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Link to Image Titled: View of New Municipal Beach, South Riverside Park
Title/Object Name: View of New Municipal Beach, South Riverside Park
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: 1938
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Municipal Beach swimming pool, located along Little Arkansas River in South Riverside Park, was completed in June 1938 by the Work Projects Administration. 1938 pool replaced 1923 pool. Current use of site is Ralph Wulz Tennis Center built in 1976.
Keywords: Wichita, sports and recreation, parks, people, swimming pools.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.72.51.1

Link to Image Titled: KANS Radio station sportscasters
Title/Object Name: KANS Radio station sportscasters
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1938
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: KANS Radio sportscasters ready to call the action. KANS began broadcasting in Wichita in 1936.
Keywords: Wichita, people, business and industry, sports and recreation.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.72.8.1

Link to Image Titled: Demonstration of automatic home plate duster at National Baseball Congress Tournament
Title/Object Name: Demonstration of automatic home plate duster at National Baseball Congress Tournament
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1939
Physical Details: 7 x 8.25 inches
Description: Demonstration of automatic home plate duster in Lawrence (Lawrence-Dumont) stadium. It was developed by Ray Dumont, founder of the National Baseball Congress Tournament. Ray "Hap" Dumont sports hat in this image.
Keywords: Wichita, sports and recreation, business and industry, Ray Dumont, baseball, stadium, Lawrence-Dumont stadium, Cardwell Manufacturing Company, National Baseball Congress tournament.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Richard M. Long Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms96-4.2.26.1

Link to Image Titled: Miller Theatre
Title/Object Name: Miller Theatre
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1940
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.5 inches
Description: Looking west at façade of Miller Theatre, 115 North Broadway. The Miller opened in 1922 with a seating capacity of 2000. In 1928 it presented the first “talking” motion picture to be shown in Wichita. In addition to films, live stage shows, music programs, and celebrity appearances were also featured at the theater. The movie house closed in 1970 and was razed in 1972. The restaurant at right is Garvie’s at 117 North Broadway, which opened in 1940.
Keywords: Arts and entertainment, business and industry, sports and recreation, movies, films, neon, Ann Sheridan, George Raft, architecture, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D8-5.2.1

Link to Image Titled: Picnic
Title/Object Name: Picnic
Creator: M. S. Fong
Date Original: Circa 1941
Physical Details: 3.25 x 3.5 inches
Description: Three young Chinese men eating a picnic lunch at Santa Fe Lake. All are identified (on file). They immigrated to Wichita in the 1930s and were employed at the Pan American Café. A local man who befriended them occasionally gave them rides in his car and took them on outings on their days off from work.
Keywords: Business and industry, parks, people, employment, occupations, immigrants, sports and recreation, Coca-Cola.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_H1-57.10.1

Link to Image Titled: Game of Checkers
Title/Object Name: Game of Checkers
Creator: M. S. Fong
Date Original: Circa 1941
Physical Details: 3.25 x 2.5 inches
Description: Seven young Chinese men (all identified, on file) on an outing at Santa Fe Lake. All were Chinese immigrants who came to Wichita in the 1930s and were employed at the Pan American Café.
Keywords: Business and industry, parks, people, employment, occupations, immigrants, sports and recreation, games.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_H1-57.11.1

Link to Image Titled: Municipal Swimming Pool
Title/Object Name: Municipal Swimming Pool
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1943
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Municipal Swimming Pool in Riverside Park. It was located at Nims and Central. The Children's pool is located in the foreground.
Keywords: Parks, people, sports and recreation, bathing suits, children.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl510

Link to Image Titled: Blue Moon Night Club
Title/Object Name: Blue Moon Night Club
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1945
Physical Details: 4 x 2.75 inches
Description: Men and women seated for a social evening at the Blue Moon, 3401 South Oliver Street. Telephone book ad states “Southwest’s Swankiest Nite Spot,” “Dine & Dance to the strains of the Nation’s Leading Orchestras.” A photographer circulated among the tables and snapped souvenir photos such as this one for purchase.
Keywords: Business and industry, sports and recreation, people, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_H6-37.1.3

Link to Image Titled: 81 Drive In Theatre
Title/Object Name: 81 Drive In Theatre
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1946
Physical Details: 10 x 7 inches
Description: The 81 Drive In Theatre was Wichita’s first drive-in theater. It opened in August, 1946. The theater was located north of the city limits at 6250 North Broadway. It took its name from US Highway 81, which coincided with Broadway as it crossed Wichita north to south. The motion picture “The Hurricane” was first released in 1937.
Keywords: Arts and entertainment, business and industry, sports and recreation, movies, films, Dorothy Lamour, Jon Hall, Mary Astor, architecture.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D8-12.2.1

Link to Image Titled: Bath house at Sandy Beach
Title/Object Name: Bath house at Sandy Beach
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1949
Physical Details: 3 x 5 inches
Description: Bath house at Sandy Beach, located at 5800 South Seneca.
Keywords: People, sports and recreation, swimming.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl513

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