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Link to Image Titled: Diving tower and slide at Sandy Beach
Title/Object Name: Diving tower and slide at Sandy Beach
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1949
Physical Details: 3 x 5 inches
Description: Diving Tower and Slide 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_wpl515

Link to Image Titled: Crest Theatre
Title/Object Name: Crest Theatre
Creator: Rorabaugh & Millsap
Date Original: 1951
Physical Details: 9.5 x 7.5 inches
Description: Looking south in night view of Crest Theatre exterior, 4825 East Douglas Avenue. Built in 1950, near Lincoln Heights Shopping Center at Oliver and Douglas. The theatre was demolished in 1997. Also in view, Lewin’s Little Shop, 4823 East Douglas and Youthful Shoes, 4827 East Douglas. The motion picture “Bright Victory” was released in 1951.
Keywords: Arts and entertainment, business and industry, sports and recreation, street scenes transportation, automobiles, neon, movies, films, Flaming Feather, Arthur Kennedy, Peggy Dow, Forrest Tucker, Wichita, architecture.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D8-19.2.1

Link to Image Titled: Sunset Theatre
Title/Object Name: Sunset Theatre
Creator: Rorabaugh & Millsap
Date Original: Circa 1951
Physical Details: 9.75 x 7.5 inches
Description: Looking southeast in night view of Sunset Theatre at 1600 Lulu Avenue. The motion pictures “Thunder on the Hill” and Anne of the Indies” were released in 1951.
Keywords: Arts and entertainment, business and industry, sports and recreation, movies, films, neon, Claudette Colbert, Ann Blyth, Louis Jourdan, Jean Peters, architecture, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D8-21.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Meadow Lark Drive In Theatre
Title/Object Name: Meadow Lark Drive In Theatre
Creator: Rorabaugh & Millsap
Date Original: Circa 1951
Physical Details: 7.5 x 9.75 inches
Description: Night view of marquee for the Meadow Lark Drive In Theatre at 4445 East Harry. The motion pictures “Flame of Araby” and “Cattle Drive” were released in 1951.
Keywords: Arts and entertainment, business and industry, sports and recreation, movies, films, neon, Maureen O’Hara, Joel Chandler, Joel McCrea, Dean Stockwell, architecture, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D8-22.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Southern Theatre
Title/Object Name: Southern Theatre
Creator: Rorabaugh & Millsap
Date Original: Circa 1951
Physical Details: 9.5 x 7.5
Description: Night view, exterior of Southern Theatre, 408 East Harry Street. The feature film “Cattle Drive” was released in 1951.
Keywords: Arts and entertainment, business and industry, sports and recreation, movies, films, neon, automobile, transportation, street scene, architecture, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D8-24.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Joyland Amusement Park
Title/Object Name: Joyland Amusement Park
Creator: Wichita Eagle
Date Original: 1952
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Aerial view looking west toward Joyland Amusement Park, 2801 South Hillside Street, showing roller coaster and Ferris wheel. New home construction is evident in Pawnee Ranch subdivision on north; Gypsum creek meanders in south and east. Joyland opened in 1949.
Keywords: Wichita, arts and entertainment, sports and recreation, business and industry, aerials, residences, rivers, amusement parks, roller coasters, Ferris wheels, Joyland.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms99-3.2.joyland.1

Link to Image Titled: 54 Drive In Theatre
Title/Object Name: 54 Drive In Theatre
Creator: Rorabaugh & Millsap
Date Original: Circa 1952
Physical Details: 9.75 x 7.5 inches
Description: Night view of drive-in movie theatre, located at 6251 East Kellogg, was named for US Highway 54 that crossed Wichita east to west. The motion picture “Girl On The Bridge” was released in 1951; “Phone Call From A Stranger” appeared in 1952.
Keywords: Arts and entertainment, business and industry, sports and recreation, movies, films, neon, Shelley Winters, Beverly Michaels, architecture, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D8-23.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Kiddieland Amusement Park
Title/Object Name: Kiddieland Amusement Park
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1954
Physical Details: 2.75 x 2 inches
Description: Chinese American woman helping her children (and others) to be seated in a replica stage coach ride at Kiddieland. Location, 3833 East Harry.
Keywords: Sports and recreation, people, parks, Asian American, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_M1-16.1.2

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 Municipal Swimming Pool
Title/Object Name: Wichita Municipal Swimming Pool
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1955
Physical Details: 4 x 3 inches
Description: Public swimming pool located in South Riverside Park. Bathhouse in the background. Popular features included the slides and the water wheel.
Keywords: Sports and recreation, people, parks, summer, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_M1-1.6.3

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