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[Lewis and Clark map, with annotations in brown ink by Meriwether Lewi...

Pen and ink. Author information provided by Prof. Donald Jackson, 1/12/1977. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. See also: pp. 97-103 of Allen's Passage through the garden... More

Kansas City, Missouri and its surroundings - Vintage map, Norman B. Le...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

[Photo of prison: prison dorm, Leavenworth, Kansas]

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Photo by Bain News Service. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Prisons.

National parks: Parfleche - public domain image

Parfleche Public domain photograph of primitivism, folk art, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Larned national historic site - Pocket Watch

Pocket Watch Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Larned national historic site - Wild Horses

Wild Horses Public domain photograph of a national park, horse riding, rangers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

1950 Census Enumeration District Maps - Kansas (KS) - Rawlins County -...

Enumeration District Maps - Kansas - Rawlins County

Lydroy's 81 Grill, Sunflower Room, 1144 South Broadway, Wichita, Kansa...

Public domain photograph of restaurant - Picryl description

Windsor Hotel, Garden City, Kansas

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

5th Avenue Hotel, Topeka, Kansas

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Shangri-La Motel sign, Wyatt Earp Boulevard, Dodge City, Kansas

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motel signs. Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-3). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photo... More

AIRMAN 1ST Class Jane B. Hoapili, Titan ballistic missile analyst tech...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcconnell Air Force Base State: Kansas (KS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to P... More

Member of the Russia's 27th Guards Motorized Rifle Division troops fro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PEACEKEEPER '95 Base: Mcconnell Air Force Base State: Kansas (KS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Opera... More

Spring Hill Farm and Stock Ranch

Image of barn and house on faraway horizon with clouds in the sky and green wooded valley in foreground

Severe Storm ^ Tornado - Joplin, Mo. , August 6, 2011 -- Nearly 1,000 ...

The original database describes this as: Title: Boy Scouts at Joplin High School Production Date: 08/06/2011 Caption: Joplin, Mo. , August 6, 2011 -- Nearly 1,000 Boy Scouts volunteered to clean debris aroun... More

Kansas City, Mo., June 4, 2014 -- Peggy Houston, General Manager of T...

The original finding aid described this as: Date Taken: 2014-06-04 08:27:08 UTC Photographer Name: Steve Zumwalt Keywords: Consultation ^ kansas city ^ Missouri ^ Preparedness ^ Region VII ^ tribal ^ Tribal ... More

Fields of milo (Sorghum bicolor), Nicodemus National Historic Site, 20...

Also known as great millet, durra, jowari or just called milo, this grass originated in northern Africa but is now cultivated widely in troipcal and subtropical regions. It is the main dry farming grain grown i... More

Weather in Kansas can be extreme and unpredictable,

Weather in Kansas can be extreme and unpredictable, with each season bringing its own hazards and challenges. That’s why Fort Riley’s Emergency Management Office spearheads the Severe Spring Weather Awareness c... More

Tenenat Satisfaction Survey

The Army began its annual Tenant Satisfaction Survey Dec. 2 to gather feedback about living in Army housing. Col. Will McKannay, Fort Riley Garrison Commander, said “People are our highest priority, so providin... More

Abraham Lincoln, [September 16-17, 1859] (Notes for Speech in Kansas ...

A little farmer girl and a splendid pair of Herefords -- bull and cow ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural farming landscape, agriculture, farm animals, livestock, farmers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

I want to live where glory waves

words by Mae Kirkpatrick ; music by Myrtle Oak. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. (additional physical form) Staff notation. (language)

Fort Leavenworth, Metropolitan Avenue & Seventh Street, Leavenworth, L...

Significance: Founded in 1827, Fort Leavenworth is one of the oldest Army posts in the American West. During the mid nineteenth century the post protected travelers on the Santa Fe Trail and supplied all milit... More

Mushroom rock on Alum Creek, Kansas, 7 miles east of Fort Harker & 496...

No. 130. Part of series: Across the continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known for his pho... More

Bethel Sanctuary, Inman, McPherson County, KS

1993 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The Bethel Sanctuary, built in 1880, is the sole remaining example of the Mennonite "Prayer House" in North America. The structure was constructe... More

Bethel Sanctuary, Inman, McPherson County, KS

1993 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The Bethel Sanctuary, built in 1880, is the sole remaining example of the Mennonite "Prayer House" in North America. The structure was constructe... More

Bethel Sanctuary, Inman, McPherson County, KS

1993 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The Bethel Sanctuary, built in 1880, is the sole remaining example of the Mennonite "Prayer House" in North America. The structure was constructe... More

Morrow House, 1408 Kentucky Street, Lawrence, Douglas County, KS

Survey number: HABS KS-43 Building/structure dates: 1865-1870 Initial Construction

Fletcher-Switzer House, Washington & Second Streets, Nicodemus, Graham...

