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This color postcard shows the Colburn Brothers Mill in McPherson, Kansas. The company was founded in 1880 by Edward Alva Colburn and John C. Hamilton. The facility was operated by the Colburn family until Edward's death in the 1930s when it was sold to KBR Mill.
Creator: E.C. Kropp Company., Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Date: June 22, 1918
Item Number: 228350
Call Number: FK2.M3 M.3 F. Col *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 228350
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Agriculture
Business and Industry - Agricultural Industries - Milling - Mills
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1910s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Postcard
Places - Cities and towns - McPherson
Places - Counties - McPherson
Type of Material - Postcards
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