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Link to Image Titled: Dague Business College Students
Title/Object Name: Dague Business College Students
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1940
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Students in typing class at Dague Business College, 117 1/2 South St. Francis Street.
Keywords: Wichita, education, business and industry, people, Dague Business College, schools, students, typewriters.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Chamber of Commerce Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_CHA490

Link to Image Titled: Tractor Display at Western Implement Company
Title/Object Name: Tractor Display at Western Implement Company
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: 1941
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: John Deere tractors on display at the Western Implement Company, 439 South Wichita Street
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, agriculture, transportation, tractors, tractor row, Western Implement Company, farming equipment, sales displays.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Edgar B. Smith Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_EBS256

Link to Image Titled: Butts Motor Company
Title/Object Name: Butts Motor Company
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: 1947
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Looking northeast at Butts Motor Company, 1520-24 and 1600 East Douglas. The photograph may have been staged to advertise the sale of cars with special controls to disabled people such as the men with the crutches. During the 1940s the Oldsmobile Company developed the first fully automatic transmission and promoted the “Hydra-Matic” to injured veterans returning from World War II. Each vehicle was equipped with controls determined by an individual’s specific needs. Other businesses in view include The Ferndale Café, Kansas Press, and Orpheum Cleaners.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, people, street scenes, transportation, automobiles, Cadillac, cars, crutches, military, service men, WW II.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2NE-103.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Walker Brothers Department Store
Title/Object Name: Walker Brothers Department Store
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1950
Physical Details: 4 x 3 inches
Description: Location, 123-133 North Main Street. View of display window with mannequins and hosiery products. The theme emphasizes the scarcity of silk and urges women to purchase before supplies are gone. This appears to relate to homefront economy during the Korean War, but it is not stated as such.
Keywords: Business and industry, retail, store.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E3-57.1.8

Link to Image Titled: Commodore Apartment Hotel
Title/Object Name: Commodore Apartment Hotel
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1950
Physical Details: 9.75 x 7.5 inches
Description: Detail view of exterior of Commodore Hotel, 222 East Elm Street. Looking west on Elm toward Market Street.
Keywords: Business and industry, people, residences, lawn furniture, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D6-20.1.2

Link to Image Titled: The Forum
Title/Object Name: The Forum
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1950
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.25 inches
Description: View looking northwest at intersection of Water and English Streets. The Forum operated as Wichita’s primary auditorium, convention center, performance arena, and exposition hall from 1912 to 1965. The small sign on the front canopy indicates the Wichita Public Museum. The museum was housed on the second floor of the Forum from 1939 until it moved to a grand residential structure at 3751 East Douglas Avenue in 1956.
Keywords: Arts and entertainment, libraries and museums, public events, street scenes, transportation, Wichita, automobiles, architecture.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D9-6.2.1

Link to Image Titled: Walker Brothers Department Store
Title/Object Name: Walker Brothers Department Store
Creator: Edgar B. Smith (?)
Date Original: 1954
Physical Details: 4 x 3 inches
Description: Location, 123-133 North Main Street. View of display window with mannequins in a simulated home interior. The theme emphasizes purchase of War Bonds. The small banner in the background appears to simulate a “Service Star” that indicated a family member in the Armed Service.
Keywords: Business and industry, retail, store, military, Korean War, patriotism.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E3-57.1.7

Link to Image Titled: Aerial View
Title/Object Name: Aerial View
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: 1954
Physical Details: 10 x 8 inches
Description: Aerial view looking northwest toward bend in Big Arkansas River west of the Seneca Street bridge. Roadway along left bank is McLean Boulevard. West Side Athletic Field park is at left; Sim Park Golf Course, at top center; and Old Cowtown Museum grounds on north bank. Photograph taken in September 1954.
Keywords: Wichita, aerials, libraries and museums, sports and recreation, street scenes, rivers.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Robert Hess Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2000-04.2.5.1

Link to Image Titled: Wichita Chamber of Commerce Offices
Title/Object Name: Wichita Chamber of Commerce Offices
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: 1955
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Interior view of the Wichita Chamber of Commerce offices. The Chamber of Commerce was located in the Miller Theater building at 121 North Broadway.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.68.47.7

Link to Image Titled: Dockum Drug Company Inc.
Title/Object Name: Dockum Drug Company Inc.
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1955
Physical Details: 7 x 9.5 inches
Description: Looking southeast in intersection of Douglas and Broadway Avenues. Union National Bank Building houses Dockum Drug Store Number 2 on the ground floor (301 East Douglas). Businesses visible on the second floor include James E. Bennett & Company, stockbrokers, and Goldie’s Dress Salon.
Keywords: Business and industry, people, street scenes, automobiles, Christmas lights, Rexall, African Americans, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2SE-58.1.1

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