Looking North on First Avenue

Creator

Preview

Identifier

201415123

Approximate Date

January 1907

Description

This black and white photograph features Walton, KS in 1907. The image faces north on First Avenue to the intersection of Main Street. Preparations are underway for celebration of Independence Day, July 4. Slightly right of center a man is installing bunting around a platform set up on sawhorses. Just left of center is a booth of some sort also wrapped in bunting. Also visible in photo: cars, horses and buggies. Text is printed below the photograph.

Subject

Fourth of July celebrations, Business districts, Trees, Dirt roads, Horses, Carts & wagons, Walton (Kan.), Harvey County (Kan.)

Rights

© Harvey County Historical Museum. All rights reserved. May not be reproduced without permission. To request permission, contact info@hchm.org. Please credit Harvey County Historical Museum as your source.

Publisher

Access provided by Forsyth Digital Collections

Collection

Walton, KS, Collection, Photo Box 19 F Walton

Repository

Harvey County Historical Museum

Comments

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Recommended Citation

"Looking North on First Avenue" (1907). Harvey County Historical Museum Photographs. 222.
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/harvey/222

Language

eng

Transcription

First Avenue looking north from alley south of Main Street. Notice the hotel on the left, and the city well in the middle of the street. July 4th 1906 - 1907.