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Link to Image Titled: Quiring Monument Company
Title/Object Name: Quiring Monument Company
Creator: Monty Barnes
Date Original: Circa 1937
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Aerial view of Quiring Monument Company, 925 North Hillside Street. View is looking west over Hillside Street and St. Louis and San Francisco (Frisco) railroad tracks. Quiring Texaco gas station at right.
Keywords: Wichita, aerials, business and industry.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.72.6.1

Link to Image Titled: College Hill Park Pool and Bathhouse
Title/Object Name: College Hill Park Pool and Bathhouse
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1937
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: View looking northwest toward College Hill Park swimming pool and bathhouse, 304 Circle Drive. Opened in 1937, facility was part of Work Projects Administration construction in Wichita. Neighborhood raised funds to renovate pool and bathhouse which reopened in 2000.
Keywords: Wichita, sports and recreation, parks, buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.72.51.3

Link to Image Titled: Innes Department Store
Title/Object Name: Innes Department Store
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1937
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: The George Innes Dry Goods Company was formed in June 1897. In 1927, a six-story building was built on the northwest corner of Broadway and William to house the growing business. In December 1951, Innes was sold to Younker Brothers, Inc., of Des Moines, Iowa. Four years later it was bought by Macy's. Later, Macy's declared bankruptcy and the store closed. Across the street was the Bus Depot Lunch.
Keywords: Street scenes, commercial buildings, automobiles.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1344

Link to Image Titled: Orpheum Theatre
Title/Object Name: Orpheum Theatre
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1937
Physical Details: 7.75 x 9.75 inches
Description: Looking northeast from intersection of Broadway and First Street. The Orpheum Theatre opened in 1922 featuring vaudeville acts and a silent film. In 1929 it began a tradition as a premier motion picture palace that ended in 1976. The building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and the National Register of Historic Theatres. Another business in view is Dr. C. M. Cole, Dentist, in the Orpheum Building, and Mosbacher Hudson Terraplane Sales and Service at 214 North Broadway.
Keywords: Arts and entertainment, business and industry, sports and recreation, movies, street scene, transportation, automobiles, architecture, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D8-6.3.1

Link to Image Titled: Orpheum Theatre
Title/Object Name: Orpheum Theatre
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1937
Physical Details: 7.75 x 9.75 inches
Description: Looking southeast at Orpheum Theatre, 200 North Broadway. The Orpheum building housed the theatre and offices as well as several street-level businesses. This view includes the Orpheum Pharmacy, Smith, Stone and Snyder Insurance, 204 North Broadway, Van Arsdale and Larkin Insurance, 206 North Broadway, Orpheum Beauty Shop, 212 North Broadway, and Mosbacher Motor Company, 214 North Broadway. A delivery truck for American Laundry and Cleaning Company is seen on First Street in the background.
Keywords: Arts and entertainment, business and industry, sports and recreation, movies, street scene, transportation, automobiles, architecture, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D8-6.3.3

Link to Image Titled: Eaton Hotel
Title/Object Name: Eaton Hotel
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1937
Physical Details: 9.5 x 7.25 inches
Description: Looking southwest in intersection of Douglas and St. Francis Avenues at Eaton Hotel, 523 East Douglas Avenue; Second Empire style architecture. The building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The building at far left is marked as an IOOF Hall.
Keywords: Business and industry, automobiles, bicycles, residences, street scenes, transportation, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D6-8.2.1

Link to Image Titled: Hotel Lassen
Title/Object Name: Hotel Lassen
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: 1937
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.25 inches
Description: Cigar and newsstand located in the Lassen Hotel. The events board posted on the corner column indicates that the Lassen was a popular meeting place for groups and organizations.
Keywords: Business and industry, public events, architecture, spittoon, 1930s, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E5-93.1.4

Link to Image Titled: First and Topeka, Street Scene
Title/Object Name: First and Topeka, Street Scene
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1937
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: View looking northeast at intersection of Topeka Avenue and First Street. M. W. Levy home, shortly before it was razed, is at center left. Scottish Rite Temple is partially in view at far left.
Keywords: Residences, street scenes, transportation, automobiles, trucks. Masonic, Consistory.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl531

Link to Image Titled: Friends Posed for Group Portrait
Title/Object Name: Friends Posed for Group Portrait
Creator: M. S. Fong
Date Original: 1938
Physical Details: 4 x 2.75 inches
Description: Nine young Chinese men recently immigrated to the United States, sitting for a dramatic group photograph. All, including photographer Fong, were employees of the Chinese restaurants, Holly Café and Pan-American Café.
Keywords: Business and industry, photography, people, Chinese Americans, Asian Americans.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_H1-57.9.1

Link to Image Titled: M. S. Fong, Photographer
Title/Object Name: M. S. Fong, Photographer
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1938
Physical Details: 3.5 x 2 inches
Description: Mar Suey Fong setting up a photo shoot of friend Wayne Wong in Sim Park. Both young men were employees at the Chinese American restaurant, the Pan-American Café. They immigrated to the U.S. in the mid-1930s.
Keywords: Business and industry, photography, camera, people, parks, Chinese Americans, Asian Americans, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_H1-57.12.1

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