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This Is What Kansas Looked Like 100 Years Ago... It May Surprise You

By Annie | Published October 31, 2015

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:

1. "Enoch Eliason Farm - Carlton, Kansas."

2. "The Turon Hotel in Turon, Kansas in about 1910."

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3. "Kansas Irrigation Pump - On verso, 'A Kansas Boy's farm. Well pumping 1300 gallons per mintue.'"

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4. "Johnson Farm."

5. "Grandpa Ben Roll- Haviland, Kansas, 1915."

6. "First Car - Model T Ford (Sumner)."

7. "Geuda Springs Dam."

8. "F.H. Mahler's Plant - Scott City."

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9. "Lewis-Mercantile - Bluff-City."

10. "Firestone Store, back work area, Girard, Kansas, USA, about 1920 c."

11. "Main Street, Hoxie, Kansas c. 1920."

12. "Crane Office Supplies and Stationary (Topeka), 1920."

13. "Skelly Gas Station (Larned)."

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14. "Washburn (Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas) Class of 1900 in front of Rice Hall."

What a difference 100 years makes…

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