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Link to Image Titled: Arthur E. Spalton
Title/Object Name: Arthur E. Spalton
Creator: Beech Aircraft Company (?)
Date Original: Circa 1945
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.25 inches
Description: Photographer Art Spalton operating a ceiling-mounted camera. This image is one of a series of photos owned by Spalton and thought to be associated with employment at Beech Aircraft Company in about 1942-1946.
Keywords: Business and industry, commercial photography, aviation, people, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_Spalton,Arthur1

Link to Image Titled: Cessna Airplane at Wilson Field Skyway Inn
Title/Object Name: Cessna Airplane at Wilson Field Skyway Inn
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1946
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Cessna airplane parked in front of Wilson Field Skyway Inn located east of intersection of 37th Street and North Webb Road. Later the airport was expanded and renamed Jabara Airport.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, people, airports.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.69.3.1

Link to Image Titled: Wilson Field Airport
Title/Object Name: Wilson Field Airport
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1947
Physical Details: 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Description: Wilson Field airport located east of intersection of 37th Street and North Webb Road was opened in 1944 and named for Fred D. Wilson, Wichita banker. Later it was renamed and expanded as Jabara Airport.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, airports, airplanes, transportation.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.67.10.2

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Title/Object Name: "Tasco" Prototype Automobile
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1948
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Prototype car, acronym name stands for "The American Sportscar Company." Based on a design by Gordon Buehrig, built of post-World War II aluminum. It was shown in Wichita in 1948 in the hope of contracting with Beech Aircraft Company for production of the aviation-inspired automobile. This model is the only one ever built, it is now owned by the Cord Auburn Dusenberg Museum in Auburn, Indiana. Shown here at the Cardwell Manufacturing Company in Wichita; owner H. W. Cardwell and employees are identified (on file).
Keywords: Aviation, business and industry, people, transportation, WW II, World War II, racing cars.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_T3-41.1.2

Link to Image Titled: Planeview and McConnell Air Force Base
Title/Object Name: Planeview and McConnell Air Force Base
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1952
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Planeview community (lower right) was built under federal guidelines in 1943 to provide housing for defense workers arriving to find employment in the aircraft companies. Hilltop Manor and Beechwood were similar developments. In 1951, adjacent land belonging to the Municipal Airport was converted into an Air Force Base. The "tent city" (above left) provided early, temporary housing for Air Force personnel.
Keywords: Wichita, aerials, aviation, military, public services, residences, houses, World War II, National Housing Agency.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_A1-5.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Wind Tunnel
Title/Object Name: Wind Tunnel at University of Wichita
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1951
Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches
Description: Aerial view of Walter H. Beech Memorial Wind Tunnel at University of Wichita. View is looking north. Photograph taken June 30, 1951.
Keywords: Wichita, aerials, aviation, education.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: University Archives
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ua.wsu.windtunnel.2

Link to Image Titled: Wichita Municipal Airport
Title/Object Name: Wichita Municipal Airport
Creator: Joe Mac Coukey
Date Original: 1954
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: September 1954 aerial view of Wichita Municipal Airport just prior to completion. View is looking north. Ridge Road dead-ends at center. Renamed Wichita Mid-Continent Airport in 1973.
Keywords: Wichita, aerials, aviation, airports, buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.71.39.3

Link to Image Titled: Terminal Building at Wichita Municipal Airport
Title/Object Name: Terminal Building at Wichita Municipal Airport
Creator: Jerry Rogers
Date Original: 1954
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Interior view of terminal building at Wichita Municipal Airport. View is looking south along concourse toward landing area. Built in 1954, facility located on the southwest side of Wichita was renamed Wichita Mid-Continent Airport in 1973.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, airports
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.34.3.2

Link to Image Titled: World War II Housing for Defense Workers
Title/Object Name: World War II Housing for Defense Workers
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1954
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: View of housing units in either Planeview or Beechwood, two of three developments built by the Federal Public Housing Authority during World War II. The first, Hilltop Manor, was constructed in 1941. Planeview and Beechwood, plus a Trailer Park, were built by 1943 as Wichita struggled to provide adequate and wholesome homes for the thousands of workers arriving in the city to work in the aircraft industry. The government designed these ‘minimal houses’ as four-rooms-with-bath units in structures for single- or multiple-families.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, military, public services, residences, street scenes, WW II, apartments.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_R2-PlaneviewBeechwood

Link to Image Titled: Wichita Municipal Airport
Title/Object Name: Wichita Municipal Airport
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: 1955
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Airport Cabs line up in front of terminal building at Wichita Municipal Airport. Built in 1954, facility located on the southwest side of Wichita was renamed Wichita Mid-Continent Airport in 1973.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, airports, buildings, transportation
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.34.4.3

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