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This is a photograph of an a-frame pole setting truck owned by DS&O Rural Electric Cooperative in Solomon, Kansas. DS&O Electric Cooperative was established during the Great Depression as part of the federal recovery effort to bring the advantages and economic stimulus of electric power to rural Kansas. In 1991, Smoky Valley Electric Cooperative in Lindsborg, Kansas merged with DS&O, adding to the Cooperative's coverage area and member base.
Date: 1937
Item Number: 226955
Call Number: 2012-249
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 226955
Business and Industry - Services - Utilities - Electrical
Community Life - Community services - Utilities - Electrical
Date - 1930s - 1937
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
Transportation - Trucks
Type of Material - Photographs
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