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This black and white photograph shows an unidentified man from Ellis, Kansas, who is dressed in the traditional Volga German clothing. Like many Volga Germans, he was lured to Kansas by railroad advertising campaigns that promoted the sell of productive farmland and exemption from military service on religious grounds. With these incentives for settlement and religious freedom, Volga Germans immigrated toward the Ellis, Rush, and Russell counties to buy the lands owned by the railroad companies. In those close knit and sometimes isolated communities, German customs and strong religious beliefs were maintained for several decades.
Date: Between 1890 and 1920
Item Number: 212171
Call Number: FK2.E3.2 E.VG *45
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 212171
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1890s
Date - 1900s
Date - 1910s
Home and Family - Clothing - Coats and jackets
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - European Americans - Germans - Volga Germans
Places - Counties - Ellis
Places - Counties - Rush
Places - Counties - Russell
Type of Material - Photographs
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