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This postcard shows an aerial view of the 14 million bushel grain elevators owned by the C-G Grain Company in Wichita, Kansas. The postcard was addressed to Mr. Clifford Hope in Washington, D.C. A note on the back indicates the elevators were southwest of Wichita, near the Mid Continent Airport. There is a printed message on the back with a handwritten note from R. H. Garvey that says "Aren't Elevators Beautiful!"
Date: 1955
Item Number: 228286
Call Number: FK2.S3 W.3 F.G-G *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 228286
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Agriculture
Built Environment - Function - Agriculture/Subsistence - Storage - Grain elevators
Business and Industry - Agricultural Industries - Milling - Elevators
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1950s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Aerial
People - Notable Kansans - Garvey, Ray Hugh (R. H.)
People - Notable Kansans - Hope, Clifford Ragsdale, 1893-1970
Places - Cities and towns - Wichita
Places - Counties - Sedgwick
Type of Material - Photographs - Views - Aerial
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