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This photograph shows one of the last sod school houses used in Kansas. It was located in Finney County, Kansas. The sod school house was called Solid Comfort. The inhabitants were ranchers or farmers, and solid citizens who owned their land.
Date: Between 1880 and 1920
Item Number: 215037
Call Number: FK2.F1 .76 *11
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 215037
Built Environment - Function - Education - School
Built Environment - Function - Education - School - Rural Country School
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1880s
Date - 1890s
Date - 1900s
Date - 1910s
Education
Education - Rural
Home and Family - Residences - Sod houses
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Counties - Finney
Type of Material - Photographs
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