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Two photographs of the State Industrial School for Boys buildings and grounds, located in Topeka, Kansas. This facility opened in 1881 under the control of the Board of Trustees of the State Charitable Institutions. The goal of the school was to reform boys under the age of sixteen who had committed criminal acts. Boys were taught to be farmers, dairymen, tailors, carpenters, linemen, cobblers, barbers, cooks, waiters, machinists, and engineers.
Date: Between 1890 and 1930
Item Number: 229037
Call Number: FK2.7 IST. *3-4a
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 229037
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Community services - Welfare - Welfare facilities
Date - 1890s
Date - 1900s
Date - 1910s
Date - 1920s
Date - 1930s
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Juveniles
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Industrial School for Boys
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Drawing, Architectural
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
Thematic Time Period - The Twenties, 1920 - 1929
Type of Material - Illustrations
Type of Material - Photographs
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