Ottawa, Kansas, 1909 – Historic Photograph Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Ottawa, Kansas, 1909. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Ottawa, Kans.
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Ottawa, Kansas, 1909
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Ottawa, Kansas, sat on the Marais des Cygnes River as the county seat of Franklin County in 1909, a farm trade town whose economy rested on grain, livestock, and the railroads that carried them to market. Rail lines gave local merchants and shippers ready links to Kansas City and beyond, and the courthouse square was the center of county business and political life. Ottawa University, a Baptist college founded in the 1860s, gave the town an educational identity that residents were proud to name when outsiders asked about it. Panoramic views of the town from this period show a community still settling into the rhythms of the early twentieth century, with its streets, churches, and commercial blocks built around the farm economy that surrounded it.
| Created / published | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Creator | bandholtz, f. j. (frederick j.) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Kansas |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,189 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Ottawa, Kans. |
| Reference | KS Ottawa, 1909 |
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