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Link to Image Titled: Dague Business College Students
Title/Object Name: Dague Business College Students
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1940
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Students in typing class at Dague Business College, 117 1/2 South St. Francis Street.
Keywords: Wichita, education, business and industry, people, Dague Business College, schools, students, typewriters.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Chamber of Commerce Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_CHA490

Link to Image Titled: Southwest Cracker Company
Title/Object Name: Southwest Cracker Company
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1940
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Southwest Cracker Company warehouse at 205 South Wichita Street; "The Home of Gold Medal Crackers."
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, Southwest Cracker Company, Gold Medal Crackers, warehouses, factories, foods.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Chamber of Commerce Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_CHA423

Link to Image Titled: Emery's Service Station
Title/Object Name: Emery's Service Station
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1940
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Emery's Service Station, located at 254 North Water. Emery M. Lieurance was the owner.
Keywords: Business and industry, automobile, billboard.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1872

Link to Image Titled: Red Apple Grocery and Conoco Station
Title/Object Name: Red Apple Grocery and Conoco Station
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1940
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Red Apple Grocery and Conoco Station. Located at 3421 North Broadway.
Keywords: Business and industry, commercial building, filling station.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl634

Link to Image Titled: St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Title/Object Name: St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1940
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 839 North Market.
Keywords: Religion, people, fashion.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1958

Link to Image Titled: Rooming House Interior
Title/Object Name: Rooming House Interior
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1940
Physical Details: 3.5 x 2 inches
Description: View of bedroom in rented room above the popular Chinese-owned restaurant, the Pan-American Café at 152 North Market. The room was occupied by King Mar, who managed the café for 51 years (1928-1969).
Keywords: Chinese Americans, Asian Americans, residences, homes, domestic scenes, furniture, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_R4-152.N.Market-1

Link to Image Titled: Rooming House Interior
Title/Object Name: Rooming House Interior
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1940
Physical Details: 2 x 3.5 inches
Description: View of bathtub and sink in rented room above the popular Chinese-owned restaurant, the Pan-American Café at 152 North Market. The room was occupied by King Mar, manager of the café. Mar immigrated to the United States in 1914.
Keywords: Chinese Americans, Asian Americans, residences, homes, domestic scenes, furniture, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_R4-152.N.Market-2

Link to Image Titled: Miller Theatre
Title/Object Name: Miller Theatre
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1940
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.5 inches
Description: Looking west at façade of Miller Theatre, 115 North Broadway. The Miller opened in 1922 with a seating capacity of 2000. In 1928 it presented the first “talking” motion picture to be shown in Wichita. In addition to films, live stage shows, music programs, and celebrity appearances were also featured at the theater. The movie house closed in 1970 and was razed in 1972. The restaurant at right is Garvie’s at 117 North Broadway, which opened in 1940.
Keywords: Arts and entertainment, business and industry, sports and recreation, movies, films, neon, Ann Sheridan, George Raft, architecture, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D8-5.2.1

Link to Image Titled: Children Arriving at First Baptist Church
Title/Object Name: Children Arriving at First Baptist Church
Creator: Mid-Continent Engraving Co.
Date Original: Circa 1940
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Children arriving during snow storm for week day religious school at First Baptist Church Educational Building, 315 North Broadway. First Methodist Church in background. Wichita Transportation Corporation bus delivered children to school.
Keywords: Wichita, religion, people, transportation, street scenes.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.69.43.2

Link to Image Titled: Gage Brewer Orchestra
Title/Object Name: Gage Brewer Orchestra
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1940
Physical Details: 3.75 x 2.75 inches
Description: Musical group identified as Gage Brewer's Versatile Radio Orchestra. Group leader Gage Brewer is standing at left of woman vocalist.
Keywords: Arts and entertainment, business and industry, musician, dance bands, brass instruments, percussion instruments, steel guitars, public events, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_H5-36.2.1

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