas. In the background, water is being sprayed into the air as a group of men test the water pressure from a nearby fire hydrant.

Fire engine, Marysville, Kansas
Creator: Hawkins, Omar F. (Omar Finlay), 1890-1967
Date: August 18, 1930
This black and white photograph shows a group of men and children gathered around a fire engine in Marysville, Kansas. In the background, a fire hydrant is spraying water into the air.

Fire engine, Marysville, Kansas
Creator: Hawkins, Omar F. (Omar Finlay), 1890-1967
Date: August 18, 1930
This black and white photograph shows a group of people gathered around a fire engine in Marysville, Kansas. In the background, several fire hoses are visible spraying water into the air.

Flood in Lawrence, Kansas
Date: 1915
A photograph showing flood water that had twice submerged the waterworks in Lawrence, Kansas. The photograph accompanied a letter from George West Maffet, Lawrence, Kansas, to Governor Arthur Capper. The letter relates his concerns about the pollution of the Lawrence water supply. The photograph was removed from Governor Arthur Capper's records, Box 8, General Correspondence, Numerical File 184.

Groundbreaking on Kickapoo Tribe water plant near Horton, Kansas
Date: 1978
Multiple photographs showing the groundbreaking ceremony for the Kickapoo Tribe water treatment plant near Horton, Kansas. The photographs include Steve Cadue, Kickapoo Tribe member and Kansas Tribal Chairman, Governor Robert Bennett, along with officials, members of the tribe, and community.

Joan Finney's naming ceremony at the annual Kickapoo Pow-Wow
Date: 1991
This photograph shows Joan Finney's naming ceremony at the annual Kickapoo Pow-Wow. The special occasion was to honor the giving of an Indian name to Governor Finney. On the left of Finney is Steve Cadue, Kickapoo Tribe member and Kansas Tribal Chairman.

Land buyers visit Satanta, Haskell County, Kansas
Creator: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Date: Between 1891 and 1912
This is a view of James Septer Patrick's business building (Jas. S. Patrick Agent for Satanta Lots And Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Lands) in Satanta, Kansas. There is a modified Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe logo on the front of Patrick's building. Some railroads received lands from the federal government. They sold the lands to help raise funds to build the railroad. Also visible in the photograph are the Deal building and a water tower, both under construction, and people seated in four automobiles. The first two cars contain land buyers from Wichita, Kansas (only John Jacob Miller, seated next to the driver in the first car, is identified ), the third car contains Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Johnson from Sublette, Kansas, and James Septer Patrick is alone in the fourth car. Note the steering wheels are on the right side of the cars.

Larned Standpipe
Date: Between 1910 and 1920
These are two photographs of the standpipe located in Larned, Kansas. There are two cars parked next to the standpipe and several gentlemen in each car. Some are identified as W. C. Peters, Dave Ely, Ed Frizell, Tom Moffet and Harvey Eckert. Two unidentified men are painting the standpipe.

Laying water mains in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas
Creator: Capwell, George E.
Date: Between 1910 and 1920
This is a postcard showing workers using a steam powered trencher to lay a wooden water main on East Pearl Street in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. The location was a half block east of the Chase County Courthouse. The building in the background is George E. Capwell's photography studio. The postcard was addressed to Mr. Laurence Larkin in Pilchuck, Washington.

Main Street, Scott City, Kansas
Date: Between 1940 and 1949
This photograph shows a view of businesses on Main Street in Scott City, Kansas. The second building from the right has a Rexall Drugs sign, and another building farther in the background on the right side of the street has a sign reading, "Drugs," beneath a Coca-Cola sign. (The drug store sign is visible just above the distinctive Western Auto sign, the curved arrow shaped like a backwards 9). Many other businesses are visible along both sides of the street. Many automobiles and a pickup truck are visible parked or driving along the street. Two people and a dog are visible crossing the street. A water tower is visible on the left side of the picture.

Massachusetts Street, Lawrence, Kansas
Creator: Lawrence Studio
Date: 1936
This black and white photograph shows a group of WPA workers repairing the street in the 700 block of Massachusetts Street in Lawrence, Kansas. The Works Progress Administration, later renamed the Works Projects Administration, was created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression to generate jobs and income for the unemployed. This relief program provided employment through a number of community works project that ranged from the construction of public buildings, to the building of highways, roads, and streets.

Municipal waterworks, Salina, Kansas
Creator: Kansas Industrial Development Commission
Date: Between 1950 and 1959
This photograph shows the Municipal Waterworks building in Salina, Kansas.

Pawnee Power and Water Company crew, Larned, Kansas
Creator: Wesely, F.A.
Date: Between 1920 and 1929
This black and white photograph shows a group of workers from the Pawnee Power and Water Company in Larned, Kansas, standing beside their company truck.

Power House, Russell, Kansas
Date: Between 1910 and 1911
This glass plate negative shows the Power House in Russell, Kansas. In 1910 the city of Russell, Kansas hired Burns and McDonnell to design and oversee the construction of the building. The one-story structure had dimensions of 67 feet by 41 feet with a ceiling height of 11 feet. The interior was finished with plastering and included a granite rock flooring. When completed the cost of the building came to $62,950. The structure no longer stands.

Raising a windmill, Ottawa, Kansas
Date: Between 1910 and 1940
Seven sequenced views of the construction and raising of a windmill in Ottawa. Pictures donated by John M. Lambertson.