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This photograph shows a crowd of men and women in front of a number of the booths built by each township in Butler County as a display for the Kaffir Corn Carnival in El Dorado, Kansas. The booths for Spring, Murdock and Fairview townships are visible. This publication was funded in part by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.
Creator: C. Otis Boston Studio (El Dorado, Kan.)
Date: 1911
Item Number: 447774
Call Number: Kaffir Corn Carnival - CHM155
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 447774
Agriculture - Crops - Corn
Collections - Contributing Institutions - Butler County Historical Museum and Kansas Oil Museum
Collections - Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board (KSHRAB) - Kansas Digital Access to Historical Records (KDAHR)
Community Life - Events and Celebrations - Carnivals
Community Life - Events and Celebrations - Festivals
Date - 1910s - 1911
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - El Dorado
Places - Counties - Butler
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917
Type of Material - Photographs
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