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Kansas Collection

Background imageKansas Collection: NATI2A-00016

NATI2A-00016
Earth lodge of the Omaha tribe, Great Plains, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageKansas Collection: Free Soil versus slavery conflict in Kansas, 1850s

Free Soil versus slavery conflict in Kansas, 1850s
Kansas Free Soil " peace convention" at Fort Scott, Kansas, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageKansas Collection: Wichita, Kansas, 1870s

Wichita, Kansas, 1870s
Main street in Wichita, Kansas, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageKansas Collection: Pro-slavery poster in Kansas, 1850s

Pro-slavery poster in Kansas, 1850s
Kansas poster calling for homesteaders to rally under pro-slavery governor Charles Robinson, 1850s. Printed color reproduction of a document

Background imageKansas Collection: AGRI2A-00019

AGRI2A-00019
Cowboys guarding the herd at night during a Texas to Kansas cattle drive 1800s Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageKansas Collection: Buffalo killed from a train on the Great Plains

Buffalo killed from a train on the Great Plains
Passengers and crew shooting buffalo from a train on the transcontinental railroad, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageKansas Collection: Transcontinental railroad across the Great Plains

Transcontinental railroad across the Great Plains
Transcontinental railroad track to a station on the Great Plains, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageKansas Collection: Laying railroad track across the Great Plains

Laying railroad track across the Great Plains
Workers laying track for the transcontinental railroad, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageKansas Collection: HSET2A-00003

HSET2A-00003
Sod house of a homesteader family on the Great Plains, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageKansas Collection: Dugout home covered with prairie sod

Dugout home covered with prairie sod
A dugout covered with sod, home of a prairie homesteader, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageKansas Collection: Rescue of flood victims on the Mississippi River, 1800s

Rescue of flood victims on the Mississippi River, 1800s
Residents rescued at night from the flooded Mississippi River, 1882. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageKansas Collection: Quantrill raid on Lawrence, Kansas, US Civil War

Quantrill raid on Lawrence, Kansas, US Civil War
Confederate raiders destroying Lawrence, Kansas, 1863. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageKansas Collection: Cattle loaded on the railroad at Abilene, Kansas, 1870s

Cattle loaded on the railroad at Abilene, Kansas, 1870s
Loading Texas cattle on the Union Pacific Railway at Abilene, Kansas, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageKansas Collection: Buffalo herd on the American prairie

Buffalo herd on the American prairie
Herd of bison crossing a river bottom on the Great Plains. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 19th-century painting by Hays

Background imageKansas Collection: EXPL2A-00312

EXPL2A-00312
Map of slave and free areas of the United States in 1854, at the time of the Kansas-Nebraska Bill. Printed color lithograph 19th century

Background imageKansas Collection: Atchison & Pikes Peak Railroads first section of track, 1865

Atchison & Pikes Peak Railroads first section of track, 1865
First spike on the Atchison & Pikes Peak Railroad, 1865. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageKansas Collection: Prairie settlement along the transcontinental railroad

Prairie settlement along the transcontinental railroad
Railroad stop near a new town on the Great Plains, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageKansas Collection: Family in a covered wgon

Family in a covered wgon
Family with many children traveling in a covered wagon. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageKansas Collection: HSET2A-00069

HSET2A-00069
A pioneer familys sod house on the Kansas plains, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageKansas Collection: HSET2A-00090

HSET2A-00090
Family in a covered wagon at the approach of a prairie storm, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageKansas Collection: Covered wagons escaping a prairie fire

Covered wagons escaping a prairie fire
Wagon train crossing a stream to escape a prairie fire. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Frederic Remington illustration

Background imageKansas Collection: AGRI2A-00039

AGRI2A-00039
Farmer in his cornfield praying for rain, 1800s. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageKansas Collection: Neighbors sharing farm work on the Great Plains

