1916 Graduating Class of Lecompton High School, Lecompton, Kansas
Date: 1916
Photograph of graduating class of 1916 of Lecompton High School, eight seniors sitting on a merry-go-round holding a banner "L.H.S. 1916." On postcard stock. Only one student is identified on verso: "Geo. F. Bahnmaier first man standing on left." Other students are: Louis Schott, Harry Fleenor, Frank Shirley, Louis Jackson, Mabel Cole, Esther Ingham. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

Agricultural scene, Finney County, Kansas
Date: 1916
The photograph shows farm wagons and a grain elevator on an unidentified farm in Finney County, Kansas. The photograph was taken in 1916.

A hanging in Kansas
Creator: Topeka State Journal Company
Date: February 18, 1916
This newspaper article published in the Topeka State Journal illustrates the confusion surrounding the history of state death penalty laws in Kansas. The article concerns the possible execution, under federal law, of a convict at the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth. The article claims that should this execution proceed "Kansas will see its first legal hanging in its history as a state." The article concludes by saying "that there never has been a hanging under state law in Kansas." In fact, between 1862-1888 there were nine legal executions in Kansas under state law, three under military law, and two under federal law. The state repealed its capital punishment law in 1907.

Alva Wycoff at the Logan County sheriff's office, Logan County, Kansas
Date: 1916
Alva Wycoff, born 1881 in Indiana, sits in the Logan County, Kansas sheriff's office in the county courthouse.

Anthony & Northern railroad bridge, Arkansas River
Date: June 16, 1916
This photograph represents the Anthony & Northern railroad bridge over the Arkansas River in Kinsley, Kansas.

A study course on public health
Creator: Crumbine, Samuel J. (Samuel Jay), 1862-1954
Date: Between 1916 and 1917
This nineteen lesson study course was written by Dr. S. J. Crumbine and others and published by the American Medical Association. It was prepared for the use of women's clubs.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's Fred Harvey Hotel, Syracuse, Kansas
Creator: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: February 1916
This series of photographs, copied from Santa Fe magazine in February of 1916, show the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's Fred Harvey Houses in Syracuse, Kansas. The top image shows the first Harvey House. The structure built in 1881 in Coolidge, Kansas was moved to Syracuse, Kansas around 1885. A fire destroyed the facility in 1906. The bottom photograph shows the second Fred Harvey House called the Sequoyah Hotel. The hotel designed by Louis Curtiss opened in 1908 and provided service until closing in 1936. The building was demolished in 1972.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Burden,Kansas
Date: 1916
These two photographs show a track view of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Burden, Kansas. The station was built in 1883.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Burlingame, Kansas
Date: 1916
This photograph shows a group of people gathered in front of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Burlingame, Kansas. The one-story wooden structure features batten sidling, oversized brackets and a gable roof. The structure was demolished in the late 1990s.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Eureka, Kansas
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: August 1916
This photograph shows a general view of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Eureka, Kansas. The one-story "prairie and craftsman" style station, designed by ATSF architect E.A. Harrison and chief engineer C.F.W. Felt features a title roof with a brick and stucco structure trimmed with decorative wooden corbels. The structure built in 1917 served for a number of years as a hub for transportation until passenger service ended in the mid 1950s. The depot later refurbished and placed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 11, 2013.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Halstead, Kansas
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: October 1916
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Halstead, Kansas.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Nickerson, Kansas
Date: August 1916
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot at Nickerson, Kansas. The combination depot is no longer standing.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Valley Falls, Kansas
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: 1916
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Valley Falls, Kansas. A dolly, wagon and two men are also visible.

Atchison,Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company pumping plant, Carlsbad, New Mexico
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: June 1916
This photograph shows the east view of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company pumping plant four miles up Oak Canyon from Carlsbad, New Mexico. In the foreground two people are working in a garden.

