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  • Collection: Sylvan Grove Kansas History

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Writing on front of postcard "Sylvan Grove 1910"
Postcard of Sylvan High School to Miss Amanda Serrien, Iowa Park, Texas:
back of the postcard states:
Dear Friend, Must write you a line once again. Guess you thot (sic) I was dead. Are just…

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Front of building, "Sylvan High School 1910"
Note bell and basketball goal on left. Writing on back of postcard: "This is my last day."

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Ladies dressed in their finest on Sylvan Grove's Main St., possibly during the County Fair.

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The first store in Sylvan Grove (1877), owned by Messrs. Cross & Morgan. Herman Blythe is driving the team and A.B. Cross is standing in the doorway of the small building. The store still stands at the residence of Tommie Berger.

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Back row Left to Right: Henry Buzick, Mr. Pinney, Henry Meitler, Irvin McAdams, Kirk Gladden, John Bowen.
Middle row: Alva Wilson, Elmer Finch?, Virgil Herman, James Powers, Will Bowen
Front: Hugo Buehring, Will Linder
Football has words…

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Ladies in front of restroom made of corn stalks at the Corn Carnival, Sylvan Grove

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Airplane rides were once a popular activity at the Fair in Sylvan. Pilot and woman are unidentified.

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Class Picture 1921. Children in the Brichacek family that are likely pictured are: Anna, b. 1885; Frank, b. 1886; Mary, b. 1888; Johnnie, b. 1891; James, b. 1893; and Agnes, b. 1896
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