13th Officers Bridge Club, Hawaii
Creator: Hughes, James Clark, 1888-1964
Date: June 6, 1922
Captain Hughes' photos from the time he was stationed at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii provides a lens into the life of an officer. This photo taken June 6, 1922, is of the 13th Field Artillery Officers' Bridge Club. Notice the formality of both the men's uniforms and women's dresses. After Captain Hughes' assignment at Motor Transport School, Camp Holabird, Maryland, he had applied for a position in the Regular Army. He was accepted in September 1920 and assigned to a post at Ft. Lewis, Washington as a Battery Commander of the 13th Field Artillery. In October he was transferred to the Battery Commander Headquarters for the 13th Field Artillery at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. Hughes and wife, Mabel, along with the children moved to Hawaii and remained there until September of 1923. A full biography of James Clark Hughes is available at the link below to Kansapedia.

17th Annual Kansas State Fair
Creator: Hutchinson Gazette
Date: September 02, 1917
This is an advertisement for the 17th Annual Kansas State Fair published in the Hutchinson Gazette, September 2, 1917.

1906 Kansas University basketball team
Creator: Squires, C. F.
Date: 1906
This is a photograph of the 1905-06 Kansas University basketball team. The player on the floor is Phog Allen and the player in the second row, second from left is Chester Alexander Smith. The photograph was taken in 1906.

1911 Mount Hope High School football team in Mount Hope, Kansas
Date: 1911
This is a postcard showing the 1911 Mount Hope High School football team in Mount Hope, Kansas. People in the photograph are back row (left to right) HenryTihen, Glen Hill, LeRoy Kaufman, Doc Watt, Lucian Tucker, Fern Lumbert; second row (left to right) Everett Dilley, Clyde Harris, Chas. Merryfield, John Caffrey, Ross Hitt; and front row (left to right) Earl Rhodes, John Culk, Frank Royse, Zade Jordan, and Herman Johnson.

1924 Lecompton High School Football Team, Lecompton, Kansas
Date: 1924
Photograph of the 1924 Lecompton High School Football Team. The team is posed in front of Lane University which served as the High School from 1902-1928. The team members are seated on the entrance stairs in four rows with the coach standing on the left side in the back row. The uniforms worn by the team members consists of a dark sweater jersey, knee length pants and leather helmets. One player in the center of the second row is holding a football with "LHS 1924" written on it. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

1927 Lecompton High School Women's Basketball Team, Lecompton, Kansas
Date: 1927
Photograph of 1927 Lecompton High School Women's Basketball Team. Eight young women and the women's basketball coach are kneeling in front of the Lane University building which served as the high school from 1902-1928. The young women are dressed in dark sailor style blouses and pleated bloomers. One of the players is holding a basketball with "L.R.H.S. 1927" written on it. The identities from Left to Right: Back Row: Helen McClanahan, Mary McRae, Professor Browning, Roberta McClanahan, Elsie Lasswell; Front Row: Arlette Fulton, Mary Smith, Grace Gray, Martha James. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

1927 Lecompton Rural High School Basketball team, Lecompton, Kansas
Date: 1927
Photograph of the 1927 Lecompton High School basketball team. The six man team is attired in two-toned striped jerseys with "LRHS" lettering and dark shorts. Some team members are wearing knee length striped socks as well with laced hightop athletic shoes. The coach is attired in a suit and he is standing behind the front row of team members. The player in the center is holding a basketball with "L.R.H.S. 1927" written on it. The identities of the team from left to right: Delmar Parrish, Edgar Lancaster, Billy Glenn, Frank Smith, Roy Browning (coach). Raymond Foree, Joe Smith. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

1928 Lecompton High School Girls Basketball team, Lecompton, Kansas
Date: 1928
Photograph of Lecompton High School Girls Basketball team. The team is posed in three rows in front of the entrance to the Lecompton High School. A girl in the front row is holding a basketball with "L.R.H.S. 1928" written on the front. The girls in the front two rows are wearing a dark uniform consisting of knee length bloomer style shorts and sailor style blouses. The back row are wearing similar uniforms except the blouses are white. The following team members have been identified: Front Row: Mary Smith, Lavina DeKat, Elsie May Lasswell, Arlete Fulton; Second Row: Louise Clark, Edith Leslie, Roy Browning, Mary McRae, Helen McClanahan. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

