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Two photographs of the main building at the Industrial School for Boys 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: 1900
Item Number: 229041
Call Number: FK2.7 IST.1900 *1-2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 229041
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1900s
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 - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917
Type of Material - Photographs
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