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A series of aerial photographs showing areas adjacent to the Kansas River, prior to the construction of I-70 Interstate, and east of downtown Topeka. Recognizable sites include: Highway 75; Lower Silver Lake Road; Kansas River; Topeka Water Department treatment plant; Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad tracks and bridge; Ward-Mead home; Topeka Avenue bridge; Kansas Avenue bridge; business buildings north of Fourth Street; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway shops, track and bridge; and East Topeka and Oakland residential areas.
Creator: Kansas Dept. of Transporation
Date: February 27, 1957
Item Number: 209999
Call Number: FK2.S5 T. 1957 *2-35
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 209999
Business and Industry - Railroad - Bridges
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Business and Industry - Railroad - Facilities - Shops
Business and Industry - Railroad - Tracks
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Scenes and views - Business districts
Community Life - Scenes and views - Residential
Date - 1950s - 1957
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Transportation, Department of
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Aerial
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Rivers - Kansas
Thematic Time Period - Eisenhower Years, 1946 - 1961
Transportation - Railroads - Bridges
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Transportation - Railroads - Facilities - Shops
Transportation - Railroads - Tracks
Type of Material - Photographs - Views - Aerial
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