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Meeting minutes for the Pinckney Neighborhood Association of in Lawrence, Kansas.

Newsletters from the Pinckney Neighborhood Association to residents of the Pinckney neighborhood in Lawrence, Kansas.

A poem, written possibly by head librarian Lillian Constant, dedicated to Eleanor Henley, president of the Lawrence Library Board. It tells of the many ways the library needs Mrs. Henley and eagerly awaits her return to it.

Postcard with a black and white photograph of the 600 block of Massachusetts Street after the 1911 tornado on the front. In the photograph the Boener Brothers Cigar Factory can be seen on the right side. People are standing throughout the street. At…

Postcard from Rowland's College Book Store. Blank on one side. On the address side "D.L. Rowlands University Supply Store Lawrence, Kans." is stamped in black ink.

Postcard from Sanders Motor Company. On the front is a map of the counties in Kansas with county index letters for license tags in 1951. Along the right side of the postcard is contact information for Sanders Motor Co. Located at 633 Massachusetts…

Postcard from The Lawrence Outlook. On the front is a letter asking for information on Otis I. Perkins' military information and location. Postcard was sent to Mrs. Otis Perkins at 400 Maine Street from Mrs. Frank E. Jones at 1140 East 13th Street,…

Postcard with a black and white picture of the house at 1025 Kentucky Street in Lawrence, Kansas on the front. Photograph is angled to show the house's front and right side. Owner of the house at the time is Libby A Seamans, the widow of Horace…

Postcard with a black and white photograph of the 700 block of Massachusetts Street on the front. Photograph is looking north and down the middle of the street. Merchants Bank is at the beginning on the right side and Dick Bros Drugs is at the…

Postcard with a black and white photograph of 725 Mississippi Street after the 1911 tornado on the front. Photograph depicts the side of a house with a powerline pole in it. A white border is around the entire photograph, on the right border "725…

Postcard with a black and white photograph of a boy with toys on the front. Photograph shows the boy sitting on the floor with building blocks and a domino tower. A white border is around the entire photograph. On the back is a note to Mrs. Francis…

Postcard with a black and white photograph of a building after the 1911 tornado on the front. The photograph depicts a broken power line up close, a damaged building is in the background. A white border is around the entire photograph.

Postcard with a black and white photograph of a building after the 1911 tornado on the front. Photograph is a close up of a building that is severely damaged with piles of debris in front of it. On the back "1911" is written in pencil. Information on…

Postcard with a black and white photograph of a building after the 1911 tornado. Building is similar to the ice plant. Photograph shows a building severely damaged by the tornado with debris going through the roof. Two men are standing on the…

Postcard with a black and white photograph of a Burgner Bowman Lumber Yard parade cart. Photograph shows the right side of the horse drawn cart. On the cart sits the male driver, another man behind him, and two boys next to a goat drawn cart. The…

Postcard with a black and white photograph of a car on Massachusetts Street on the front. Photograph shows the car from the right side, two people are in it. A white border is around the entire photograph. On the back is information on where the bank…

Postcard with a black and white photograph of a child on the front. Photograph shows a young child standing in a room holding a stick. Photograph is overexposed. Information on when and where the postcard was acquired is on the back, 5/15/1999 at the…

Postcard with a black and white photograph of a child in snow on the front. The child is looking down from the top of a snow pile. A white border is around the entire photograph. On the bottom border "Almost buried! 725 Miss St. Will had just dug a…

Postcard with a black and white photograph of a cliff ledge on the front. Photograph shows the side of a cliff with two small water streams flowing down. At the bottom of the photograph ""The murmuring Brook" 1018 Ind. Mar. 1912." is written in black…

Postcard with a black and white photograph of a destroyed house after the 1911 tornado on the front. The photograph depicts six men standing in the wreckage looking at the camera. At the bottom of the photograph is a black strip with "8976A Complete…

Postcard with a black and white photograph of a house after the 1911 tornado on the front. The photograph is centered on a house turned on its side. A white border is around the entire photograph. On the bottom border, "Cyclone April 12th 1911…

Postcard with a black and white photograph of a family. Photograph is of a family of four, one woman and two men are standing and another woman is sitting with a cat on her lap. The man on the left is holding a hunting rifle and another rifle is…

Postcard with a black and white photograph of a family standing in snow in front of a house on the front. The family consists of a woman, man, and young boy in dark coats. The young boy is covered in snow. A white border is around the entire…

Postcard with a black and white photograph of a father and his children on the front. Photograph shows a man laying on the floor with a young boy and two young girls with him, the girls are laying on top the father's back. All are in pajamas. A white…

Postcard with a black and white photograph of a man in a boat in a flooded area of Lawrence on the front. Photograph depicts the uniformed man in a boat in a flooded wooded area, a house can be seen in the background. At the bottom right side "Flood"…