Creator: Howard Eastwood

Date Original: 1955

Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches

Description: Airport Cabs line up in front of terminal building at Wichita Municipal Airport. Built in 1954, facility located on the southwest side of Wichita was renamed Wichita Mid-Continent Airport in 1973.

Keywords: Wichita, aviation, airports, buildings, transportation

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection

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

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wsu_tms509.34.4.3

Creator: Jerry Rogers

Date Original: Circa 1955

Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches

Description: Outside seating area at Wichita Municipal Airport. Raised, covered observation deck at right. Built in 1954, facility located on the southwest side of Wichita was renamed Wichita Mid-Continent Airport in 1973.

Keywords: Wichita, aviation, airports, buildings

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection

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

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wsu_tms509.34.4.2

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: Hal Pottorf

Date Original: Circa 1964

Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches

Description: Aerial view of Wichita Municipal Airport. View is looking northeast. Renamed Wichita Mid-Continent Airport in 1973.

Keywords: Wichita, aerials, aviation, airports, 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_ms2002-12.71.39.4

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: 1965

Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches

Description: Scene at Wichita Municipal Airport showing spectators' promenade deck, control tower, terminal apron and Boeing 727 passenger jet N855TW operated by Trans World Airlines (TWA). View is looking east. Later renamed and expanded as Wichita Mid-Continent Airport.

Keywords: Wichita, aviation, business and industry, buildings.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Chamber of Commerce

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

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.71.29.2

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: 1965

Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches

Description: Aerial view of Lear Jet plant in southwest Wichita near airport. View is looking northeast toward Wichita. Kellogg Street in top portion of image.

Keywords: Wichita, aviation, aerials, business and industry.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Chamber of Commerce

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

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.71.8.1

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: 1973

Physical Details: 4 x 6 inches

Description: View of control tower and Wichita Mid-Continent Airport sign above main entrance to terminal building. Built as Wichita Municipal Airport in 1954, the facility located on the southwest side of Wichita was renamed Wichita Mid-Continent Airport in 1973.

Keywords: Wichita, buildings, aviation, business and industry.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Chamber of Commerce

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

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.71.29.1

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: 1976

Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches

Description: Boeing 727 passenger jet N2811W operated by Western Air Lines shown with crew members at Wichita Mid-Continent Airport. View is looking northeast toward control tower.

Keywords: Wichita, aviation, business and industry, buildings.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Chamber of Commerce

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

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.71.29.3

Creator: Leslie R. Broadstreet

Date Original: 2002

Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches

Description: View looking northeast toward Mid-Continent Airport. Southwestern Wichita has been site of airport since 1954. Commercial and charter aviation operations, delivery services, hotel and other businesses located along runways.

Keywords: Wichita, aerials, aviation, buildings, airports.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Wichita Photograph Collection

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

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wsu_ms99-3.1.airports.1

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