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This postcard shows the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad depot in Parsons, Kansas. The two-story structure features grey stone with a slate roof and a self-winding clock in the tower. The depot was destroyed in a fire on March 18, 1912.
Creator: South-West News Company
Date: Between 1895 and 1912
Item Number: 446867
Call Number: FK2.L1 P.74 MKT *2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 446867
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Transportation
Built Environment - Function - Transportation - Rail-Related - Depot
Built Environment - Materials - Stone - Slate
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Business and Industry - Railroad - Depots
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1890s
Date - 1900s
Date - 1910s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Postcard
Places - Cities and towns - Parsons
Places - Counties - Labette
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Transportation - Railroads - Depots
Type of Material - Postcards
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