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This black and white photograph shows an advertisement for the Miller Oil Company in Iola, Kansas. The mural is painted on the wall of an unknown business and advertises other companies such as Kelly Springfield Tires, Majestic Motor Oil, Mosler Vesuvius spark plugs and Campbell Quality paints. The artist of the mural could be Robert Calvin Ralston, a sign painter who lived in Iola.
Date: Between 1920s and 1930s
Item Number: 213360
Call Number: FK2.Al I.73 S. Mil *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 213360
Business and Industry - Automotive
Business and Industry - Media/Communications - Advertising
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Scenes and views
Date - 1920s
Date - 1930s
Environment - Natural resources - Oil
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Iola
Places - Counties - Allen
Transportation - Automobiles
Type of Material - Photographs
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