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An informal portrait of Kansas Governor Arthur Capper, 1865-1951, signing the "Bone Dry Law" passed by the Kansas Legislature. The law prohibited possession of liquor within the state and ended direct shipments of liquor to Kansas from out-of-state vendors. Capper, a native of Garnett, Kansas, served Kansas as Governor from 1915 to 1919, and as a U. S. Senator from 1919 to 1949.
Date: February 23, 1917
Item Number: 256
Call Number: B Capper, Arthur *42
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 256
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Journalists
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Politicians
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1910s - 1917
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Congress - Senate - Capper, Arthur
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Republican
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Prohibition and temperance
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Capper, Arthur
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Notable Kansans - Capper, Arthur, 1865-1951
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917 - Progressive Era, 1900 - 1916
Type of Material - Photographs
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