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L. W. Halbe Collection
Halbe, L. W. (Leslie Winfield), 1893-1981
The L. W. (Leslie Winfield) Halbe photo collection consists of 1500 glass plate negatives produced by Halbe during his teenage years. Halbe lived in Dorrance, Russell County, Kansas, and began taking photographs of the region with an inexpensive Sears and Roebuck camera when he was fifteen years old.
previewSchool scenes, Finney County, Kansas
These two photographs picture Miss Downey and Ben Tullot in front of a school house.
previewSchool in a chuck wagon, Finney County, Kansas
This photograph shows Maude Elliott's first school building; it was used as a chuck wagon where two or three women cooked for a crew of men. The tent was their "living room" which could be as easily moved from place to place as the chuck wagon. A pair of mules was all that was needed to move Maude Elliott's school building around.
previewStudents and teachers at Williams School, District 17, Marion County, Kansas
This is a group portrait of the students and teachers at the Williams School in District 17, Marion County, Kansas. The Williams School opened in 1873 and was located three miles west of Aulne. The students vary widely in age. The only student that is identified is Bertha Kannengiesser, in the front row, fifth from the left. (The 1900 census shows that Bertha is 13 and living with her family on a farm in Wilson Township, Marion County at this time.)
previewDistrict Fifteen, Thomponville School, Jefferson County, Kansas
This photograph shows a group of students, from District Fifteen Thompsonville School in Jefferson County, Kansas, with their teacher Lena Adams Seller.
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