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These 147 images include photographs, newspaper clippings, and original records from the town of Franklin, in Crawford County, Kansas. It is located on U.S. Highway 69 alternate, approximately 7 miles north of Pittsburg, Kansas. The post office was established in 1908 and now operates as part of the post office in Arma. The town was struck by an EF-5 tornado in 2003 and much of the town has been rebuilt since that. Historically, Franklin was a coal mining town, and the major coal companies in the area were Western Coal and Mining, and Central Coal and Coke. The subjects of these materials include: schools, churches, businesses, coal companies, musicians, miners, the unions and strikes--including the Amazon women's march--and baseball, soccer, and basketball players.
Date: 1905-1939
Item Number: 448106
Call Number: Miners Hall 00009
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 448106
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Commerce
Built Environment - Function - Commerce/Trade - Business
Built Environment - Function - Education
Built Environment - Function - Education - School
Built Environment - Function - Religion - Religious Facility
Built Environment - Function - Religion - Religious Facility - Church
Business and Industry - Labor
Business and Industry - Labor - Strikes
Business and Industry - Labor - Unions
Business and Industry - Mining and quarrying
Business and Industry - Mining and quarrying - Coal
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Miners
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Sales
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Teachers
Collections - Contributing Institutions - Miners Hall Museum
Collections - Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board (KSHRAB) - Kansas Digital Access to Historical Records (KDAHR)
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Dance - Dance halls
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Music
Community Life - Religion - Christianity
Community Life - Religion - Christianity - Catholic
Community Life - Scenes and views
Education
Environment - Natural resources - Coal
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Diploma
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Record, Bookkeeping
People - Men
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Franklin
Places - Counties - Crawford
Places - Regions - Southeast Kansas
Type of Material - Newspapers - Clippings
Type of Material - Photographs
Type of Material - Unpublished documents
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