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Kleinstueber Machine Shop

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Description: Elevated view of Kleinstueber's Machine Shop, where Christopher Latham Sholes perfected his typewriter. The sign on the top of the building reads: "Brass F...
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Cross Plains Ice Cream Parlor

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior of ice cream parlor with a horse-drawn wagon parked on the right with sheds behind. Barrels are stacked on the porch. Signs above the porch read: ...
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J.W. Mason Hardware Store

Date: 1900
Description: View from across street of the J.W. Mason hardware store, next to a barbershop. A horse and buggy are driving past the store.
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Main Street

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Description: Main Street from the Park Hotel.
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Martin Lein/Lien's Funeral

Date: 05 1911
Description: Panoramic view from street of Martin Lein/Lien's funeral procession, showing Main and Water Streets before the flood of 1911. The procession includes sever...
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Business Block

Date: 1911
Description: View from street of a business block in Ableman. There is a storefront with umbrellas displayed in the show window, and what appears to be a hammock is han...
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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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African American Man with Horse-Drawn Cart

Date: 10 01 1912
Description: An African American man dressed in work clothes, a long apron, and a hat is standing next to a cart drawn by two horses. The cart is loaded with goods and ...
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Street Scene

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Description: View down street with three or four commercial buildings. On the right is a sign for a telephone pay station on a two-story clapboard building, and behind ...
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Street Scene

Date: 1921
Description: View of a street with automobiles and horse-drawn wagons parked along the curbs. There are commercial buildings on both sides of the street and a few pedes...
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Sextonville General Store

Date: 1921
Description: View across street of the Sextonville General Store, a two-story brick building on a corner. A car is parked on the left, and two men are sitting in a hors...
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Business Block

Date: 1913
Description: View from unpaved road of the Cohen Bros Dept. Store, D.N. Farris storefront, and Park Hotel. A soda fountain in another building is on the right. A team o...
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Main Street Looking South

Date: 1911
Description: View down center of Main Street. On the left is a storefront with large display windows and a barrel near the entrance. In front is a horse and buggy hitch...
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Street Scene

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Description: View down center of unpaved street in the central business district. On the left is a clothing store and school supply shop, and a drinking fountain and la...
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Main Street

Date: 1921
Description: View down center of unpaved Main Street, with a service garage on the left and ice cream parlors on the right. There are lampposts along the sidewalks, and...
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Monroe Street

Date: 1912
Description: View from intersection of businesses along the left side of Monroe Street. A group of men are standing at the door of the drugstore on the corner, which ha...
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Street Scene

Date: 1916
Description: View down middle of unpaved street towards six children standing in the middle. There is a storefront on the right, with an automobile and a horse and bugg...
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Street Scene

Date: 1915
Description: View down street in the central business district. Automobiles and horse-drawn vehicles are parked along the curbs. Businesses line the street on both side...
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Street Scene

Date: 1915
Description: Slightly elevated view of the central business district looking down middle of street. Automobiles and horse-drawn vehicles are parked along the curbs. On ...
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Hotel

Date: 1915
Description: View from street of business district, with a hotel on a slight slope on the corner. The first floor is above street level, and another set of steps lead t...

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