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This is a photograph of the Ed Marling super value store at 901 N. Kansas Avenue in Topeka, Kansas. The Marling family opened a hardware business in this building in 1950. A year later, the store's inventory was destroyed by a flood. The family cleaned up the store, reopened, and offered free storage and cleaning of appliances to flood victims.
Date: Between 1950 and 1952
Item Number: 228507
Call Number: FK2.S5 T.73 M.Ed *2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 228507
Built Environment - Function - Commerce/Trade - Specialty Store
Business and Industry - Retail - Furniture and appliances
Community Life - Disasters and accidents - Floods
Date - 1950s
Home and Family - Daily life - Household equipment - Appliances
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Type of Material - Photographs
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