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A postcard showing the Soldiers' Orphans Home in Atchison, Kansas. Founded in 1885, it was originally established for the nurture, education, and maintenance of indigent children of soldiers and sailors who served in the Union during the Civil War. The age limit was 14 years. In 1935, the admission requirements were changed to include children who were dependent upon the public for support or who were abandoned, neglected or ill-treated, and wards of the state. The name of the institution changed in 1909 to the State Orphans' Home, in 1953 to the Kansas Children's Home, and in 1955 to the Kansas Children's Receiving Home.
Creator: Hugh C. Leighton Co.
Date: 1908
Item Number: 221775
Call Number: FK2.7 O.1908 *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 221775
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Community services - Welfare - Welfare facilities - Orphanages
Date - 1900s - 1908
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Soldiers Orphans Home
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Postcard
Places - Cities and towns - Atchison
Places - Counties - Atchison
Type of Material - Postcards
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