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Accession Number:1998-437
Accession Date:
Condition:good
Location:Archives, Photo collection, Streets Box 3 Fldr 43
Keywords:Trans-Continental Foot Race, Bunion Derby, St. Louis Street, runners, brick streets, Route 66
Area of Origin:Springfield, MO
Period:1928
Category:Documentary artifact
Object:Print, photographic
Maker:Unknown
Description/History:7:00 am snapshot taken from the corner of Jefferson and St. Louis looking west at marathon runners of the Trans-Continental Foot Race, or Bunion Derby. Stoplight in center of intersection with man leaning on it, possibly controlling it. Missouri US 66 sign attached to stoplight. It may be a portable stoplight brought in for the occasion. Springfield-Conway marathon on Route 66. Colonial Hotel on left side of street in photo.
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