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Ossawattamie, Kansas

Date: 03 1862
Description: Ossawattamie, Kansas, as it appeared at the time the 12th Wisconsin Volunteer's passed through on their march from Leavenworth to Fort Scott in March of 18...
Photograph

Cowgirl

Date: 1909
Description: A cowgirl, outfitted with her holstered pistol and standing by a horse. Caption reads: "The Belle of the Ranch."
Photograph

Packinghouse Workers Strike

Date: 04 1948
Description: As an empty truck is entering the Cudahy Packing Company plant in Kansas City, Kansas, striking United Packinghouse employees threaten the drivers by appea...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: A Kansas Air Ship

Date: 1909
Description: Photomontage of a giant grasshopper lifting an anchored basket with a baby girl inside. The rope tethered to the basket has a large American flag attached ...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Great Sport Fishing

Date: 1910
Description: Photomontage of three fishermen in a rowboat, seen from behind, trying to reel in giant fish. A shadowy forest is visible on the opposite side of the river...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Hunting Rabbits

Date: 1909
Description: Photomontage of three hunters surrounded by a large group of giant rabbits in the woods. One of the hunters is in the act of shooting a rabbit. The snowy s...
Postcard

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...
Postcard

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 ...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Showing Off the Corn

Date: 1908
Description: Photomontage of a man, wearing a bow tie and straw boater hat, sitting on top of a giant ear of corn. A crowd of onlookers gather around the man, suggestin...
Postcard

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...
Photograph

Two Men Talking at Tractor Exhibit

Date: 1915
Description: Two men standing near a display tent at a tractor exhibition. One man appears to be talking animatedly while the other listens.
Photograph

Comanche Implement Company

Date: 10 28 1924
Description: Interior view of the Comanche Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership. A stationary engine is on the floor.
Photograph

Farmhouse and Outbuildings

Date: 1921
Description: Farmhouse and outbuildings in the distance. A road is in the foreground.
Photograph

Kansas State Agricultural College Workshop

Date: 01 1921
Description: Groups of students work on tractors, including a Titan 10-20, at the Kansas State Agricultural College. Two men (professors?) watch and take notes while st...
Photograph

Kansas State Agricultural College Students Working

Date: 01 1921
Description: Three groups of male students working on three different tractors outdoors, including a Titan 10-20, while two men (professors?) look on at the Kansas Stat...
Photograph

Kansas State Agricultural College Traction Engine Laboratory

Date: 01 1921
Description: Students working on tractors outdoors, including the Titan 10-20, while two men (professors?) look on at the Kansas State Agricultural College Traction Eng...
Photograph

IH Historical Exhibit at Wheat Show

Date: 1922
Description: International Harvester historical exhibit at the "Wheat Show," including an "early American wood moldboard plow" and "Old No. 13," the "first" Internation...
Photograph

IH Historical Exhibit at Wheat Show

Date: 09 1922
Description: A cradle, model truck, International 8-16 tractor and several informational posters on display at the "Wheat Show," a "historical exhibit furnished by Inte...
Photograph

KFH Barn Dance at Kansas State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: A crowd gathers outside a barn advertising the "KFH Barn Dance" at the Kansas State Fair. A sign on the barn reads: "Radio Station KFH; 1330 On Your Dial; ...
Photograph

Band and Audience

Date: 1946
Description: An audience watching a musical group put on a show in a tent at the Kansas State Fair.

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