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Accredited by the American Alliance of Museums since 1997

Smoky Hill Museum Photograph Archives

SHM 1986.7.19 | Esther Banks Knudson b.1879 d. 1914

The Smoky Hill Museum’s archive of historic photographs document Salina, Saline County and the surrounding region’s people, architecture, business, daily life and events. The photograph collection contains approximately 6,800 images spanning from the 1860s to 2010. The collection includes photographic prints, stereoscopic views, glass plate negatives, slides, drawings, postcards, film and family albums.
They document the fascinating history of Salina from its early days as a young frontier town to a unique progressive city. The Museum is dedicated to the long-term storage, preservation and documentation of these photographs. Since 2008, digitization and indexing efforts have been underway.


No use fee will be charged for personal and non-commercial use; however, a charge for scanning may apply. For commercial / for profit use, fees apply.

Please contact Jennifer Toelle, Curator of Collections and Research to inquire about images in the photograph archives and for the fee schedule.

Special thanks to our sponsors:

  • Friends of the Museum

  • For Step Up to the Task exhibit and Street Fair

  • For Step Up to the Task exhibit, the Growing a Community platform and Street Fair

  • Brinegar

    For Step Up to the Task exhibit

  • Citywide Storage

    For A Place to Call Home traveling exhibit

  • Exline

    For A Place to Call Home traveling exhibit

  • Mid-Kansas Title

    For A Place to Call Home traveling exhibit

  • Waters Hardware

    For A Place to Call Home traveling exhibit

  • For the From Sod to Stone area

  • For Street Fair

  • Roy & Donice Applequist

    For Street Fair

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  • Ann Zimmerman & Dexter Eggers

    For Street Fair

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  • Dick & Joyce Brown

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  • Dean & Debra Lewis

    For Street Fair

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  • For the Street Fair's Serious Eaters Contest

  • For the Street Fair's Serious Eaters Contest

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