 |  | 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 the Convention Center |
| |  | The route was over twenty miles uninterrupted parade fun - no red lights, stop signs, etc. | |
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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 |  |  | 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 |  |  | Arriving in downtown ...to circle parade around the capital |
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 | The Vettes after the parade, parked outside the Convention Ballroom | 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 THURSDAY |
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