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This postcard shows the Gage Park swimming pool located in Topeka, Kansas. At the time this postcard was published, this was one of the largest concrete pools in the Midwest. It was 460 feet long , 65 to 170 feet side, and had an electric fountain, slides, chutes and a sand beach.
Date: August 08, 1939
Item Number: 224089
Call Number: FK2.S5 T.65 P.Gag *108
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 224089
Built Environment - Function - Landscape - Park
Built Environment - Function - Recreation and Culture - Outdoor Recreation - Park
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Recreation and Sports - Leisure activities - Swimming
Date - 1930s - 1939
Home and Family - Activities
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Postcard
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Type of Material - Postcards
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