We sure have come a long way in 100 years, haven’t we? Yet at the same time, the beauty and majesty of Kansas is just as apparent now as it was some 100-odd years ago. Here are 14 pictures of Kansas that were all taken in the early twentieth century:

  1. “Enoch Eliason Farm - Carlton, Kansas.”

Flickr/WaterArchives.org Photographer unknown.

  1. “The Turon Hotel in Turon, Kansas in about 1910.”

Flickr/Robert of Fairfax Photographer unknown.

  1. “Kansas Irrigation Pump - On verso, ‘A Kansas Boy’s farm. Well pumping 1300 gallons per mintue.’”

Flickr/WaterArchives.org Photographer unknown.

  1. “Johnson Farm.”

Flickr/WaterArchives.org Photographer unknown.

  1. “Grandpa Ben Roll- Haviland, Kansas, 1915.”

Flickr/Whisenand Family Photographer unknown.

  1. “First Car - Model T Ford (Sumner).”

Flickr/Franklin B Thompson Photographer unknown.

  1. “Geuda Springs Dam.”

Flickr/WaterArchives.org Photographer unknown.

  1. “F.H. Mahler’s Plant - Scott City.”

Flickr/WaterArchives.org Photographer unknown.

  1. “Lewis-Mercantile - Bluff-City.”

Flickr/Glen Van Etten Photographer unknown.

  1. “Firestone Store, back work area, Girard, Kansas, USA, about 1920 c.”

Flickr/John Tewell Photographer unknown.

  1. “Main Street, Hoxie, Kansas c. 1920.”

Flickr/whitewall buick Photographer unknown.

  1. “Crane Office Supplies and Stationary (Topeka), 1920.”

Flickr/Marion Doss Photographer unknown.

  1. “Skelly Gas Station (Larned).”

Flickr/Allen Photographer unknown.

  1. “Washburn (Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas) Class of 1900 in front of Rice Hall.”

Flickr/Marion Doss Photographer unknown.

What a difference 100 years makes…

Flickr/WaterArchives.org

Photographer unknown.

Flickr/Robert of Fairfax

Flickr/Whisenand Family

Flickr/Franklin B Thompson

Flickr/Glen Van Etten

Flickr/John Tewell

Flickr/whitewall buick

Flickr/Marion Doss

Flickr/Allen

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