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This photograph shows children in Sheldon's Tennesseetown kindergarten picking cotton in their school garden. The school was started by Rev. Charles Sheldon for Topeka's poor, especially those living in Tennesseetown located north of Central Congregational church in Topeka, Kansas.
Date: Between 1893 and 1899
Item Number: 223579
Call Number: FK2.S5 T.76 TTK *8
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 223579
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1890s
Education - Primary - Students
Education - Primary - Teachers
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - African Americans
People - Children
People - Notable Kansans - Sheldon, Charles Monroe, 1857-1946
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Type of Material - Photographs
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