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This photograph shows the Kaffir Corn Queen and her Court seated in the Butler County float created for the Kaffir Corn Carnival in El Dorado, Kansas. Four African-American grooms each stand ready to lead a percheron horse at the front of the float. This publication was funded in part by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.
Date: 1911
Item Number: 447725
Call Number: Kaffir Corn Carnival - CHM096
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 447725
Agriculture - Livestock - Horses
Collections - Contributing Institutions - Butler County Historical Museum and Kansas Oil Museum
Collections - Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board (KSHRAB) - Kansas Digital Access to Historical Records (KDAHR)
Community Life - Events and Celebrations - Festivals
Date - 1910s - 1911
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - El Dorado
Places - Counties - Butler
Transportation - Non-motorized - Buggy
Transportation - Non-motorized - Carriages
Type of Material - Photographs
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