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Legless Andrews of Kansas City, Missouri, writes to the Kansas Department of the Grand Army of the Republic of Topeka, Kansas, concerning free attractions to be provided at the dedication ceremony of the Soldiers' Memorial Building in Topeka, May 27, 1914. Mr. Andrews describes himself as a legless airnaut [sic] and proposes to perform three balloon ascensions and parachute leaps for fifty dollars. He claims to be the only legless acrobat conducting such performances. This letter is significant for its documentation of the social history of disabled persons in the early twentieth century.
Creator: Andrews, Legless
Date: May 22, 1914
Item Number: 210265
Call Number: Grand Army of the Republic Coll. #126, Administrative Records, Box 2 Folder 13
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 210265
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Entertainers
Collections - Manuscript - Grand Army of the Republic,
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Social and Civic - Grand Army of the Republic
Community Life - Events and Celebrations - Dedications
Date - 1910s - 1914
Military - Veterans - Organizations - Grand Army of the Republic (GAR)
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Persons with disabilities
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Other States - Missouri - Jackson County - Kansas City
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917 - Progressive Era, 1900 - 1916
Transportation - Air Travel - Balloons
Transportation - Air Travel - Parachutes
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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