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Link to Image Titled: Wichita Livestock Exchange
Title/Object Name: Wichita Livestock Exchange
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1935
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Wichita Livestock Exchange Building at 702 East 21st Street. It housed the Farmers Union Livestock Commission, the Union Stockyards National Bank, the Wichita Union Stockyards Company, etc.
Keywords: Wichita, agriculture, business and industry, street scenes, transportation, automobiles.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Photographs
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2NE-5.2.1

Link to Image Titled: AVI Passenger and Freight Cars
Title/Object Name: AVI Passenger and Freight Cars
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1935
Physical Details: 4 x 7 inches
Description: Arkansas Valley Interurban Railroad Company (AVI) passenger car attached to a freight car.
Keywords: Transportation, trolley, train, depot, automobile, grain elevator.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl307

Link to Image Titled: North End Industrial Area
Title/Object Name: North End Industrial Area
Creator: Barnes Flying Service
Date Original: Circa 1935
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Aerial view of industrial area in Wichita's North End. Grain elevators, oil storage tanks and refineries, meat packing plants and railroads all visible in view looking south toward downtown from near 29th Street North.
Keywords: Wichita, aerials, business and industry, transportation.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.72.73.1

Link to Image Titled: Wichita Skyline
Title/Object Name: Wichita Skyline
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1935
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: View looking northwest toward downtown. Old passenger cars on railroad siding along 500 and 600 blocks of South St. Francis Street. Drill tower for firefighters, Broadview Hotel, City Hall, Allis Hotel and Union National Bank building, from left, figure prominently in skyline.
Keywords: Wichita, street scenes, buildings, transportation.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.72.60.1

Link to Image Titled: Buick Automobile and Travel Trailer
Title/Object Name: Buick Automobile and Travel Trailer
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1936
Physical Details: 3.75 x 2.25 inches
Description: 1936 Buick and its companion trailer parked in front of Butts Motor Company (1520 East Douglas Avenue). The scene suggests that a customer has made a purchase and intends to go on a family trip in the latest style.
Keywords: Business and industry, street scenes, sports and recreation, camping, transportation, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_T3-32.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Seneca Street
Title/Object Name: Seneca Street
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1936
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.5 inches
Description: Looking south on north Seneca Street toward intersection of Douglas Avenue. Businesses in view include: Conoco filling station and Texaco filling station (100 block North Seneca), The Palace Block (northeast corner Douglas and Seneca), Wichita Hospital and School for Nurses (1102 West Douglas), Fairchild Hotel (1101½ West Douglas).
Keywords: Business and industry, street scenes, transportation, automobiles, gas pumps, railroad crossing signals, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_U22-2.3.1

Link to Image Titled: First and Topeka, Street Scene
Title/Object Name: First and Topeka, Street Scene
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1937
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: View looking northeast at intersection of Topeka Avenue and First Street. M. W. Levy home, shortly before it was razed, is at center left. Scottish Rite Temple is partially in view at far left.
Keywords: Residences, street scenes, transportation, automobiles, trucks. Masonic, Consistory.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl531

Link to Image Titled: Orpheum Theatre
Title/Object Name: Orpheum Theatre
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1937
Physical Details: 7.75 x 9.75 inches
Description: Looking northeast from intersection of Broadway and First Street. The Orpheum Theatre opened in 1922 featuring vaudeville acts and a silent film. In 1929 it began a tradition as a premier motion picture palace that ended in 1976. The building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and the National Register of Historic Theatres. Another business in view is Dr. C. M. Cole, Dentist, in the Orpheum Building, and Mosbacher Hudson Terraplane Sales and Service at 214 North Broadway.
Keywords: Arts and entertainment, business and industry, sports and recreation, movies, street scene, transportation, automobiles, architecture, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D8-6.3.1

Link to Image Titled: Orpheum Theatre
Title/Object Name: Orpheum Theatre
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1937
Physical Details: 7.75 x 9.75 inches
Description: Looking southeast at Orpheum Theatre, 200 North Broadway. The Orpheum building housed the theatre and offices as well as several street-level businesses. This view includes the Orpheum Pharmacy, Smith, Stone and Snyder Insurance, 204 North Broadway, Van Arsdale and Larkin Insurance, 206 North Broadway, Orpheum Beauty Shop, 212 North Broadway, and Mosbacher Motor Company, 214 North Broadway. A delivery truck for American Laundry and Cleaning Company is seen on First Street in the background.
Keywords: Arts and entertainment, business and industry, sports and recreation, movies, street scene, transportation, automobiles, architecture, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D8-6.3.3

Link to Image Titled: Eaton Hotel
Title/Object Name: Eaton Hotel
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1937
Physical Details: 9.5 x 7.25 inches
Description: Looking southwest in intersection of Douglas and St. Francis Avenues at Eaton Hotel, 523 East Douglas Avenue; Second Empire style architecture. The building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The building at far left is marked as an IOOF Hall.
Keywords: Business and industry, automobiles, bicycles, residences, street scenes, transportation, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D6-8.2.1

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