100 block of Southwest Sixth Avenue, Topeka, Kansas
Date: Between 1895 and 1900
This photograph shows the buildings on the north side of the 100 block of Southwest Sixth Avenue in Topeka, Kansas. The Knox building (later renamed the Columbian building), located at 112-114 Southwest Sixth Avenue, is visible in the center of the photograph. The architecture is Richardsonian Romanesque/Romanesque Revival and it was designed by Seymour Davis for Wm. Knox's bank, which failed in the 1890s. Offices of prominent businessmen, attorneys, political organizations including the Anti-Saloon League were housed in the building. The Columbian building is on National Register of Historic Places.

1890 Charles A. Thresher Diary
Date: 1890
Charles A. Thresher's diary from 1890. Charles Thresher lived and farmed in the Berryton, Shawnee County area. Entries are typically brief and provide information regarding the weather, chores and activities around the farm, what family members did, Thresher's and his family's health, visiting neighbors or those that Thresher visited, Sunday school and other church activities, and other such information about daily life in rural Kansas.

1891 Charles A. Thresher Diary
Date: 1891
Charles A. Thresher's diary from 1891. Charles Thresher lived and farmed in the Berryton, Shawnee County area. Entries are typically brief and provide information regarding the weather, chores and activities around the farm, what family members did, Thresher's and his family's health, visiting neighbors or those that Thresher visited, Sunday school and other church activities, and other such information about daily life in rural Kansas.

1893 Charles A. Thresher Diary
Date: 1893
Charles A. Thresher's diary from 1893. Charles Thresher lived and farmed in the Berryton, Shawnee County area. Entries are typically brief and provide information regarding the weather, chores and activities around the farm, what family members did, Thresher's and his family's health, visiting neighbors or those that Thresher visited, Sunday school and other church activities, and other such information about daily life in rural Kansas.

1894 Charles A. Thresher Diary
Date: 1894
Charles A. Thresher's diary from 1894. Charles Thresher lived and farmed in the Berryton, Shawnee County area. Entries are typically brief and provide information regarding the weather, chores and activities around the farm, what family members did, Thresher's and his family's health, visiting neighbors or those that Thresher visited, Sunday school and other church activities, and other such information about daily life in rural Kansas.

1895 Charles A. Thresher Diary
Date: 1895
Charles A. Thresher's diary from 1895. Charles Thresher lived and farmed in the Berryton, Shawnee County area. Entries are typically brief and provide information regarding the weather, chores and activities around the farm, what family members did, Thresher's and his family's health, visiting neighbors or those that Thresher visited, Sunday school and other church activities, and other such information about daily life in rural Kansas.

1895 fire, Hays, Kansas
Date: March 30, 1895
This photograph represents the aftermath that burned fifty-five buildings in Hays, Kansas on March 30, 1895.

1896 Charles A. Thresher Diary
Date: 1896
Charles A. Thresher's diary from 1896. Charles Thresher lived and farmed in the Berryton, Shawnee County area. Entries are typically brief and provide information regarding the weather, chores and activities around the farm, what family members did, Thresher's and his family's health, visiting neighbors or those that Thresher visited, Sunday school and other church activities, and other such information about daily life in rural Kansas.

1897 Charles A. Thresher Diary
Date: 1897
Charles A. Thresher's diary from 1897. Charles Thresher lived and farmed in the Berryton, Shawnee County area. Entries are typically brief and provide information regarding the weather, chores and activities around the farm, what family members did, Thresher's and his family's health, visiting neighbors or those that Thresher visited, Sunday school and other church activities, and other such information about daily life in rural Kansas.

1897 Liberty Head V Nickel from 14WY408
Date: 1897
This 1897 nickel was collected from a multicomponent camp site in Wyandotte County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2018. On the obverse is Liberty wearing a coronet and wreath with the date. On the reverse is "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA V E PLURIBUS UNUM."

1st Regimental Band, Hiawatha, Kansas
Date: Between 1890 and 1899
This is a view of the members of the First Regimental Band of Hiawatha, Kansas, sometime during the 1890s.

20th Kansas Artillery in Caloocan, Philippines
Creator: Rockett, P. Fremont
Date: 1899
This is a photograph of the 20th Kansas Artillery emplacement near the Old Cemetery at Caloocan, Philippines. The photograph is from the Metcalf album collection.

20th Kansas Infantry at Fort MacArthur, Caloocan, Philippines
Creator: Rockett, P. Fremont
Date: 1899
A photograph of the 20th Kansas Infantry in Fort MacArthur, Caloocan, Philippines during the Spanish American War. This photograph is from the Metcalf album collection.

20th Kansas Infantry Regiment
Creator: Street, W.J.
Date: Between 1898 and 1899
This set of photographs show members of the 20th Kansas Infantry Regiment and the troopship they were traveling on at a unidentified location.

20th Kansas Infantry Regiment
Date: Between 1898 and 1899
This poster shows scenes of the 20th Kansas Infantry Regiment during the Spanish American War.

20th Kansas Regiment
Date: Between 1898 and 1899
This photograph from the Metcalf album shows members of the 20th Kansas Regiment. On the backside of the photograph some of the members have been identified by their last names.

20th Kansas Regiment and 2nd Division headquarters, Caloocan, Philippines
Creator: Rockett, P. Fremont
Date: 1899
A photograph of the 20th Kansas Regiment and the 2nd Division headquarters in Caloocan, Philippines during the Spanish American War. This photograph came from the Metcalf album collection.

20th Kansas Regiment Artillery Battery during the Spanish American War
Creator: Rockett, P. Fremont
Date: 1899
A photograph of the 20th Kansas Regiment Artillery Battery firing from an old Spanish Block House during the Spanish American War. This photograph is from the Metcalf album collection.

20th Kansas Regiment Band, Manila, Philippines
Date: Between 1898 and 1899
View of the 20th Kansas Regiment's band, standing in formation, in Manila, Philippines, sometime during or immediately following the Spanish-American War (1898-1899).

20th Kansas Regiment Company A.
Date: Bulk 1898-1899
This photograph shows members of the 20th Kansas Regiment Company A., at dinner in the Tobacco Warehouse, in the Manila Philippines. The soldiers have been identified by their respected rows

20th Kansas Regiment Company A.
Date: Bulk 1898-1899
This photograph shows the 20th Kansas Regiment Company A. gathered for a meal in California.

20th Kansas Regiment Company B.
Date: Between 1898 and 1899
This photograph from the Metcalf album shows members of the 20th Kansas Regiment Company B at the La Rosa Barracks Tondo, Philippines. Some identifying information is included on the back of the photo.

20th Kansas Regiment Company B.
Date: Between 1898 and 1899
This photograph from the Metcalf album shows members of the 20th Kansas Regiment Company B north of Caloocan in the Philippines. Some identifying information is located on the back of the photo.

20th Kansas Regiment Company B.
Date: Bulk 1898-1899
This photograph shows the 20th Kansas Regiment Company B. standing in formation with weapons drawn in Presidio, California.

20th Kansas Regiment Company C.
Date: Between 1898 and 1899
This photograph shows members of the 20th Kansas Regiment Company C at a unidentified location. Information regarding the photograph and its donation is included on the back of the photo.