My mother found an envelope full of old Mitchell photographs on the side of the road near Asher, Pottawatomie Co., OK. This birthday card was also with the pictures. According to the 1910 Pleasant twp., Butler Co., KS Arthur A. Mitchell b. 1883 age 26, married once 3 yrs, b: KS / GA / GA Sallie S., wife, age 24, b: KS / Il / Co Urdeen L. dau., age 2, b: KS / KS / KS census; this child was 3 years old. Card given by the Congregational Sunday School in Douglass, MO.
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Photos of the 1900's which brought us from the industrial age to the technological age.
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Photos documenting holidays, special events, and celebrations.
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We search many surnames; a few are Pennington, Pitts, Thomas, Kirkpatrick, Fuller, George, Adkins, Cornelius, Redford, Cullins, Seney, Whiteaker, Huckaby, Armitage, Wilson, Hows, Elms,, etc.