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(MEDICINE)
Group of 10 photographs related to the use of
radium in radiation therapy, most with
Argentinian origins, including doctors with their
patients, doctors with equipment, some lab
scenes, and one X-Ray of a hand. Silver prints,
sizes ranging from 3
1
/
2
x5 to 6
3
/
4
x9
1
/
4
inches
(8.9x12.7 to 17.1x23.5 cm.), each with hand
stamps (including Mundo Argentino and Archivo
E.E. Haynes, and one with aWorldWide Photos
hand stamp), date stamps, notations, in pencil and
in ink, and mounted newspaper clippings, all on
verso; the X-Ray is mounted, with no hand
stamps or notations. 1931-50
[500/750]
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(LAND OFFICE)
Group of 14 photographs relating to the homesteading period in Kansas, in particular the savvy
business practices of John Keernan (“The Land Man”), of Goodland, Kansas, and its environs.With
bowler-hatted businessmen posing next to fields of hay, corn, and melon; haystacks alongside a
Model T; well-dressed family members posing in harvested fields; a laborer picking apples; a large
and extended family group of well-dressed settlers; and scenes of the office itself (which was fitted
with healthy specimens of grain and vegetables). Silver prints, 6x8 inches (15.2x20.3 cm.), on the
original mounts, with captions, in pencil, on mount verso. 1912
[1,200/1,800]
Once the American frontier had officially vanished (in 1890), the Midwest was open to mass homesteading.Americans
understood the economic importance of land west of the Mississippi River, and clever businessmen promoted land
sales and settlements. Goodland, Kansas, which was first settled in 1887, was close enough to Chicago to be an
attractive site.Agriculture was the main source of prosperity, and the fertile flat land easy to cultivate.
The John Keernan Real Estate Company hired commercial photographers to take shots of the office as well as
prospective properties while photographs of abundant crops signified a settler’s sure success.
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