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This collection of photographs shows homes and businesses in the area around the future site of the Topeka Boulevard Bridge in Topeka, Kansas. The bridge was funded by the U.S. Works Program through the department of the Kansas State Highway.
Date: 1935-1936
Item Number: 223573
Call Number: 1995-000.01
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 223573
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Transportation
Built Environment - Function - Commerce/Trade - Business
Built Environment - Function - Domestic - Single Dwelling
Built Environment - Function - Transportation - Road-Related (Vehicular) - Bridge
Business and Industry - Construction - Road and bridge
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Scenes and views
Date - 1930s
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Agencies - Works Progress Administration
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - Highways
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - New Deal
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Kansas Emergency Relief Committee
Home and Family - Residences
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
Transportation - Roads & Highways - Bridges
Type of Material - Photographs
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