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Tall-tale Postcard: Hauling the Rabbits

Date: 1909
Description: Photomontage of a group of three men in hunting clothes, with two other men who are preparing to haul away the giant rabbits they have hunted, using a hors...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Giant Corn Cob

Date: 1908
Description: Photomontage of two men riding a giant ear of corn resting on a large, flatbed horse-drawn cart. The driver is standing on the corn, preparing to whip the ...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Onion Mound

Date: 1909
Description: Photomontage of several farmers working to lift a giant onion onto the flatbed horse-drawn cart. Beside them is a giant mound of onions with a ladder leani...
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Fifth Avenue Street Scene

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Description: Fifth Avenue with horse-drawn carts, automobiles and pedestrians crowding the broad street. Grill of vehicle in center reads: "Buick." Sign on left side of...
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View Down Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: Main Street lined with street lights. Several horse-drawn carts are carrying hay down the street.
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Main Street

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Description: View down Main Street with overhead sign reading "Welcome Garden City" sign. Text on buildings reads: "E.J. Pyle Real Estate" and "F. Finnup. Hardware." Ci...
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Broadway Street Scene

Date: 1900
Description: Intersection of unpaved street with horse-drawn carts and storefronts. Business signs read: "Citizens Bank" "Gleissner Druggist" and "Abilene National Bank...
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Street Scene

Date: 1905
Description: Street lined with storefronts, horse-drawn carts, an electric cable car and pedestrians. Electric power lines hang over the street. Business signs read: "F...
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Street Scene

Date: 1900
Description: Street lined with storefronts, horse-drawn carts and pedestrians. Electric power lines hang over the street. On the right an African American girl and a Ca...
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Drilling Wheat

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Description: Elevated view of two men using agricultural machinery to drill (plant) wheat. "Superior" sign is on the machinery. A boy and a dog stand nearby. A horse an...
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Threshing Wheat in Kansas

Date: 1907
Description: A large group of agricultural workers is shown threshing wheat in a field. In the foreground a horse-drawn vehicle is in the field. In the background are s...
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Pioneer Town

Date: 1872
Description: Distant view of the fledgling town showing a few log cabins, large tent buildings, saddled horses, pedestrians and a horse-drawn wagon.
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Buffalo Hides

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Description: A view of several men working with a large pile of buffalo hides. One man is sitting atop a pile of hides in the right foreground.
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Round-up on C.O.D. Ranch

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Description: View of a round-up on C.O.D. Ranch. In the foreground, cowboys gather around a chuck wagon labeled, "L.N.Y. or K.C.O.D." The members of the Dodge City Band...
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Downtown Street Scene

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Description: View of a downtown street featuring cable cars, horse-drawn carriages, pedestrians, and storefronts. National Hotel, built in 1855, stands on the street co...
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Street Scene, Winfield, Kansas

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Description: View down a street featuring shops and small businesses.
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Topeka Railroad Depot

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of Topeka Railroad Depot on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. To the left of the station stands the Wells Fargo & Company Express buil...

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