Mrs. Halbrook directs a student (Mrs. Lorance) in giving a special hair style to a customer, n.d.
A black-and-white photograph of three women. One woman is sitting and wearing a cape draped over her front. A second woman stands beside her and is styling her hair. A third woman stands on the other side of the seated woman. At the bottom of the image, a typed caption reads: "Mrs. Halbrook directs a student (Mrs. Lorance) in giving a special hair style to a customer."
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Mrs. J. W. Jones Memorial Chapel, Inc., Kansas City, Kansas, Funeral Record Book.
Mrs. Ray's First Grade Class, Topeka Public Schools, Topeka, KS
Mrs. Ruth Lorance and her daughter Vivian Lorance [at Wesley Hospital], n.d.
Lorance, Ruth. Lorance, Vivian. Wesley Hospital. Families.
A black-and-white photograph of a woman lying in bed holding an infant. A vase of flowers stands on a nightstand beside the bed. At the bottom of the image is a typed caption that reads: "Mrs. Ruth Lorance & her daughter Vivian Lorance (Wesley Hosp.)."
A black-and-white photograph of Mrs. Thomas and her three young daughters. Mrs. Thomas is sitting on the floor with one of the girls in her lap; the other two girls stand on either side of her. A Christmas tree is visible in the background, and there are dolls in toy highchairs and other toys next to the girls. A typed caption at the bottom of the image reads: "Mrs. Thomas and her three girls."
Ms. Lois Abbott’s Kindergarten Class, 1955.
Washington School, Topeka, Kansas Established for African American students in 1904, Washington school supported the largest student body among the city’s four African American schools in 1954 and continued to do so for the remainder of the decade. However, Washington was located less than ten blocks away from Parkdale, a pre-1954 school for whites. Washington School closed in 1962. Parkdale School closed in 1978.
Beyond the symmetry or suddenness of this mountain, what appeals to me most is its almost friendly gaze as it watches over the surrounding countryside. Its soft slopes emit a sense of safety and comfort not typical of other mountains.
Swahili translation of Enfant noir by the Guinean author, Laye Camara. Call Number: PQ3989 .C27 Z46518 1974
Nairobi: University of London Press,1974.
A very muddy game played against OU, 1947.
Kansas Collection, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas