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Link to Image Titled: Lily Pond and Park Villa in North Riverside Park
Title/Object Name: Lily Pond and Park Villa in North Riverside Park
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1916
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Lily pond and Park Villa building in north Riverside Park; picnic area in background
Keywords: Wichita, parks, arts and entertainment, sports and recreation, Riverside Park, Park Villa, lily ponds, picnics.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Cossitt Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_COS183


Link to Image Titled: Giant Thriller Roller coaster at Ackerman's Island
Title/Object Name: Giant Thriller Roller coaster at Ackerman's Island
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1916
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: View of "Giant Thriller" roller coaster at Ackerman's Island from across the river; view is to the south
Keywords: Wichita, parks, arts and entertainment, rivers, Ackerman's Island, Arkansas River, roller coasters, amusement parks.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Cossitt Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_COS182


Link to Image Titled: International Wheat Show Exposition
Title/Object Name: International Wheat Show Exposition
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1920
Physical Details: 7 x 10 inches
Description: Five men carrying blocks of ice in preparation for a Wheat Show exhibit in the Wichita Forum, which was located in the 200 block of South Water Street. Various decorative objects, including a doll, a spray of wheat, a basket of flowers, a duck, and a row of apples are frozen in the ice. The City Market was part of the Forum Complex.
Keywords: Wichita, agriculture, arts and entertainment, business and industry, people, public events.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E10-7.1.1


Link to Image Titled: Wichita Theater
Title/Object Name: Wichita Theater
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1921
Physical Details: 2.5 x 4.5 inches
Description: Wichita Theater, located at 310 East Douglas.
Keywords: Arts and entertainment, automobiles.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1347


Link to Image Titled: Mexican Band
Title/Object Name: Mexican Band
Creator: Homer T. Harden
Date Original: 1924
Physical Details: 6 x 10 inches
Description: Thirty-one unidentified men posed with band instruments. Notes written on photograph include: "Mexican Band, Wichita, Ks...Organizer and Director, Prof. A. De La Mara."
Keywords: Wichita; arts and entertainment; organizations, clubs and groups; people; immigrants.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_H5-15.1.1


Link to Image Titled: Forum Complex
Title/Object Name: Forum Complex
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1925
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Birdseye view looking southwest at the Forum Complex, 200 block South Water. The Murray Bridge is under construction on Lewis Street.
Keywords: Aerials, sports and recreation, arts and entertainment, bridges, automobiles.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1843


Link to Image Titled: Wichita City Library Bookmobile
Title/Object Name: Wichita City Library Bookmobile
Creator: Lauritson G. Whittier
Date Original: Circa 1925
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Wichita City Library Bookmobile parked on lawn in front of old Carnegie library.
Keywords: Wichita, libraries and museums, education, public services, transportation, arts and entertainment, public library, bookmobile, books.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_WPL1807


Link to Image Titled: Star Touring Car
Title/Object Name: Star Touring Car
Creator: F. A. Wesely
Date Original: Circa 1925
Physical Details: 3.75 x 3 inches
Description: Man and woman posed with a Star automobile. Location, Carleton School, 428 South Lawrence Avenue. Note the photographer’s shadow discreetly positioned in the foreground.
Keywords: Arts and entertainment, business and industry, education, people, street scenes, fashion, photography, transportation, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_T3-1.1.1


Link to Image Titled: Gage Brewer “Hawaiian Entertainers”
Title/Object Name: Gage Brewer “Hawaiian Entertainers”
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1925
Physical Details: 4 x 3 inches
Description: Group leader Gage Brewer (seated) in the early years of his career as a musician, songwriter, and dance orchestra leader. His group began performing on radio in Wichita, then traveled in and out of the U.S., and ultimately Brewer established the Shadowlands Dance Club in Wichita in 1937.
Keywords: Arts and entertainment, business and industry, public events, guitars, banjos.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_H5-36.3.1


Link to Image Titled: Duck Pond and Alligator Pit in Central Riverside Park
Title/Object Name: Duck Pond and Alligator Pit in Central Riverside Park
Creator: Paul Bulla
Date Original: 1926
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: People at Central Riverside Park looking at the duck pond and alligator pit
Keywords: Wichita, parks, arts and entertainment, sports and recreation, people, Riverside Park, zoos, animals.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Homer T. Harden Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_HTH297


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