1880 census of Rock Creek Township, Wabaunsee County, Kansas
Creator: United States. Census Office. 10th census, 1880
Date: June 11, 1880
This excerpt of a census schedule provides details--including the name, age, race, and occupation--of settlers in Rock Creek Township in Wabaunsee County, Kansas. The county included a black population (B=Black) who had settled there in 1879 with the help of the Freedmen's Relief Association.

229th Platoon U.S. Marine Corps in San Diego, California
Date: 1943
A photograph showing members of the 229th Platoon United States Marine Corps in San Diego, California. Lewis Glynn Magouirk from Cimarron, Kansas, is second from the right in the second row.

Actor Karl Malden and Roy Menninger, M.D.
Date: 1993
Actor Karl Malden was a member of the Board of Directors of the Menninger Foundation. He is shown here with Roy Menninger, M.D., in 1993 at a gathering in Los Angeles, California.

Adobe church
Date: Between 1880s and 1890s
This photograph shows a group of men possible repairing an unidentified adobe church. In the foreground a short adobe wall is visible. While in the background other adobe dwellings and a rolling hillside are visible on the horizon.

A. G. Bradford to James Denver
Creator: Bradford, A. G.
Date: March 18, 1858
A. G. Bradford, writing from Washington, D.C., to Kansas Territory's governor James H. Denver, suggests that the effort to admit Kansas Territory as a state under the Lecompton Constitution likely would fail in the U.S. Congress. Bradford also seeks Denver's support for Bradford's attempt to receive an appointment as Superintendent of Indian Affairs and comments upon Denver's future political opportunities in California.

Agricultural development, wealth and rural population of the states on the tributory to the Union Pacific Railroad for the years of 1900-1910
Creator: Union Pacific Railway Company
Date: September 17, 1912
Union Pacific Railroad Company Agricultural Bulletin (No. 104). Union Pacific Railroad promotional advertisement showing aggregate statistical wealth values and population figures for areas west of the Mississippi River during a ten year period of time.

Amelia Earhart
Date: 1921
This is an informal photograph of pilot Amelia Earhart after her first solo flight in 1921. The image was copied from "Soaring Wings," which was written by her husband, George P. Putnam, and published in 1939 by Harcourt, Brace & Co. after her presumed death.

Anne G. Cravens to Governor Andrew Schoeppel
Creator: Cravens, Anne G.
Date: August 15, 1944
In this letter to Governor Schoeppel, Anne G. Cravens of Santa Monica, California, tells Schoeppel that he should work to establish a "Veterans City" in Kansas where returning soliders could live following the war.

Appointments Commissioners of deeds
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1863-1865 : Carney)
Date: 1863 - 1864
This folder on Appointments Commissioners of deeds comes from the Correspondence series of the Governor Thomas Carney Papers. Thomas Carney was Kansas' second state Governor, serving from 1863 to 1865. He was born near Tipton, Delaware County, Ohio in 1824 and came to Kansas in search of better health care and new business opportunities. Thomas Carney and his business partner Thomas C. Stevens were the first to open a wholesale house in Leavenworth, Kansas. This file contains several letters from individuals of different states such as, New York, Massachusetts, California, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania requesting to either be appointed as Commissioner of deeds for the state of Kansas, recommending someone else for the appointment, or someone that resides within their city and county of said state. This is important because during the nineteenth-century Commissioner of deeds was vital in assisting with the acknowledgment of property located in a particular state. Furthermore, the Commissioner of deeds is unique to the United States. As of today, there are only four states in which still have a Commissioner of deeds, Kansas is not included.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Chief in San Bernardino, California
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: 1948
A photograph of The Chief in San Bernardino, California. Also visible is a water column and baggage cart.

Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Freight House, Los Angeles, California.
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: 1950
This recently expanded Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Freight House is located at Second Street and Santa Fe Avenue in Los Angeles, California. A Pensick & Gordon Toy Wholesalers building is in the background.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe locomotive #236C traveling the Cajon Pass through Alray, California
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: 1953
Photograph of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe locomotive #236C traveling through the Cajon Pass through Alray, California.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe locomotive #266C traveling on Cajon Pass in Summit, California
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: 1952
A photograph of the ATSF locomotive 266C traveling on Cajon Pass in Summit, California.

Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Manifest Train
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: 1955
This photograph shows a Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe manifest train (a fast freight train hauling perishables or livestock) in a railroad pass somewhere along the Santa Fe route. The photograph was taken by R. Collins Bradley for the AT&SF.

Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe manifest train near Victorville, CA.
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe manifest train (a fast freight train hauling perishables or livestock) with caboose ATSF 1810 brining up the rear of the train. This photograph was taken in the high desert of California near the Mohave River near Victorville, California by R. C. Bradley for AT&SF.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company bus station & Fred Harvey Restaurant, Los Angeles, California
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: Between 1940 and 1949
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company bus station and Fred Harvey Restaurant in Los Angeles, California. In the background, The Lido Hotel and Apartment sign is visible

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Anaheim, California
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: February 1959
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Anaheim, California.

Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Anaheim, California
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: May 13, 1931
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Anaheim, California. Visible on the depot walls are posters, and next to the building, two carts.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot and Fred Harvey House, Bagdad, California
Date: Between 1930 and 1939
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot and the Fred Harvey House in Bagdad, California. The one-story wooden structure that was built in 1900 no longer stands.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot and Fred Harvey House, Bagdad, California.
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: June 16, 1931
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot and the Fred Harvey House in Bagdad, California. The one-story wooden structure constructed in 1900 no longer stands.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot and Fred Harvey House, Merced, California
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: Between 1920 and 1935
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot and the Fred Harvey House at Merced, California.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Arlington, California
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: May 13, 1931
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot at Arlington, California.

Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Azusa, California
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: May 12, 1931
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot at Azusa, California. It was constructed in 1888.

Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Barstow, California
Date: Between 1956 and 1971
A night-time view of the Hi-Level El Capitan passenger train at the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot at Barstow, California.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Barstow, California
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: 1930
This shows the Fred Harvey's Casa Del Desierto and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Barstow, California. Built in 1911, it was considered one of the jewels of the Harvey House system offering fine dining served on china. The hotel was equipped with a full ballroom and hosted many of the town's dances and social events.