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Tim Johnson Postcard Collection

This collection, donated by FHSU Alum Tim Johnson, features postcards of various places and events, mainly in Kansas. Topics included are fairs, motels, hospitals, towns, the Garden of Eden in Lucas, and the Waconda Spring in Mitchell County are among items depicted in this collection. Some items in this collection may contain racially insensitive or offensive content.

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Postcard: Houge Mercantile Company Advertisement, Leon, Kansas

This black and white printed postcard features an illustration of a pair of men's shoes. Printed text is below the illustration.
Postcard: Hutchinson, Kansas, "The Salt City." Interior of Geo. M. Winstead's Jewelry Store

This black and white photographic postcard features a shop in Hutchinson, Kansas. Display cases full of wares are on the left and right side of the store. Shelves behind the display cases hold more items. A row of display cases is in the center of the store. Red printed text is at the top of the card. Printed text is at the bottom of the card.
Postcard: #I4 Away Up

This black and white photographic postcard features a man on a bucking horse. The background is white. Prairie land is in the foreground and written text is towards the bottom of the card. (Note indicates the photo was taken by Liberal, Kansas photographer Hal Reid.)
Postcard: I Am At El Portal del Are S.A. Exclusive Mexican Art

This color photographic postcard features a market style interior room. Merchandise is on the left and right side of the aisle. A woman is behind a table on the left side. Stairs on the right lead up to a second floor shopping area. Several people stand in the background. Printed text is on the back of the card.
Postcard: I am Going to Attend The Log Rolling at Jamestown, Kansas

This black and white printed postcard features an illustration of a man riding a cart with a donkey or mule pulling the cart. There is a decorative border around the card and printed text at the bottom of the card. A signature is written at the bottom of the card. Handwriting is on the back of the card.
Postcard: Ice Harvest, Halstead, Kansas

This black and white photographic postcard features an ice harvest in Halstead, Kansas. Seven men stand on a frozen over creek. They are holding various tools for cutting and removal of ice. A track runs from the ice up to a structure at the top of the creek bed. Two men stand at the track. A man with a wagon and two horses are in the background. Printed text is at the bottom of the card. Handwriting is on the back of the card.
Postcard: Ideal Pharmacy Advertisement, If 'Twere Done at All 'Twere Best Done Quickly

This color printed postcard features an illustration of a woman holding curtains open. She is wearing a blue dress and has her hair pinned up. A white stand in the background has a bottle of perfume on it. Green printed text and the calendar month December 1909 is below the illustration.
Postcard: I. D. Fox & Co. Wholesale and Retail Accordion Player Illustration

This color printed postcard depicts an advertisement promoting a variety of products. There is blue text on the right side of the card. The text promotes wholesale and retail booksellers, stationers and instrumental dealers. This image features an illustration of a man sitting on a rock playing the accordion. He is wearing a hat and blue clothes. A woman is standing to the right of him with her arms bent up to her chin. She is wearing a red dress with a white apron. There is a dog sitting to the right of the woman with it's ears forward. There is a body of water and hills in the background.
Postcard: I. D. Fox & Co. Wholesale and Retail Archery Illustration

This color printed postcard depicts an advertisement promoting a variety of products. The blue text in the top left promote wholesale and retail booksellers, stationers and instrumental dealers. This image features an illustration of a man in a blue hat and coat standing with a smoking pipe in his mouth looking at a woman to the left of him. The woman is wearing a red dress with a yellow bow on her back. She is holding a bow and arrow and is aiming at an archer's target. There is a body of water and hills in the background.
Postcard: I. D. Fox & Co. Wholesale and Retail Badminton Illustration

This color printed postcard depicts an advertisement promoting a variety of products. The blue text in the bottom left promotes wholesale and retail booksellers, stationers and instrumental dealers. The image above the text features an illustration of two women in dresses holding racquets. The shuttlecock is up in the air between them. There is foliage in the background.
Postcard: I'll Try to Stop Him at Your Place

This colorized printed postcard features an illustration of a grasshopper colored blue. The grasshopper has a saddle and in illustration of a man in a hat is riding the grasshopper. A photographic image of a man's face his on top of the illustration of the body and under the illustration of the hat. Written text is at the bottom of the card. Handwriting is on the bottom and back of the card.
Postcard: Illustration of a Mexican Woman Painting Pottery

