Shriners on Motor Bikes during a Parade

Creator

Preview

Identifier

2010204109

Approximate Date

January 1962

Description

This color photograph features the Harvey County Fair parade in Newton in 1962. Shriners on motorbikes are driving north on Main Street. Buildings are in the background, left to right: R. & T. Lunch - 126 N. Main (this is a Valentine building), residence of Helen and Mary Dix - 124 N. Main, Gail Ward Motors, Inc. - 118 N. Main, First Christian Church - 100 N. Main. October 2011. Dennis Jenkins identified three people in the photograph: his mother, owner of the R & T Lunch, his grandfather and his little sister. His mother, Edna Mahaffey, is the short lady with dark hair and sunglasses in the background at the corner of the lunch building. His grandfather, Walt Mahaffey is standing at the curb, wearing a hat and long sleeved blue shirt. His sister, Joann Mahaffey, is at the curb, standing just left of the baby stroller.

Physical Description

2" x 2" photograph

Subject

Parades & processions, Motor scooters, Men, Women, Boys, Girls, Infants, Stores & shops, Harvey County (Kan.), Newton (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

J. Birch Stuart Collection, Photo Box 04 D Parades & Fairs

Repository

Harvey County Historical Museum

Comments

For questions contact ScholarsRepository@fhsu.edu

Recommended Citation

"Shriners on Motor Bikes during a Parade" (1962). Harvey County Historical Museum Photographs. 679.
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/harvey/679

Language

eng