A.L. Coffman campaign photo and card
Creator: Hathaway, Corliss
Date: 1960
This studio portrait of Albert Leaverne Coffman of Topeka was taken in 1960 to be used in his primary campaign for Shawnee County Sheriff. Also shown is a small campaign card. Coffman (who was known as Al, Vern, or most often, by his nickname 'Pooch'), operated a service station on the southeast corner of California and 10th streets in Topeka. He was perhaps best known in the community as manager of the Topeka Decker Oilers semi-pro baseball team in the late 1940s and 1950s. During that period, the Decker Oiler team was a perennial contender for the state semi-pro title, competing each year in the state tournament in Wichita. The team won the state championship in 1948, placed second in three consecutive years (1950-1952), and finished third in 1955 and 1957. Coffman's political campaign for sheriff was unsuccessful; he finished second of three contenders in the Democratic primary. Digital reproduction of the photograph was accomplished through a joint project sponsored by the Kansas Historical Society and the Shawnee County Baseball Hall of Fame.

A display at the American Psychiatric Annual meeting of the Menninger Foundation
Date: 1960
This display shows the development of Menninger Foundation in 42 years. Dr. C.F. Menninger and his sons, Dr. Karl and Dr. Will, formed a group psychiatry practice in 1919. The Menninger Clinic as a sanitarium was established in 1925 with the purchase of a farm house and admittance of 12 patients. The philosophy was that mental illness could be treated with an integrated medical, psychodynamic, and developmental approach for the total health of patients.

Aeolian Choir, St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church, Topeka, Kansas
Date: May 08, 1960
This photograph is a representation of the Aeolian Choir from the St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church in Topeka, Kansas. This was the 6th annual musical for the choir. Identified are: Alberta Parks, Pernice Tyler, Sherman Parks, Delores Collins, William Scott, Judy Brown, Juanita Marshall, Hubert Wright, Pearl Bowser, Thesa Riley, Toian Bowser, Julia Etta Parks, Dale Taylor, Bonnie Jean Williams, Clara Bryant, James H. Chase, Joy Williams, Blanche Naughen, and Bert Parks.

Aerial view of construction of the Children's Division of the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas
Date: November 1960
This photograph shows the 30 bed unit for children 5 to 12 years old in the foreground. The school and activities building is in the center. The top of the photograph shows the 20 bed unit for young adolescents. The 25 acre site also had a lake, two baseball diamonds and 2 play courts. Shortly after opening the sanitarium, the Menningers established Southard School for emotionally disturbed children, following the advice of Karl Menninger's mentor, Boston Psychopathic Hospital's Dr. Elmer Ernest Southard, who told Dr. Karl "not to forget the children."

Aerial view of the Kansas State Children's Receiving Home in Atchison, Kansas
Date: 1960
An aerial view of the Kansas State Children's Receiving Home in Atchison, Kansas. In 1887, Kansas opened the Soldiers' Orphan's Home in Atchison for children of Union soldiers and sailors. This was the first such facility in the state for children who had lost their parents. At first limited to veterans' children aged five and under, regulations were altered in 1889 to admit all "dependent, neglected or abused children" between the ages of two and 14. The name was changed to the State Orphans' Home in 1909 and in 1953 to the Kansas Children's Home, and in 1955 to the Kansas Children's Receiving Home.

Anna Laura Hittle Rings diary
Date: 1949-1961
One of three diaries of Anna Laura Hittle Rings of Topeka, Kansas. Anna was the live-in-housekeeper for Mr. Harry Imes at 1208 College Avenue from 1949 to her death in 1961. She was a cook, gardener, housekeeper, and seamstress. The diaries tell of her daily life while in Mr. Imes' employ. The other two diaries can be found at Unit ID's: 473053 and 473077.

