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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

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 in conga line 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_tms509.1.0.33

Link to Image Titled: Delegates to Kansas State Federation of Women's Auxiliaries of Labor Annual Convention
Title/Object Name: Delegates to Kansas State Federation of Women's Auxiliaries of Labor Annual Convention
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: 1957
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: Delegates to Kansas State Federation of Women's Auxiliaries of Labor Annual Convention pose in the Lassen Hotel ballroom. Event was held May 23 and 24, 1957, in Wichita.
Keywords: Wichita; organizations, clubs and groups; people.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.31

Link to Image Titled: Seneca Square Shopping Center
Title/Object Name: Seneca Square Shopping Center
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: Circa 1957
Physical Details: 7 x 5 inches
Description: Located at southwest corner of 31st Street South and Seneca Street, Seneca Square Shopping Center opened in 1956. Longtime Wichita businesses like Dillon's grocery store and Dockum's drug store, in background, set up suburban operations here.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, buildings, signs.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.14

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