Sterling Digital Collections

Sterling, Kansas

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Jerald K. Bourgain Photographs
This 1910 photo shows the dealership for the E.M.F. Automobile, manufactured from 1908 to 1912 in Detroit by Everett-Metzger and Fladers. The sign in…
Jerald K. Bourgain Photographs
This photograph shows the inside of the Brock Building. In the center of the photo, Al Hefner stands with two boys nearby. As can be seen by the…
Jerald K. Bourgain Photographs
This photograph, taken in 1898, shows the light plan located in Sterling. It was first built in 1887, and was the first plant of its kind to be built…
Jerald K. Bourgain Photographs
This photograph shows the inside of the building that housed the local paper, the Sterling Bulletin. In the back, Howard McCrum can be seen amid the…
Jerald K. Bourgain Photographs
This photograph shows a sand boat floating on the Arkansas River. This boat was later transferred to Sterling Lake and used to pump sand out of the…
Jerald K. Bourgain Photographs
The Sterling salt plant was established in 1888 by Baker T. H. Brown. It was a brine plant until it was sold to Morton in 1929.
Jerald K. Bourgain Photographs
This photograph features Rick's Cottage. There was also a land office, as can be seen by the sign hanging from the balcony. This photo was taken…
Jerald K. Bourgain Photographs
An early school reunion is shown in this picture.
Jerald K. Bourgain Photographs
Not much is known about this photograph. It features a man traveling through Sterling with his gun, luggage, and livestock.
Jerald K. Bourgain Photographs
Frank Matthew and Soa Bert with load of alfalfa seed. The mule was named Bill, and died in 1937. Bill was used to break in new team horses. The…