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Old Postcards from Winfield, Kansas and the Cowley County Area
from Nancy (Moss) Biddle
Interurban, headed west on 9th Ave.from Main in Winfield on the way to Arkansas City, 1921??
from Nancy (Moss) Biddle
North Hall at Southwestern College, designed by Willis A. Ritchie, was used from 1886 until 1949.
Early view of new Richardson Hall at Southwestern College.
A snow covered Richardson Hall
from Nancy (Moss) Biddle
(a reprint of a Cowley County Historical Society Museum postcard)
Richardson Hall, Southwestern College, Winfield, KS.
J. J. Banks, early color photo.
Richardson Hall, Southwestern College, about 1940.
Stewart Field House, Southwestern College.
from Nancy (Moss) Biddle
(a reprint of a Cowley County Historical Society Museum postcard)
The Last Mule Drawn Trolley. Ran from 1887 to May 17, 1909, sign says "Good-by dear donkeys, good-by".
from Nancy (Moss) Biddle
(a reprint of a Cowley County Historical Society Museum postcard) Bandshell (built in 1910) in Chautauqua Park (now Island Park) where Winfield's Chautauquas were held from 1887 to 1924.
from Nancy (Moss) Biddle
(a reprint of a Cowley County Historical Society Museum postcard) Entrance to Chautauqua Park (Island Park) in 1890's
from Bruce Hedrick
Winfield Main Street looking South from 8th & Main.
from Bruce Hedrick
An Old Fashioned Mill, Winfield, KS. (believed to be Tunnel Mill?)
from Bruce Hedrick
"Fishing On The Walnut" at Tunnel Mill Dam.
from Bruce Hedrick
Central School, Winfield, KS., designed by Willis A. Ritchie (This is the same site as the old High School, at Bliss and Ninth)
from Bill Bottorff
Another postcard from the same photo. This one is dated 1910 with a 1 cent stamp.
from Bruce Hedrick
New High School Building, Winfield, KS. East 9th between Bliss & Andrews.
from Nancy (Moss) Biddle
(a reprint of a Cowley County Historical Society Museum postcard) Winfield High School - at Bliss and East Ninth Ave. 1910 Unit (left) razed in 1972; 1916 Unit razed in 1974.
Offices of the Arkansas City Traveler circa 1875
Railroad Bridge over the Walnut River at Winfield, Mill in Background.
Opera House in Winfield.
New Christian Church in Winfield(whatever year it was new in)
Dam at Roller Mills in Winfield, Railroad Bridge in Background.
First Methodist Episcopal Church in Winfield.
Brettun Hotel with Inter-Urban Street Car in Front.
Winfield Main Street in Horse and Buggy Days.
Winfield Municipal Swimming Pool, near Island Park.
St Mary's Hospital in Winfield
Newton Memorial Hospital, Winfield.
Third Cowley County Court House, Winfield 1909 - 19??
From Bruce Hedrick
Second Cowley County Court House, Winfield 1873 - 1909.
City Building, Winfield
from Nancy (Moss) Biddle
(a reprint of a Cowley County Historical Society Museum postcard) Hackney Block on East Ninth Ave. The City Building one the near end is the only remaining part (less tower) is occupied by the Winfield Fire Department.
The Norton Log Cabin in Arkansas City
