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These two black and white photographs show the Pomona Tile Company in Arkansas City, Kansas. The company, a branch of the Pomona Tile Manufacturing Company of Pomona, California, was one of the largest manufacturers of ceramic-glazed tiles in the United States. The facility was located at Strother Field between the towns of Arkansas City and Winfield.
Creator: Kansas Industrial Development Commission
Date: Between 1950 and 1959
Item Number: 218720
Call Number: Fk2.C10 A.3 Ma.Pcm *13-14
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 218720
Built Environment - Function - Industry/Processing/Extraction - Manufacturing Facility
Built Environment - Materials - Ceramic Tile
Business and Industry - Manufacturing
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1950s
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Economic Development, Department of
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Arkansas City
Places - Cities and towns - Winfield
Places - Counties - Cowley
Places - Forts and military installations - Strother Field
Thematic Time Period - Eisenhower Years, 1946 - 1961
Type of Material - Photographs
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