This color printed postcard features an illustration of a Mexican woman sitting on the floor painting a piece of pottery. Four bowls of paint are in the foreground and finished pieces surround the woman. A doorway is in the top right corner.
Postcard: Illustration of Three Mexican Men Painting

This color printed postcard features an illustration of three Mexican men sitting on the floor painting a piece of pottery. The man in the foreground is painting a chest. He has three paintbrushes in his right hand. Behind him is another man painting a chest. The third man is in the background and his backside is visible. He is painting a plate. They are surrounded by completed projects.
Postcard: Indian Bark House - Practicing Shooting

This black and white photographic postcard features an indigenous man standing next to a tree, holding a bow that is used with an arrow. A construction of a bark house is in the background. A woman and children stand in front of the bark house. Written text is at the top and bottom of the card. Part of the "Perils of the Plains" set which are actual photos of a staged 1905 event for the NEA (National Editorial Association). The event took place on the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch near Bliss, Oklahoma.
Postcard: Indian Burial Pits

This color photographic postcard features three photos. The top photo is a billboard. There is printed text on the right side of the board. The left side of the board depicts an Indigenous man wearing a warbonnet. The middle photo is of the burial remains. There are bones in the dirt where they were uncovered and signs are next to the different bodies. The bottom picture is of the building that provides tourist opportunities at the burial site. There is printed text on the back of the card.
Postcard: Indian Burial Pits, 4 Miles East on Highway No. 40, Salina, Kansas

This color photographic postcard features the Whiteford family archeological dig outside of Salina, Kansas. Skeletal remains have labels with a piece of paper placed on the remains. Other artifacts are also labeled. Printed text is at the bottom of the card. Printed text is on the back of the card.
Postcard: Indian Burial Pit, Salina, Kansas

This colorized photographic postcard features the Whiteford family archeological dig outside of Salina, Kansas. Skeletal remains have numbers labeled with printed numbers on the card to indicate the number of each artifact.
Postcard: Indian Burial Pit, Salina, Kansas with Whiteford

This colorized photographic postcard features the Whiteford family at an archeological dig outside of Salina, Kansas. Guy, Jay Dee, and Mabel have tools in their hands. They are uncovering and adding print notes to each buried item and body. There is printed text at the bottom of the card. There is printed text on the back of the card.
Postcard: Indian Family at Home

This black and white photographic postcard features four indigenous people in front of a wigwam. A child sits on a spotted horse on the left. A man stands to the right of the horse. A girl stands in the middle and a man stands to the right. Written text is towards the top of the card. Part of the "Perils of the Plains" set which are actual photos of a staged 1905 event for the NEA (National Editorial Association). The event took place on the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch near Bliss, Oklahoma.
Postcard: Indian Peace Treaty Medicine Lodge, Oct-27, 12

This black and white photographic postcard features a commemoration to the Indian Peace Treaty outside of Medicine Lodge. People returned years later to reenact the historical event, calling it "The Medicine Lodge Indian Peace Treaty Pageant". A row of covered wagons are in the field with crowds of people gathered in groups in the field. The far left background depicts two cars on the bluff. There is handwriting on the bottom of the card.
Postcard: In Garden of Eden, Lucas Kansas

This black and white photographic postcard features a coffin on the ground. The lid lies next to the coffin with an crest and the name "Dinsmoor" on it. S. P. Dinsmoor stands behind the coffin looking down into it. He is wearing a suit and has a beard. A fence and bushes are in the background and the side of a house is in the foreground. Writing is on the top and bottom of the card.
Postcard: In Garden of Eden, Lucas Kansas with Print on Back

This black and white photographic postcard features a coffin on the ground. The lid lies next to the coffin with an crest and the name "Dinsmoor" on it. S. P. Dinsmoor stands behind the coffin looking down into it. He is wearing a suit and has a beard. A fence and bushes are in the background and the side of a house is in the foreground. Writing is on the top and bottom of the card. There is printed text on the back of the card.
Postcard: Int. Brotchies's Jewelry Store, Scandia, Kansas. 3977

This black and white photographic postcard features a shop in Scandia, Kansas. Display cases full of jewelry and other wares are on the left. Books line shelves in the forefront behind the counter. Other goods line the shelves on the left in the background. A child stands in the bottom right of the card. Written text is at the top right corner of the card.
Postcard: Interior Chapman's Place, Chanute, Kansas 3854

This black and white photographic postcard features a shop in Chanute, Kansas. The right side of the wall is lined with postcards for sale. The left side of the shop depicts a row of phonographs, or record players. A sign in the back states, "Victor Talking Machines sold here". There is writing on the bottom and the back of the card.
Postcard: Interior of Bath House at Hot Springs, Arkansas.

