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Franklin Crane, 1808-1884, was a prominent citizen in Topeka, Kansas Territory. He was a member of the Topeka Association and he helped to build the first bridge across the Kansas River from Topeka. He also established the Topeka Cemetery and served as director of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad beginning in 1860. This picture was most likely taken after Kansas was admitted to the Union in 1861.
Creator: Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
Date: Between 1861 and 1884
Item Number: 3919
Call Number: B Crane Franklin *2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 3919
Business and Industry - Construction - Road and bridge
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Community services - Cemeteries and funeral services
Community Life - Community services - Economic development
Community Life - Town development - Town companies - Topeka Association
Date - 1854-1860
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Carte-de-visite
People - Notable Kansans - Crane, Franklin Loomis
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Transportation - Roads & Highways - Bridges
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Carte-de-visite
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