Photographs, 1986-2011, undated.

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Photographs, 1986-2011, undated.

This collection contains photographs taken by Kisken of barns in the Midwest but also includes some from other states and Canada. The barns cover a variety including kit barns from Sears, Roebuck, and Company; red barns; white barns; cantilever barns; German style barns; round barns; brick and wood barns. Also included are rural scenes including homesteads, grain elevators, prairie scenes, and silos. Photographs were taken by Bob Kisken from 1990-2011.

14.72 linear feet (9 records center boxes, 2 oversize boxes, and 1 document box)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8180204

Iowa State University, Parks Library

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Sears, Roebuck and Company

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Sears, Roebuck and Co., commonly known as Sears, is an American chain of department stores founded by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck in 1892, and reincorporated by Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald in 1906. Formerly based at the Sears Tower in Chicago and currently headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, the operation began as a mail ordering catalog company and began opening retail locations in 1925. The first location was in Chicago, Illinois. In 2005, the...

Kisken, Bob 1935-

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Robert (Bob) Kisken was born March 30, 1935. Kisken is a retired teacher from Michigan and now does ranch and farm photography as a hobby. He is a resident of Mobridge, South Dakota and spends time in the Casper, Wyoming area. From the description of Photographs, 1986-2011, undated. (Iowa State University). WorldCat record id: 769024477 ...