Call No: P473-A3g
Description: U. S. Land Office in Garden City, Kansas
Date of origin: 1885
Type: Print
Size: 5
Condition: Very Good
Content:
[front] [sign on building] OFFICE OF C J JONES ; ATTEND TO ALL BUSINESS BEFORE ; US LANDOFFICE BARGAINS IN LAND ; JONES & LAUCK ; RESTAURANT BAKERY
[back] Reduce to 4 1/2″ wide – 3″ deep ; Garden City land office 1885 ; PLEASE CREDIT The Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka ; Return To HARRY E. CHRISMAN 10245 W. 14th Ave. Denver, Colo. 80215
[note] Copy G [Copy G is underlined] ; U.S. Land Office, Garden City, Kansas, in the 1880’s [in the 1880’s is crossed out] in 1885. It was not uncommon for settlers to file on as much [much is crossed out] many as 50,000 acres of land daily here. It was at this office that young Charles Hancock watched his father sign his Homestead papers. Photo courtesy Kansas Historical Society. [Photo courtesy Kansas Historical Society. is underlined]
[job form note] Job # 302760H Ref # 7 .15/1.61 Page # 144 – D A HT [HT is circled] Shoot at 73%
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Miscellaneous Info.:
Photo is of many men standing on sidewalk in front of land office. They are filling the sidewalk in front of the buildings next to land office. There are some men hanging out the windows above the buildings.
Other Info.: Photo has tape on top and bottom back. Notes have tape on them also.
Related to:
Subject: Charles Hancock, Garden City, Kansas, Homestead papers, Kansas Historical Society, Men, U. S. Land Office,