Atlas and plat book of Barton County, Kansas
Creator: Kenyon Company (Des Moines, Iowa)
Date: 1916
This atlas and plat book of Barton County contains an outline map of the county, plats of all townships with owners' names, and a Kansas state map showing automobile roads. It also includes a farm animal chart on the health and diseases of horses, cows, hogs, and sheep.

Atlas and plat book of Ford County, Kansas
Creator: Kenyon Company (Des Moines, Iowa)
Date: c1916
This atlas shows maps of each township with the names of landowners. It has plats of towns as of the year of publication, a map of the state showing automobile roads, a Parcel Post map of the United States, and world. It has information about the Panama Canal, and rulers of the world.

Atlas and plat book of Labette County, Kansas
Creator: Kenyon Company (Des Moines, Iowa)
Date: c1916
This atlas contains an outline map of the county, plats of all townships with owners' names, cities and towns, advertisments for local businesses, and a Kansas state map showing automobile roads.

Atlas and plat book of Montgomery County, Kansas
Creator: Kenyon Company (Des Moines, Iowa)
Date: c1916
This atlas contains an outline map of the county, plats of all the townships with owners' names, principal towns, Kansas state map showing automobile roads and map of the world, compiled from latest data on record.

Atlas and plat book of Pawnee County, Kansas
Creator: Kenyon Company (Des Moines, Iowa)
Date: c1916
The atlas contains an outline map of the county, plats of all the townships with owners' names; Kansas state map showing automobile roads, and maps of the Panama Canal, the United States and the world.

Auto converted for plowing
Date: 1916
This sepia colored photograph shows a group of men gathered around an automobile that has been converted for plowing purposes. The vehicle has a 1916 Kansas license plate.

Barbecue in Linn County, Kansas
Creator: Williams Photo. Co. K.C.
Date: 1916
This sepia colored photograph shows a group of people gathered behind a barbecue pit, as large pieces of meat are being cooked, in Linn County, Kansas.

Baseball team from Green, Kansas
Date: 1916
The 1916 Green, Kansas baseball team is shown in this photo, which is a trimmed portion of a postcard. Partial identities of the players are inscribed on the photo, but the only one whose full identity is known is William Bert Hart, of Westmoreland. Hart is seated in the front, second from the right. Bert Hart was a well-known semi-professional baseball player in northern Kansas during the 1910s and early 1920s. Both a pitcher and infielder, Hart played several seasons for Green during this time period. He also played for semi-pro teams in Clay Center and Beloit, as well as the Westmoreland town team. In 1920, with Hart as its regular shortstop and occasional pitcher, the Beloit Leaguers salaried team claimed the "independent state championship of Kansas." Hart spent most of his work career employed at the post office in Westmoreland; he and his wife Margaret also operated a hotel and restaurant there for several years during the 1940s.

Biennial report of the Boys Industrial School, 1916
Creator: Kansas. Board of Corrections
Date: 1916
The Kansas State Reform School, also known as the Industrial School for Boys, was established in 1879 by a legislative act that appropriated $35,000 for the erection of buildings, etc., in Topeka, Kansas. Control and supervision of the school was placed in the hands of the Board of Trustees of Charitable Institutions. The school was located 3 miles north of the capitol building on an original tract of 170 acres that was given by the city of Topeka. The west wing of the main building was opened on June 1, 1881. The school taught boys the rudiments of useful employment as a means of supporting themselves after being discharged from the facility. The boys learned, among other things, tailoring, shoe and harness making, woodworking of various kinds, baking, and printing. Information included in this item is the superintendent's report as well as general statistics on the school.

Bixby school band in Valley Brook Township, Osage County, Kansas
Date: 1916
This is a photograph showing the Bixby school band in Valley Brook township, Osage County, Kansas. Howard Athon is third from the right in the middle row.

Boxcars buried in snow, Thomas County, Kansas
Date: 1916
Three men walk atop railroad boxcars which have been buried up to the roof line in snow in Thomas County, Kansas.