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Sod schoolhouse, Thomas County, Kansas
This black and white photograph shows a group of students and their teacher standing before a sod schoolhouse in Thomas County, Kansas. The use of sod to build homes and schools was common on the Kansas prairie due to the lack of wood available.
previewPotawatomie Indian Mission church
View of an unidentified Potawatomie Indian mission church, c. 1905.
previewFall Leaf School, Leavenworth, Kansas
This black and white photograph shows a view of schoolchildren and their families assembled on and in front of the Fall Leaf School's porch in Leavenworth, Kansas.
previewCentennial School, Montgomery County, Kansas
This photograph shows children playing at Centennial School, District #9, Montgomery County, Kansas. The school house is made of stone.
previewHerkimer School in Marshall County, Kansas
This photograph shows an interior view of the Herkimer School in Marshall County, Kansas. The students are posed in a group with the teacher and desks, organ, chalkboard and wall hangings are visible.
previewBlue Mound School, Jefferson County
These three boys with lunch pails are walking from the Blue Mound School building near Valley Falls in Jefferson County, Kansas. Also visible in the background are a shed and a girl standing near the school.
previewStudent working on arithmetic
This photograph shows a young boy standing at a chalk board working on arithmetic.
previewSod schoolhouse, Sheridan County, Kansas
This photograph shows students and a teacher standing by a sod schoolhouse at District #13, in Sheridan County, Kansas
previewDunlap Academy and Mission School, Dunlap, Kansas
This photograph portrays the students and teachers of the African American school in Dunlap, Morris County, Kansas. Dunlap was located in eastern Morris County and was established in May 1878. The colony was founded by Benjamin Singleton and the Tennessee Real Estate and Homestead Association. This was the last colony Singleton founded in Kansas.
previewChildren at a local fair, Marshall County, Kansas
Hawkins, Omar F. (Omar Finlay), 1890-1967
This photograph shows a woman and children from Harbaugh School, District 44, at the Marshall County Fair in Marshall County, Kansas. The children, each wearing "sunflower" headbands, are holding field crops and vegetables. Two girls are holding a sign which reads "What Kansas Grows." Also visible in the background are buildings and parked cars. All of the rural school districts had a float or entry in a parade at the Marshall County Fair every year.
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