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This black and white photograph shows a group of men at the annual Grocers and Butchers Picnic at Garfield Park in Topeka, Kansas. Standing to the far right is Thomas Sneed who barbecued about 2,000 pounds of meat for the event.
Date: August 18, 1920
Item Number: 215095
Call Number: FK2.S5 T.65 O.1920 *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 215095
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Butcher
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Grocers
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Recreation and Sports - Leisure activities - Picnics
Date - 1920s - 1920
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - African Americans
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - The Twenties, 1920 - 1929
Type of Material - Photographs
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