700 Block of Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kansas
Creator: Wolfe, Harold B., 1898-1966
Date: Between 1930 and 1939
This panoramic view shows the west side of the 700 block on Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kansas. Businesses visible in the photograph are the Topeka State Bank, The Outlook, Harry Endlich Milinery, Walk Over Boot Shop, J.E. McFarland Drug Company, Mongel's, C.A. Wolf, and The Crosby Brothers Company. The dome of the State Capitol is visible in the background.

900 block on South Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kansas
Creator: Wolfe, Harold B., 1898-1966
Date: Between 1930 and 1939
A panoramic view showing the east side of the 900 block on South Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kansas. Businesses visible in the photograph are: C.A. Karlan Furniture Company, Wholesalers Millinery Outlet, Kistler Auto Supply, Linge Maytag Company, Montgomery Ward & Company, and Royal Tailors.

Businesses in Richland, Kansas
Date: Between 1880 and 1890
This black and white photograph shows a group of people standing in front of businesses in Richland, Kansas. Founded in 1854, the town was located in Monmouth Township in the southeast corner of Shawnee County along the Wakarusa River. In the late 1960s and early 1970s Richland was abandoned when the Corps of Engineers acquired land in the area for the flood plain of Clinton Lake in nearby Douglas County. Today, the broken pavement is the only remnant of the former town.

Charlotte F. McRae's millinery store photograph
Date: Between 1900 and 1910
This is an exterior view of Charlotte F. McRae's millinery store with a woman outside in Rexford, Thomas County, Kansas in the early twentieth century. Miss McRae was born about 1852 in Indiana. During her life she lived in Kansas and returned to Indiana. She passes away in 1927.

Dr. H. C. Perdue's Neosho County Advertiser, Erie, Kansas
Date: Between 1887 and 1889
This pamphlet titled The Neosho County Advertiser was published by Dr. H. C. Perdue, M. D., in Erie, Kansas. It contains approximately 50 pages of descriptions of medical cures and other advertising. Descriptions of Dr. Perdue's Ague Cure and other medical treatments are on pages 2-28, and other advertisements are on pages 29-49, plus the inside and outside of the back cover. Besides information on Dr. Perdue's medical practice, there are numerous advertisements for drug stores. Drug stores listed in the advertisements (and their town locations, all in Kansas) include: Palace Drug Store, Erie; Ira Steinberger Drug Store, Erie; New City Drug Store, Erie; Dr. C. E. Steadman, Druggist, Osage Mission; I. N. Wherrett General Merchandise and Drugs, Vietsburg; M. Devine, Druggist, Osage Mission; Baldwin House Drug Store, Thayer; W. R. Kramer, Druggist, Chanute; John McCarthy, Druggist, Galesburg; and Mrs. Samuel Whelpley, Druggist, Morehead. Druggists listed as references for Dr. Perdue include Charles H. Eaton and J. T. Brown, both of Erie. Other businesses and professions advertised include attorneys, real estate agents, merchants, banks, doctors, clothing stores, millinery and dress making stores, grocery stores, jewelry stores, candy stores, cigar stores, meat markets, bakeries, livery stables, abstracters, tree nurseries, buggy harness stores, carpenters, hardware stores, fur dealers, barber shops, lumber companies, monument dealers, dry goods, dentists, hotels, and furniture stores.

Ephraim Nute to Edward Everett Hale
Creator: Nute, Ephraim
Date: April 28, 1857
Rev. Ephraim Nute, minister of the Lawrence Unitarian Church, wrote from Lawrence, Kansas Territory to Edward Everett Hale, a member of the New England Emigrant Aid Company's Executive Committee. Nute observed that Francis Serenbetz, a German Congregational minister, and his party of thirty German immigrants were in Lawrence and getting ready to head south to establish a colony on the Neosho River that they planned to name Humboldt. Nute was not optimistic that the Serenbetz party would succeed due to their lack of financial resources. Nute commented that immigration into Kansas continued to increase and estimated that nearly 1,000 people per day entered the territory. He stated that most of the new immigrants were from Western states and "of the right kind to stay." Nute also commented on the lack of saw and grist mills in the territory and blamed the New England Emigrant Aid Company for the deficiency.

Hanes and Manning's Dry Goods store
Date: Between 1880 and 1890
This is a black and white photograph of the interior of the Hanes and Manning Dry Goods store located at 228 S. Main in Ottawa. The persons are not identified. The photographs were donated by John M. Lambertson and Phyllis Swift.

James M. Hunter to Thomas Nesbit Stinson
Creator: Hunter, James M.
Date: December 5, 1854
James M. Hunter, writing from Westport, Missouri, informed Thomas N. Stinson about a joint land speculation deal involving lots in Tecumseh, KT. Hunter alluded to Governor Andrew Reeder's involvement in the speculative venture.

King's millinery shop, Harper, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1919
This sepia colored photograph shows an interior view of King's millinery shop in Harper, Kansas. The owner of the business Almeda Doorley King is sitting in a chair beside a display of hats. The back of the image states that Almeda was born in Knox County, Ohio to the parents of Alvah Allen and Martha Cary and was the wife of George King. On September 15, 1925 she died in Osawatomie, Kansas.