See HABS No. KS-49 for list of structures that are contributing to the historic district & fieldnotes. Significance: The Fletcher-Switzer site was an important focus of activity on the Nicodemus town-site. The ... More

Nicodemus Historic District, Nicodemus, Graham County, KS

Significance: Nicodemus, Kansas, represents the earliest and most prosperous midwestern black settlement associated with the massive westward migration of former slaves out of the south during Reconstruction. ... More

Nicodemus Historic District, Nicodemus, Graham County, KS

Significance: Nicodemus, Kansas, represents the earliest and most prosperous midwestern black settlement associated with the massive westward migration of former slaves out of the south during Reconstruction. ... More

1950 Census Enumeration District Maps - Kansas (KS) - Montgomery Count...

Enumeration District Maps - Kansas - Montgomery County

1950 Census Enumeration District Maps - Kansas (KS) - Pratt County - C...

Enumeration District Maps - Kansas - Pratt County

Striking zinc miners. Cherokee County, Kansas

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Farmer of Cherokee County, Kansas

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

In front of hotel. Oskaloosa, Kansas

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Building new house on northeast Kansas development project

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, wooden frame, timber, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Thirty year-old mule; the girl is twenty-five. Farm in Coffey County, ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Tightrope performers at 4-H Club fair, Cimarron, Kansas

Public domain photograph - historical image of Kansas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mr. Shoenfeldt and son, FSA (Farm Security Administration) client in S...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Front porch. Chanute, Kansas - safety film negatives, Library of Congr...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s house, porch, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Servicing an old oil well near Wichita, Kansas

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Stockyards. Wichita, Kansas - safety film negatives, Library of Congre...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Sergeant Harry Cook (outside ring) and SGT Mark Varndell oversee a spa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Leavenworth State: Kansas (KS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Herman J. Kokojan Release Status: Releas... More

Soldiers participating in Exercise Reforger '82 fire an M-110E1 8-inch...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '82 Base: Fort Riley State: Kansas (KS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SFC Mcbride ... More

A Russian Army Major directs his 27th Guards Motorized Rifle Division ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PEACEKEEPER '95 Base: Mcconnell Air Force Base State: Kansas (KS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Opera... More

Garden of Eden, Lucas, Kansas. Photogrpah by John Margolies

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; John Margolies 2010 (DLC/PP-2010:191). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library ... More

Head-on view of a French Air Force Mirage 2000C as it approaches a U.S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCE Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SRA Greg L. Davis Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

U.S. Air Force LT. COL. Tom S. Pettigrew, a pilot with the Kansas Air ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Forbes Field, Topeka State: Kansas (KS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Allen Pickert Release Status: Releas... More

18) Clipping from Topeka, Kansas Capital

Image of a press clipping found in NAACP papers in Topeka, Kansas as notated from the Topeka, Kansas Capital: "Support is Pledged. Financial and moral support of the Topeka chapter of the National association f... More

interior view of window sash removal

Workers remove window sashes for restoration. The walls are blackened from a previous fire. Desks are NOT original.

The wizard of oz bert lahr cowardly lion, transportation traffic.

Position 2 for the Hungarian Split Squat.

Position 2 for the Hungarian Split Squat.

Fifteen Soldiers with 1st Bn., 63rd Armor Regt., 2nd

Fifteen Soldiers with 1st Bn., 63rd Armor Regt., 2nd ABCT, 1st Inf. Div., gather tube-launched, optically-tracked, wire-guided, or TOW, anti-tank missiles prior to a live-fire range July 22 at Fort Riley's trai... More

TRZEBIAN, Poland (Feb. 13, 2019) - Soldiers from the

TRZEBIAN, Poland (Feb. 13, 2019) - Soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment and the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, both with the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division based o... More

Kansas Satellite View Map - Public domain map

Created by an act of Congress in 1879, the USGS has evolved over the ensuing 125 years, matching its talent and knowledge to the progress of science and technology. The USGS is the sole science agency for the D... More

Law enforcement officers hold up the bodies of Bob and Grat Dalton

Law enforcement officers hold up the bodies of Bob and Grat Dalton after the attempted Bank Robbery in Coffeyville, Kansas

Letter from Uriah W. Oblinger to Mattie V. Oblinger and Ella Oblinger,...

number of pages: 4 p.

Buteo Cooperii, California Hawk.

Public domain image related to botany, botanical artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Eutania haydenii, Hayden's Garter Snake.

Public domain image related to botany, botanical artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Presbyterian Church, Vinland, Douglas County, KS

Survey number: HABS KS-47 Public domain photograph of architectural diagram, building plan, section, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Presbyterian Church, Vinland, Douglas County, KS

Survey number: HABS KS-47 Public domain photograph of architectural diagram, building plan, section, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hollenberg Pony Express Station, Route 243, 6.9 miles south of Nebrask...

1992 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The Hollenberg Pony Express Station is the only Pony Express Station still standing on its original site with its original dimensions intact. It s... More

Bethel Sanctuary, Inman, McPherson County, KS

1993 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The Bethel Sanctuary, built in 1880, is the sole remaining example of the Mennonite "Prayer House" in North America. The structure was constructe... More

J. B. Watkins Land Company, 1047 Massachusetts Street, Lawrence, Dougl...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS KS-50 Building/structure dates: ca. 1885- 1888 Initial Construction

Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, 395 Biddle Boulevard, Leavenworth,...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kansas City in 1855 & 1887 - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Co...

