Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1913

Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches

Description: View of interior of Forum building, 231 South Water Street, set up for banquet. Signs on tables indicate seating of delegations from Wichita organizations and area cities. Signs along upper balcony railing list Wichita's accomplishments through 1912 in building, manufacturing, transportation and other businesses. The Forum served as Wichita's munipical auditorium from 1911 to 1965 when it was razed.

Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, buildings.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce

Repository: Wichita State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.66.9a.9

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: 1914

Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches

Description: Union Station soon after its opening. Located at 701 East Douglas.

Keywords: Transportation, automobiles, commercial buildings, depots.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection

Repository: Wichita Public Library

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wpl_wpl1208

Creator: Arthur E. Spalton

Date Original: Circa 1915

Physical Details: 4 x 3.25 inches

Description: Railroad station built on east Douglas in 1914 to replace a decrepit Santa Fe Depot. Located at the site of elevated tracks that had been erected over Douglas in 1911. It housed a Fred Harvey restaurant and an imposing waiting room.

Keywords: Business and industry, public services, street scenes, transportation, automobiles, architecture, Beaux Arts.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photographic Contact Print

Collection Name:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_D10-1.2.4

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1915

Physical Details: 4 x 2.5 inches

Description: Looking toward north side of street, businesses include Livingston Photographic Studio at 110 East Douglas Avenue. Owned by Tipney Livingston.

Keywords: Business and industry, photographers, street scene, transportation, horse-drawn carriage, automobiles, Wichita.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photographic Contact Print

Collection Name:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_U2-1.1.6

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: 1915

Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches

Description: National Balloon Race held October 1915 on Ackerman's Island at the baseball park, adjacent to Wonderland Park. Sponsored under the auspices of the newly organized Wichita Aero Club.

Keywords: Transportation, parks, balloons, people, fashion, sports and recreation, aviation.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection

Repository: Wichita Public Library

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wpl_wpl559

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: 1915

Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches

Description: National Balloon Race held October 1915 on Ackerman's Island at the baseball park, adjacent to Wonderland Park. Sponsored under the auspices of the newly organized Wichita Aero Club.

Keywords: Transportation, parks, balloons, people, sports and recreation, aviation.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection

Repository: Wichita Public Library

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wpl_wpl571

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1917

Physical Details: 4. 2 .25 inches

Description: Park Villa shelter house in North Riverside Park, near Little Arkansas River and Nims Avenue bridge.

Keywords: Sports and recreation, parks, automobiles, transportation, Wichita.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photographic Contact Print

Collection Name:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_M1-1.5.9

Creator: Livingston

Date Original: 1917

Physical Details: 2.75 x 2.25 inches

Description: Group of Kress Company employees, preparing to go on an outing. Box lunches and a phonograph record player are among the picnic articles placed on the street. The group is posed in front of the Kress store at 224 East Douglas Avenue.

Keywords: Business and industry; people; occupations; employment; transportation; organizations, clubs and groups; sports and recreation; 5 and 10-cent stores; five and dime stores; Merchants Transfer and Storage Company; Wichita.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photographic Contact Print

Collection Name:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_H1-48.1.1

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: 1917

Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches

Description: View looking northwest toward Wichita Motor Bus Company bus at intersection of East Douglas Avenue and Washington Street. Bus route ran along Douglas Avenue to College Hill. Weber building, erected in 1906, in background.

Keywords: Wichita, transportation, street scenes, business and industry.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Herbert Jones Collection

Repository: Wichita State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wsu_ms81-3.1.10.1

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1918

Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches

Description: Private automobile ambulance used by The Modern Funeral Home located at 243-245 North Emporia. The Funeral Director was Isaac W. Gill, undertaker and embalmer.

Keywords: Business and industry, transportation, health care, truck, fashion.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection

Repository: Wichita Public Library

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wpl_wpl630

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