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This is a portrait of Avis Chitwood as a child. Avis was born in Mound City, December 29, 1893, and died in Topeka, January 25, 1994, at the age of 100. She is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka. She was a teacher, painter, illustrator, printmaker, and etcher. She specialized in rustic buildings, wildflowers, and missions.
Creator: The Elite
Date: Between 1898 and 1905
Item Number: 218746
Call Number: B Chitwood, Avis *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 218746
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Artists
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Art - Artists
Date - 1890s
Date - 1900s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Cabinet cards
People - Children
People - Notable Kansans - Chitwood, Avis, 1893-1994
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Cabinet cards
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