11th - 17th Annual Kansas Day Meetings
Creator: Ackerman, Gertrude
Date: 1902-1908
This series of documents represents officer and program listings for the 11th through 17th Annual Kansas Day banquets. This is part of a bigger collection from Gertrude Ackerman.

1905 Lecompton First Grade, Lecompton, Kansas
Date: 1905
Photograph of First Grade Lecompton School, 1905, as stated on the back of the photo. Albert Drake in front row in striped shirt. Lenora Caldwell, teacher. Photo mounted on board. Twenty-five students and one teacher. Standing outside in front of wooden doors and stone building. Several African American students in photo. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

1905 tornado in Alta Vista, Kansas
Creator: McCoy, W. A.
Date: May 13, 1905
Photographs of a tornado passing over Alta Vista, Kansas, on May 13, 1905.

4th of July parade in Alta Vista, Kansas
Date: 1905
Photograph of the parade held on July 4, 1905 in Alta Vista, Kansas. William F. Kahle is seen hauling a large log behind the Royal Neighbors and Modern Woodmen of America float.

Adele Boehme Fine with her children
Creator: Brady
Date: 1905
Adele Boehme Fine with her children Harry, John and Margaret. As a teenager, Harry Fine, a recent graduate of Andover High School, Princeton, New Jersey, worked on the W. J. Tod Ranch near Maple Hill, Kansas, from October,1915 to June,1916. While working on the ranch, Harry wrote letters and postcards describing his experiences. The letters and postcards can be read on this web site at item 209185.

Albert Henning to George W. Martin
Creator: Henning, Albert
Date: August 16, 1905
In this letter to George W. Martin of the Kansas State Historical Society, Albert Henning describes finding "the body of an indian with a number of bullet holes in his body." According to Henning, the Indian that he found was killed by a party of men from Oberlin who had gathered together in the aftermath of a March 1879 attack by the Northern Cheyenne under Dull Knife.

Allena (Mrs. D.E.) Snell and R.G. Snell in buggy on the Snell homestead, Thomas County, Kansas
Date: 1905
Allena (Mrs. D.E.) Snell and R.G. Snell sit in a buggy on the Snell homestead in Thomas County, Kansas. A man leans on a lean-to behind them. The farm was located in the southwest 1/4 of Section 22, Township 10, Range 35.

All the way from Topeka, Kansas, U.S.A. The Smith Automobile Company
Creator: Smith Automobile Company
Date: 1905
The March 1905 brochure of the Smith Automobile Company. The Smith Automobile Company built cars in Topeka, Kansas, from 1902-1911.

Alma instructors on high school steps in Alma, Kansas
Date: 1905
Photograph of school instructors standing on the front steps of Alma High School in Alma, Kansas. William Pringle, Nellie Henderson, Robert Strowig, and Mable (Strowig) Crawford are identified.

A.M. Campbell on the Battle of Washita
Creator: Campbell, A.M.
Date: October 10, 1905
In this item, A. M. Campbell relates his experiences regarding the Delawares, the Southern Cheyennes, Black Kettle, and the Battle of Washita. Serving as a ferry boat operator in Lawrence, Kansas Territory during the early 1850s, Campbell explains that he was "well acquainted" with Black Kettle and the members of his band. As the item indicates, Black Kettle was killed in 1868 during the Battle of the Washita in Oklahoma.

Atchison Baseball
Date: 1905
A photograph of an Atchison, Kansas, baseball team from 1905. Digitization funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe California Sleeper Service
Date: 1905
This photograph shows an interior view of passengers playing cards and reading aboard an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe California Tourist Sleeper Service.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company's dining car
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: 1905
An interior view of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company's California Tourist dining car with passengers enjoying a meal.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company's Fred Harvey Alvarado Hotel, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Date: 1905
This photograph shows the large interior dining room of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company's Fred Harvey Alvarado Hotel in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe California Sleeper Service
Creator: Lawrence, George R.
Date: 1905
This photograph shows the interior view of a Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe California Tourist Sleeper Service. The passengers are playing cards and a porter is in the background.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe California Sleeper Service
Date: 1905
An interior view of passengers reading aboard an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe California Tourist Sleeper Service.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe California Tourist Sleeper Service
Date: 1905
This photograph shows an interior view of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe California Tourist Sleeper Service. Families are shown in this photograph.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Shawnee, Oklahoma
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: around 1905
In this photograph a crowd waits for the train at the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Built in 1905, today the depot building serves as the Pottawatomie County Museum, operated by the Pottawatomie County Historical Society.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's Fred Harvey El Tovar Hotel, Grand Canyon
Creator: Fred Harvey (Firm)
Date: Between 1905 and 1909
This photograph shows the "Rendezvous Club" room inside the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's Fred Harvey El Tovar Hotel. The facility is located at the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona and designed by architect Charles Whittlesey. In 1974, the El Tovar was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's Fred Harvey El Tovar Hotel, Grand Canyon
Creator: Hance Photo
Date: 1905
This photograph shows the dining room inside the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's Fred Harvey El Tovar Hotel. The facility is located at the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona and designed by architect Charles Whittlesey. In 1974, the El Tovar was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Avery under mount steam engine, Lane County, Kansas
Date: 1905
John Henry sits in the cab of an Avery under mount steam engine being used to plow a field in Lane County, Kansas. The engine was owned by Ford Brown.

B9404 K. C. Kaw Valley and Western Car number 22
Date: March 21, 1905
This picture was taken in Bonner Springs, Kansas, showing the Kansas City Kaw Valley and Western Car. Digitization funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

Baseball team, Lucerne, Kansas
Date: Between 1905 and 1906
This photograph shows the Lucerne, Kansas, men's baseball team, about 1906: Bert Duncan, Leote Poneth, Ira Shoemaker, Lash Wilcox, Bert Green, Jim Brewster, Roy Peugh, and two other players not identified.

Bell Grade School in Atchison County, Kansas
Date: 1903-1905
This is a photo of Bell Grade School #59 students and teacher, Lancaster Township, Atchison County. The photo is for the 1904-05 school year. The school was two miles north of Lancaster. There is also a souvenier program for the 1903-04 school year. The students are listed as Eddie Dorssom, George Dorssom, Albert Dorssom, Julia Dorssom, Willie Dorssom, Ruth Dorssom, Louis Buttron, Edna Fuhrman, Laura Fuhrman, Clara Gigstad, Gena Gigstad, Harry Gigstad, Gilbert Gigstad, Julia Gigstad, Elsie Keithline, Anna Hegland, Grant Hegland, Susie Hegland, Josie Buckles, Gladness Cole, Alice Burns, Nettie Burns, Joe Hartman, Adolph Kloepper, Freddie Kloepper, Clara Petersen, Elsie Petersen, Grace Petersen, Lotta Petersen, Fred Matthias, Dessa Matthias, Willie Matthias, Max Matthias, Gladys Nettleton, Edna Nettleton, Oliver Nettleton, Robert Nettleton, William Nettleton, Guy Rule, Leon Rule, Martin Trainer. The teacher is Henry L. McLenon.

Bethany College messiah Chorus-1905
Date: 1905
Bethany College; Messiah Chorus-c1905; Samuel Thornstinberg, Director.