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This film depicts the life a young boy in Kansas in the 1890s. Filmed in the old Kansas Historical Society museum, the film portrays a dentist, photographer, blacksmith, and printer, and addresses the Kansas statehouse, Dodge City and cow towns, railroad expansion, the mechanization of agriculture, public schools, coal mining, salt mining, labor organizations, the Dalton Gang, Populism, and a diphtheria epidemic. The film was produced by The Junior League of Topeka, Inc.; The Channel 11 Club of Topeka; and the Extramural Independent Study Center, Division of Continuing Education, University of Kansas. The film was copyrighted by the University of Kansas and is provided by permission.
Creator: Pierce, Jeff
Date: 1974
Item Number: 223727
Call Number: VT 021
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 223727
Agriculture - Agricultural methods and practices
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Politics/Government
Built Environment - Function - Government - Capitol
Business and Industry - Labor - Unions
Business and Industry - Mining and quarrying - Coal
Business and Industry - Mining and quarrying - Salt
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Blacksmiths
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Dentists
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Photographers
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Printers
Business and Industry - Railroad
Business and Industry - Services - Blacksmith
Business and Industry - Services - Dentistry
Business and Industry - Services - Photographers
Business and Industry - Services - Printers
Collections - Audio-visual
Date - 1970s - 1974
Education - Primary
Education - Rural
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Film
People - Children
People - Criminals - Dalton Gang
Places - Cities and towns - Coffeyville
Places - Cities and towns - Dodge City
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Ford
Places - Counties - Montgomery
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917
Type of Material - Film and video
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