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Link to Image Titled: True’s Sundries
Title/Object Name: True’s Sundries
Creator: Rorabaugh and Millsap
Date Original: Circa 1955
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.25 inches
Description: Night view of True’s Sundries, which featured both drive-in and fountain service. Looking east; location, 444 South Oliver.
Keywords: Business and industry, ice cream, café, transportation, automobiles, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2SE-55.1.1


Link to Image Titled: Market Street
Title/Object Name: Market Street
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: Circa 1955
Physical Details: 8.5 x 6.5 inches
Description: View of 100 block of South Market Street. Andy Mynear Painting and Decorating truck parked in front of Resnick Davis Diamond Shop, 112 South Market. Wheeler Kelly Hagny building next to Innes Store at southeast corner of Market and William streets.
Keywords: Wichita, street scenes, business and industry, buildings
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.34.5.3


Link to Image Titled: Wichita Skyline
Title/Object Name: Wichita Skyline
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: Circa 1955
Physical Details: 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Description: View looking west toward construction on telephone exchange building at 154 North Broadway Street. Directly across street is Lawrence Building, 149 North Broadway, adjacent to taller Butts Building at southwest corner of 1st and Broadway streets. In background Union National Center is under construction.
Keywords: Wichita, buildings, business and industry
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.34.5.2


Link to Image Titled: Kansas Gas and Electric Company
Title/Object Name: Kansas Gas and Electric Company
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: Circa 1955
Physical Details: 8.5 x 6.5 inches
Description: View looking northwest toward Kansas Gas and Electric Company building at East 1st and North Market streets. Building was completed in 1954.
Keywords: Wichita, street scenes, business and industry, buildings
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.34.5.1


Link to Image Titled: Wichita Municipal Airport
Title/Object Name: Wichita Municipal Airport
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: 1955
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Airport Cabs line up in front of terminal building at Wichita Municipal Airport. Built in 1954, facility located on the southwest side of Wichita was renamed Wichita Mid-Continent Airport in 1973.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, airports, buildings, transportation
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.34.4.3


Link to Image Titled: Wichita Municipal Airport
Title/Object Name: Wichita Municipal Airport
Creator: Jerry Rogers
Date Original: Circa 1955
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Outside seating area at Wichita Municipal Airport. Raised, covered observation deck at right. Built in 1954, facility located on the southwest side of Wichita was renamed Wichita Mid-Continent Airport in 1973.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, airports, buildings
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.34.4.2


Link to Image Titled: Mammels Food Market
Title/Object Name: Mammels Food Market
Creator: Rorabagh and Millsap
Date Original: Circa 1955
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.25
Description: Looking northwest at intersection of 21st Street and Arkansas Avenue. Mammels was located at 2201 North Arkansas; the small building in the background was a Dairy Queen at 2225 North Arkansas.
Keywords: Business and industry, grocery stores.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2NW-36.1.1


Link to Image Titled: Wichita Neighborhood
Title/Object Name: Wichita Neighborhood
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1955
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: A typical 1950s era neighborhood in Wichita, the 200 block of North Bleckley is shown here. View is looking south from East 2nd Street.
Keywords: Wichita, residences, street scenes.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Color Transparency
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.73.6.1


Link to Image Titled: Twins
Title/Object Name: Twins
Creator: Wichita Eagle
Date Original: 1955
Physical Details: 3.25 x 2.5 inches
Description: Seven sets of twins (all identified, on file); photograph taken at Murdock Elementary School, 670 North Edgemoor. Published in Wichita Eagle December 17, 1955.
Keywords: Organizations, clubs, and groups, students, children, Christmas trees, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_H6-16.1.1


Link to Image Titled: Roller Coaster at Joyland
Title/Object Name: Roller Coaster at Joyland
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1955
Physical Details: 9 x 6 inches
Description: Thrill-seekers ride Joyland Amusement's Park wooden roller coaster. Located at 2801 South Hillside Street, Joyland opened in 1949.
Keywords: Wichita, arts and entertainment, people.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.70.65a.2


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