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Henry Worrall's sketchbook
Red cloth-covered sketchbook containing small drawings and paintings by Henry Worrall. Henry Worrall was born in England in 1825 and immigrated to Kansas in 1868. His painting entitled "Drouthy Kansas", which exaggerated the state's climate and crop production, gained national attention and was the beginning of Worrall's role as Kansas's champion. Worrall's marketing abilities got him a job with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (ATSF). In 1882, he used this sketchbook while traveling across Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico, researching sites to include in drawings to promote the railroad. Funds for digitization provided by Anna Paredes in memory of Robert "Bob" Garcia.
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