To order images and/or obtain permission to use them commercially, please contact the KSHS Reference Desk at KSHS.reference@ks.gov or 785-272-8681, ext. 117.
For more information see the Copyright and Permission FAQ.
A photo album from Luella Lottie Norris, long-time educator in Strong City, Kansas. Lottie was a graduate of Emporia State Teachers College where she received her Bachelor and Masters Degrees in Education. She was an elementary school teacher from 1928 until her retirement in 1973, the last seven years of her career were spent with the Beloit Unified School District No. 273. Photos include school floats, a church building in Cottonwood Falls, industrial buildings, train wreck west of Strong City, flooding near the Cottonwood Bridge, a ranch view, and many photographs of Luella's students. Many of the student images have separated from their photo album holdings, the names of the students are on the photo album pages but there is no identification on the actual student photographs. Also included in the album is a photograph of a highway near Cassoday, Kansas; Waverly, Kansas during the summer of 1929; and 2308 Buchanan St. in Topeka, Kansas.
Date: 1927-1932
Item Number: 453640
Call Number: Lottie Luella Norris Coll.
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 453640
Business and Industry - Railroad - Wrecks
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Disasters and accidents - Floods
Date - 1920s
Date - 1930s
Education - Primary - Students
Education - Primary - Teachers
Education - Rural
Home and Family - Children
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Cassoday
Places - Cities and towns - Strong City
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Cities and towns - Waverly
Places - Counties - Butler
Places - Counties - Chase
Places - Counties - Coffey
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
Thematic Time Period - The Twenties, 1920 - 1929
Transportation - Railroads - Wrecks
Type of Material - Photographs
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/453640