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Accession Number:1998-438
Accession Date:
Condition:good
Location:Archives, Photo collection, Streets, Box 3 Fldr 44
Keywords:Trans-Continental Foot Race, Bunion Derby, Springfield-Conway marathon, runners, St. Louis Street, Colonial Hotel, Route 66
Area of Origin:Springfield, MO
Period:5/26/1928
Category:Documentary artifact
Object:Print, photographic
Maker:Unknown
Description/History:Snapshot of Springfield-Conway marathon runners in the Trans-Continental Foot Race or Bunion Derby on Route 66. They came in from Conway Friday May 25 and Saturday morning. Three pictures were taken at 7:00 am as they started back to Conway. View from Jefferson toward west on St. Louis St. A stoplight is the intersection with a man leaning on it, probably controlling it. It may be a portable light brought there for the occasion. Numbers on back of photo along with the above information: 1-011, p8-272
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