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Link to Image Titled: Kansas Paint and Color Company Building
Title/Object Name: Kansas Paint and Color Company Building
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1935
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: View of Kansas Paint and Color Company building, 132 North Mosley. This building housed the Kansas Paint and Color Company from 1921 to 2003. It is located in the Old Town district.
Keywords: Wichita, buildings, business and industry.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.71.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Coleman Company
Title/Object Name: Coleman Company
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1935
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Demonstration Car No. 12 of Wichita-based Coleman Lamp and Stove Company. Car trailer was equipped with Coleman-made appliances like lamps, lanterns, electric irons and toasters for display and demonstration.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Richard M. Long Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms96-04.2.8.1

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: Hotel Lassen
Title/Object Name: Hotel Lassen
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: 1935
Physical Details: 9.5 x 7.25 inches
Description: Interior of Lassen Hotel, lobby with reception desk in background. Location, 153 North Market Street.
Keywords: Business and industry, residences, furniture, lamps, 1930s, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E5-93.1.3

Link to Image Titled: Hotel Lassen
Title/Object Name: Hotel Lassen
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: 1935
Physical Details: 7.25 x 9.5 inches
Description: View looking southwest at Lassen Hotel and intersection of Market and First Streets. Hotel address, 153 North Market. The building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Other businesses in view include Tilford’s Hotel Lassen Pharmacy, 155 North Market; Baxter’s Chili Parlor, 115 East First; Dave C. Bone Diamond & Art Shop, 149 North Market; Harry Snyder, Tailor, 147 North Market.
Keywords: Business and industry, residences, automobiles, street scenes, street car tracks.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D6-15.2.1

Link to Image Titled: Walker Brothers Dry Goods Company
Title/Object Name: Walker Brothers Dry Goods Company
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1935
Physical Details: 3.5 x 2.75 inches
Description: Interior view of department store featuring a large crowd of women shoppers. Location, 129 North Main Street.
Keywords: Business and industry, people, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E5-5.2.1

Link to Image Titled: Home of J. A. Vickers
Title/Object Name: Home of J. A. Vickers
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1935
Physical Details: 3.75 x 2.5 inches
Description: Residence known as “The Vickridge” was built in the mid-1930s, located at 6500 East Central Avenue. Vickers was the founder and owner of the Vickers Oil Company.
Keywords: People, architecture, houses, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_6500.E.Central-1

Link to Image Titled: Wichita Livestock Exchange
Title/Object Name: Wichita Livestock Exchange
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1935
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Wichita Livestock Exchange Building at 702 East 21st Street. It housed the Farmers Union Livestock Commission, the Union Stockyards National Bank, the Wichita Union Stockyards Company, etc.
Keywords: Wichita, agriculture, business and industry, street scenes, transportation, automobiles.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Photographs
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2NE-5.2.1

Link to Image Titled: Bitting Avenue Bridge
Title/Object Name: Bitting Avenue Bridge
Creator: Frank A. Wesely (?)
Date Original: Circa 1935
Physical Details: 9.5 x 7.5 inches
Description: View looking slightly northeast at bridge over the Little Arkansas River between Twelfth and Thirteenth Streets on Bitting Avenue. The bridge was constructed in 1933 to replace a former, unsafe bridge. It was built with federal relief funds provided by the Civil Works Administration (CWA) during the Great Depression. The tower of Wichita High School North rises over the trees in the distant center background. The shadow of the photographer and his camera blend into the grass and shadows in the near foreground.
Keywords: Bridges, rivers, landscapes, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_S2-18.2.1

Link to Image Titled: Campbell Bridge
Title/Object Name: Campbell Bridge
Creator: Frank A. Wesely (?)
Date Original: Circa 1935
Physical Details: 9.5 x 7.5 inches
Description: View of bridge at Eleventh Street on the Little Arkansas River. Originally identified as Campbell Bridge due to its proximity to the Burton H. Campbell residence on the west side of the river. Funds for construction of the bridge were provided by a New Deal relief program, the Civil Works Administration, during the Great Depression. The shadow of the photographer and his camera on the grass in the foreground may have been a signature of Frank Wesely.
Keywords: Bridges, rivers, landscapes, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_S2-19.2.1

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