1929 Lecompton High School Football Team, Lecompton, Kansas
Date: 1929
Photograph of the 1929 LHS football team. The team is dressed in uniforms consisting of a dark jersey, lighter colored pants, striped socks and leather helmets. The coach is standing in the middle of the back row. The identities of the team members are undocumented. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

1932 Lecompton Rural High School Football Team, Lecompton, Kansas
Date: 1932
Photograph of the Lecompton Rural High School football squad of 1932. The football team is arranged in three rows outside of the Lecompton High School building. The team is dressed in their uniforms which consist of dark jerseys, lighter colored laced front pants, striped socks. The team members in the second and third rows are wearing leather helmets. Coach Cramer is standing in the third row, left side. The team members and their positions, the opponents and scores for each game are documented on verso: Billy Anderson, Captain, left half; Ray Scott, full back; Eugene Harding, quarterback and right end; Norman Lasswell, right end and quarterback; Eugene Murphy, left tackle; Ralph Shimmel, right guard, Homer McClanahan, left guard; Gene Sulzen, sub; James Clarke, center; George Kettering, sub; Willis Horton, center and guard; Hedger McClanahan, right half, Elmer Robison, left end; R. Hildenbrand, right tackle and half back; [?] Gibbens, end; Tholl, end; [?] Dunn, guard; Glenn Simms, guard. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

1933 Champion Women's Basketball team, Lecompton High School, Lecompton, Kansas
Date: 1933
Photograph of the Lecompton High School Women's Basketball Team of 1933. The team was the champions of the East Central League. The team is standing outside of the Lecompton Rural High School and are attired in their basketball uniforms. One girl in the front row is holding a basketball which has "Champions" written across the front. The team is identified from left to right: Front Row: Henrietta Slavens, Esther Michael, Mae Norwood (captain), Pearl Slusser, Edna Anderson; Back Row: Hazel Wingfield, Theopolis Holmes, Jessie Norwoood, Dorothy Armstrong, Ruth Morris. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

1933 Lecompton High School Basketball Team Members, Lecompton, Kansas
Date: 1933
Photograph of four male students kneeling in front of the Lecompton High School holding a trophy and a basketball, which has "Champs" written on it. The team were the champions of the East Central League. The students are all dressed in dark sweaters and pants. The identities of the team members are undocumented with the exception of Bill Anderson, who is second from the left. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

1941 Lecompton High School Football Team, Lecompton, Kansas
Date: 1940-1941
Photograph of the 1940-1941 Lecompton High School Football Team. The team members are dressed in a uniform consisting of a dark colored jersey with a large number and light colored, laced pants. The team is posed in three rows with the probable coach in the back left. They are standing in front of the entrance to the Lecompton High School. Two players are holding footballs with "40-41" and "1940" written on them. On verso, the identities are written in pen: Back Row: Charles Sulzen, Arley Kampschroeder, Glenn Cree, Raymond Rothwell; Second Row: Hartman, Bill Boydston, Harry Carr, Rolland Kampschoeder Teacher, Vernon Hayes, Lester Stauffer; Front Row: Russell Foree, LeRoy Barland, Theodore Sulzen, Warren Hartman, Charles Worley. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

1941 Lecompton High School Football Team, Lecompton, Kansas
Date: 1941-1942
Photograph of the 1941 Lecompton High School Football Team. The team members are dressed in a uniform consisting of a dark colored jersey with a large number and light colored laced pants. The team is posed in three rows with the probable coach in the back center. They appear to be in front of the entrance to the Lecompton High School. A player is holding a football with "Champs 1941" written on it. The identities are: Back Row (Left to Right): Rolland Kampschroeder, Leroy Barland, Russell Forsee, Orville Kellogg (Coach), Bill Boydston, Dick Walter; Second Row: Marvin Hartman, Arlie Kampschroeder, Clarence Rothwell, Bob Fleming, Lester Stauffer, Doyle Kellogg, Roy Norwood; Front Row: Eugene Ewing, Fred Sulzen, Bob Fisher, Jack Norwood, Harry Buchheim, Charles Worley, John Kellog, Willie Selch. On verso, the identities are written in pen and a stamp with "APR 1942" is present. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

