Have you heard the saying, “What a difference a day makes”? Isn’t that the truth? However, if you think one whole day makes a difference, wait until you see the difference more than a century makes. Here are 13 rare photos of Kansas from the early 1900s (courtesy of, ironically, our friends at History Colorado) that show just how different things look around Kansas from 1900 to now.

1. "In this reproduction of a cabinet card tacked to corkboard, passengers wait near baggage carts next to the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway station in Emporia."
History Colorado/86.200.1759
2. "A stone wall lines the dirt road that runs in front of what is identified as the Deer Park Farm in Strong City."
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3. "View of the Topeka Public Library and the Church of the Assumption on Jackson Avenue from the State House."
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4. "View of the Santa Fe Hospital at Sixth and Jefferson Avenues in Topeka."
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5. Bird's-eye View of Topeka (1909)
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6. Kansas State Capitol (1912)
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7. "Wichita, Leighton Farm, 240 acres of wheat."
History Colorado/86.200.1765
8. Kansas City Smelting & Refining Company
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9. "Interior view of the Kansas City Smelting & Refining Company in Kansas City, Kansas."
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10. "Kansas City Smelting Co., zinking [sic] kettles."
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11. "Kansas City Smelting Co., reverberatory [sic] roasting furnace."
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12. "El Paso Works - Tapping - Kansas City Smelting Co."
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13. "Sample floor, El Paso Works - Kansas City Smelting Co."
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Do you recognize any of these locations?

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