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This birds-eye view of Alma was taken from atop a tall hill, looking to the north. It was taken in about 1885, before the Rock Island Railway laid its tracks through Alma. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.
Creator: Palenske, Louis F., 1858-1943
Date: around 1885
Item Number: 440803
Call Number: Wabaunsee County Historical Society
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 440803
Collections - Contributing Institutions - Wabaunsee County Historical Society - Louis Palenske Collection
Collections - Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board (KSHRAB) - Kansas Digital Access to Historical Records (KDAHR)
Community Life - Scenes and views - Business districts
Date - 1880s - 1885
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Panorama
Places - Cities and towns - Alma
Places - Counties - Wabaunsee
Type of Material - Photographs - Views - Panorama
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