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A concert ticket for a "grasshopper concert" stamped January 1, 1875 in Chicago, Illinois. The illustration on one side depicts an audience and orchestra of grasshoppers playing the "March through Kansas by G. Hopper." Kansas experienced the Grasshopper Plague of 1874 and received money and supplies from across the country to help aid farmers.

Creator: Kansas. Governor (1877-1879: Anthony)
Date: 1875

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Item Number: 220647
Call Number: Governor Anthony, Box 4 Folder 6, Corresondence Received, Subject File Immigration, 1877-1878
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 220647

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