1962 Wichita Dreamliners baseball bat
Date: 1962
These photographs show the commemorative baseball bat received by Gil Carter as a member of the Wichita Rapid Transit Dreamliners semi-pro baseball team in 1962. That year, the Dreamliners won state and national semi-pro tournaments sponsored by the National Baseball Congress. Both tournaments were held in Wichita. In the state tournament, the Dreamliners defeated Wichita Instant Glass by a 2-1 score in the twelfth inning of the final game. In the 33-team national tournament, the Dreamliners advanced through the loser's bracket to win the title by defeating the Fairbanks Goldpanners, 7-6, in the championship game. Gil Carter, the Dreamliners' left fielder, had a .484 batting average and six home runs during the national tournament, which earned him a spot on the all-tournament team. Carter played for the Dreamliners again in 1963, when the team successfully defended its state and national semi-pro titles (see Kansas Memory number 310424). Digital images of the commemorative bat were created through a joint project sponsored by the Kansas Historical Society and the Shawnee County Baseball Hall of Fame.

1963 Wichita Dreamliners baseball bat
Date: 1963
These photographs show the commemorative baseball bat received by Gil Carter as a member of the Wichita Rapid Transit Dreamliners semi-pro baseball team in 1963. That year, the Dreamliner team successfully defended its state and national semi-pro titles by winning tournaments at both levels sponsored by the National Baseball Congress. In the state tournament, the Dreamliners defeated Wichita Service Auto Glassmen by a 6-5 score in the eleventh inning of the final game. In the national tournament, the Dreamliners bested Ponchatoula, Louisiana by a score of 5-4 in the title game. Both tournaments were held in Wichita. Gil Carter was an outfielder for the 1963 Dreamliners. He also was in the starting lineup for the Dreamliners in 1962, when the team won its first state and national semi-pro titles (see Kansas Memory number 310423). Digital images of the commemorative bat were created through a joint project sponsored by the Kansas Historical Society and the Shawnee County Baseball Hall of Fame.

1966-1967 Lecompton Rural High School Football Team, Lecompton, Kansas
Creator: Taylor Publishing Company
Date: 1966-1967
Photograph of the 1966-1967 L.R.H.S. Football team. The players are arranged in a circle facing downward and are wearing football jerseys. The identities of the team are captured on verso: Stanley Simmons, Lee Keating, Kerry Pierce, Richard Wright, Michael Goodrich, Bill Neuschafer, Walt Delge, Dick Kahle, Gilbert Bates, Tex Harrell, Don Keating. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

1969 SCABA baseball yearbook, Topeka, Kansas
Creator: Shawnee County Amateur Baseball Association, Inc.
Date: 1969
Shown here is the 1969 yearbook published by the Shawnee County Amateur Baseball Association, Inc. (SCABA), a youth baseball organization with facilities at Lake Shawnee in Topeka, Kansas. The yearbook includes photos of teams who participated in each of the SCABA age divisions offered in 1969--Minor League, Midget, Gopher, Pony, and Pony Express. Also identified are the championship teams in each league, as well as the team sponsors. Among the players pictured in the yearbook is Lon Kruger, the Silver Lake native who would become well-known for his basketball career, first as a player at Kansas State University, and later as a collegiate and NBA coach. In the summer of 1969, Kruger played for the Bluejays, the co-champions in SCABA's Pony Express League, and winner of the league tournament. Digital reproduction of the yearbook was accomplished through a joint project sponsored by the Kansas Historical Society and the Shawnee County Baseball Hall of Fame.

