Sterling Digital Collections

Sterling, Kansas

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Max Moxley Photographs
This parade could also be a rally for the Presidential candidate James G. Blaine who ran for President in 1884.
Max Moxley Photographs
The Fourth of July parade in 1900; it is led by the town band, followed by the local militia, Company H, Second Regiment, Kansas National Guard. The…
Max Moxley Photographs
This Independence Day Parade of 1884 includes a bandwagon of rather unique style-actually a broomcorn wagon whose characteristic flared style lent…
Charles Haven Photographs
This photograph shows a crew harvesting broom corn. Sterling gained national attention as a "Broomcorn Capital," shipping trainloads of brush to New…
Charles Haven Photographs
One of four majors fires that engulfed 20 buildings in Sterling between 1880-1882.
Max Moxley Photographs
A group of school children from Miss Williamson's 3rd grade class of 1886
Max Moxley Photographs
Appears to be a group of school children from 1877.
Max Moxley Photographs
"Some 25 years ago or so, the late Jim Wilson, part-time photographer for The Bulletin, came into the office to report that Smitty the Barber was…
Max Moxley Photographs
From the label on front of the picture: With grasshopper plague in 1874, farmers fought to make a living. Picked buffalo bones from prairie to…
Max Moxley Photographs
In 1926, construction workers pose for a picture in front of the new grade school and junior high, as they finish up the sidewalks. In 2009, this…