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Link to Image Titled: Police Department
Title/Object Name: Police Department
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1950
Physical Details: 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Description: Wichita police officers pose in front of headquarters at 115 East William Street. Klondike Cafe and Sandra Theater to left of headquarters building.
Keywords: Wichita, public services, buildings, street scenes.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Richard M. Long Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms96-04.3.5.1

Link to Image Titled: Crest Theatre
Title/Object Name: Crest Theatre
Creator: Rorabaugh & Millsap
Date Original: 1951
Physical Details: 9.5 x 7.5 inches
Description: Looking south in night view of Crest Theatre exterior, 4825 East Douglas Avenue. Built in 1950, near Lincoln Heights Shopping Center at Oliver and Douglas. The theatre was demolished in 1997. Also in view, Lewin’s Little Shop, 4823 East Douglas and Youthful Shoes, 4827 East Douglas. The motion picture “Bright Victory” was released in 1951.
Keywords: Arts and entertainment, business and industry, sports and recreation, street scenes transportation, automobiles, neon, movies, films, Flaming Feather, Arthur Kennedy, Peggy Dow, Forrest Tucker, Wichita, architecture.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D8-19.2.1

Link to Image Titled: 200 Block East Douglas
Title/Object Name: 200 Block East Douglas
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1952
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: 200 Block East Douglas looking east. On the north side can be seen the Bennett Music House, Self Service Drugs, Thurstons Womens Wear, Kress, and Bucks.
Keywords: Street scenes, transportaion, automobiles, buses, commercial buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl349

Link to Image Titled: Dillon's Grocery Store
Title/Object Name: Dillon's Grocery Store
Creator: Paul Bulla
Date Original: 1952
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: View of Dillon's Grocery Store at the intersection of George Washington Boulevard, Hydraulic and Kellogg.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, street scenes, Dillon's, grocery stores, shopping centers.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Homer T. Harden Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_HTH281

Link to Image Titled: Crawford Theater
Title/Object Name: Crawford Theater
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1952
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Corner of William and Topeka, looking south on the west side. Pete's Grill is located at 207 South Topeka, the Crawford Theater is at 209, and Andy's Cafe is just south of the Crawford.
Keywords: Street scenes, commerical buildings, automobiles.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1790

Link to Image Titled: Dillon’s Food Market
Title/Object Name: Dillon’s Food Market
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1953
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.25 inches
Description: Looking northwest from intersection of Waco and Thirteenth Street. Dillons in foreground; the tower of Wichita High School North just visible in the background.
Keywords: Business and industry, street scenes, transportation, automobiles, residences, grocery stores, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2NW-35.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Gateway at University of Wichita Campus Entrance
Title/Object Name: Gateway at University of Wichita Campus Entrance
Creator: Rorabaugh & Millsap Studios
Date Original: Circa 1953
Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches
Description: View looking north toward ornamental gateway at entrance to University of Wichita (now Wichita State University) from East 17th Street North. Designed by Wichita architectural firm Overend, Boucher and Schmidt, gateway was a gift of the Class of 1929.
Keywords: Wichita, street scenes, education.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: University Archives
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ua.wsu.campus_entrance

Link to Image Titled: Murphy & Coleman Service Station
Title/Object Name: Murphy & Coleman Service Station
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1953
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Looking southeast at Standard Oil service station located on the corner of William and Water Streets (204 South Water). Business sign partially in view at right is probably A-1 Auto Glass, 210 South Water; building at far left may house Bauman Office Equipment Company, 117 West William.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, people, street scenes, transportation, cars, automobiles, gas pumps, African Americans.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2SW-19.1.1

Link to Image Titled: World War II Housing for Defense Workers
Title/Object Name: World War II Housing for Defense Workers
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1954
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: View of housing units in either Planeview or Beechwood, two of three developments built by the Federal Public Housing Authority during World War II. The first, Hilltop Manor, was constructed in 1941. Planeview and Beechwood, plus a Trailer Park, were built by 1943 as Wichita struggled to provide adequate and wholesome homes for the thousands of workers arriving in the city to work in the aircraft industry. The government designed these ‘minimal houses’ as four-rooms-with-bath units in structures for single- or multiple-families.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, military, public services, residences, street scenes, WW II, apartments.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_R2-PlaneviewBeechwood

Link to Image Titled: Aerial View
Title/Object Name: Aerial View
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: 1954
Physical Details: 10 x 8 inches
Description: Aerial view looking northwest toward bend in Big Arkansas River west of the Seneca Street bridge. Roadway along left bank is McLean Boulevard. West Side Athletic Field park is at left; Sim Park Golf Course, at top center; and Old Cowtown Museum grounds on north bank. Photograph taken in September 1954.
Keywords: Wichita, aerials, libraries and museums, sports and recreation, street scenes, rivers.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Robert Hess Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2000-04.2.5.1

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