1972 Gold Glove awarded to Topekan Ken Berry
Date: 1972
This photograph features the Gold Glove awarded to Topekan Ken Berry for his defensive excellence as a center fielder for the 1972 California Angels. It was Berry's second Gold Glove, his first having been received in 1970 as a member of the Chicago White Sox. In 1972, Berry had an error-free season and led all American League outfielders in fielding percentage (1.000) and assists (13). He also was the league's co-leader in double plays turned by an outfielder (5). His adeptness in making difficult plays earned Berry the nickname "The Bandit," and he was especially known for spectacular catches at the wall which robbed many hitters of a home run. Ken Berry's major league career spanned 14 seasons, during which he played in 1,383 games for four teams, including the Chicago White Sox (1962-1970), California Angels (1971-73), Milwaukee Brewers (1974), and Cleveland Indians (1975). His career fielding percentage was .989. Offensively, Berry hit for a career average of .255, with his best year being 1972 when he batted .289. In 1967, he was named to the American League's All-Star Team. Following his major league career, Berry was the field manager for eight minor league teams; he also worked in several organizations as a minor league instructor and coach. Berry graduated from Washburn Rural High School in 1959, and attended Wichita State University. Digital images of Ken Berry's 1972 Gold Glove were created through a joint project sponsored by the Kansas Historical Society and the Shawnee County Baseball Hall of Fame.

300 Mile Race over New Santa Fe Trail
Creator: Moore Studio
Date: May 26, 1913
This black and white photograph shows one of the three Buick cars used during the 300-mile race over the new Santa Fe Trail in front of the Kansas City Star newspaper office. The three automobiles left the Hutchinson News office at 5:01 a.m., arriving at the Kansas City Star office at 4:24 p.m. proving a 300-mile automobile trip could be made on Kansas dirt highways in twelve hours. The only stop during the race was for lunch in Emporia, Kansas. Seated in the Buick are the following individuals from left to right: M.P. Newton, O.M. Wilhite, Ralph Faxton, in the middle, Kansas Governor George H. Hodges, and Fred Trigg.

Abilene Ikes baseball team, Abilene, Kansas
Date: 1949
This photograph features the 1949 Abilene Ikes, the team that won the pennant in the Amateur Baseball League of America with a record of 28-20. The ABLA, which was established in 1947 as a successor to the Central Division of the Kansas Ban Johnson League, consisted of five teams in 1949, including Abilene, Beloit, Clay Center, Junction City, and Manhattan. Standing in the photo are (l to r): Jim Schlesener, Lonnie Golden, Leo Christopher, Tex Seymour, Chick Gordon, Gus Carmack, Clyde Girrens, Wayne Platz, and Mike Gulino. Seated are (l to r): William Bell, Jack Sullivan, Carrol Bryant, Sonny Hancks, Von Price (manager), Dale Hatfield, Bob Stewart, Bob Tomchak, and Neale Henderson. The photo appeared in the Abilene Reflector-Chronicle on August 9, 1949. Digital reproduction of the photograph was accomplished through a joint project sponsored by the Kansas Historical Society and the Shawnee County Baseball Hall of Fame.

A boy on horseback, Greeley County, Kansas
Date: Between 1920 and 1930
A boy sits on a horse in front of a sod building, Greeley County, Kansas.

Academy baseball team, Hiawatha, Kansas
Date: Between 1905 and 1915
This postcard is a studio portrait of the Hiawatha Academy baseball team. The image is undated, but it was likely made between 1905 and 1915. The Hiawatha Academy was an educational institution that accepted its first students in the fall of 1888. It ceased operation at the close of the school term in May 1915.

Aerial view of Garden City, Finney County, Kansas
Date: 1966
This is an aerial view of Garden City, Kansas. This photograph was donated by the Kansas Industrial Development Commission. A baseball field is in the foreground.

Aerial view of west Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1931
An aerial view of land located west of Gage Boulevard, south of the Kansas River, and north of 6th Avenue. The area later became West Hills and Prospect Hills residential subdivisions. In 1931, several people formed the Prospect Hills Golf Association. They hired Mr. Daghlerch, a Kansas City architect, to lay out the course (black lines on the photograph show the location). It continued for six years and on January 27, 1937, a portion of the land was sold to Mrs. Theo Landon. On May 9, 1938, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Landon purchased the remaining part of Prospect Hills and hired Neiswanger Investment Company to market the subdivision.