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Review these photos to get a grasp on how much
"cleaning" was necessary to get the artifacts ready for
display as they are in the remaining photos |
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Left - the log that sunk the steamboat
right - the
boilers that powered the steamboat |
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The buttons, the silk, fine linens, boots, pots, pans,
knives, well over 3 million buttons; almost anything you
can imagine |
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some items were found broken while others (right) were
in perfect shape |
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The Corvette Parade Thru Topeka
From the Convention Center to
Heartland Park,
around the high speed track, back up thru town around the
Kansas State Capital and back to the Convention Center
Originally, we were supposed to parade to the capital,
park and enjoy dinner on at the capital; with the record
heat wave, it was changed so that we enjoyed dinner at
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The route was over twenty miles uninterrupted parade fun
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We staged outside of the Convention Center and the Vettes kept coming |
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Larry & Linda visiting with the lead officer |
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The lead officer provided a quick driver's meeting to
explain the route and what to do |
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We departed south on Topeka Blvd with well over one
hundred Corvettes in the Parade |
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departing the Convention center we drove single lane south |
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we double-laned as we arrived at the predetermined
intersection for a group photo |
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As we drove, we saw people along the road with taking
photos, others with video cameras and many more just
looking and waiving |
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Arrival into Heartland Park |
Departure from Heartland Park |
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Heading north from Heartland Park |
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Arriving in downtown ...to circle parade around the
capital |
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The Vettes after the parade, parked outside the
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The officers, local and state that blocked roads and
made the parade flow smoothly |
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More photos from the
parade |
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CONTINUE TO
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