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Birds-eye view of Parsons, Kansas, showing business and residential areas. Information provided by a patron states the photograph was taken on top of a water tower that used to exist at the end of Stephens Street. The water tower was beside 20th street by the railroad tracks. The photograph was shot looking south east. The street running left to right is Clark Street and the street on the right side of the photograph is 20th.
Date: 1885
Item Number: 296
Call Number: FK2.L1 P. .1885 *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 296
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Commerce
Built Environment - Function - Commerce/Trade - Business
Built Environment - Function - Domestic - Multiple Dwelling
Built Environment - Function - Domestic - Single Dwelling
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Scenes and views - Business districts
Community Life - Scenes and views - Residential
Date - 1880s - 1885
Home and Family - Residences - Exteriors - Other structures - Fences
Home and Family - Residences - Exteriors - Other structures - Outhouses
Home and Family - Residences - Exteriors - Other structures - Toolsheds
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Parsons
Places - Counties - Labette
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Photographs - Views - Aerial
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