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Date: September 26, 1879
Reverend Smith Barton, a missionary in Kansas, would like a copy of the temperance amendment and instructions on how best to educate the populace the importance of this issue.
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Date: October 28, 1879
B. F. Wright, writing on letterhead for the Iowa State Temperance Meetings, Clear Lake, Iowa, requests a copy of the proposed Kansas prohibition amendment.
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Date: 1797
This will of Lawrence Albert Heikes was donated to the Menninger Archives. His great-grandson, George Peter Heikes, was born on the family farm in York Springs, Pennsylvania, which Flo Menninger…
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Date: 1930
Two blueprints showing Santa Fe car plans. The labels at the bottom right on the blueprints note “vestibule finish” and “cross section.”
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Date: July 19, 1927
This poster describes the events that are part of the Hillsboro Wheat Festival on July 19, 1927. Prizes will be awarded for various reasons including the three best wheat growers…
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Date: January 25--February 3, 1927
Demonstration trains like this represented an alliance between railroad companies, agricultural scientists and, manufacturers to promote settlement, improve farm management, and market commercial farm products. This train was scheduled for…
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Date: 1900
A blueprint showing a Santa Fe smoking car floor plan.
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Date: 1912
A blueprint showing a Santa Fe smoking car floor plan.
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Date: May 19, 1927
This is one issue of The Star, a weekly newspaper published in Stratford, Garvin County, Oklahoma. This issue contains information about the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad’s “Greater Farm…
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Date: May 10-27, 1927
This poster provides the schedule for a Santa Fe railroad demonstration train titled “Greater Farm Profits Special.” It was travelling through Oklahoma May 10-27, 1927, and all of the towns…
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Date: 1925
This flyer describes a series of programs intended to improve safety among wheat farmers. The following entities planned and presented the programs: Oklahoma A. &. M. College, Oklahoma State Board…
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Date: January 16--February 25, 1928
This poster provides the schedule for a Santa Fe railroad demonstration train titled “Texas Farm and Home Special.” It was travelling through Texas January 16–February 25, 1928. It was a…
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Date: June 8 -13, 1925
This poster provides the schedule for a Santa Fe railroad demonstration train titled “Better Wheat Special.” It was travelling through Texas June 8 through June 13, 1925. It was a…
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Date: May 25, 1922
This is the daily publication of the Publicity Department of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (Texas A & M) located in College Station, Texas. The lead stories in…
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Date: 1923
This is a draft for a flyer advertising a “Cow, Sow, and Hen Train” to be operated by the Gulf, Colorado, and Santa Fe Railway in cooperation with the Texas…
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Date: February 1923
The Earth was a publication of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad. Its sub heading was “Especially the best part of it–the Santa Fe Southwest.” The front page has…
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Date: 1930
This typed chart shows the stops and the topics for the speakers for the 1930 New Mexico demonstration train. The train planned to make stops in over 50 communities but…
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Date: March 31--April 16, 1930
The newspaper was distributed by the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad as this Farm and Home Special Train made stops in New Mexico communities between March 31 and April…
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Date: March 31--April 16, 1930
This demonstration train made various stops in New Mexico communities to provide a variety of lectures, demonstrations, and exhibits related to various agricultural practices. It was operated jointly the the…
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Date: 1924
This demonstration train was operated by the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad and the New Mexico A. & M. College in 1924. The schedule included meetings in 51 New…
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Date: 1926
This pamphlet contains information and photographs about the Los Angeles Union Stock Yards. It also provide the schedule for market reports on KFCL radio. This item is labeled Los Angeles…
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Date: January 18--23, 1926
This Cow, Sow and Hen Special visited several California towns in January 1926. It was operated jointly by the Santa Fe, the Agriculture Extension Division of the University of California,…
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Date: 1937
A map showing possible stops for the farm demonstration trains operated by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad and the extension office of the Kansas State Agricultural College. Demonstration…
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Date: May 10--22, 1937
This is a checklist for the Better Farm Homes train traveling through Kansas. Demonstration trains like this represented an alliance between railroad companies, agricultural scientists, and manufacturers to promote settlement,…
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Date: May 10--22, 1937
This item has two different options for exhibit cars for the Santa Fe – Kansas State College Better Farm Homes Train scheduled to travel in Kansas May 10-22, 1937. Both…
