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This black and white photograph shows the first brick school house used as a colored school in Wathena, Kansas. The one-story structure was built in 1870 by Alfred Larzelere at the cost of $10,000.
Date: Between 1930s and 1950s
Item Number: 220834
Call Number: FK2.D3 W.76 *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 220834
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Education
Built Environment - Function - Education - School - Rural Country School
Built Environment - Materials - Brick
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1930s
Date - 1940s
Date - 1950s
Education - Rural
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - African Americans
Places - Cities and towns - Wathena
Places - Counties - Doniphan
Type of Material - Photographs
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