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This is photograph show a view of the KAW movie theater, previously know as the Crystal, looking north on the east side of Kansas Ave. between Fourth and Fifth streets. This area of Topeka was part of the federal government's Urban Renewal program in the 1960's to rehabilitate aging and decaying inner cities either by massive demolition, derelict housing clearance, or development.
Date: May 2, 1962
Item Number: 212003
Call Number: FK2.S5 T.5 KanA.4S *12
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 212003
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Entertainment/Recreation
Built Environment - Function - Recreation and Culture - Theater - Movie theater
Business and Industry - Retail - Theatres
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Movies & Theater - Buildings - Movie theaters
Community Life - Town development - Urban Renewal
Date - 1960s - 1962
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - The Sixties and Vietnam, 1961 - 1975
Type of Material - Photographs
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