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This postcard shows the Colburn Brothers Mill in McPherson, Kansas. The company was founded in 1880 by Edward Alva Colburn and John C. Hamilton. The facility was operated by the Colburn family until Edward's death in the 1930s when it was sold to KBR Mill. The postcard was addressed to Mr. George A. Root at the Kansas Historical Society.
Creator: Richard Miller, Stationer, McPherson, Kansas
Date: May 12, 1912
Item Number: 228353
Call Number: FK2.M3 M.3 F.Col *2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 228353
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Agriculture
Business and Industry - Agricultural Industries - Milling - Mills
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1910s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Postcard
Places - Cities and towns - McPherson
Places - Counties - McPherson
Type of Material - Postcards
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