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State Capitol, Topeka, Kans.
Antique postcard from the private collection of Valerie Mockaitis.
Postmarked Dec 1910, Kans.
This oblique view of the new capitol really fills the postcard.
This is not unusual for cards published at this time. The new
roof and dome have the fresh copper color that eventually
turned green with age.
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Kansas State Capitol Building, Topeka, Kan.
Antique postcard published circa 1905 by The Eute Post Card Co. Made in Germany.
The artistic tinting of the building and the sky make this view particularly attractive. Both of them are, unfortunately, rather inaccurate.
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The Kansas State Capitol. Topeka, Kan.
Antique postcard published circa 1905 by Raphael Tuck & Sons. Printed in England.
As you can see in the postcard above, the long walkway leading to the main entrance of this capitol was not intended for carriages. That is likely the reason there were none added to this view with the pedestrians, as would have been usual for a Tuck.
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"Sunflower" State Flower of Kansas.
Antique postcard. Copyright 1908 by Williamson-Haffner Co., Denver.
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Rich with fields of corn and wheat,
Gleaned from Nature's richest dower —
Peerless Kansas on the Plains —
Even the Sun has kissed our flower.
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"Sunflower" State Flower of Kansas.
State Capitol, Topeka Kansas.
Antique postcard. Copyright 1908 by Williamson-Haffner Co., Denver.
This view has the design usually seen in this state flower and capitol series of postcards. Since it was by the same publisher at roughly the same time as the one above, the different design above is a surprise.
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State Capitol Building, Topeka, Kansas.
The First Capitol Building, Fort Riley, Kansas.
Antique postcard published circa 1905.
Early postcards, like this one, were more artwork than view. Once view cards became popular, they gradually lost the artistic touches in the borders and the embellishments.
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Kansas State Capitol. Topeka, Kans.
Antique, embossed postcard published circa 1905 by S. Langsdorf & Co. Publishing, New York, N. Y. Made in Germany.
Here we still have a very artistic, and patriotic, border with the view of the capitol taking more of the total space. This card is from a series of the capitols of the time.
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Kansas State Capitol. Topeka, Kan.
Antique postcard published circa 1910.
This view shows the capitol as white. It is actually a sandy color, but the artists usually worked with black-and-white photographs and had to guess at the colors.
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First wing of the Kansas State Capitol
One view from a stereoscopic card circa 1875. Photographer: Leonard, J. H.
The Kansas state capitol building was constructed in stages. This first wing (east) was occupied in 1869 before its completion in 1873. The west wing came next, then the north and south wings together, then the central section, and finally the dome, which was not completed until 1903.
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