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Link to Image Titled: Fourth National Bank in Wichita
Title/Object Name: Fourth National Bank in Wichita
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1940
Physical Details: 10 x 8 inches
Description: Fourth National Bank in Wichita located at the northeast corner of Market Street and Douglas Avenue.
Keywords: Wichita, street scenes, banks, buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.67.13.6

Link to Image Titled: Little Arkansas River and Wichita High School North
Title/Object Name: Little Arkansas River and Wichita High School North
Creator: Neumann
Date Original: Circa 1940
Physical Details: 4.75 x 6 inches
Description: View looking northeast from bend in Little Arkansas River toward North High School. At center is Minisa Bridge which carries 13th Street traffic over river.
Keywords: Wichita, rivers, bridges, education.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.73.25.1

Link to Image Titled: Police Department
Title/Object Name: Police Department
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1940
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: View looking southwest toward Police Department, 109 East William, located between F. J. Busch's Shoe Shop and City Hall. Built in 1908 as Wichita's central fire station, it was remodeled for the police department in 1934 using federal emergency relief funds. Building was razed in the late 1970s.
Keywords: Wichita, public services, street scenes, buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.72.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Kings-X Restaurant
Title/Object Name: Kings-X Restaurant
Creator: Mid-Continent Engraving Co.
Date Original: 1941
Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches
Description: View of Kings-X restaurant at northwest corner of 1st and Broadway. Built in 1931, building originally housed a White Castle restaurant. At upper right is sign advertising movies at Uptown Theater.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.71.4.1

Link to Image Titled: Downtown Wichita
Title/Object Name: Downtown Wichita
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1941
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: View looking north toward busy intersection of East Douglas Avenue and Broadway Street. Photograph taken at Saturday noon, June 14, 1941. Some businesses are S. H. Kress & Co., 224 East Douglas Avenue, and Miller Theater, 121 North Broadway. Miller's marquee advertises movie "Blood and Sand."
Keywords: Wichita, street scenes, business and industry, people, buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.73.36.2

Link to Image Titled: Hotel Pacific
Title/Object Name: Hotel Pacific
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1942
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: View looking south toward Pacific Hotel, 225-227 West Douglas Avenue. Built in 1912, building was downtown landmark across from Missouri Pacific depot until it was razed in the 1960s to make room for Century II complex. Pacific Coffee Shop at left of hotel entrance.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Richard M. Long Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms96-04.2.17.1

Link to Image Titled: George C. Christopher & Son Iron Works and Orpheum Cleaners
Title/Object Name: George C. Christopher & Son Iron Works and Orpheum Cleaners
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1942
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: View looking west toward George C. Christopher & Son Iron Works and Orpheum Cleaners in 700 block of North Cleveland Avenue. Unlikely combination of businesses lasted from the late 1920s to the early 1960s.
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_ms2002-12.72.48.1

Link to Image Titled: Wichita Municipal Airport
Title/Object Name: Wichita Municipal Airport
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1942
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: View of administration building at Wichita Municipal Airport. View is looking northwest. Construction began in 1929 on this building in city's southeast part. It served air travelers until 1954 when new airport was built in southwest Wichita.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.71.39.5

Link to Image Titled: Minisa Bridge
Title/Object Name: Minisa Bridge
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1942
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Co-eds approach Minisa Bridge along 13th Street west of Wichita High School North. Wichita artist Bruce Moore designed decorative elements. North High students chose the name for the bridge which opened in 1932.
Keywords: Wichita, bridges, street scenes, people.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.73.25.3

Link to Image Titled: World War II Production at Beech Aircraft Corporation
Title/Object Name: World War II Production at Beech Aircraft Corporation
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1942
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Walter H. Beech and Olive Ann Beech view wartime production lines. View shows interior of Plant I at Beech Aircraft Corporation.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, business and industry, people.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Walter H. and Olive Ann Beech Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms97-02.3.9.1

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