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Link to Image Titled: The Forum
Title/Object Name: The Forum
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1934
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.25 inches
Description: Interior of exposition hall in the Forum complex, 231 South Water Street. Unidentified auto display featuring Buick automobiles and GMC trucks, including a long-distance passenger bus.
Keywords: Arts and entertainment, public events, transportation, cars.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E5-89.5.1


Link to Image Titled: The Forum
Title/Object Name: The Forum
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1935
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.25 inches
Description: Interior of the Forum at 231 South Water Street. A large audience is attending what appears to be a butchering demonstration. Probably part of an exposition on agricultural and domestic arts. Booths on the perimeter of the arena display products such as home appliances and foods.
Keywords: Arts and entertainment, public events, people, clothing, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E5-89.1.1


Link to Image Titled: Kansas Diamond Jubilee at Wichita Forum
Title/Object Name: Kansas Diamond Jubilee at Wichita Forum
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1936
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Birdseye view of the Street Fair and Forum Complex located at 201 South Water.
Keywords: Aerials, arts and entertainment, public events, automobile, gas station.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl2005


Link to Image Titled: Love Corrugated Box Company Exhibit at Kansas Diamond Jubilee Exhibition
Title/Object Name: Love Corrugated Box Company Exhibit at Kansas Diamond Jubilee Exhibition
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1936
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Display of Love Box Company boxes at Kansas Diamond Jubilee exhibition at the Forum, October 1936. Many local business names imprinted on boxes including Coleman, Arnholz Coffee, Southwest Cracker, Steffen's, Fox-Vliet Drug, McKesson-Potts Drug and Dold. Kansas Women's Christian Temperance Union exhibit at right featuring mechanical figure.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, public events.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.71.15.1


Link to Image Titled: Army Air Force Band at the Forum
Title/Object Name: Army Air Force Band at the Forum
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1944
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Army Air Force band performs at the Forum during World War II. Located at 231 South Water Street, the Forum served as Wichita's municipal auditorium from 1911 to 1965.
Keywords: Wichita, public events, military, arts and entertainment.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.71.22.3


Link to Image Titled: The Forum
Title/Object Name: The Forum
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1950
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.25 inches
Description: View looking northwest at intersection of Water and English Streets. The Forum operated as Wichita’s primary auditorium, convention center, performance arena, and exposition hall from 1912 to 1965. The small sign on the front canopy indicates the Wichita Public Museum. The museum was housed on the second floor of the Forum from 1939 until it moved to a grand residential structure at 3751 East Douglas Avenue in 1956.
Keywords: Arts and entertainment, libraries and museums, public events, street scenes, transportation, Wichita, automobiles, architecture.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D9-6.2.1


Link to Image Titled: Century II Convention Center
Title/Object Name: Century II Convention Center
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1970
Physical Details: 6 x 8 inches
Description: Looking east over downtown Wichita. The Century II building in the foreground was completed in 1969 and named in honor of Wichita's entry into the second century after being founded in 1870. Constructed by the city with funding help from the Urban Renewal Agency to provide a large and attractive civic center. It replaced the old Forum and other deteriorated business structures along the river front.
Keywords: Wichita, aerials, arts and entertainment, business and industry, government, public events, Innes building, Beacon building, city building, city hall, historical museum, public library, skyline.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D9-7.1.2


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