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Link to Image Titled: Dillon’s Food Market
Title/Object Name: Dillon’s Food Market
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1953
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.25 inches
Description: Looking northwest from intersection of Waco and Thirteenth Street. Dillons in foreground; the tower of Wichita High School North just visible in the background.
Keywords: Business and industry, street scenes, transportation, automobiles, residences, grocery stores, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2NW-35.1.1

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 Neighborhood
Title/Object Name: Wichita Neighborhood
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1955
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: A typical 1950s era neighborhood in Wichita, the 200 block of North Bleckley is shown here. View is looking south from East 2nd Street.
Keywords: Wichita, residences, street scenes.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Color Transparency
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.73.6.1

Link to Image Titled: Wichita Residence
Title/Object Name: Wichita Residence
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: 1956
Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches
Description: View looking west toward "Holiday House by Woodbury," 2425 North Yale Street.
Keywords: Wichita, residences, holidays.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.30

Link to Image Titled: Eastborough Pond
Title/Object Name: Eastborough Pond
Creator: Wichita Eagle
Date Original: 1956
Physical Details: 4.5 x 3 inches
Description: View of teenagers skating on pond located on the northeast corner, intersection of Kellogg and Woodlawn.
Keywords: Sports and recreation, parks, winter, automobiles, residences, clothing, fashion, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_M1-10.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Dymaxion House
Title/Object Name: Dymaxion House
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: Circa 1957
Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches
Description: View of Dymaxion House and addition. Designed by Buckminster Fuller and built by Beech Aircraft Company, the home was owned by William Graham and sited on acreage southeast of Wichita in rural Butler County, Kansas. Building was donated to the Henry Ford Museum in early 1990s and has been restored.
Keywords: Wichita, residences.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.12

Link to Image Titled: Home of George Kirby
Title/Object Name: Home of George Kirby
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1960
Physical Details: 3.25 x 2.5 inches
Description: Interior of “Kirby Castle” at 1201 West River Boulevard during a public tour of the residence. Built by J. O. Davidson, 1888.
Keywords: Residences, homes, domestic scenes, furniture, Riverside, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_1201.W.RiverBlvd-13

Link to Image Titled: Marshall Murdock Residence
Title/Object Name: Marshall Murdock Residence
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1974
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: Marshall Murdock residence, northwest corner of Murdock and St. Francis. The original part of this residence was built in 1874. Over the years, additions were made to the house. Through the Midtown Citizens Association the original part of this house was saved and moved to the Old Cowtown Museum. It was restored and the official ribbon cutting was in June 1982. Murdock was the owner and editor of the Wichita Eagle.
Keywords: Residences, porch.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl174

Link to Image Titled: Intersection of Lincoln Street and Hydraulic Avenue
Title/Object Name: Intersection of Lincoln Street and Hydraulic Avenue
Creator: Barbara Hammond
Date Original: 2003
Physical Details: 6 x 4 inches
Description: View looking southeast at intersection of Lincoln and Hydraulic from a Quik Trip convenience store in foreground. Trees and houses in center ground are located on land that was originally part of the Henry Schweiter farm. Lincoln Avenue rises in far left background to cross over U.S. Interstate Highway 135. In Wichita the highway follows a canal that originally was Chisholm Creek. The creek flowed through the Schweiter property.
Keywords: Street scenes, transportation, automobiles, trucks, residences, business and industry, bus stop.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_U24-3.2.1

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