Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1950

Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches

Description: Wichita City Library Bookmobile at Bridgeport Elementary School, 3601 North St. Francis.

Keywords: Libraries and museums, children, education.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection

Repository: Wichita Public Library

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wpl_wpl1396

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1950

Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches

Description: Children's story telling at the Wichita City Library, 220 South Main. Frances Sullivan, is the children's librarian reading the book. On the front row one girl is dressed in a Brownie uniform and another girl in a Camp Fire Girls uniform.

Keywords: Libraries and museums, children, people.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection

Repository: Wichita Public Library

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wpl_wpl1398

Creator: Edgar B. Smith

Date Original: Circa 1950

Physical Details: 4 x 3 inches

Description: Location, 123-133 North Main Street. View of display window with mannequins and hosiery products. The theme emphasizes the scarcity of silk and urges women to purchase before supplies are gone. This appears to relate to homefront economy during the Korean War, but it is not stated as such.

Keywords: Business and industry, retail, store.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photographic Contact Print

Collection Name:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_E3-57.1.8

Creator: Edgar B. Smith

Date Original: Circa 1950

Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.25 inches

Description: View looking northwest at intersection of Water and English Streets. The Forum operated as Wichita’s primary auditorium, convention center, performance arena, and exposition hall from 1912 to 1965. The small sign on the front canopy indicates the Wichita Public Museum. The museum was housed on the second floor of the Forum from 1939 until it moved to a grand residential structure at 3751 East Douglas Avenue in 1956.

Keywords: Arts and entertainment, libraries and museums, public events, street scenes, transportation, Wichita, automobiles, architecture.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Tihen

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_D9-6.2.1

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1950

Physical Details: 7.5 x 9.5 inches

Description: Looking northwest at the Commodore Hotel, 222 East Elm Street (intersection of Broadway and Elm).

Keywords: Business and industry, residences, street scenes, transportation, automobiles, architecture, Wichita.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Tihen

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_D6-20.1.1

Creator: Edgar B. Smith

Date Original: Circa 1950

Physical Details: 9.75 x 7.5 inches

Description: Detail view of exterior of Commodore Hotel, 222 East Elm Street. Looking west on Elm toward Market Street.

Keywords: Business and industry, people, residences, lawn furniture, Wichita.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Tihen

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_D6-20.1.2

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: 1950

Physical Details: 10 x 8 inches

Description: Interior view of Fourth National Bank located at northeast corner of Douglas Avenue and Market Street.

Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, banks, buildings.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce

Repository: Wichita State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.67.13.5

Creator: Unruh Studio

Date Original: 1950

Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches

Description: Loading broomcorn on a railroad car at the John L. Denning Company located at 529 North Mead. Wichita was a major distribution and shipping center for broomcorn.

Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, agriculture, transportation.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce

Repository: Wichita State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.68.44.1

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: 1950

Physical Details: 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Description: Wichita police officers pose in front of headquarters at 115 East William Street. Klondike Cafe and Sandra Theater to left of headquarters building.

Keywords: Wichita, public services, buildings, street scenes.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Richard M. Long Collection

Repository: Wichita State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wsu_ms96-04.3.5.1

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1952

Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches

Description: Planeview community (lower right) was built under federal guidelines in 1943 to provide housing for defense workers arriving to find employment in the aircraft companies. Hilltop Manor and Beechwood were similar developments. In 1951, adjacent land belonging to the Municipal Airport was converted into an Air Force Base. The "tent city" (above left) provided early, temporary housing for Air Force personnel.

Keywords: Wichita, aerials, aviation, military, public services, residences, houses, World War II, National Housing Agency.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_A1-5.1.1

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