Greetings to my readers of the Flint Hills Special Digital Magazine! I’m posting my first and last personal blog on my website, and I have separated it from all other posts, because […]
Greg’s Blog: Stepping on Toes, the History of Photo Friday
Photo Friday, July 30, 2021: Alma, Kansas Baseball Team
Today’s Friday Photo features an Alma, Kansas baseball team owned by Alma businessman, Hal Weaver. This photo, dated 1894, features members of Weaver’s team from the team roster which included Carey Caroll, […]
Photo Friday, July 23, 2021: Cyclone at Alta Vista 1905
It’s Photo Friday. Today’s photo is a rare view of a tornado over Alta Vista, Kansas, dated May 13, 1905. This view is unusual in that it resembles a stereoview card, however […]
Photo Friday, July 16, 2021: Eskridge State Bank, Eskridge, Kansas
It’s Photo Friday! Here’s a great photo taken in the early 1950s of the north end of the 100 block of South Main Street in Eskridge, Kansas. In the center of this […]
Photo Friday, July 1, 2021: 4th of July Parade, Alma, Kansas, 1894
It’s Photo Friday. I have a great photo for you today. It’s a view of a 4th of July parade proceeding north on Missouri Street in Alma, Kansas in 1894. There’s a […]
Photo Friday, June 25, 2021: Wolf Hunter at Dover, Kansas, Zercher Real Photo Postcard
Hi, Everyone, It’s Photo Friday! Here’s an interesting real photo postcard produced by M. L. Zercher Book & Stationery Co. of Topeka. The postcard was printed by Zercher in about 1910, and […]
Photo Friday, June 18, 2021: Party at Liederkranz Park, Alma, Kansas, circa 1890s
Hi, Everyone, It’s Photo Friday! Here’s a great photo for you today, it’s a view of a group of men drinking and playing cards at Liederkranz Park, located on the southwest […]
Photo Friday, January 29, 2021: Cattle on the Waugh Ranch, Eskridge, Kansas
-by Greg Hoots- Today’s Photo Friday view was taken in a pasture near Eskridge, Kansas in the early 20th century. A large herd of “Texas cattle” are seen on an expansive pasture, […]
Photo Friday, August 28, 2020: Ditman Grocery, Alma, Kansas
It’s Photo Friday! I have a great photo for you today. It’s a view by Alma photographer, Gus Meier, of four employees of Ditman Grocery in Alma, standing in front of the […]
Photo Friday, August 14, 2020: Real Photo Postcard, Paxico, Kansas, 1905, “Born in Africa”
It’s Photo Friday! I have a great photograph for you today. It’s a real photo postcard which I added to my collection last week, taken in Paxico, Kansas, circa 1905. It’s an […]
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