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Link to Image Titled: James R. Mead
Title/Object Name: James R. Mead
Creator: Rogers Studio
Date Original: Circa 1878
Physical Details: 2.5 x 3.5 inches
Description: Portrait of James Richard Mead, one of the early founders of Wichita. Mead came to Kansas Territory if 1859 and established himself as a buffalo hunter and fur trader. In 1868 he met with a group of men to organize a town company for the site at the junction of the Arkansas River and the Little Arkansas River. He was instrumental in bringing the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad through Wichita, which secured the position of the city as a trade center.
Keywords: People, settlers, pioneers, transportation, business and industry.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_Mead,James.R

Link to Image Titled: Mule Cars on North Main Street
Title/Object Name: Mule Cars on North Main Street
Creator: Rogers Studio
Date Original: 1884
Physical Details: 6.75 x 4.75 inches
Description: Wichita Street Railway mule cars in front of a house and stables on the east side of the 400 block of North Main Street
Keywords: Wichita, transportation, street scenes, residences, mule cars, street railway, streetcars.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: W. S. and Guy Rogers Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_ROG218

Link to Image Titled: High-Wheel Bicycles
Title/Object Name: High-Wheel Bicycles
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1885
Physical Details: 4.25 x 2.75 inches
Description: Group of men posed with their high-wheel bicycles.
Keywords: Sports and recreation; people; organizations, clubs and groups; transportation; cycling; Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_H11-3.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Boy with Bicycle
Title/Object Name: Boy with Bicycle
Creator: Alden W. Harden
Date Original: Circa 1885
Physical Details: 2.75 x 4.25 inches
Description: Young boy identified as John Reed posed with a high-wheel bicycle. Note that the pedals are attached directly to the front wheel. The wheels became larger as manufacturers realized that the larger the wheel, the farther the cyclist could travel with one rotation.
Keywords: People, sports and recreation, transportation, boy, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_H11-28.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Wichita and Suburban Street Railway & Stock Yards Hotel
Title/Object Name: Wichita and Suburban Street Railway & Stock Yards Hotel
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1887
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: The Wichita and Suburban Street Railway cars in front of the Stock Yards Hotel. It was located at 18th and Emporia.
Keywords: Transportation, business and industry.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1243

Link to Image Titled: West Douglas Street Scene
Title/Object Name: West Douglas Street Scene
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1887
Physical Details: 7 x 9 inches
Description: Looking south at two businesses, southwest corner of Douglas and Sycamore. Signs indicate J. L. Moore & Son, Groceries & Meat Market and Trimble Bros & Threlkeld's Hardware. Horse-drawn wagons are decked with American flags as if for a parade.
Keywords: Wichita, agriculture, business and industry, people, public events, transportation.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2SW-10.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Douglas Avenue looking west
Title/Object Name: Douglas Avenue looking west
Creator: Baldwin and Son
Date Original: 1887
Physical Details: 9 x 14 inches
Description: Downtown Wichita view showing Douglas Avenue. Photograph was taken June 1, 1887, probably from nearly completed Carey Hotel (Eaton Hotel), southwest corner of Douglas Avenue and St. Francis Street. In first block west of Carey Hotel, Richland building at 405 East Douglas Avenue is under construction.
Keywords: Wichita, street scenes, business and industry, transportation, construction, trolleys, wagons, buggies.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Marcellus M. Murdock Papers
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms232.0.0.2

Link to Image Titled: Wichita Carriage Works
Title/Object Name: Wichita Carriage Works
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1889
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Wichita Carriage Works, located at 157-9 North Water, M. A. McKenzie, proprietor.
Keywords: Transportation, people, buggy, false fronts, commercial building.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl541

Link to Image Titled: Wichita Electric Street Railway Company Trolley Car
Title/Object Name: Wichita Electric Street Railway Company Trolley Car
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1892
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Fairmount and 13th Street trolley car on "honeymoon trip"; passengers are Charles Limbarger and wife; house in background belonged to President Morrison of Fairmount College; house was on 12th Street and streetcar tracks did not go as far as 13th yet.
Keywords: Wichita, transportation, people, residences, Wichita Electric Street Railway Company, Riverside and Suburban, trolley car, streetcar, street railroad, Fairmount College, Charles Limbarger, Mrs. Limbarger, honeymoon.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_WPL1239

Link to Image Titled: Flooded streets in downtown Wichita
Title/Object Name: Flooded streets in downtown Wichita
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1894
Physical Details: 3.5 x 3.5 inches
Description: View of a flood looking southwest from Sedgwick County courthouse showing Main Street in June 1894.
Keywords: Wichita, street scenes, transportation, rivers, floods, horses, buggies, Arkansas River.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Richard M. Long Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms96-4.2.13.1

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