20th Kansas Artillery in Caloocan, Philippines
Creator: Rockett, P. Fremont
Date: 1899
This is a photograph of the 20th Kansas Artillery emplacement near the Old Cemetery at Caloocan, Philippines. The photograph is from the Metcalf album collection.

20th Kansas Infantry at Fort MacArthur, Caloocan, Philippines
Creator: Rockett, P. Fremont
Date: 1899
A photograph of the 20th Kansas Infantry in Fort MacArthur, Caloocan, Philippines during the Spanish American War. This photograph is from the Metcalf album collection.

20th Kansas Regiment's band members at cemetery
Date: March 29, 1899
View of three wounded members of the 20th Kansas Regiment's band at the grave of a fellow bandsman who had been killed at Bielew, Philippines, during the Spanish-American War.

20th Kansas Regiment Artillery Battery during the Spanish American War
Creator: Rockett, P. Fremont
Date: 1899
A photograph of the 20th Kansas Regiment Artillery Battery firing from an old Spanish Block House during the Spanish American War. This photograph is from the Metcalf album collection.

20th Kansas Regiment, Spanish American War
Creator: Rockett, P. Fremont
Date: 1899
A photograph of the 20th Kansas Regiment taking a meal in a trench while stationed in the Philippines. This photograph is from the Metcalf album collection.

20th Kansas Regiment, Spanish American War
Creator: Rockett, P. Fremont
Date: 1899
An photograph of the 20th Kansas Regiment arriving at Malolos, Philippines. This photograph came from the Metcalf album collection.

20th Kansas Regiment and 2nd Division headquarters, Caloocan, Philippines
Creator: Rockett, P. Fremont
Date: 1899
A photograph of the 20th Kansas Regiment and the 2nd Division headquarters in Caloocan, Philippines during the Spanish American War. This photograph came from the Metcalf album collection.

20th Kansas Regiment outpost during the Spanish American War
Creator: Rockett, P. Fremont
Date: 1899
A photograph of a 20th Kansas Regiment outpost during the Spanish American War. This photograph is from the Metcalf album collection.

20th Kansas Volunteer Infantry in the Philippines
Date: 1899
Here are two photographs showing the 20th Kansas Volunteer Infantry in the Philippines. Photograph number *95 was taken in action at Caloocan on February 22, 1899. The officer observing the soldiers firing is the company commander. His mess kit is hanging up to dry as they fight. Photograph number *96 shows Company H, 20th Kansas Regiment in the field at Caloocan, Philippines on March 24, 1899.

Adobe house on the Barkman farm, Marion County, Kansas
Date: 1899
Mary Barkman, Agnes Barkman, Edward Dewald, Mrs. Peter Barkman, William Dewald, Peter M. Barkman, and Dietrich Barkman are standing in front of their adobe house, Marion County, Kansas.

Alta Vista Cornet Band in Council Grove, Kansas
Date: September 29, 1899
A photograph of the Alta Vista Cornet Band in Council Grove, Kansas. People in the photograph are: standing (left to right) Martin Biglin, Gus Webber, George Turney, Bret Hull, Will Karnicky, Hala Bond-Baugh, Charles Chitty, Rachel Thomas, Robert Webber, Min Biglin-Jacobs, Ralph Hull, Milt Bond, Paul Johnson, Prof. Hull; and sitting (left to right) Union Thomas, Pearl Thomas, John Wild, Andrew Turney, Ottis Turney, and Herman Webber.

