Do you prefer your history painted or photographed?

It’s another grand Throwback Thursday where we encourage you to time travel through Johnson County's history. JoCoHistory is a collaborative presentation of the history from the Johnson County Museum, Johnson County Library and many JoCoHistory partners. Explore historical photographs and documents about the people, places and organizations of Johnson County, Kansas, from the 19th century to the present.

Collection spotlight: Johnson County Library

About this collection: Over 100 images from the early years of Johnson County Library, mostly the mid-1950s. Photos depict patrons, staff, buildings and collections.

Former Hallmark executive and trained printmaker Patti Streeper currently is exhibiting her work in the gallery space at Central Resource Library from Thursday, Sept. 1 to Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. We may be biased, but we really like her painted version of our classic 1952 Bookmobile photo, which can be found in JoCoHistory's Johnson County Library Collection.