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These photographs show the Strieby Wagon and Blacksmith shop, built in 1862 by Chris Strieby in Council Grove, Kansas. The photograph of the shop interior shows Samuel Strieby at work in 1870 or earlier. Chris Strieby is visible in the two exterior photographs taken in 1910.
Date: 1870-1910
Item Number: 316829
Call Number: FK2.M8 C.73 S.Str *1-3
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 316829
Built Environment - Function - Commerce/Trade - Business
Built Environment - Materials - Stone - Limestone
Business and Industry - Services - Blacksmith
Business and Industry - Services - Transportation
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Scenes and views - Business districts
Date - 1870s
Date - 1910s - 1910
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Postcard
Places - Cities and towns - Council Grove
Places - Counties - Morris
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917 - Progressive Era, 1900 - 1916
Thematic Time Period - Trails, 1821 - 1880 - Santa Fe Trail
Transportation - Non-motorized - Wagons
Type of Material - Photographs
Type of Material - Postcards
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