This colorized photographic postcard features the men's bathing department. There are five men on chaise lounges. Two are wearing robes and three are wrapped in blankets. There are 17 men standing. There are three men in steam saunas with their heads out of the top. Behind the saunas are a row of showers. There is printed text at the bottom.
Postcard: Interior of Foeltzer Cigar Company Store, Hutchinson, Kansas

This black and white photographic postcard features a shop in Hutchinson, Kansas. Tobacco and merchandise are behind the counters on the left and right in the foreground. Ingredients for beverages lines the wall on the right. The background reveals a row of billiards tables on the left. Seats line the right. Red printed text is at the top of the card. "Hutchinson KS." is written on the back of the card.
Postcard: Interior of J.A. Johnson's Jewelry Store, Independence, Kansas

This black and white photographic postcard features a shop in Independence, Kansas. Display cases full of wares are on the left and right side of the store. Shelves along the left wall and background contain more goods. There are five "X" marks on the right side of the card to point out where the postcards are located. There is printed and handwritten text at the bottom of the card.
Postcard: Interior of Johnson's Jewelry Store, Independence, Kansas

This colorized photographic postcard features a shop in Independence, Kansas. Display cases and shelves full of wares are on the left and right side of the store. A man stands behind the display cases on the left and a man stands beside the cases on the right. Both are wearing suits. Two women in dresses are in the background. Written text is on the bottom left of the card.
Postcard: Interior View Republic Pharmacy

This colorized photographic postcard features a shop in Belleville, Kansas. Display cases and shelves full of wares are on the left and right side of the store. A man stands behind the display cases on the left and a man stands behind the cases on the right. Both are wearing vests and ties. A man stands in front of the display case and wears dress pants, a suit vest, and tie. Red printed ink is at the bottom of the card.
Postcard: International Electric Company Announcement

This black and white printed postcard depicts an announcement for a radio station. The text is from a typewriter and fills the card. The back side of the card contains typewriter type.
Postcard: Inter-State National Bank, Kansas City, Kansas

This black and white printed postcard depicts a receipt for credit from the Inter-State National Bank to the Bank of Carthage, Missouri. Printed text is on the front of the card with a stamped date on the right. Handwritten date and amount credited are on the left. Handwriting is on the back of the card.
Postcard: In the "Good Old Day's of Yore" #71

This black and white photographic postcard features two different photographs taken with a wide lens. The top depicts cowboys branding cattle in a corral. The bottom depicts two cowboys lassoing a cow. Written text is at the bottom of each picture. (Note indicates the photo was taken by Liberal, Kansas photographer Hal Reid.)
Postcard: Invitation to 50th Anniversary

This black and white printed invitation has black ink written on a plastic folder. The second image is the printed invitation with the couple's 50 year anniversary information at the top and the event information printed at the bottom.
Postcard: Invitation to a Grand Ball

This color printed invitation has red, white, and blue coloring on the paper edges. The text is black. The invitation features a Grand Ball and serves as the ticket to enter at the door.
Postcard: Iron Avenue East of 8th Street 10:00 A.M. Salina, Kansas 3-20-1935

This black and white photographic postcard depicts a dust storm moving into Salina, Kansas. The street has a foggy appearance and some lights are on the sidewalks. A man and two cars are visible in the center middle ground. A light post and buildings are in the foreground. Typed text is on the left side of the card.
Postcard: Jacob Brenner Wine Company, Central Vineyards

This black and white printed postcard contains printed text for a customer to order from the Jacob Brenner Wine Co.
Postcard: J.A. Rotroff Threshing Geneseo Kansas

This black and white photographic postcard features farmland during the harvest. A tractor is on the left with two men standing next to it. There is a thresher to the right and men are using pitchforks to throw grain into the thresher. The right side of the machine contains the pile of grain that is coming out of the machine. A man stands on top of the grain pile with a pitchfork and one man stands on top of the thresher. A horse and wagon are on the right side of the thresher with one man in the wagon. There is hand printed text at the bottom of the card.
Postcard: Jayhawk Jr Hi-Way Hotel, Topeka, Kansas

