Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FLOAT IN A PARADE AT COTTONWOOD FALLS, KANSAS, NEAR EMPORIA A PART OF THE SCENE DURING THE ANNUAL FLINT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. FLOAT IN A PARADE AT COTTONWOOD FALLS, KANSAS, NEAR EMPORIA A PART OF THE SCENE DURING THE ANNUAL FLINT HILLS RODEO, A MAJOR CULTURAL EVENT OF THE AREA. THE FLOAT PORTRAYS THE 1974 KANSAS WHEAT CENTENNIAL. IT WAS IN 1874 THAT TURKEY RED WHEAT WAS FIRST PLANTED IN THE STATE BY A GROUP OF MENNONITES FROM RUSSIA COTTONWOOD FALLS IS A 19TH CENTURY quot;COWBOYquot; TOWN, AND IS NEAR AN AREA DESIGNATED AS A POSSIBLE SITE FOR A TALL GRASS PRAIRIE NATIONAL PARK

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Duncan, Patricia D. (Patricia DuBose), 1932-

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Patricia D. Duncan (b. 1932), photojournalist and contributing photographer to the Environmental Protection Agency's Documerica project in the early 1970s. From the description of Duncan, Patricia D., 1932- (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10614764 Patricia DuBose Duncan was born August 16, 1932 at Nashville, Tennessee to Robert and Edith DuBose. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri i...