A Flint Hills Story by Victor Palenske
Creator: Palenske, Victor
Date: 1973
This is a forty-page monograph, authored by Victor Palenske and signed and dated 1973. Palenske's document recalls his early days in Alma in the 1910s and speaks in detail of Alma business and life in the early 20th century in Wabaunsee County. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

AT&SF's Railway Exchange Building, Chicago, Illinois
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: 1973
View of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's headquarters in the Railway Exchange Building on the parkway along the shore of Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois.

A birthday note to Dr. Karl Menninger
Creator: Bradshaw, Donna Stone
Date: July 22, 1973
This is a birthday note from Donna Stone Bradshaw to Dr. Karl Menninger on his 80th birthday, July 22, 1973. She was part of a trip to England, Scotland, and Austria with him in 1968.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe's diesel shop at San Bernardino, California
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: July 1973
A transparency showing the interior of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway diesel shop at San Bernardino, California. Visible in the image are diesel locomotives 4652 and 4551.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's diesel service station, Barstow, California
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: 1973
This slide shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company engines 5696, 5695, and 5690, at the diesel service station in Barstow, California.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's locomotive simulator, Topeka, Kansas
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: 1973
This black and white photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's diesel locomotive simulator at Topeka, Kansas.

Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway Company's piggy-back trailer
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: Between 1950 and 1975
This refrigerated truck trailer, F 40189 R, is part of Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway Company piggy-back service. Other phrases for this form of transportation are intermodal, or trailer on flat car (TOFC).

Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway Company's piggy-back trailers
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: Between 1950 and 1985
This photograph shows a Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway Company flat car, 90151, loaded with two 40' truck trailers. It illustrates ATSF Railway Company's trailer on flat car (TOFC) or piggy-back services. It is also called intermodal transportation, because it combined railroad and trucking services to get freight to its destination as quickly as possible.

Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway Company Tehachipi, CA tunnel 9.
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: Between 1950 and 1975
This Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway Company piggy-back train is exiting Tehachipi, CA tunnel 9 at the loop.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company engine #4652
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: 1973
This slide shows Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company engine #4652.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe York Canyon coal train
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: June 1973
A 1973 photograph of an AT&SF coal train loading at York Canyon, New Mexico.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe unloading welded rail (CWR)
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: September 1973
A 1973 photograph of an AT&SF train unloading welded rail (CWR) near Belen, New Mexico.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe unloading welded rail near Los Lunas, New Mexico
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: September 1973
A slide showing an ATSF train unloading welded rail near Los Lunas, New Mexico.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Hanston, Kansas
Date: 1973
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Hanston, Kansas.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Jetmore, Kansas
Date: 1973
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Jetmore, Kansas.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe diesel facility, Corwith, Illinois
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: January 1973
A slide of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe diesel facility in Corwith, Illinois. Locomotive #8519 is pictured being serviced.

Bank of Tescott, Tescott, Kansas
Creator: Bank of Tescott (Tescott, Kan.)
Date: 1903-1974
This series of photographs contains reproductions of the Bank of Tescott in Tescott, Kansas, between 1903 and 1974. Reproductions include the Flood of 1903, construction of a new bank building in 1911, interior views of the bank, and the bank as it appeared in the 1970s.

Christmas at the Sharp House of the Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1973
This is a view of two staff members hanging a wreath above the mantle of the Sharp House, a residence for those patients of the Menninger Clinic who were learning to live on their own. The photograph shows the fireplace in the library of the Evelyn Sharp House. Evelyn Sharp, a trustee, donated the funds needed to purchase the house for use in After-Care Services. The Menninger Clinic has since moved to Houston, Texas, but the Sharp House is still a group home and is now owned by Valeo Behavioral Healthcare.

Distinguished Service Award
Creator: Medallic Art Company
Date: 1973
Washburn Alumni Association Distinguished Service Medal awarded to Mamie Williams, an African American woman who taught in Topeka, Kansas, schools from 1918 to 1960. Born in South Carolina, Williams moved with her family to Topeka in 1899. She studied mathematics at Washburn College, where she was the only African-American in her class. Williams began teaching in the Topeka area in 1918 and remained there for 42 years. In 1973, she was awarded the Washburn University Distinguished Service Award. The Washburn Alumni Association awarded this medal to Williams in recognition of her contributions to education. The Medallic Art Company of New York manufactured the medal. Founded in 1903, the company was well known for minting prestigious awards such as the Pulitzer Prize, the Peabody Award, and the Newberry Medal.

Excavations at the Baker Store, 14MO701
Date: 1973
Shown are views of the excavation at the Baker Store and an artist's rendition of a map of the area. Shown are progress shots of the excavations, cellar walls visible after excavation, a group shot of the students, and a map of the house and store that was drawn based on an 1910 interview of a local man. The excavation at the Baker House and Store, in Morris County, was undertaken by Emporia State Teacher's College (now Emporia State University) in 1972 and 1973. The house and store were burned in 1862 by "Bloody Bill" Anderson and his cohorts. The collection, along with these photographs was donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1993.

Fiesta Mexicana, Topeka, Kansas
Creator: Topeka Daily Capital
Date: July 14, 1973
This black and white photograph shows six year old Joe Ramirez, Jr., and five year old Mark Ramirez, the sons of Mr. & Mrs. Joe Ramirez, awaiting the start of the annual Fiesta Mexicana parade in Topeka, Kansas.

Fiesta Mexicana, Topeka, Kansas
Creator: Paraskevas, John
Date: July 18, 1973
This black and white photograph shows Pablo Guiterrez, left, and Yldefonso Pedilla sitting on the steps of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church during the annual Fiesta Mexicana in Topeka, Kansas. A ferris wheel is in the background.

Fiesta Mexicana, Topeka, Kansas
Creator: Topeka Daily Capital
Date: July 06, 1973
This black and white photograph shows the Reverend Raymond Gaitan surveying storm damage at the annual Fiesta Mexicana site in Topeka, Kansas.

Fueling Santa Fe engine
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: January 7, 1973
View of a laborer fueling an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's locomotive engine at an unidentified location.

Fueling Santa Fe engine
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: 1973
View of a man fueling an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's locomotive engine in an unidentified railyard. Engine ATSF #5524 is visible at the left side of the platform.