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This photograph shows businesses along Commercial Street between East and West Avenues in Lyons, Kansas. Towards the right side of the picture are Swensson Drugs and, just a little farther to the right, Rexall Drugs. Other businesses visible include (from left to right) Chandler National Bank, Anderson Lunch, Groceries and Meats: A Home Grown Store, a lawyer's office, Jones Bakery, a furniture store, a men's wear store, and J. C. Penney Company. Three automobiles are visible parked along the street.
Date: Between 1930 and 1938
Item Number: 213763
Call Number: FK2.R4 Ly.5 ComS *1
Holding Institution: Lyons Chamber of Commerce, 1938.
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Commerce
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Health/Medicine
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Law
Built Environment - Function - Commerce/Trade - Business
Built Environment - Function - Commerce/Trade - Department Store
Built Environment - Function - Commerce/Trade - Financial Institution
Built Environment - Function - Commerce/Trade - Offices
Built Environment - Function - Commerce/Trade - Restaurant
Business and Industry - Banking - Banks
Business and Industry - Health care - Pharmacies
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Lawyers
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Pharmacists
Business and Industry - Retail - Bakeries
Business and Industry - Retail - Clothing stores
Business and Industry - Retail - Department stores
Business and Industry - Retail - Drugstores
Business and Industry - Retail - Furniture and appliances
Business and Industry - Retail - Grocery stores
Business and Industry - Services - Food and drink - Restaurants
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Scenes and views - Business districts
Date - 1930s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Lyons
Places - Counties - Rice
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
Transportation - Automobiles
Type of Material - Photographs
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