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Link to Image Titled: Wichita Municipal Airport
Title/Object Name: Wichita Municipal Airport
Creator: Joe Mac Coukey
Date Original: 1954
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: September 1954 aerial view of Wichita Municipal Airport just prior to completion. View is looking north. Ridge Road dead-ends at center. Renamed Wichita Mid-Continent Airport in 1973.
Keywords: Wichita, aerials, aviation, airports, buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.71.39.3

Link to Image Titled: Lantern assembly line at Coleman plant
Title/Object Name: Lantern assembly line at Coleman plant
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1955
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Coleman employees assembling lanterns at Wichita plant.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, people.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.69.46.1

Link to Image Titled: Farha Brothers Super Market
Title/Object Name: Farha Brothers Super Market
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: 1955
Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches
Description: View of candy aisle at Farha Brothers Super Market. In 1955 the grocery store chain had seven stores in Wichita. Begun in 1931 by five brothers, the chain included nine stores before it was sold in 1963.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.6

Link to Image Titled: Love Box Company
Title/Object Name: Love Box Company
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: Circa 1955
Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches
Description: Love Box Company employee bales together boxes for another Wichita product, camp stoves manufactured by the Coleman Company. Interior view of corrugated box factory at 700 East 37th Street North.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, people.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.10

Link to Image Titled: Armstrong Creamery Company
Title/Object Name: Armstrong Creamery Company
Creator: Rorabaugh and Millsap
Date Original: Circa 1955
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.25 inches
Description: Night view of Armstrong’s Ice Cream restaurant. Located at 2020 East Douglas Avenue.
Keywords: Business and industry, street scenes, transportation, automobiles, architecture.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2NE-108.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Wichita Chamber of Commerce Offices
Title/Object Name: Wichita Chamber of Commerce Offices
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: 1955
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Interior view of the Wichita Chamber of Commerce offices. The Chamber of Commerce was located in the Miller Theater building at 121 North Broadway.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.68.47.7

Link to Image Titled: Farha Brothers Super Market
Title/Object Name: Farha Brothers Super Market
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: 1955
Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches
Description: Check-out lanes and uniformed cashiers at Farha Brothers Super Market. In 1955 the grocery store chain had seven stores in Wichita. Begun in 1931 by five brothers, the chain included nine stores before it was sold in 1963.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, people.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.7

Link to Image Titled: Farha Brothers Super Market
Title/Object Name: Farha Brothers Super Market
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: 1955
Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches
Description: Interior view of Farha Brothers Super Market and its well-stocked shelves. In 1955 the grocery store chain had seven stores in Wichita. Begun in 1931 by five brothers, the chain included nine stores before it was sold in 1963.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.5

Link to Image Titled: Emporia Avenue
Title/Object Name: Emporia Avenue
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: 1955
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: View looking southeast toward 100 block of South Emporia Avenue. Some businesses include Surf Lounge, Lenders Loans, United Finance Corporation, Lexington Hotel, Ross Seed, Howse Public Parking and Flanagan Mortuary.
Keywords: Wichita, street scenes, business and industry, buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.4

Link to Image Titled: Broadway Street
Title/Object Name: Broadway Street
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: 1955
Physical Details: 7 x 5 inches
Description: View looking south toward intersection of Broadway Street and Douglas Avenue from the 100 block of North Broadway. Some stores and businesses include Buck's, Henry's, Allis Hotel, bus depot, Hotel McClellan, Innes and B & G Hosiery and Kress.
Keywords: Wichita, street scenes, business and industry, people.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.3

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