Postcard: Whiteford's Indian Burial Pit, "Three Layers"

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Identifier

FLSC_TJPC_01272017_0444

Description

This black and white photographic postcard features the Whiteford family archeological dig outside of Salina, Kansas. Skeletal remains have numbers labeled with a piece of paper placed on the remains. Handwritten numbers are on the image to indicate the number of bodies that are uncovered. There are remains above and below creating three levels of burial. Printed text is at the bottom of the card.

Physical Description

4"x 5" photographic postcard

Subject

Indigenous people, Mass burials, Graves, Archaeology--America--History--20th century, Saline County (Kan.)

Rights

This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S.Code)

Publisher

Digitized by Forsyth Digital Collections

Collection

Tim Johnson Postcard Collection

Repository

Forsyth Library Special Collections

Comments

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Recommended Citation

"Postcard: Whiteford's Indian Burial Pit, "Three Layers"" (2021). Tim Johnson Postcard Collection. 345.
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/tj_postcards/345

Language

eng

Transcription

Whiteford’s Indian Burial Pit Salina, Kansas.Three layers