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Link to Image Titled: Stearman Aircraft Company
Title/Object Name: Stearman Aircraft Company
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1935
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Aerial view of Stearman Aircraft Company factory and administration building completed in late 1930. View is looking southwest. Oliver Street runs along lower edge of image, and road that intersects it leads to Wichita Municipal Airport.
Keywords: Wichita, aerials, aviation, business and industry, buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.72.47.1

Link to Image Titled: Aerial view of downtown Wichita looking southwest
Title/Object Name: Aerial view of downtown Wichita looking southwest
Creator: Barnes Flying Service
Date Original: 1936
Physical Details: 7.25 x 9.25 inches
Description: Aerial view looking southwest over Wichita's downtown commercial district. Broadview Hotel is partially visible at upper right; Wichita City Hall building at center; Topeka Street bisects lower left corner. Building near center is Innes Department Store. Painted sign on its roof reads "Wichita" and includes arrow pointing to the municipal airport. Sign was first painted there in 1929.
Keywords: Wichita, aerials, business and industry
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms99-03.1.aerial-downtown.5

Link to Image Titled: Wichita Municipal Airport
Title/Object Name: Wichita Municipal Airport
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1942
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: View of administration building at Wichita Municipal Airport. View is looking northwest. Construction began in 1929 on this building in city's southeast part. It served air travelers until 1954 when new airport was built in southwest Wichita.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.71.39.5

Link to Image Titled: PT-17 Under Wing of B-17
Title/Object Name: PT-17 Under Wing of B-17
Creator: Boeing Airplane Company, Wichita Division
Date Original: 1945
Physical Details: 10 x 8 inches
Description: PT-17 under wing of B-17 at Wichita Municipal Airport.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, military, airports, airplanes.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.67.11.1

Link to Image Titled: Cessna Airplane at Wilson Field Skyway Inn
Title/Object Name: Cessna Airplane at Wilson Field Skyway Inn
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1946
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Cessna airplane parked in front of Wilson Field Skyway Inn located east of intersection of 37th Street and North Webb Road. Later the airport was expanded and renamed Jabara Airport.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, people, airports.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.69.3.1

Link to Image Titled: Wilson Field Airport
Title/Object Name: Wilson Field Airport
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1947
Physical Details: 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Description: Wilson Field airport located east of intersection of 37th Street and North Webb Road was opened in 1944 and named for Fred D. Wilson, Wichita banker. Later it was renamed and expanded as Jabara Airport.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, airports, airplanes, transportation.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.67.10.2

Link to Image Titled: Planeview and McConnell Air Force Base
Title/Object Name: Planeview and McConnell Air Force Base
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1952
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Planeview community (lower right) was built under federal guidelines in 1943 to provide housing for defense workers arriving to find employment in the aircraft companies. Hilltop Manor and Beechwood were similar developments. In 1951, adjacent land belonging to the Municipal Airport was converted into an Air Force Base. The "tent city" (above left) provided early, temporary housing for Air Force personnel.
Keywords: Wichita, aerials, aviation, military, public services, residences, houses, World War II, National Housing Agency.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_A1-5.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Wichita Municipal Airport
Title/Object Name: Wichita Municipal Airport
Creator: Joe Mac Coukey
Date Original: 1954
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: September 1954 aerial view of Wichita Municipal Airport just prior to completion. View is looking north. Ridge Road dead-ends at center. 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
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.71.39.3

Link to Image Titled: Terminal Building at Wichita Municipal Airport
Title/Object Name: Terminal Building at Wichita Municipal Airport
Creator: Jerry Rogers
Date Original: 1954
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Interior view of terminal building at Wichita Municipal Airport. View is looking south along concourse toward landing area. Built in 1954, facility located on the southwest side of Wichita was renamed Wichita Mid-Continent Airport in 1973.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, airports
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.34.3.2

Link to Image Titled: Wichita Municipal Airport
Title/Object Name: Wichita Municipal Airport
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1955
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: Interior view of terminal building at Wichita Municipal Airport completed in 1954. Wichita architects Glen H. Thomas and A. B. Harris were designers. Airport renamed Wichita Mid-Continent Airport in 1973.
Keywords: Wichita, airports, buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.71.39.1

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