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:
- “Enoch Eliason Farm - Carlton, Kansas.”
Flickr/WaterArchives.org Photographer unknown.
- “The Turon Hotel in Turon, Kansas in about 1910.”
Flickr/Robert of Fairfax Photographer unknown.
- “Kansas Irrigation Pump - On verso, ‘A Kansas Boy’s farm. Well pumping 1300 gallons per mintue.’”
Flickr/WaterArchives.org Photographer unknown.
- “Johnson Farm.”
Flickr/WaterArchives.org Photographer unknown.
- “Grandpa Ben Roll- Haviland, Kansas, 1915.”
Flickr/Whisenand Family Photographer unknown.
- “First Car - Model T Ford (Sumner).”
Flickr/Franklin B Thompson Photographer unknown.
- “Geuda Springs Dam.”
Flickr/WaterArchives.org Photographer unknown.
- “F.H. Mahler’s Plant - Scott City.”
Flickr/WaterArchives.org Photographer unknown.
- “Lewis-Mercantile - Bluff-City.”
Flickr/Glen Van Etten Photographer unknown.
- “Firestone Store, back work area, Girard, Kansas, USA, about 1920 c.”
Flickr/John Tewell Photographer unknown.
- “Main Street, Hoxie, Kansas c. 1920.”
Flickr/whitewall buick Photographer unknown.
- “Crane Office Supplies and Stationary (Topeka), 1920.”
Flickr/Marion Doss Photographer unknown.
- “Skelly Gas Station (Larned).”
Flickr/Allen Photographer unknown.
- “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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