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This photograph shows a tri-county rural electrification meeting held at the H-H Hall in Solomon, Kansas. At the beginning of the meeting, people were asked to raise their hands if they were interested in forming a rural electric cooperative. Nearly 100 per cent of the attendees from Dickinson, Saline and Ottawa Counties were in favor of a cooperative. Paul R. Chilen is the orchestra conductor.
Date: December 03, 1936
Item Number: 226007
Call Number: FK2.D2 So.3 U *4
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 226007
Business and Industry - Services - Utilities - Electrical
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Music - Musical groups - Orchestras
Community Life - Community services - Utilities - Electrical
Date - 1930s - 1936
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Solomon
Places - Counties - Dickinson
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
Type of Material - Photographs
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