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This a photograph of Arbor Day activities at 8th & Jackson streets on the Statehouse grounds in Topeka, Kansas. Over 800 trees were planted on the statehouse grounds to commemorate the occasion; however, only a few lived through the summer.
Date: April 22, 1875
Item Number: 208063
Call Number: FK2.S5 T.5 JacS.8S *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 208063
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Politics/Government
Built Environment - Building name - Kansas Capitol
Built Environment - Function - Government - Capitol
Built Environment - Materials - Stone - Limestone
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Events and Celebrations - Holidays
Community Life - Scenes and views - Business districts
Date - 1870s - 1875
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Transportation - Non-motorized - Carriages
Transportation - Non-motorized - Wagons
Type of Material - Photographs
https://www.kansasmemory.gov/item/208063
