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Link to Image Titled: Eagle Building
Title/Object Name: Eagle Building
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1955
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Eagle Building, southwest corner of William and Market. The daily newspaper The Wichita Eagle was published here. The clock tower of the City Building can be seen in the background.
Keywords: Business and industry, street scenes, commercial buildings, automobiles.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1907

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

Link to Image Titled: Wheeler Kelly Hagny Building
Title/Object Name: Wheeler Kelly Hagny Building
Creator: Rorabaugh & Millsap Studio
Date Original: Circa 1955
Physical Details: 7.5 x 9.5 inches
Description: Looking northeast in the 100 block of south Market Street toward the intersection of Douglas Avenue at the Wheeler Kelly Hagny Trust Company (120 South Market). The seven-story building opened in 1921; the top floor once housed the Board of Trade where skylights allowed traders to examine grain in natural light. The structure is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Other businesses in view include Resnick-Davis Diamond Shop (112 South Market), W. T. Grant Company Department Store (201 East Douglas), and Fourth National Bank (200 East Douglas).
Keywords: Business and industry, street scenes, transportation, automobiles, architecture, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_U4-1.1.4

Link to Image Titled: Schweiter Building
Title/Object Name: Schweiter Building
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1956
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Schweiter Building, located at the northeast corner of Douglas and Main. Long's Shoe Salon was in the building. Notice the clock at the corner.
Keywords: Business and industry, automobile, street scenes.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1467

Link to Image Titled: Temporary Location of Bob Moore Oldsmobile
Title/Object Name: Temporary Location of Bob Moore Oldsmobile
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: 1956
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: Temporary location of Bob Moore Oldsmobile, 1328 East Kellogg Street, at southeast corner of Kellogg and Lulu streets. Dealership moved east to 6215 East Douglas Avenue in October 1956.
Keywords: Wichita, street scenes, business and industry, buildings
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.9

Link to Image Titled: Douglas Avenue
Title/Object Name: Douglas Avenue
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: Circa 1956
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: View looking west on East Douglas Avenue from Pennsylvania Street intersection. Ben Robinson Buick at 1520 East Douglas was the successor to longtime Wichita car dealership, Butts Buick. Many businesses along Douglas Avenue including Domestic Laundry are marked by vertical signs.
Keywords: Wichita, street scenes, business and industry, signs.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.25

Link to Image Titled: Boulevard Theater
Title/Object Name: Boulevard Theater
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: 1956
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: Movie-goers line up at Boulevard Theater located at southwest corner of George Washington Boulevard and Lincoln Street. Theater was part of Boulevard Plaza Shopping Center which opened in December 1951. View is looking east from frontage road called George Washington Drive.
Keywords: Wichita, arts and entertainment, people, business and industry, buildings, street scenes.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.27

Link to Image Titled: Winters Jewelry
Title/Object Name: Winters Jewelry
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: Circa 1956
Physical Details: 7 x 5 inches
Description: View of elaborate signage for Winters Jewelry store at 120 North Broadway. Other businesses shown are Klothes Kloset and Recreation Lanes, a bowling alley on the second floor.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, street scenes.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.22

Link to Image Titled: Douglas Avenue
Title/Object Name: Douglas Avenue
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: Circa 1956
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: View looking west on East Douglas Avenue from Mosley Street intersection. Some businesses are Standard Hotel, Grand Hotel, Dutchess Cafe, Sam's Sample Shoe Store and Miller's Recreation. Railroad overpass, Eaton Hotel, Union National Bank Building and Broadview Hotel in background.
Keywords: Wichita, street scenes, business and industry, transportation.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.26

Link to Image Titled: William looking east from Water
Title/Object Name: William looking east from Water
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1956
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: William looking east from Water. Bauman's Office Supplies, City Hall, the Police Department and KFH Building can be seen.
Keywords: Street scenes, automobiles, commercial buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl385

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