1967 Excavations at Fort Hays, 14EL301
Date: 1967
These photographs were taken by Kansas Historical Society archeological staff during excavation at historic Fort Hays in Ellis County in 1967. The excavations took place in the area of the Commanding Officer's Quarters and a fort dump. Shown is an excavated foundation, artifacts at the bottom of one of the fort's dumps, and a view of the excavations in progress. Fort Hays was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 and is a State Historic Site.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Westfall, Kansas
Date: 1967
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Westfall, Kansas.

Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company manifest freight train
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: 1967
The colored slide shows the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company manifest freight train crossing the Canyon Diablo Bridge in northern Arizona. A manifest freight carries perishables or livestock so it is a fast train.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's freight train
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: 1967
This slide shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's westbound freight train traveling in northern Arizona.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's freight train, Willow Springs, Illinois
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: 1967
This slide shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's freight train traveling near Willow Springs, Illinois.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's refrigerated container, Corwith Yards
Date: August 25, 1967
This black and white photograph shows the first Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's refrigerated container at the Corwith Yards in Chicago, Illinois.

Babe Ruth League team from Topeka
Creator: Bradley's Redwood Studio, Wellington
Date: 1967
This photograph from 1967 shows a Babe Ruth youth baseball team from Topeka. Pictured in the top row are (l to r): Mr. Cochran (coach); Tom Smith; John Artzer; Don Carrol; Ron Renfro; Skip Moore; Tommy Cochran; Bobby Schwardt; and Harland Coffman (coach). Kneeling in the front are (l to r): Frankie Boos; Greg Johnston; Terry Cochran; Steve Downey; Marty Coffman; unidentified; Bill Hamlin; Terry Maddux; and Tyron Thompson. The team was sponsored by Lindy's Market and the Coffee Cup Cafe. The photograph, taken in Wellington during a state Babe Ruth tournament, was made by Bradley's Redwood Studio. 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.

Beth Stewart Rogers
Date: 1967
A photograph of Beth Stewart Rogers and two unidentified women participating in Kansas Day activities. Beth Rogers was wife of layer, judge, and politician Richard Dean Rogers.

Bicycle repair activity therapy group at Menninger, Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1967
The bicycle repair activity therapy group at the Menninger Psychiatric Clinic, Topeka, Kansas, reconditioned bikes and wagons for needy children in Topeka. Some of the therapists who worked with this group were Red Pratt, Philip Rice, Don Wylie, Dean Page and Arley Laeffler.

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad depot, Goodland, Sherman County, Kansas
Date: 1967
A view of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad depot in Goodland, Sherman County, Kansas.

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad depot, Norton, Kansas
Date: 1967
This photograph shows the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad depot in Norton, Kansas.

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad depot, Ramona, Kansas
Creator: Kelley, F.O.
Date: 1967
This photographs shows the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad depot in Ramona, Kansas.

Coal train enroute from the York Canyon mine
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: 1967
View of an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's coal train (known as open top hopper cars) enroute from the York Canyon mine in New Mexico, to the Kaiser Steel mill in Fontana, California.

East Topeka Jr. High Cheerleaders, 1966-67.
Date: 1966-67
This black and white photograph shows the cheerleaders of East Topeka Jr. High School.

East Topeka Junior High School class of 1967, Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1967
This black and white photograph shows a group portrait of the 1967 class of East Topeka Junior High School, Topeka, Kansas.

East Topeka Junior High School class of 1967, Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1967
This black and white photograph shows a group portrait of the 1967 class of East Topeka Junior High School, Topeka, Kansas.

East Topeka Junior High School class of 1967, Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1967
This black and white photograph shows a group portrait of the 1967 class of East Topeka Junior High School, Topeka, Kansas.

Excavations at House 5 in the Pawnee Indian Museum, 14RP1
Date: 1967
Shown are views of the excavation of House 5 at the Pawnee Indian Village State Historic Site in Republic County. The museum was built first and then excavations took place within. The site is the location of a large, fortified Pawnee village site that was occupied from approximately 1770 to 1802.

Female Aviator Janie Oesch autograph and letter
Creator: Oesch, Janie (Idajane Wanda Wright), 1921-2008
Date: February 16, 1967
This is a letter from female navigator and radio operator Janie Oesch to Mrs. Blair dated February 16, 1967, along with two first day of issue covers that were autographed. Digitization funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

Fiesta Mexicana, Topeka, Kansas
Creator: Topeka Daily Capital
Date: July 07, 1967
This black and white photograph shows seventeen year old Gloria Obregon, the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Simon Obregon, being showered with cascarone, an egg shell filled with confetti, at the annual Fiesta Mexicana in Topeka, Kansas.

First Day of Issue Envelopes and Stamps
Date: 1964-1967
A collection of first day of issue envelopes and stamps. They were collected by Dr. Irene Koeneke. Digitization funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

Frank Carlson, United States senator
Date: October 2, 1967
A photograph of Frank Carlson, Kansas United States Senator, wearing a 33rd degree Scottish Rite prayer hat. Carlson belonged to the St. John Lodge at Concordia(Ancient Order of Free and Accepted Masons)and became a member of the Scottish Rite Valley of Salina on Nov. 18, 1937. He was honored with Knight Commander Court of Honour 32nd Degree on Oct. 21, 1947 and raised to 33rd Degree Oct. 19, 1953.

Gary Wiskigeamatyuk
Date: 1967
This is a photograph of Gary Wiskigeamatyuk (Nanaquiba), son of James Wahbnosah and Rhodie Shen-Shesh (Kaukemaquah), who was a member of the Potawatomi tribe and lived on the reservation in Jackson County, Kansas.

Goddard Woman's Club project book
Creator: GFWC Goddard Woman's Club
Date: 1967-1968
This project book was created by the Goddard Woman's Club of Kansas which is an affiliate of the General Federation of Women's Clubs promoting civil, social and educational culture services to it's community. The program covered in the project book is the Club's efforts to create and provide educational programs about the Shell Oil Company held at the Goddard Public Library. At the time of the programs, the Shell Oil Company had approximately forty-five producing wells and sixty thousand acres of land in and around Wichita, Kansas. It contains correspondence, program outlines, applications, newspaper clippings, photographs, and educational programming ephemera.

Governor Robert Blackwell Docking
Creator: Stauffer Publications
Date: January 9, 1967
This photograph shows Robert Blackwell Docking being sworn in as the thirty-eighth governor of Kansas. Docking, a World War II veteran and banker from Arkansas City, Kansas, is elected the thirty-eighth governor of Kansas in 1966. He successfully won re-election in 1968, 1970, and 1972. Docking serves more terms than any Kansas Governor. A constitutional amendment approved during Docking's tenure, allows a governor to serve only two four year terms.