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These photographs are part of the Kansas State Historical Society's online exhibit, "Wheat People: Celebrating Kansas Harvest." This exhibit focuses on the people who have built Kansas' agricultural reputation. In June 1998, the KSHS staff followed harvesters from the Oklahoma border to far northwestern Kansas. They photographed and interviewed families from the top twenty wheat-producing counties in Kansas. The photographs featured here are of Robert Miller from Wellington, Kansas. There are a number of harvesting and field scenes, equipment, pick up trucks, etc. There images of the DeBruce Grain elevators and the welcome sign in Wellington, Kansas. There is also an image of a business named Wheat Country that has a car wash, a laundry, and mini storage
Creator: Worley, Barry J
Date: June 1998
Item Number: 221304
Call Number: 2003-044.02
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 221304
Agriculture - Crops - Wheat
Agriculture - Family farming
Business and Industry - Agricultural Industries - Milling - Elevators
Business and Industry - Services - Car washes
Business and Industry - Services - Laundries
Business and Industry - Services - Storage facility
Collections - Photograph - Wheat People
Date - 1990s - 1998
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Wellington
Places - Counties - Sumner
Type of Material - Photographs
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