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| Title | Men at Lenexa Garage |
| Description | Horizontal rectangular black and white photograph of two men at a gas station under a grey window and attached to a dark grey backing. Men stand by two gas pumps in foreground. Man at left wears hat, cardigan sweater and dark pants. Man at right is Frank Newcomer. He wears work cap and coveralls. Brick building with decorative brickwork cornice and flat roof. Lettering on front reads: "LENEXA GARAGE." Storefront on left and service bay on right. Sign above service bay reads: "FORD/ AUTHORIZED SERVICE STATION/ USING GENUINE FORD PARTS." Other signs for Republic Motor Trucks, Purolator, Red Crown gasoline, Seiberling tires and genuine Chevrolet parts. Round sign on metal stand laying on side at left. |
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| Date Original | 1935? |
| Subject - TGM | Automobile service stations
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| Subject - Local Names | Newcomer, Frank
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| Subject - Local Places | Lenexa
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| Notes | In early 1900s Levi F. and Ida Newcomer (nee Osborn) built the "Trail Inn Hotel" at location cited above. The garage was the hotel's livery stable and was west of the hotel on Pflumm. converted to a garage, it was managed by a son, Frank, in the 1930s-40s. Before its destruction by fire in 1956, the building had become a bowling pin refinishing shop. According to typed notes on back of photocopy of photograph in notebook the garage faced Pflumm Road. |
| Address | Pflumm |
| Owner | Johnson County Museum
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| Photo Use and Limitations | http://www.jocohistory.org/templates/JCL_InfoPage.aspx?id=14766 |
| Photo & Image Fees | http://www.jocomuseum.org/docs/PhotographFeeSchedule.pdf |
| Photo Order Form | http://www.jocomuseum.org/docs/PhotographOrderForm.pdf |
| Resource Identifier | JCM1991-13-4 |
| Acknowledgements | Photograph digitization funded by the Johnson County Board of County Commissioners through the Heritage Trust Fund, 2004-05. |
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