Arthur Jehu Stanley, Sr.
Date: Between 1899 and 1900
This is a cabinet card showing Arthur Jehu Stanley, Sr., who served in the Kansas House of Representatives from 1899-1900. Stanley, a Republican, represented District 86 in Lincoln County. He read law under the tutelage of a local lawyer in Lincoln, Kansas and was admitted to the Kansas Bar. Stanley moved his family to Kansas City, Kansas in 1911 where he practiced law for 44 years. In 1921, Arthur Jehu Stanley, Sr. served in the Kansas House of Representatives where he represented District 8, Kansas City, Kansas. His son, Arthur Jehu Stanley, Jr., joined his father in private practice in 1928 and later became a U.S. District Judge for the state of Kansas.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's steam locomotive #244
Date: 1899
This black and white photograph shows engineer Jim Phillip greasing the wheels on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's steam locomotive #244 at Arkansas City, Kansas. The locomotive was built by the Schenectady Locomotive Works of Schenectady, New York, and was originally the Chicago, Kansas & Western #8. It was later renumbered San Francisco & San Joaquin Valley #202, and renumbered in 1900 as ATSF #46. It was scrapped for metal at San Bernardino, California, on June 26, 1922.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe No.3 at Burlingame, Kansas
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: 1899
This photograph shows the Santa Fe No. 3, west-bound California Limited at the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway depot in Burlingame, Kansas. In the foreground a horse-drawn stagecoach is visible.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway's steam locomotive No. 697
Date: 1899
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway's steam locomotive No. 697, a 4-6-0. The photograph was taken in the Topeka, Kansas shops.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Escondido, California
Creator: Slocum, J E
Date: Between 1887 and 1899
This sepia colored photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Escondido, California. The one-story wooden structure, built in 1887, provided passenger service until it closed in 1978. In 1985, the depot was moved to Grape Day Park in Escondido, California.

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.

B. R. Grimes ranch headquarters, Clark County, Kansas
Creator: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Date: September 1899
A photograph showing B. R. Grime's ranch headquarters camp, Clark County, Kansas. Visible in the foreground are cowboys on horseback.

Brick home Cheney, Kansas
Date: Between 1899 and 1920s
An exterior view of a two story home built in 1899 from native brick and owned by the Hillman family from Cheney in Sedwick, County.

Buffalo herd
Date: Between 1880 and 1899
This sepia colored photograph shows a buffalo herd in Ford County, Kansas.

Butler County farmhouse and windmill, Butler County, Kansas
Date: 11 Oct 1899
This photograph shows a log farmhouse in rural Butler County with a metal windmill set to one side. A white dog is visible in front of the house. This publication was funded in part by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

Butler County farmstead, Butler County, Kansas
Date: 1899
This photograph shows a farmhouse with windmill, outbuildings, and wagons, located in rural Butler County, Kansas. A small cut-out inset shows the dog seated on a buggy from CHM219. This publication was funded in part by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

Carl Friend with his wife and son Paul
Creator: Bristow, Sam
Date: 1896
This is a cabinet card showing Carl Friend, his wife and their son Paul. Carl Friend was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, in 1869. After graduating from Kansas State College in 1888, he worked as a civil engineer for the Union Pacific Railroad. In 1889, Friend entered the lumber business in Jackson County, Kansas. He was appointed to the State Board of Regents in 1902 and in 1909, he moved to Lawrence and started a lumber business and owned a farm. Friend was a member of the Advisory Council of Alumni Association of Kansas State College and Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees to the Kansas University Endowment Association. He began his political career in 1933, serving as a state senator from 1933 to 1937. In 1939, Friend was elected Lieutenant Governor and served with Governor Payne Ratner until 1943.

Charles Curtis correspondence, 1898-1899
Creator: Curtis, Charles, 1860-1936
Date: 1898-1899
These letters are written by Charles Curtis and pulled from the Howel Jones and Ross Burns Collection. Charles Curtis was born January 25, 1860, in North Topeka, Kansas. He was descended from White Plume, chief of the Kaw Tribe, and Louis Pappan, one of the original settlers of North Topeka. He served as County Attorney from 1884-1889. In 1892, he was elected to the House of Representatives; he served in that body until his election to the Senate in 1907. He continued to serve in the Senate until his election to the vice-presidency under Herbert Hoover in 1928. He was the first Native American to be elected to national office. Howel Jones was a railroad officer; attorney; friend and senatorial campaign manager of Charles Curtis. His father-in-law is Ross Burns, who served in the Civil War in Battery A, 2nd Regiment of the Kansas State Militia.

City officials of Linwood, Kansas
Date: 1899
This black and white photograph shows a group of city officials from Linwood, Kansas. The group of men have been identified by row: BACK ROW left to right: Chas Wilcox, Peter Anderson, John Schapleigh, James Garbaugh. FRONT ROW left to right: Flanagan, Frank Frederick, James Pickens, Bill Frederick.