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This black and white photograph shows a horse-drawn wagon and two men standing in front of the Ranklin House, in Dighton, Kansas. According to information written on the front of the photograph this sod structure was the first hotel in the town of Dighton.
Date: Between 1870s and 1890s
Item Number: 303546
Call Number: FK2.L2 D.721 Ran. *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 303546
Built Environment - Function - Domestic - hotel-don't use
Built Environment - Materials - Earth - Sod
Business and Industry - Lodging - Hotels
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1870s
Date - 1880s
Date - 1890s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Dighton
Places - Counties - Lane
Transportation - Non-motorized - Wagons
Type of Material - Photographs
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