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This photograph shows the tanker-shaped float created by Skelly Oil Company for the Kaffir Corn Carnival Parade in El Dorado. It sits outside the Skelly Company's pipeline warehouse. This publication was funded in part by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.
Date: 1926
Item Number: 447731
Call Number: Kaffir Corn Carnival - CHM102
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 447731
Business and Industry - Chemical, petroleum, and gas - Oil
Collections - Contributing Institutions - Butler County Historical Museum and Kansas Oil Museum
Collections - Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board (KSHRAB) - Kansas Digital Access to Historical Records (KDAHR)
Community Life - Events and Celebrations - Festivals
Community Life - Events and Celebrations - Parades
Date - 1920s - 1926
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - El Dorado
Places - Counties - Butler
Thematic Time Period - The Twenties, 1920 - 1929
Transportation - Automobiles
Type of Material - Photographs
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