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Link to Image Titled: Douglas Avenue
Title/Object Name: Douglas Avenue
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: Circa 1956
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: View looking west on East Douglas Avenue from Mosley Street intersection. Some businesses are Standard Hotel, Grand Hotel, Dutchess Cafe, Sam's Sample Shoe Store and Miller's Recreation. Railroad overpass, Eaton Hotel, Union National Bank Building and Broadview Hotel in background.
Keywords: Wichita, street scenes, business and industry, transportation.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.26

Link to Image Titled: Wichita Residence
Title/Object Name: Wichita Residence
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: 1956
Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches
Description: View looking west toward "Holiday House by Woodbury," 2425 North Yale Street.
Keywords: Wichita, residences, holidays.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.30

Link to Image Titled: Douglas Avenue
Title/Object Name: Douglas Avenue
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: Circa 1956
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: View looking west on East Douglas Avenue from Pennsylvania Street intersection. Ben Robinson Buick at 1520 East Douglas was the successor to longtime Wichita car dealership, Butts Buick. Many businesses along Douglas Avenue including Domestic Laundry are marked by vertical signs.
Keywords: Wichita, street scenes, business and industry, signs.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.25

Link to Image Titled: B-47 Stratojets at Boeing Airplane Company, Wichita Division
Title/Object Name: B-47 Stratojets at Boeing Airplane Company, Wichita Division
Creator: Boeing Airplane Company
Date Original: 1956
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Four different B-47 Stratojet models at Boeing Airplane Company, Wichita Division, used by the United States Air Force.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, business and industry, military, airplanes.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.68.23.1

Link to Image Titled: Southwestern Bell Building Under Construction
Title/Object Name: Southwestern Bell Building Under Construction
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1956
Physical Details: 10 x 8 inches
Description: View of Southwestern Bell building under construction at southeast corner of 1st and Broadway streets.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.68.12.1

Link to Image Titled: Cooper's
Title/Object Name: Cooper's
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: Circa 1956
Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches
Description: View looking south at Cooper's, 2601 East Douglas, at southwest corner of Douglas and South Green Street. Cooper's sold household appliances, housewares, toys and gifts. Built in 1931, building originally housed the Roosevelt Food Market.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.8

Link to Image Titled: Sidman's Restaurant
Title/Object Name: Sidman's Restaurant
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: Circa 1957
Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches
Description: View looking north toward Sidman's Restaurant, 3012 East Douglas Avenue. Mammel's grocery store No. 6 is at left.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, buildings, neon signs.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.13

Link to Image Titled: Dymaxion House
Title/Object Name: Dymaxion House
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: Circa 1957
Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches
Description: View of Dymaxion House and addition. Designed by Buckminster Fuller and built by Beech Aircraft Company, the home was owned by William Graham and sited on acreage southeast of Wichita in rural Butler County, Kansas. Building was donated to the Henry Ford Museum in early 1990s and has been restored.
Keywords: Wichita, residences.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.12

Link to Image Titled: Kellogg Street
Title/Object Name: Kellogg Street
Creator: Hal Pottorf
Date Original: 1957
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: View of Kellogg Street near intersection with George Washington Boulevard. Highway signs on right indicate routes to Kansas Turnpike and Kansas Highway 15. Some businesses are Boulevard Motor Company, Stipe Pharmacy, Milt Hein Motor Company, Wickham Glass, Dillon's, Boulevard State Bank and Krystal Kitchen. View is looking east.
Keywords: Wichita, street scenes, business and industry, buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.66.9a.2

Link to Image Titled: Junior Assembly
Title/Object Name: Junior Assembly
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: Circa 1957
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: High school students dance to music of Jimmy Koci ensemble at Broadview Hotel ballroom. Members-only Junior Assembly events brought together juniors and seniors from Wichita high schools to socialize.
Keywords: Wichita; people; organizations, clubs and groups; arts and entertainment.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.34

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