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Portrait photograph of Hamilton Bell, taken in Garden City, Kansas. Bell was mayor of Dodge City and also served as the sheriff for Ford County.

This is a cabinet card style photograph of a baby - likely Elma Schmidt - taken at the Vancil & McDonald Photograph studio in Dodge City in 1885. Images of the front and back of the photograph are included. The reverse side of the image contains…

Two photographs of the children of Judge John S. Simmons, identified from oldest to youngest as Harriet Elizabeth Simmons, John Simmons Jr., and Adda Simmons. This family lived in Hutchinson, and these photographs were likely taken there.

A photograph of a four men in front of a log cabin in what eventually became Lawrence, Kansas. The back of the card reads "First house in Lawrence, Kansas"

A photograph of the Phoenix club, a men's social club in Dodge City that was a forerunner to the Dodge City Chamber of Commerce. The Phoenix Club was originally organized in 1886 and later became known as the Industrial Club until the organization of…

Fire Team between First and Second Streets on Chestnut facing west in Dodge City, Kansas.

Funeral procession for former mayor A.B. Webster going down Front Street in Dodge City, Kansas. There is also a bone picker on his wagon in the foreground watching the procession.

Cabinet card photograph of Ida Behe, taken at the S.A. Burrell's Studio in Dodge City, Kansas.

Cabinet card of Ida Behl, taken at Wolf Studio in Dodge City, Kansas. Ida Behl was part of Dodge City Public School's graduating class of nine students in 1898, and this photograph was likely taken afterwards to commemorate the event.

Cabinet card photograph of Geo. Reighard, taken at Wolf Studio in Dodge City, Kansas. Geo. Reighard was a student in Dodge City Public School's graduating class of 1898.