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This is one of a set of pictures that we assume is a campaign party for Chester Louis Mize, Jr., who was the House Representative from Kansas in the 2nd District from 1964-1970. A full biography of Chester Mize can be found at www.kshs.org when you…

This is one of a set of pictures that we assume is a campaign party for Chester Louis Mize, Jr., who was the House Representative from Kansas in the 2nd District from 1964-1970. A full biography of Chester Mize can be found at www.kshs.org when you…

This is one of a set of pictures that we assume is a campaign party for Chester Louis Mize, Jr., who was the House Representative from Kansas in the 2nd District from 1964-1970. A full biography of Chester Mize can be found at www.kshs.org when you…

This is one of a set of pictures that we assume is a campaign party for Chester Louis Mize, Jr., who was the House Representative from Kansas in the 2nd District from 1964-1970. A full biography of Chester Mize can be found at www.kshs.org when you…

On back of photo: Cross Creek 1908

Detached residence, cruciform plan with side entrance, one-and-a-half-story, wood frame and weatherboard, coursed rough-cut stone foundations, gable roof. Rear shed porch, 1/1 and 4/1 double hung wooden windows, front bay window NW, glazed wooden…

Rural schoolhouse/residence, rectangle, one story, wood frame construction, gable roof. Hipped enclosed front entry, 1/1 windows, interior brick end chimney. Alterations -- brick veneer, asbestos shingles, modern windows and entrance door,…

(From back to front) John Palecek, Joe Mach Sr. and Boman Mach harvesting wheat with Caterpillar diesel D2 tractor pulling 12 foot combine near Narka, Kansas, July 3, 1941, covering 40 acres per 12-hour day. The D2 used about 1 1/2 gallons of 8 1/2…

This portrait is of a child standing on a one-armed hard-backed wooden chair. It is from the collection of Mabel Boyles, who was from Rossville, Kansas.

From the "Rossville Times:" Last week, A.L. Stalker weighed 50 ears of corn for William McGuire and 50 for J.M. Parr. They weighed 74 and 78 pounds, respectively, an average of a little better than one and one-half pounds each. They were plucked in…