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These two unidentified men are examining a valve trombone, during the 1955 Walter Chrysler Day celebration in Ellis, Kansas. Also visible is a band uniform coat and hat hanging on the door in the background. Walter Chrysler, whose boyhood and machinist apprenticeship was spent in Ellis, was founder of the Chrysler Corporation.
Date: 1955
Item Number: 100579
Call Number: FK2.E3 / E.52 / .1955c / *2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 100579
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Music
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Music - Musical groups - Bands
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Music - Musical instruments
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Music - Musicians
Date - 1950s - 1955
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Ellis
Places - Counties - Ellis
Type of Material - Photographs
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