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The Voice of Kansas...the Choice of Kansas!

Were we the Tigers? Bulldogs? Thespians? Gage Elementary forever!

From a button they gave out to hungry but responsible kids.

Topeka Owls 1948

The Mighty Topeka Adventure Center, the best field trip a kid could ever ask for. From the tech savvy to the tiny, it's gear for every last inhabitant of Ventureville.

Get em Dawgs

It only said stop on one side.

A single rose. Te amo.

Variation on the classic awning. It's important to get this one right.

It had coffee. It had poetry. It had arty, brooding teenage preeks.

Whelan's was 2nd only to Pore Richards for great advertising art

Topeka's Building Material Headquarters, 1952

We still love you Al.

Every kid in Topeka can sleep well tonight

Topeka's short lived Minor League team, 1956-58

Where All Good Things Came From. 6th & Kansas till 1989.

Mother Earth - Where All Good Things Came From.

This middle school was probably the worst two years of my life, but here you go

Where all good things came from.

Everyone loves a soap box derby. And a Topeka Optimist.

The iconic 80s bumper sticker ages as gracefully as fine wheat

The other big logo from the iconic Land of Ah's campaign in the 80s

Everything in Appliances...Everything in Records.

Opening Friday April 8, 1955. We invite you to visit our completely all-new snack bar.

The wildest ride you've ever tried.

Restaurants Extraordinaire Since 1957

Cool Clyde's Waterslide, Miniature Golf and Picnic Area. The Holy Grail of Topeka Nostalgia. Opened May 1981, it burned briefly and brightly.

Restaurants Extraordinaire Since 1957

The coolest kiosk in the mall. Long Live White Lakes!

Long Live Whizzo!

Dine by Candlelight - Topeka's Finest. 1961.

Topeka's minor league baseball team, 1961.

Kansas's beloved 80s ad campaign, the Land of Ahs.

Where good things happen.

Always in season and seasoned to please.

Went to a lot of great shows in that shirt...