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Several views of the exterior of the buildings at the V. A. Kear Sod House Museum in Colby, Thomas County, Kansas. Text on the reverse of the color postcard image: "V. A. Kear's nationally famous Sod House Museum, located on U.S. Hi-way 24, 2 miles east of Colby, Kansas. This is the first sod building in a village of six or more being built to preserve the history of prairie homestead days. This is the Prairie Homestead Capital of North America."
Date: 1961
Item Number: 443714
Call Number: FK2.T1 C.93 *2-*4
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 443714
Built Environment - Function - Recreation and Culture - Museum - History
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Community services - Libraries and museums
Date - 1960s - 1961
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Colby
Places - Counties - Thomas
Type of Material - Photographs
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