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Peirce Photographs

Peirce Photos (Part 2)
Peirce Photos (Part 1)

Photos from Carol Peirce showing storm clouds before and during the storm, as well as a few images of immediate building damage afterward.

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Alison Photographs

Alison Photo #006
Alison Photo #005
Alison Photo #004
Alison Photo #003
Alison Photo #002
Alison Photo #001

2020 Novel Coronavirus Hesston Family "Porchtraits"

Pfaff "Porchtrait" 2020
Thiesen Family "Porchtrait" 2020
Epp Family "Porchtrait" 2020
Reimer Family "Porchtrait" 2020
Smalley Family "Porchtrait" 2020
Boese Family "Porchtrait" 2020
Simmering "Porchtrait" 2020
Hartzler/Steinkirchner "Porchtrait" 2020

In 2019-2020 a novel coronavirus mutated and spread around the world, causing a sometimes deadly disease in humans, commonly termed COVID-19. By…

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Main Street Street Scenes

Colonial House Restaurant Fire
Women gardening
Main Street 1910-1950
Snow covered Main Street
Hesston Main Street 1975
Hesston Main Street 1971
Marlow Unruh 1971
Truck Parked on sidewalk 1971

Business District 1979-1987

Hesston: The Ideal Town
View of City Businesses
View of City Businesses
Main Street Businesses
Main Street Businesses
Main Street Businesses
Main Street Businesses
Main Street Businesses

Mennonite Central Committee

MCC Relief Sale Belt Buckle
MCC Relief Sale
Sausage
MCC working in a portable canner
Mennonite Central Committee using a meat grinder

Schowalter Villa

Aerial view of Schowalter Villa area, circa 1965
Schowalter Villa ?

Residences

Lyle Yost Home
Menno Weaver House
Chris Wenger's house
Building Dwight Lyon retirement residence
Murray & Dessie Bandy Residence
Harvey County Poor Farm
200 Willow Lane, 1976
724 Crescent Drive, 1975

Hesston College [pre-1935]

Green Gables under construction, 1909
Early Dormitory Room
Students in the first library at Hesston College
Milo Kaufman, President of Hesston College 1932-1951
Green Gables and Administration Building
Student body of Hesston College standing on bleachers
Student body in front of Hesston College
Students spelling words in formation

Hesston College

Aerial view of Hesston College area, circa 1950
J. D. Charles Hall of Science and Arts, 1950.
J. D. Charles Hall of Science and Arts under construction, 1949
Hess Hall, 1949
Hess Hall under construction, 1946
Students in the Hesston College library, 1950
Hesston College athletic fields, 1950
Erb Hall, ladies dormitory

Utilities

Chris Hertzler & Water Drilling Rig
Willard Nitsche
Ray Hackenberg
Kirk Matz
Street Sweeper, Henry Pfautz and Milton Miller
Drilling Hesston water well, 1960
Sewage Disposal, water treatment plant
Modern Sewage Disposal Plant

Public Works

Paving Main Street
Beginning paving Main Street
Paving Main Street
King Construction paving Main Street
Ditch digging
Road work on city street
Road work on Main Street
Installing Christmas decorations on Main Street

Mill and Grain Elevator

Hesston-area grain elevator, circa 1920s
Farmers Co-operative Mill and Elevator Co.
Sunglo Feed, 1987
Newton Elevator in Hesston
Wagons and Teams at Elevator, circa 1908
Sunglo Feed, Inc. formerly known as the Hesston Mill
Hesston Mill fire
Hesston Mill fire remains

Churches

Hesston Methodist Church #012
Hesston Inter-Mennonite Fellowship #002
Hesston Methodist Church #010
Hesston Methodist Church #009
Hesston Methodist Church #008
Hesston Methodist Church #007
Hesston Mennonite Brethren Church #002
Hesston Methodist Church #005

Grocery and General Store

Samuel Razook in his Grocery Store, 1920
Early picture of one Hesston store
Swartz Brothers Grocery Store
Bill Curby in his Barber Shop Store
Interior view of Blair Store

Transportation

Exit 40
Hesston livery stable
Hesston livery stable
Hesston livery stable
Hesston livery barn
Theo Perkins in front of garage
Theo Perkins in front of garage
Hesston garage and gas station

Building and Construction

Vogt Bridge, completed 1965
Vogt Bridge, completed 1965
Fred and Frank Lyons in carpenter shop
Lyons concrete block manufacturing
First lumber yard and R.C. Stone Hardware
First lumber yard
First lumber yard
First lumber yard

Post Office

Hesston Post Office
Hesston Post Office
Hesston Post Office
Lloyd Hoskins Postmaster
Lloyd Hoskins Postmaster
Horse Drawn Mail Carrier
Ed Logan-Hesston Postmaster
M. M. Vogt Hardware Store, and Post Office

Fire/EMT

Russell M. Nebergall
Hesston Ambulance Service
Hesston Ambulances
Two EMS workers
Mayor Milton Miller
EMS training
Interior view of City Ambulance
Interior view of City Ambulance

Police

Mickey Dehook and bicycles
Mickey Dehook with puppet and children
Mickey Dehook, Chief of police and coordinator of emergency services
Hesston marshall vehicle
Hesston marshall vehicle
Alva "Al" Pitts, first chief of police
Eddie Wiens, first uniformed policeman of Hesston
Ira Brainard, Hesston policeman