Big Red Apple (Wathena, Kansas)

Item

Identifier: MS 014- series MS 014-2- item 990

Staff Only

Dates

1870-1900

Extent

From the Class: 10 Cubic Feet

Additional Description

General

Front: Patented Property of Hunt Bros., St. Joseph, Mo., who have over 600 acres of apple orchard near the location of this apple. Every convenience for traveling public, camping grounds, gasoline service, rest rooms, refreshments, courteous attendants, novel roof garden and dance floor adjoining. THE BIG RED APPLE on U.S. Highway 36, Largest Apple Ever Grown, 30 feet high, Over 100 feet in circumference, Eight miles west of St. Joseph, Mo., near Wathena, Kan.