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This photograph shows a sod house west of the Odd Fellows Home in Riley County, Kansas. The use of sod to build homes and sometime schools was common on the Kansas prairie due to the lack of wood and other natural resources. The donor of the photograph is the Woman's Kansas Day Club.
Date: Between 1920s and 1930s
Item Number: 306059
Call Number: FK2.R5.75 *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 306059
Built Environment - Function - Domestic - Single Dwelling
Built Environment - Materials - Earth - Sod
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1920s
Date - 1930s
Home and Family - Residences - Sod houses
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Counties - Riley
Type of Material - Photographs
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