POSTCARDS FROM HOME

Old Postcards fromWinfield, Kansas and the Cowley County Area
(any help with identification and background would be appreciated)

from Nancy (Moss) Biddle
Interurban, headed west on 9th Ave.from Main in Winfield on the way toArkansas City, 1921?? (also see Historic Trolleys of Winfield)

from Nancy (Moss) Biddle
North Hall at Southwestern College, designed by Willis A. Ritchie, was used from 1886 until 1949.
go to Aerial View of Southwestern Campus, showing North Hall

Early view of new Richardson Hall at Southwestern College.

A snow covered Richardson Hall

from Nancy (Moss) Biddle
(a reprint of a Cowley County Historical Society Museum postcard)
Richardson Hall, Southwestern College, Winfield, KS.

J. J. Banks, early color photo.
Richardson Hall, Southwestern College, about 1940. High-Resolution image (1.7meg) of above.

Stewart Field House, Southwestern College.

from Nancy (Moss) Biddle
(a reprint of a Cowley County Historical Society Museum postcard)
The Last Mule Drawn Trolley. Ran from 1887 to May 17, 1909, sign says "Good-by dear donkeys, good-by". (also see Historic Trolleys of Winfield)

from Nancy (Moss) Biddle
(a reprint of a Cowley County Historical Society Museum postcard) Bandshell (built in 1910) in Chautauqua Park (now Island Park) where Winfield's Chautauquas were held from 1887 to 1924.

from Nancy (Moss) Biddle
(a reprint of a Cowley County Historical Society Museum postcard) Entrance to Chautauqua Park (Island Park) in 1890's

from Bruce Hedrick
pc1.jpgWinfield Main Street looking South from 8th & Main.

from Bruce Hedrick
pc2.jpgAn Old Fashioned Mill, Winfield, KS. (believed to be Tunnel Mill?)
go to Article on Tunnel Mill

from Bruce Hedrick
pc3.jpg "Fishing On The Walnut" at Tunnel Mill Dam.

from Bruce Hedrick
pc5.jpg Central School, Winfield, KS.
, designed by Willis A. Ritchie (This is the same site as the old High School, at Bliss and Ninth)

from Bill Bottorff
central_schoon.jpg Another postcard from the same photo. This one is dated 1910 with a 1 cent stamp.

from Bruce Hedrick
pc4.jpg New High School Building, Winfield, KS.
East 9th between Bliss & Andrews.

from Nancy (Moss) Biddle
(a reprint of a Cowley County Historical Society Museum postcard) Winfield High School
- at Bliss and East Ninth Ave. 1910 Unit (left) razed in 1972; 1916 Unit razed in 1974.


TRAVLR1.JPG Offices of the Arkansas City Traveler circa 1875


WPC01.JPG Railroad Bridge over the Walnut River at Winfield, Mill in Background.


WPC02.JPG Opera House in Winfield.


WPC03.JPG New Christian Church in Winfield(whatever year it was new in)


WPC04.JPG Dam at Roller Mills in Winfield,Railroad Bridge in Background.


WPC05.JPG First Methodist Episcopal Church in Winfield.


Brettun Hotel with Inter-Urban Street Car in Front.


WPC07.JPG Winfield Main Street in Horse and Buggy Days.


WPC08.JPG Winfield Municipal Swimming Pool, near Island Park.


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WPC10.JPG St Mary's Hospital in Winfield


Newton Memorial Hospital, Winfield.


WPC12.JPG Third Cowley County Court House, Winfield 1909 - 19??

From Bruce Hedrick
pc6ch.jpg Second Cowley County Court House, Winfield 1873 - 1909.


City Building, Winfield

from Nancy (Moss) Biddle
(a reprint of a Cowley County Historical Society Museum postcard) Hackney Block on East Ninth Ave. The City Building one the near end is the only remaining part (less tower) is occupied by the Winfield Fire Department.


The Norton Log Cabin in Arkansas City


History of Cowley County, Kansas, Volume I - The Beginning
Available from the Cherokee Strip Land Rush Museum - SOUVENIERSHOP
P.O.Box 1002 Arkansas City, Kansas 76005 316-442-6750

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History of Cowley County
, Kansas, Volume I - The Beginning
Available from the Cherokee Strip Land Rush Museum - SOUVENIERSHOP
P.O.Box 1002 Arkansas City, Kansas 76005 316-442-6750


Also see: http://www.cc.ukans.edu/carrie/kancoll/graphics/glad/cardlist.htm a part of the Kansas University Site.
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