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Link to Image Titled: International Wheat Show Exposition
Title/Object Name: International Wheat Show Exposition
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1920
Physical Details: 7 x 10 inches
Description: Five men carrying blocks of ice in preparation for a Wheat Show exhibit in the Wichita Forum, which was located in the 200 block of South Water Street. Various decorative objects, including a doll, a spray of wheat, a basket of flowers, a duck, and a row of apples are frozen in the ice. The City Market was part of the Forum Complex.
Keywords: Wichita, agriculture, arts and entertainment, business and industry, people, public events.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E10-7.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Wichita Baseball Teams
Title/Object Name: Wichita Baseball Teams
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1920
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Early Wichita Baseball Teams.
Keywords: Sports and recreation, people, uniform, children, flag.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1638

Link to Image Titled: Union Station Passenger Platform
Title/Object Name: Union Station Passenger Platform
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1920
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Union Station Passenger Platform, 701 East Douglas.
Keywords: Transportation, depot.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1214

Link to Image Titled: Sam Israel with Two Mules
Title/Object Name: Sam Israel with Two Mules
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1920
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Sam Israel with two mules.
Keywords: People, fashion, horses.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl925

Link to Image Titled: Curtiss Oriole Plane
Title/Object Name: Curtiss Oriole Plane
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1920
Physical Details: 6 x 9.5 inches
Description: Curtiss Oriole Plane.
Keywords: Aviation, people.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl588

Link to Image Titled: Wheeler Kelly Hagny Building Under Construction
Title/Object Name: Wheeler Kelly Hagney Building Under Construction
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1920
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Wheeler Kelly Hagney building under construction, August 16, 1920.. It was located at 114-118 South Market.
Keywords: Business and industry, commercial building, people.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl620

Link to Image Titled: Curtiss Oriole Plane
Title/Object Name: Curtiss Oriole Plane
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1920
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Curtiss Oriole Airplane.
Keywords: Aviation.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl2018

Link to Image Titled: Boy Scouts of America
Title/Object Name: Boy Scouts of America
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1920
Physical Details: 3 x 3 inches
Description: Boy Scout members of Wichita Troop 5 posed with U.S. flag and banner. Location unknown. The first troop in Wichita was organized in 1913. By 1918, when the council was organized, there were 17 troops in the city.
Keywords: Organizations, clubs and groups; people; children; youth; patriotism.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_H2-6.7.1

Link to Image Titled: Albert A. Hyde
Title/Object Name: Albert A. Hyde
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1920
Physical Details: 3 x 4 inches
Description: Portrait of Wichita businessman and philanthropist, A. A. Hyde. Founder and owner of the Mentholatum Company, Hyde was active in several civic groups, including the Chamber of Commerce and Rotary. He listed his hobby as “philanthropy” in Who’s Who in Wichita (1929). The fact that he supported many organizations is illustrated in a cartoon in the Wichita Eagle. It expressed Wichita’s appreciation with a list of twenty-three agencies that had received Hyde’s assistance.
Keywords: People, business and industry, organizations, clubs and groups.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_Hyde,AA

Link to Image Titled: LuGrand Store
Title/Object Name: LuGrand Store
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1920
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Possibly the LuGrand Store, located at 1220 North Main. Willie LuGrand is identified as the small girl in white dress in foreground.
Keywords: Business and industry, people, African American, fashion, wall paper, mercantile.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1376

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