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Link to Image Titled: Killion Fresh Gas
Title/Object Name: Killion Fresh Gas
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: Circa 1957
Physical Details: 8.5 x 6.5 inches
Description: View of Killion filling station at unknown location. In 1957, company operated seven stations in Wichita.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, buildings, transportation
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.34.6.3


Link to Image Titled: Cardwell Service Station
Title/Object Name: Cardwell Service Station
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: Circa 1958
Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches
Description: Hyperbolic paraboloid service station design introduced by Wichita-based Vickers Petroleum Company shown here at the Cardwell Service Station, 950 North Hillside Street. The "batwing" was developed in 1954.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, buildings, transportation.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.23


Link to Image Titled: Bob Moore Oldsmobile Rambler Show Room
Title/Object Name: Bob Moore Oldsmobile Rambler Show Room
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: Circa 1958
Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches
Description: Prospective buyers look over the 1958 Rambler station wagon at Bob Moore Oldsmobile Rambler, 6215 East Kellogg Street. Sign for East Side State Bank of Wichita, next door at 6225 East Kellogg, visible through show room windows.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, people, transportation.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.17


Link to Image Titled: Automobile Show
Title/Object Name: Automobile Show
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1959
Physical Details: 3.5 x 2.75 inches
Description: New 1960-model cars on display on East Douglas Avenue. Businesses in view include, S. G. Holmes & Sons, Woods Jewelers, Lerners, Thurstons, Harts Cut Rate Drugs, Florsheim Shoes, Woolf Brothers, and the Brown Building (listed in the National Register of Historic Places).
Keywords: Business and industry, street scenes, autos, transportation, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_T3-18.2.1


Link to Image Titled: Henry's Inc.
Title/Object Name: Henry's Inc.
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1960
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Looking northeast at clothing store, Henry's Inc., 124 South Broadway. Note "Scramble" sign which gave a signal that all pedestrian traffic could cross simultaneously, in any direction.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, street scenes, transportation, Chevrolet, Cadillac, Ford, clothing, retail.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2SE-53.1.1


Link to Image Titled: Douglas Avenue Looking West from Railroad Overpass
Title/Object Name: Douglas Avenue Looking West from Railroad Overpass
Creator: Larry S. Wiggins
Date Original: 1960
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: East Douglas Avenue looking west from the railroad overpass in the 700 block; shows several downtown businesses, theaters, and hotels.
Keywords: Wichita, street scenes, business and industry, transportation, Victory Theater, Eaton Hotel, Wichita Hotel, State Theater, Montgomery Ward, Palace Theater, Union National Bank, Central Building, Bricks, Broadview Hotel, Woods, Thurstons, Bucks, Zales, Steins, Leben Brothers, Rosen's Pawn Shop, Osage Hotel, hotels, shops, theaters.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_WPL1783


Link to Image Titled: Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company
Title/Object Name: Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1960
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Exterior view of truck-loading facility at Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company, West 2nd street and McLean Boulevard. View is to the northeast. Kansas Gas and Electric Company sign and stacks located across the Arkansas River visible in center of image.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, buildings, transportation.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.71.56.2


Link to Image Titled: Municipal Airport, 6701 West Harry
Title/Object Name: Municipal Airport, 6701 West Harry
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1960
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: Looking south at terminal building and air traffic control tower. Listed in the 1961 City Directory with this note: "...constructed at a cost of $13-million and covering 2,240 acres. Preparations are under way to equip the Municipal Airport for the jet age." The name was changed to Mid-Continent Airport in about 1974.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, business and industry, public services, transportation, automobiles, pickup trucks.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D10-6.2.1


Link to Image Titled: Santa Fe Transportation Building
Title/Object Name: Santa Fe Transportation Building
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: Circa 1965
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: View of Santa Fe Transportation building at southwest corner of East Waterman and South Emporia streets. Completed in 1958, building was designed by Wichita architectural firm W. I. Fisher and Company.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, street scenes, buildings
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.34.4.1


Link to Image Titled: Wichita Public Library
Title/Object Name: Wichita Public Library
Creator: Boeing Photo Service
Date Original: 1968
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: The "new" Wichita Public Library at 223 South Main Street shortly after opening in the late 1960s.
Keywords: Wichita, libraries and museums, education, public services, transportation, arts and entertainment, Public Library, architecture.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Chamber of Commerce Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_CHA41


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