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Link to Image Titled: Main Street Looking North
Title/Object Name: Main Street Looking North
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1884
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Main Street looking north from Douglas Avenue. Smith's Restaurant is on the left side. The Wichita Wholesale Grocer Company is on the left side in far back.
Keywords: Street scenes, commercial buildings, horses, buggy, streetcar.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1940

Link to Image Titled: Civic Celebration
Title/Object Name: Civic Celebration
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1884
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: A parade in the 100 block of East Douglas. The Philadelphia Store is located on the southwest corner of Market and Douglas, 111 East Douglas. A. Katz Dry Goods is in the Philadelphia Store.
Keywords: Public events, street scenes, commercial buildings, people, streetcar, horses, fashion.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1980

Link to Image Titled: Nereus Baldwin
Title/Object Name: Nereus Baldwin
Creator: Baldwin & Son Studio
Date Original: Circa 1885
Physical Details: 3.5 x 6 inches
Description: Portrait of Nereus Baldwin, proprietor of Baldwin & Son Photography Studio with his son, Fred Baldwin.
Keywords: Business and industry, photography, people, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_Baldwin,Nereus1

Link to Image Titled: Fred Baldwin
Title/Object Name: Fred Baldwin
Creator: Baldwin & Son Studio
Date Original: Circa 1885
Physical Details: 3 x 5 inches
Description: Portrait of William F. "Fred" Baldwin as a young man; son of Nereus Baldwin. Joined his father in business as Baldwin & Son in about 1885.
Keywords: Business and industry, photography, people, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_Baldwin,Fred

Link to Image Titled: Young Boy
Title/Object Name: Young Boy
Creator: Lee W. Ong
Date Original: Circa 1885
Physical Details: 2.25 x 3.5 inches
Description: Unidentified boy in short pants.
Keywords: Children, fashion, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_UnidChild-1991.16.1

Link to Image Titled: Young Child
Title/Object Name: Young Child
Creator: Lee W. Ong
Date Original: Circa 1885
Physical Details: 2.25 x 4 inches
Description: Unidentified baby posed on a buffalo robe.
Keywords: Children, fashion, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_UnidChild-1998.72.1

Link to Image Titled: First Baptist Church
Title/Object Name: First Baptist Church
Creator: Rogers Studio
Date Original: 1885
Physical Details: 3.5 x 4.5 inches
Description: First Baptist Church at the corner of First and Market Streets
Keywords: Wichita, religion, churches, Baptist, First Baptist Church.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: W. S. and Guy Rogers Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_ROG17

Link to Image Titled: Crocker Western Polo Club
Title/Object Name: Crocker Western Polo Club
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1885
Physical Details: 7 x 11 inches
Description: Team members wearing uniforms and roller skates are posed with their sticks, ball, and goal posts. All are identified (on file). The term "Western Polo" may have been a regional name for "Ball and Cane" hockey, as traditional roller hockey is sometimes known. It is still played today using box skates and a hard ball instead of a puck.
Keywords: Wichita, organizations, clubs and groups; people; sports and recreation; men; hats.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_H11-17.1.1

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

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