This black and white photographic postcard features three photos of a hotel in Topeka, Kansas. The top photograph is a panoramic view of the exterior of the hotel. An sign stating Jayhawk Junior is on the roof with an image of a Jayhawk on each side. The center of the building is two story, and the left and right sides are one story high with parking in front. The picture on the bottom left is the interior lobby of the building. furniture and decorations fill the room. The check in desk and stairs leading to the second floor are in the background. The photo on the bottom right depicts a room in the hotel. A bed and end table are in the foreground. Chairs, a desk and dresser, mirror, and lamp are in the background. A window is on the left and a door is on the right. Written text is in the middle of the card.
Postcard: J.K. 44. Mexico, Cuernavaca: Pottery Works

This colorized photographic postcard features a yard full of pottery that is not painted. A Mexican man in white clothes and a sombrero leans over one of the pots. A stone building and a lean-to is in the background. Two Mexican children are in front of the shed. Red printed text is at the bottom and back of the card.
Postcard: John B Colt Hardware Company, Oberlin, Kansas

This colorized photographic postcard features the U.S. Mint Philadelphia Facility. It is surrounded by a sidewalk and trees. Red print is on the upper left side of the card. An illustration of a meat grinder is on the back left of the card. Printed text is above and below the illustration and red stamped ink is at the bottom.
Postcard: John Brown Statue

This black and white photographic postcard features a statue of John Brown on the left side of the card. The statue features a man standing with boots, trousers, and a long sleeve button up jacket. He has a rifle strapped over his left shoulder. Printed text is on the right side of the card. Written text in white is at the bottom of the card.
Postcard: John Morrell and Company Pavilion at the Kansas Free Fair Grounds Topeka, Kansas

This black and white photographic postcard features the pavilion at the Kansas Free Fair at Topeka, Kansas. A building with "Morrell" painted on the top is in the center. There are tables and chairs set up with umbrellas on top. There is a wagon and a small pond on display. The pavilion is fenced in with two sidewalks. There is printed text at the bottom of the card. Printed text and handwriting is on the back of the card. Red printed text is also on the back of the card.
Postcard: Jolly Mixer Photos Showing Various Stages of Erection

This black and white photographic postcard features eight black and white photos of the progression of assembling an amusement ride. Text is under each photo explaining the stage of assembly. The final photo shows the machine operating too fast. Printed text is in the bottom right corner of the card.
Postcard: Jos. Vlach's Meat Market, Hanover, Kansas

This black and white photographic postcard features a shop in Hanover, Kansas. The meat market displays beef on the bottom row along the right wall and sausage and pork cuts on the upper shelves in the foreground. Fowl hang along the background of the right wall. The left side of the shop contains display cases. Two men stand behind the counter in the background. There is printed text at the bottom of the card.
Postcard: July 5 - 47 Little River, Kansas

This black and white photographic postcard features an aerial view of the main street at Little River, Kansas. Businesses line the left and right side of the card. Automobiles are parked in front of the buildings. The center of the road is a line of trucks full of grain. The line of trucks goes through town to the background of the card. A grain elevator is in the background with other buildings and trees. Written text is at the bottom left of the card. Handwriting is on the back of the card.
Postcard: J. W. Binding and Company, Wholesale Grain and Feed, Wichita, Kansas

This black and white printed postcard depicts an order confirmation from J.W. Binding and Co. Printed text is on the front of the card. Red ink is stamped at the top. Handwriting is on the back of the card.
Postcard: J. W. Lough's 2nd Crop Irrigated Alfalfa 30 days Growth More Than 30 Inches High 1914 Scott City, Kansas

This black and white photographic postcard features farmland with a crop of alfalfa. A man stands in the field wearing a hat, shirt and pants. He has his hands on his hips. There is written text on the bottom of the card.
Postcard: J. W. Lough's 2nd Crop Irrigated Alfalfa July 9, 1914, Scott County, Kansas

This black and white photographic postcard features farmland during the harvest. Stacks of alfalfa are in the foreground and men with horses work in the background. The alfalfa is piled into large stacks in the background. There is writing on the bottom of the card.