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Frank Elliott, Jr. dressed in a Navy uniform near Hope, Kansas

Here are two photographs showing Frank Elliott, Jr. dressed in Lt. Charles A. Pray's Navy uniform. The photograph was taken on the Pray farm located west of Hope, Kansas.

Children playing, Kansas City, Kansas

United States. Works Progress Administration

These children are on seesaws (teeter totters) at a play center, Kansas City, Kansas. This activity was part of the Works Progress Administration.

Victory garden, Wichita, Kansas

United States. Works Progress Administration

This is a photograph showing a man using a hand plow and children working in a Victory garden, Wichita, Kansas.

Nursery school, Topeka, Kansas

United States. Works Progress Administration

Children playing with blocks in a nursery school, Topeka, Kansas. This school was part of the Works Progress Administration.

H. C. Beckman grocery store, Randolph, Kansas

An interior view showing Jerry Matchett, from Topeka, Kansas, posed by a canned food display in his grandfather's store, H. C. Beckman Grocery Store, Randolph, Kansas. Matchett was five years old when the photograph was taken.

Schill residence, Beattie, Kansas

Hawkins, Omar F. (Omar Finlay), 1890-1967

This is a view of two boys seated in the living room of Joe and Gertrude Schill's residence in Beattie, Kansas. A hand-crank telephone is visible on the wall between the boys.

Townspeople of Hamilton, Kansas

Photo of the townspeople of Hamilton, Kansas, standing in front of the Hamilton bank, gathered for a portrait. Copies were made and sent to every resident who was then serving in the military during World War II. Front row (left to right): F. O. Brown, Roy Hayden, John Keating, Burley Brown, Bert Anderson, Frank Keating, Bob Carson, Vincent Schwintz, Ed Schwintz, John Anderson, Harbin Hawkins, Dick Mills, Mrs. Huston, Pauline Lewis, Charles Reno, Mrs. Ed Debruler, Ed DeBruler, Mary Lenninger, Mrs. Roy Sanderson, Shirley Sanderson, Roy Sanderson. Back row (l-r): Doc Rinker, Jack Fleming, Frank Linden, Robert Meadows, Ed Trask, George Wedelin, Ross Scott, Clark Ulrich, Merle Beevers, Bill Dawson, Munn Hughes, Earl Buffington, George Lloyd, Otis Barngrover, Lem Huston, Violet Hallren, Lillian Behmer, Arch Johnson, Walt Ulrich, Ed Faulk, Jim Piatt, Ralph Reno, Max Fryback.

Children swinging, Kansas City, Kansas

United States. Works Progress Administration

These children are on swings in Kansas City, Kansas. This was part of the Works Progress Administration activities.

Children playing, Kansas City, Kansas

United States. Works Progress Administration

These children are playing on a wooden slide in Kansas City, Kansas. The playground slide was built as part of a Works Progress Administration project.

Annual Morris County 4-H Judging School

In this photograph, 4-H boys judge hogs at the Annual Morris County Judging School. Approximately 500 boys attended this school. This photograph was included in the Chase County Extension Office Annual Report, 1945.