Government Land Office at Kingfisher Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Government Land Office at Kingfisher
  • Series Title John W. Nyce Collection

Date

  • Creation: 1889-04-22

Language

  • No Language

Description

  • Content Description: Photograph of several tents, including the Government Land Office at the far left, in Kingfisher during the afternoon of the Land Opening on April 22, 1889.
  • Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Subject

  • Thesaurus for Graphic Materials (LC): Land rushes
  • Keyword: Land openings
  • Keyword: boomers
  • Keyword: land runs
  • Thesaurus for Graphic Materials (LC): Tents
  • Thesaurus for Graphic Materials (LC): Events
  • Keyword: claimants
  • Thesaurus for Graphic Materials (LC): Settlers

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Oklahoma - Kingfisher County - Kingfisher
  • Coverage Date: 1889-04-22
  • Time Period: new-sou

Collection

  • Name: Oklahoma Historical Society Photograph Collection
    Code: OHSPC

Institution

  • Name: Oklahoma Historical Society
    Code: OKHS

Resource Type

  • Photograph

Format

  • Image

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: 272
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc229014
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