King's millinery shop, Harper, Kansas
Date: 1889
This photograph shows the interior view of King's millinery shop in Harper, Kansas. The owner of the business, Almeda Doorley King, is standing in the middle of the room surrounded by hats. The back of the image states that Almeda was born in Knox County, Ohio to the parents of Alvah Allen and Martha Cary and was the wife of George King. On September 15, 1925 she died in Osawatomie, Kansas.

Main Street, Ottawa, Kansas
Date: Between 1930 and 1939
This photograph shows an exterior view of the Kramer Drug Store amidst many other stores along Main Street in Ottawa, Kansas. Other business signs visible along the street include New Idea Ready-to-Wear Millinery, The Bonita Gift Shop, Gloria Beauty Salon, Florsheim Shoe Store, and Dr. W. C. Harding, Dentist. There are several men, a boy, and a few girls visible walking along the sidewalk.

Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company, Plan of operation
Creator: Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company
Date: Around 1854
An unidentified author outlined the purpose, benefits, and plan of operation of the Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company. The author described the benefits to the emigrants, the country, and the company and listed a six phase plan of operation.

Millinery store, Burlingame, Kansas
Date: April 22, 1905
This sepia colored photograph shows a group of women gathered at an unidentified millinery store in Burlingame, Kansas. In the background a variety of hats in different shapes and sizes are visible. The two women in the front and back row to the left could possibly be Nannie Meeter and May Jones of Kansas Memory item number 305263.

Millinery store, Ottawa, Kansas
Date: Between 1905 and 1915
This photograph shows a interior view of an unidentified millinery store in Ottawa, Kansas.

Millinery store, Overbrook, Kansas
Date: 1913
This photograph shows a store front of decorative hats in various shapes and sizes in Overbrook, Kansas.

Millinery store owners, Burlingame, Kansas
Date: Between 1905 and 1915
This postcard shows Nannie Meeteer, (standing) and May Jones of Burlingame, Kansas. According to the back of the postcard, May Jones may have owned a millinery store in Burlingame. Both women are wearing very elaborate hats. The two woman could possibly be associated with Kansas Memory item number 305265.

Northrup Store, Iola, Kansas
Date: Between 1880 and 1886
Card photo of the Northrup store in Iola. The men standing under the Emporium sign are (left to right): Will Northrup, possibly W. A. Cowan, and O. P. (Lon) Northrup. Walter P. Hull was manager of this store after he was discharged from the Philippine-American War.

Parrott's millinery store, Colby, Kansas
Date: 1908
This postcard shows the interior of Parrott's millinery store in Colby, Kansas. In the foreground, decorative hats in various sizes and shapes can be seen on display as a gentleman and two women look on.

Photograph Gallery and Millinery Shop, Larned, Kansas
Date: Between 1880 and 1920
This image shows the front of a photograph gallery and a millinery shop in Larned, Kansas.

Quit claim document donating land to the Topeka Mill Company
Creator: Topeka Association,
Date: March 20, 1858
The trustees of the Topeka Association herein agreed to donate to the Topeka Mill Company the entire block on which the mill was located (north of First Avenue between Kansas and Jackson).

Scenes of Sherman County, Kansas
Date: 1890-1930
Multiple scenes of Sherman County, Kansas.

Thomas Hopkins Webb to Martin Franklin Conway
Creator: Webb, Thomas H. (Thomas Hopkins), 1801-1866
Date: April 30, 1859
Thomas H. Webb, secretary of the New England Emigrant Aid Company, wrote from Boston, Massachusetts to Martin F. Conway, general agent for the New England Emigrant Aid Company in Kansas Territory. Webb informed Conway that the Company's Executive Committee had approved a proposal to sell mill equipment to the Batcheller Town Company.

Thomas Hopkins Webb to Martin Franklin Conway
Creator: Webb, Thomas H. (Thomas Hopkins), 1801-1866
Date: August 28, 1858
Thomas H. Webb, secretary of the New England Emigrant Aid Company, wrote from Boston, Massachusetts to Martin F. Conway, general agent for the New England Emigrant Aid Company in Kansas Territory. Webb gave instructions to Conway on several New England Emigrant Aid Company business matters including the potential sale of the mill in Lawrence, Kansas Territory. Webb comments on the decline in real estate values in Kansas Territory in the aftermath of the Panic of 1857.

Thomas Hopkins Webb to Martin Franklin Conway
Creator: Webb, Thomas H. (Thomas Hopkins), 1801-1866
Date: March 23, 1859
Thomas H. Webb, secretary of the New England Emigrant Aid Company, wrote from Boston, Massachusetts to Martin F. Conway, general agent for the New England Emigrant Aid Company in Kansas Territory. Webb informed Conway of the Company's desire to end its operations in Kansas as soon as possible. He recommended that Conway sell the Company's mill equipment at a low price and suggested that he sell it to the Batchelder Town Company. In a postscript, Webb urged Conway to prepare information to present to the territorial legislature related to Company claims for losses during the early territorial troubles, particularly for losses incurred during the May 1856 sack of Lawrence.

Thomas Hopkins Webb to Martin Franklin Conway
Creator: Webb, Thomas H. (Thomas Hopkins), 1801-1866
Date: August 20, 1859
Thomas H. Webb, secretary of the New England Emigrant Aid Company, wrote from Boston, Massachusetts to Martin F. Conway, general agent for the New England Emigrant Aid Company in Kansas Territory. He expressed his concern about a rumor that the Company's mill in Manhattan had been sold because of delinquent taxes. Webb asked Conway to investigate the matter.