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Kansas 150/150

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP

 

16/150: Albert T. Reid’s Sketchbook, Fads, Foibles & Politics: 1896-1908

 

14/150: “The Little Colonel’s Good Times Book”, diary of Anita Weiskirch, 123 Greenwood, Potwin, Topeka Kansas, age 14, 1912-1913.

 

17/150: Carry A. Nation’s publication The Smasher’s Mail, 1901, published in Topeka.

 

13/150: Civil War era cavalry swords, used for practice. These once belonged to Pearl Menninger. Gift of the Menninger Foundation

 

14/150: First Naval Disaster in Topeka: Performance on the HMS Pinafore – Soldier Creek, “The Modocs”, a singing group, July 4, 1884, at Garfield Park. Boat sank in last act. 17,000 people paid 10 cents admission. Town Hall Tonight brochure.

 

18/150: Kansas Constitution, Published by Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh

 

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