Neighbors sharing farm work on the Great Plains
Prairie settlers helping a neighbor with his farm work, circa 1900. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a photograph

Background imageKansas Collection: HSET2A-00037

HSET2A-00037
Homesteader plowing a western prairie, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageKansas Collection: EXPL2A-00127

EXPL2A-00127
Father Marquette and Louis Joliet, the first white men on the upper Mississippi River, 1673. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageKansas Collection: Lawrence, Kansas, sacked by Confederates raiders under Quantrill

Lawrence, Kansas, sacked by Confederates raiders under Quantrill
Confederate Quantrill raid burns Lawrence, Kansas, 1863. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageKansas Collection: First Butterfields Overland stagecoach, Atchison, Kansas, 1866

First Butterfields Overland stagecoach, Atchison, Kansas, 1866
Butterfields Overland mail-coach starting out for California, 1866. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageKansas Collection: AGRI2A-00076

AGRI2A-00076
Cowboys driving a longhorn herd on the great cattle trail 1800s Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageKansas Collection: HSET2A-00015

HSET2A-00015
Wagon train in a snowstorm on the Great Plains, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageKansas Collection: HSET2A-00020

HSET2A-00020
Families camped beside their covered wagons on the prairie. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageKansas Collection: HSET2A-00052

HSET2A-00052
Settlers on the Great Plains fighting a prairie fire. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageKansas Collection: HSET2A-00091

HSET2A-00091
Settlers sod house and outbuildings in winter, western prairie, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageKansas Collection: HSET2A-00079

HSET2A-00079
Stagecoach caught in a prairie blizzard, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageKansas Collection: HSET2A-00009

HSET2A-00009
Covered wagon of a homesteader family heading west with their belongings, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageKansas Collection: NATI2A-00001

NATI2A-00001
Mat lodges of the Omaha tribe. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageKansas Collection: Army outpost Fort Larned, Kansas, 1860s

Army outpost Fort Larned, Kansas, 1860s
Soldiers digging in for the winter at Fort Larned, Kansas, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageKansas Collection: HSET2A-00119

HSET2A-00119
Pioneers and their ox-teams plowing the prairies west of the Mississippi, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageKansas Collection: Homesteaders planting corn on the prairie

Homesteaders planting corn on the prairie
Homesteaders dropping seeds to sow corn on the Great Plains, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageKansas Collection: HUSG2A-00032

HUSG2A-00032
Former slaves fleeing to Kansas from yellow fever outbreak in South, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageKansas Collection: Grasshopper, an agricultural pest of the US plains

Grasshopper, an agricultural pest of the US plains
Kansas grasshopper. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageKansas Collection: Pro-slavery voters from Missouri entering Kansas Territory, 1850s

Pro-slavery voters from Missouri entering Kansas Territory, 1850s
Missouri " border ruffians" entering Kansas to vote for slavery in the territory, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageKansas Collection: Proslavery voters invading Kansas, 1850s

Proslavery voters invading Kansas, 1850s
Pro-slavery forces ferrying Missouri voters to the Kansas shore to vote against free soil, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageKansas Collection: HSET2A-00005

HSET2A-00005
Pony Express rider changing horses. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration by Frederic Remington

Background imageKansas Collection: HSET2A-00095

HSET2A-00095
Pony Express rider changing horses at a relay station. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageKansas Collection: HSET2A-00103

HSET2A-00103
Traders and soldiers in the sutlers store at Fort Dodge, Kansas, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageKansas Collection: AGRI2A-00061

AGRI2A-00061
African-American cowboy pulling a longhorn out of the mud. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century Frederic Remington Illustration

Background imageKansas Collection: AGRI2A-00073

AGRI2A-00073
Cowboys driving a cattle herd from Texas to Kansas on the Chilsholm Trail 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageKansas Collection: AGRI2A-00147

AGRI2A-00147
Cowboys cutting out cattle to drive a herd from Texas to Kansas, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration


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