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This film presents silent footage of Canton, Kansas. Beginning with a steam engine pulling into a railroad depot, the film features many street scenes, people, schools and other small town scenes. It shows many people entering and leaving the post office or general store. It also shows many school children playing games on the playground and mothers with infants.
Creator: Lomax, Hugh
Date: 1929
Item Number: 223761
Call Number: VT 010.6
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 223761
Agriculture - Implements and machinery - Tractors
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Farmers
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Business and Industry - Railroad - Locomotives - Steam
Collections - Audio-visual
Community Life - Scenes and views - Business districts
Community Life - Scenes and views - Residential
Date - 1920s - 1929
Education - Primary
Education - Primary - Activities - Playgrounds
Education - Primary - Students
Home and Family - Children - Infants
Home and Family - Daily life - Leisure - Play - Games
Home and Family - Families - Parents
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Film
People - Children
Places - Cities and towns - Canton
Places - Counties - McPherson
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Transportation - Railroads - Locomotives - Steam
Type of Material - Film and video
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