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This black and white photograph shows a road sign informing travelers that Kansas City, Kansas was 492 miles and Omaha, Nebraska was 405 miles. The wooden sign may have been the first highway marker associated with U.S. Highway 36. The highway, which is still in use today, passes through thirteen Kansas counties that share their borders with the state of Nebraska.
Date: 1925
Item Number: 217102
Call Number: TE US36.1925c *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 217102
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Transportation
Built Environment - Function - Transportation - Road-Related (Vehicular)
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Community services - Roads
Community Life - Recreation and Sports - Leisure activities - Travel
Date - 1920s - 1925
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Other States - Colorado
Places - Other States - Nebraska - Omaha
Thematic Time Period - The Twenties, 1920 - 1929
Transportation - Automobiles
Transportation - Roads & Highways - Highways
Transportation - Roads & Highways - Roads
Type of Material - Photographs
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