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A sepia-toned carte-de-visite of Tanda Walruff (Mrs. John Walruff). Her husband was noted for his Lawrence brewery, and his subsequent trouble with "dry" laws in Kansas. They later moved to Missouri.

This item is a postcard in our collection, showing a black and white photo of three men in a canoe on the Marais des Cygnes River, and one man on the near shore.

Caption at bottom: "RIVER SCENE At the Ottawa Chautauqua Assembly held in June,…

Three men sitting on chairs, dressed in traditional native American clothing and jewelry. Left to right they are Sac-o-pee, Mo-less, and Wah-lal-e-cah (Big Bear). These men are wearing traditional Native dress BUT they have non-native haircuts.

Two Sac and Fox men in traditional dress, holding feather fans, but with non-native haircuts. On the left is Moses Keokuk, the chief. The unknown man on the right appears to be wearing a European-American shirt and perhaps a tie underneath…

Seated portrait of Moses Keokuk, son of the great Keokuk. He is wearing a traditional Sac & Fox turban, bear claw necklace, striped cloth shirt, leggings, a blanket and moccasins.

Main Street bridge under construction in 1926. This was the first concrete bridge, the first two having been a suspension bridge and an iron bridge.

A photo taken in winter of the Greenwood bridge over the Marais des Cygnes, shortly after it was built. The original belongs to Louis Reed.

This view shows five unidentified people around and on the bridge. The heavy vegetation on the far side of the bridge indicates the well-watered area. The stone abutments are clearly visible.

Iron bridge at Rantoul over the Marais des Cygnes river. A young girl in a wide-brimmed hat sits on a fallen tree.