Creator: Frank A. Wesely

Date Original: 1922

Physical Details: 7.5 x 9 inches

Description: Exterior of Kansas Theatre at 221 East Douglas Avenue. The entrance to the theater replicates the ticket booth to a horse-racing track to advertise the feature film “Kentucky Derby.” Signs proclaim “Races 11 to 11” and “Place All Bets Here.” The black and white silent film opened in 1922.

Keywords: Entertainment, business and industry, Wichita.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_D8-7.1.2

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1922

Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches

Description: Kansas Theater, located at 221 East Douglas. The entrance to Dockum Drug Company can be seen next door.

Keywords: Business and industry, people, fashion, bicycle.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection

Repository: Wichita Public Library

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wpl_wpl1432

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1922

Physical Details: 4 x 3.25 inches

Description: Wagon, teams, and steam-operated machines, including a “steam shovel,” owned by Ritchie Construction Company excavating a site at Second Street and Crestway in the College Hill neighborhood.

Keywords: Business and industry, development, residences, people, occupation, employment, street scenes, transportation, landscape, Wichita.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photographic Contact Print

Collection Name:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_E10-12.1.1

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1922

Physical Details: 4 x 7 inches

Description: Billboards at southwest corner of William and Lawrence (Broadway) streets, on site where McClellan Hotel now stands. Created by Wichita company Western Sign Works, billboards advertise Comley Lumber, Wichita Automobile and Eberhardt-Hays Music companies.

Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, street scenes, advertisements.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce

Repository: Wichita State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.66.9a.3

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: 1922

Physical Details: 9.75 x 8 inches

Description: Wichita Flour Mills' employee filling Kansas Expansion Flour sacks. The mill was located at 17th street and Santa Fe avenue. Top portion of image is cropped. Calendar in background shows January 1922.

Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, agriculture.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce

Repository: Wichita State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.68.47.5

Creator: Homer T. Harden

Date Original: Circa 1923

Physical Details: 3 x 4 inches

Description: Birdseye view looking west on Douglas Avenue near the intersection of Market Street. Broadview Hotel in background.

Keywords: Business and industry, people, transportation, street scene, streetcar, trolley, automobile, traffic.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photographic Contact Print

Collection Name:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_U2-2.1.7

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1924

Physical Details: 4 x 2 inches

Description: Looking east in the 300 block of Douglas Avenue, July 8, 1924. Group of people identified as “Rorabaugh Pioneers” (employees of Rorabaugh Dry Goods Company) are celebrating the annual Rorabaugh Employees Company Picnic with a parade. Business signs in view: Innes Cosgrove Music, Midwest Insurance Company, Toy Land, Orr’s Book Store, Newark Shoe Store, J. W. Jenkins & Sons Music Company, Western Pacific Tea Company, Wichita Hotel, and Eaton Hotel.

Keywords: Business and industry; organizations, clubs and groups; public events; street scenes; Wichita; fashion; children; automobile; transportation.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photographic Contact Print

Collection Name:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_L1-22.1.1

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: 1924

Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches

Description: Interior of Wesley Pharmacy, located at 501 North Hillside. Earl Mansford, Claude Bennett (owner), and John Bowers (fountain jerk).

Keywords: Business and industry, people, African American, soda fountain

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection

Repository: Wichita Public Library

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wpl_wpl1923

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1925

Physical Details: 3 x 4 inches

Description: Portrait of Homer T. Harden.

Keywords: Business and industry, photography, people, Wichita.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photographic Contact Print

Collection Name:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_Harden,Homer1

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1925

Physical Details: 3.25 x 3 inches

Description: Four unidentified children and a miniature automobile built by McKenzie Body Works. The small car appears to be the same one shown in item wschm_T3-34.1.11. Perhaps this family won the contest advertised on the poster.

Keywords: Business and industry, children, people, residences, transportation, Wichita.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photographic Contact Print

Collection Name:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_T3-34.1.10

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