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These photographs show the area where Mexican-American families lived in abandoned railroad cars and shacks in Topeka, Kansas. The men worked for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway in Topeka and many of the individuals pictured are identified on the back of the photographs.
Date: Between 1925 and 1930
Item Number: 309891
Call Number: 2015-094
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 309891
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1920s
Home and Family - Residences
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Hispanics
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Type of Material - Photographs
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