Jules A. Bourquin photographs 1898-1957

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Jules A. Bourquin photographs 1898-1957

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Jules A. Bourquin was born in St. Emir, Switzerland and immigrated with his family to Horton, Kansas where he became an optometrist working out of his father’s jewelry store. For the next 62 years Bourquin photographed the town and surrounding areas making more than 21,000 exposures from 1898 to 1959. Even though the majority of images were taken in and around his hometown, the collection includes photographs of Colorado, Missouri and Wyoming. Subjects photographed range from the local town parades, circuses, Indians, and train wrecks to the U.S. military and infantry divisions. Most photographs relate to the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad. Some of his images detail the labor-intensive work that railroads demanded illustrated in Horton machine shop interiors. The Jules Alfred Bourquin photograph collection (1898-1957) consists of approximately 1,742 prints and 626 negatives (385 film negatives, 227 glass plate negatives, 14 glass lantern slides). Prints sizes range from 2.5 x 4.5 inches to 16 x 20 inches. There are real photographic postcards, mounted images, and at least three unbound and oversize albums. Most photographs relate to the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad and reflect community life in Horton, Kansas. The largest concentration of images date from 1910 to 1925.

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Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railway Company

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Bourquin, Jules A., 1877-1964

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Jules Alfred Bourquin was born in St. Emir, Switzerland on November 25, 1877. He immigrated with his family consisting of five brothers, his father’s parents and his mother’s sister to Horton, Kansas in 1888. Oline’s brother, Alfred Fete owned a sporting goods, hardware, wallpaper, paints, oils and glass store in Horton. Jules spent the rest of his life in Horton where he made more than 21,000 exposures from 1898 to 1959. The majority of images were taken in and around his hometown,...