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This black and white photograph shows the Half Way Park sign in Kinsley, Kansas. In the background the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's steam locomotive #3424 is visible. The park is located along the juncture of Kansas U.S. Highway 50 and 56 . The town of Kinsley is also the official half way point from New York City and San Francisco, California.
Creator: Baumer, Beverly
Date: Between 1960 and 1969
Item Number: 221971
Call Number: FK2.E1 K.65 P. Hal *2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 221971
Built Environment - Function - Landscape - Park
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Business and Industry - Railroad - Locomotives - Steam
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Town development - City promotion
Date - 1960s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Kinsley
Places - Counties - Edwards
Places - Other States - California - San Francisco
Places - Other States - New York - New York City
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Transportation - Railroads - Locomotives - Steam
Transportation - Roads & Highways - Traffic signs and signals
Type of Material - Photographs
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