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This is a photograph of a pioneer couple, Mr. and Mrs. Gant, who settled in Kiowa County, Kansas, in 1870. The couple, who were among the county's early settlers, is shown seated before an entrance to their home. Mrs. Gant is reading a letter, and Mr. Gant is smoking a pipe.
Creator: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Date: Between 1891 and 1903
Item Number: 7830
Call Number: Berryman Collection: Coll. 2 No.43
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 7830
Built Environment - Function - Domestic - Single Dwelling
Collections - Photograph - Steele, F. M. (photographer)
Date - 1890s
Date - 1900s
Home and Family - Daily life - Leisure - Hobbies - Reading
Home and Family - Daily life - Leisure - Smoking
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Home and Family - Families
Home and Family - Residences - Exteriors
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Men
People - Women
Places - Counties - Kiowa
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Photographs
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