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This photograph shows a bustling Main Street in Council Grove. Car dealerships, service stations, and the Ritz theater are visible in the foreground. At the end of the street is the Madonna of the Trail monument commissioned by the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Creator: Kansas Industrial Development Commission
Date: 1956
Item Number: 314260
Call Number: FK2 .M8 C.5 Mai S. *14
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 314260
Business and Industry - Automotive - Sales
Business and Industry - Automotive - Service stations
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Scenes and views - Business districts
Date - 1950s - 1956
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Council Grove
Places - Counties - Morris
Thematic Time Period - Eisenhower Years, 1946 - 1961
Transportation - Automobiles
Type of Material - Photographs
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