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A panoramic view showing the west side of the 600 block on South Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kansas. Businesses visible in the photograph are: S.S. Kresge Company, Hickey-Freeman Customized Clothes, Felix Clothing Company, F.W. Woolworth Company 5-10 and 15 Cent Store, Banner Lunch, and S.S Kresge Company 5-10-25 Cent Store. Automobiles are parked on the street.
Creator: Wolfe, Harold B., 1898-1966
Date: 1930s
Item Number: 203667
Call Number: FK2.S5 T.5 KanA.6S *41
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 203667
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Commerce
Built Environment - Function - Commerce/Trade - Restaurant
Built Environment - Function - Commerce/Trade - Specialty Store
Business and Industry - Retail - Clothing stores
Business and Industry - Retail - Variety 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 - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
Transportation - Automobiles
Type of Material - Photographs - Views - Panorama
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