Arts and Crafts Fair at the Menninger Clinic Children's Hospital in Topeka, Kansas
Date: June 1960
These photographs of the Arts and Crafts exhibits at the Children's Division of the Menninger Clinic show the use of art therapy to help the person heal. The Menninger Clinic established the Southard School for children in 1926. The school fostered treatment programs for children and adolescents that were recognized worldwide

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's 'Super Chief' traveling near Lamy, New Mexico
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: 1960
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's 'Super Chief' passenger train traveling through Apache Canyon near Lamy, New Mexico.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's engine 21 pulling a passenger train
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: 1960
A photograph showing Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's engine 21 pulling a passenger train near a fouling circuit. Visible in the photograph is an upper quandrant semaphore signal.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's Super Chief
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: 1960
This black and white photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's 'Super Chief' passenger train crossing from Arizona into New Mexico.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's Super Chief ,Cajon Pass, California
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: 1960
This black and white photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's 'Super Chief' with engine 35 pulling the passenger train through Cajon Pass, California.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's manifest train, Empire, California
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: 1960
This slide shows an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's manifest train heading from Empire, California to the east coast while rounding a curve at Caliente, California. A manifest train is a freight train with a mixture of car types and cargoes.

Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway Company's piggy-back trailers
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: Between 1948 and 1960
This photograph shows a side view of highway equipment used in the Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway Company piggy-back service. This type of combined transportation service is generally referred to as TOFC, or trailer-on-flat-car, in the railroad industry. It is also known as intermodal transport--involving more than one form of transportation.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's refrigerator car #10663
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: Between 1946 and 1960
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's refrigerator car #10663. The car was original built in 1925 and was refurbished in 1946. The letters "SFRD" stand for Santa Fe Refrigerator Department.

Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway Company Yard, Argentine, Kansas
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: Between 1958 and 1962
This photograph shows six-axle roadswitchers SD24's with zebra stripe paint, built by Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD), for Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway Company. Engines 906, 907, and 909 are on the right and on the left is American Locomotive Company (ALCO) RSD 15 switcher engine, #809. A brick building with Santa Fe on the side is in the background. This photograph was taken by Orville Brent.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Williams Junction, Arizona
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: 1961
This photograph shows the exterior view of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company depot and tracks at Williams Junction, Arizona. The one-story structure was later demolished.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company freight train, Eagle Nest station, Arizona
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: 1960
This slide shows an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company freight train at the West Eagle Nest station, at the Crookton cut off in Arizona.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company freight train, Tehachapi Loop,California
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: 1960
This slide shows an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company freight train on the Tehachapi Loop in south central California.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company freight train, Tehachapi Mountains
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: 1960
This slide shows an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company freight train descending the Tehachapi Mountains in southern California.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company freight trains, Frost, California
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: 1960
This photograph shows two Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company freight trains. One is eastbound and the other westbound is meeting at the fly over near Frost, California. One is an 800 class Alco engine and the other a 900 class EMD road switch locomotive.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company freight trains, Frost, California.
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: 1960
This photograph shows two Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company freight trains, one with an 800 class Alco and one with a 900 class EMD locomotive. One is eastbound and one is westbound.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company gondola car, LaJunta, Colorado,
Date: September 28, 1960
These four photographs show Gondola car 175309 in LaJunta, Colorado. This flatcar was originally built in 1929 and was fitted with low sides and end extensions for hauling bulk material and handling sugar beets.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company switch engines, Bakersfield, California
Date: Bewteen 1950 and 1960
This photograph shows the following Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company switch engines: #900, #933, #2723 and #2831 at the rail yard in Bakersfield, California.

Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway Company yard, Argentine, Kansas.
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: Between 1958 and 1962
This photograph shows newly delivered Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) SD24 (AT&SF # 907) is in the Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway Company yard in Argentine, Kansas. It is a six-axel roadswitcher engines with zebra stripe paint. Parts of other engines and an ATSF Railway Company building are included in the image. The photograph was taken by Orville Brent.

Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway Company yard, Argentine, Kansas.
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: Between 1958 and 1962
This photograph shows six-axle roadswitchers SD24's with zebra stripe paint, built by Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD), for Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway Company. An engine, in front of ATSF Railway Company #908, is being loaded with sand, which was used to increase adhesion to the rails. Another switcher engine with zebra paint (GP7 #2676) is in the background. This photograph was taken by Orville Brent.