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This postcard shows the swimming pool at Gage Park in Topeka, Kansas. At the time this postcard was published, this was one of the largest of all concrete pools in the Midwest. It was 460 feet long, 65 to 170 feet wide, and had an electric fountain, slides, chutes and a sand beach.
Creator: Palmer News Company
Date: Between 1920 and 1930
Item Number: 221336
Call Number: FK2.S5 T.65 P.Gag *107
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 221336
Built Environment - Function - Recreation and Culture - Sports Facility - Swimming Pool
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Recreation and Sports - Leisure activities - Swimming
Date - 1920s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Postcard
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Type of Material - Postcards
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