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Unidentified employee watching the pressure cookers. The employee in the background is loading cans into the pressure cooker.

The idea of a public library took shape in 1941 when several members of the Round Table Club thought it would be a fine project for their group to promote. A committee was formed to investigate the library needs of the high school and grade school…

Employees of the Kansas Portland Cement Company standing in front of the office. This photo was taken in 1915. Cecil Mitchell is identified as third from the right in the front row. There is also a picture of him in the right hand corner of the…

An 8" x 10" black and white photograph taken by Urbin Rudelll. Employees of the Kansas Portland Cement Company in front of the company office building. The photograph is dated 1915. Cecil Mitchell is circled in red ink, front row, 3rd from the right.…

A 5" x 7" black and white photograph copied from glass plates taken in 1907. Workers with their teams grading the land in preparation for the building of the cement plant. Information provided on the front of the photograph states: 1907-building…

A 5" x 7" black and white photograph copied from a glass negative of the Portland Cement Company office. Information on the front of the photograph states: Office of the cement plant - 1907

A 5" x 7" black and white photograph copied from a glass negative shows the construction of the cement plant. Information on the front states: Portland Cement Company under construction. This photograph is not dated.

A 5" x 7" black and white photograph copied from a glass negative shows the construction of the cement plant buildings. This photograph is not dated.