Print showing view of Kansas City as it looked in 1855 and bird's-eye views of several buildings present in Kansas City in 1887. 21952 U.S. Copyright Office. (inscribed in pencil). Copyrighted by The Lanward S... More

Nicodemus Historic District, Nicodemus, Graham County, KS

Significance: Nicodemus, Kansas, represents the earliest and most prosperous midwestern black settlement associated with the massive westward migration of former slaves out of the south during Reconstruction. ... More

Nicodemus Historic District, Nicodemus, Graham County, KS

Significance: Nicodemus, Kansas, represents the earliest and most prosperous midwestern black settlement associated with the massive westward migration of former slaves out of the south during Reconstruction. ... More

Indian Village Burning - National Parks Gallery

Public domain photograph of painting, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shoulder bag, arts of africa oceania and the americas

Public domain photo of a 3d object, North and Central America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Colton's Kansas and Nebraska. - Public domain old map

Detailed map showing cities and towns, county boundaries, roads, and the railroad network. 1:1,140,480 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Indian Expedition - National Parks Gallery

General Hancock's encampment at Fort Harker, from Harper's Weekly, published April 2, 1867.

Late Indian outrages: Fort Wallace, Kansas

After a photograph by Major Calhoun and Dr. Bell. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1867 July 27, p. 468.

Kansas. Dodge City. Horse-drawn vehicle

Photograph shows two men sitting up front on stage coach, from Western Kansas to Oklahoma Territory, outside of home.

Tornado, Lebanon, Kansas

Public domain photograph - historical image of Kansas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Flood on the KATY, no. 1 / Gannaway, SMcA, no. 1.

Photograph shows a Missouri-Kansas-Texas train under several feet of water. Passengers stand on top of the train.

Governor's mansion, Topeka - A black and white photo of a large house

Photograph shows Governor Athur Copper's house at 1035 Topeka Boulevard, Topeka, Kansas. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

Wetlands and Wildlife Scenic Byway - Exoduster Children, Elsie and Lel...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Twins Elsie (1889-1981) and Lela (1889-1962) Scott, two of 17 children belonging to Stafford County Exodusters John and Julia Scott, pos... More

National parks: IMG_7938 - public domain image

Public domain photograph of cabinet, furniture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Larned national historic site - Robert's Trunk

The trunk Robert's father gave him for the trip to Santa Fe.

Colleges and Universities - University of Kansas - University of Kansa...

Date Taken: 10/1/1918 Photographer: W.W. Lawrence Colleges and Universities - University of Kansas

16) Topeka Plaindealer, October 7, 1928

Image of an article from the Topeka Plaindealer, October 7, 1928: "Mass Meeting Sunday. The Topeka Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will hold a public mass meeting at Cal... More

FSA (Farm Security Administration) client showing county supervisor pu...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Corn crib and wagon. Kansas - safety film negatives, Library of Congre...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Women and children at 4-H Club fair, Cimarron, Kansas

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tractor bought by FSA (Farm Security Administration) loan to German-Ru...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century great depression era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Riley, Kansas. Soldiers of a cavalry machine gun platoon going ov...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape, horses, horse riding, farm animals, farmers, livestock, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Topeka, Kansas. Workmen manipulating a hot forging which is being hamm...

Public domain photograph of military personnel, army, militia, infantry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aaron Copland under umbrella, University of Kansas, 1973

Picryl description: Public domain image of a portrait of composer or musician, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Shangri-La Motel, Dodge City, Kansas

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More

Storefronts, Pittsburg, Kansas. Photogrpah by John Margolies

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Main Street. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photogr... More

A member of the U.S. Army Audio-Visual Center television production te...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '82 Base: Fort Riley State: Kansas (KS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SFC Mcbride ... More

STAFF Sergeant Steve Colson, an M-60 tank commander with the 3/37th Ar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Riley State: Kansas (KS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SPC 4 Joseph Satterthwaite Release Status: Released... More

The silo door is opened at Site 533-8 as members of the 381st Strategi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcconnell Air Force Base State: Kansas (KS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MASTER SGT. Deal Toney Release Status... More

An air-to-air refueling operation of an E-4B National Emergency Airbor...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: MASTER SGT. Kenneth Hammond Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A member of the U.S. Army's military police stands guard at his post a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Leavenworth State: Kansas (KS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT. Rose Reynolds Release Status: Released ... More

Former U.S. Senator Robert J. Dole gives a speech during the dedicatio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcconnell Air Force Base State: Kansas (KS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Michael Boquette, USAF Release S... More

Towns and Cities: Abandoned - Kansas, National Forest Service photogra...

Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Jayhawk State Theatre sign, all that is left of the Jayhawk Theatre, T...

The Jayhawk Theatre opened its doors on August, 1926. Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gif... More