Creator: Wichita Eagle

Date Original: 1956

Physical Details: 4.5 x 3 inches

Description: View of teenagers skating on pond located on the northeast corner, intersection of Kellogg and Woodlawn.

Keywords: Sports and recreation, parks, winter, automobiles, residences, clothing, fashion, Wichita.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photographic Contact Print

Collection Name:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_M1-10.1.1

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1957

Physical Details: 4.25 x 2.75 inches

Description: “Old Woman in the Shoe” feature in the Mother Goose Garden at Joyland. Location, 2801 South Hillside Avenue.

Keywords: Sports and recreation, parks, children, Wichita.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photographic Contact Print

Collection Name:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_M1-6.1.1

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:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_T3-18.2.1

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:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_D2SE-53.1.1

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1960

Physical Details: 4 x 3 inches

Description: Camp Fire Girls Annual Father-Daughter Banquet. Young girl members known as Bluebirds are seated at a table with their fathers. The girls decorated the table and brought box lunches for the meal. Two older girl members (Camp Fire Girls) are standing in the background with local entertainer, Freddy Fudd.

Keywords: Entertainment; organizations, clubs and groups; people; valentine; Chinese American; Asian American.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photographic Contact Print

Collection Name:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_H2-12.3.1

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1960

Physical Details: 3.25 x 2.5 inches

Description: Interior of “Kirby Castle” at 1201 West River Boulevard during a public tour of the residence. Built by J. O. Davidson, 1888.

Keywords: Residences, homes, domestic scenes, furniture, Riverside, Wichita.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photographic Contact Print

Collection Name:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_1201.W.RiverBlvd-13

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:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_D10-6.2.1

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1962

Physical Details: 9.5 x 7.5 inches

Description: Looking west on Central at the intersection of Cleveland. Businesses in view on north side of street include: Central Sundries, Valet Cleaners, Hickerson’s Auction, Central Café. The Sedgwick County Courthouse is seen in the distant background.

Keywords: Business and industry, automobiles, pickup trucks, city bus, billboard, Gage Cadillac Oldsmobile, 1960s, Wichita.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Tihen

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_U14-4.5.1

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1963

Physical Details: 3 x 3 inches

Description: A young Chinese American boy seated in a child-sized car, one of the entertainment rides at Kiddieland. Location, 3833 East Harry.

Keywords: Sports and recreation, people, parks, Asian American, Wichita.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_M1-16.1.1

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1965

Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches

Description: Women contestants in a beauty pageant sponsored by the President's Council of the Wichita Camera Clubs.

Keywords: Wichita, business and industry; organizations, clubs and groups; public events; swim suits; hairstyles; fashion; clothing.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Photographs

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_L5-2.1.1

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