Sterling Digital Collections

Sterling, Kansas

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Max Moxley Photographs
One of our favorite pictures is this view of the rather primitive kitchen in Sterling's leading hostelry, The Transcontinental, later known variously…
Max Moxley Photographs
This is an early photo of Sterling's Post Office.
Max Moxley Photographs
[Written on label] Plow factory at corner of Broadway and West Monroe. Shed behind plows is Henry Sterman's hardware. Moved here from Atlanta in 1876.
Alden, Kansas
Pioneer Street looking south in 1909.
Max Moxley Photographs
This piano card entitled Lillie Green to nine piano lessons for fifty cents a lesson from the musical director of Cooper Memorial College (today…
Charles Haven Photographs
[On label] This entire set of photographs was taken by Sterling's first photographer, Charles Haven. This studion (sic) was located on alley west of…
Civil War Veteran Obituaries
The obituary of Peter Gosch, a Civil War veteran.
Civil War Veteran Obituaries
The obituary of Patrick O. Ford, a Civil War veteran.
Charles Haven Photographs
[On label] Cement block houses, then called "patent stone," made their appearances early -- 1878. This house still stands at Seventh and Monroe.
Jerald K. Bourgain Photographs
Not much is known about this photograph. It features a man traveling through Sterling with his gun, luggage, and livestock.