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Link to Image Titled: Riverside Boat Company
Title/Object Name: Riverside Boat Company
Creator: Homer T. Harden
Date Original: Circa 1928
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Looking east across the Little Arkansas River at the Riverside Boathouse (known earlier as Israel's Boathouse and Murdock Avenue Boathouse). Founded near the intersection of Murdock and Waco, in the late 1890s, the boat rental business and its original small structure, grew in size and commercial enterprise for more than 50 years. It was demolished during the "urban renewal" efforts of the 1960s.
Keywords: Wichita, bridges, business and industry, parks, people, public events, rivers, sports and recreation, transportation, canoes, boating, swimming.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_M1-2.3.4

Link to Image Titled: Red Apple Restaurant and Filling Station
Title/Object Name: Red Apple Restaurant and Filling Station
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1928
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: Red Apple Restaurant and Filling Station. Located at 3421 North Broadway.
Keywords: Business and industry, commercia building.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl637

Link to Image Titled: Phillips Petroleum Company Air Service Fuel Truck
Title/Object Name: Phillips Petroleum Company Air Service Fuel Truck
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1928
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Phillips Petroleum Co. Air Service Fuel Truck operating in Wichita. Walter Beech is standing next to the plane. The plane is a Travel Air 4000.
Keywords: Aviation, business and industry, people, airplane, truck.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl651

Link to Image Titled: Mentholatum Building
Title/Object Name: Mentholatum Building
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: 1928
Physical Details: 4.5 x 6.5 inches
Description: View of Mentholatum building on the northeast corner of Cleveland Street and East Douglas Avenue.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, health care, Yucca Company, Mentholatum, A. A. Hyde, architecture.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Edgar B. Smith Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_EBS723

Link to Image Titled: Standard Oil Company Filling Station
Title/Object Name: Standard Oil Company Filling Station
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1928
Physical Details: 6 x 4 inches
Description: Unidentified Standard Oil Company service station with attendants ready to assist the motoring public.
Keywords: Business and industry, gas stations, gas pumps, transportation, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E3-61.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Stearman Fuselage
Title/Object Name: Stearman Fuselage
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1928
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Close-up view of Stearman Aircraft Company fuselage manufactured in Wichita.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, business and industry.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Walter P. Innes, Jr. Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms96-01.1.12.1

Link to Image Titled: Stearman Aircraft Company
Title/Object Name: Stearman Aircraft Company
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1928
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Stearman biplane parked on landing field in front of factory at 801 West 37th Street North. Word "Burton" barely visible on smokestack. Burton Car Works, street car manufacturer, was original tenant of plant built in 1888; Jones Six automobiles built here in 1910s and 1920s.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, business and industry.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Walter P. Innes, Jr. Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms96-01.1.11.2

Link to Image Titled: Gage Brewer Orchestra
Title/Object Name: Gage Brewer Orchestra
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1928
Physical Details: 4 x 3 inches
Description: Musician Gage Brewer (seated, left) and members of his dance orchestra. Brewer is known as one of Wichita's foremost guitarists of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. He performed through out the Mid-West for many years, published music and was the proprietor of The Shadowlands Dance Club (later called the Mambo Club).
Keywords: Arts and entertainment, business and industry, musician, dance band, guitars, banjos, ukuleles.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_H5-36.1.1

Link to Image Titled: The Forum
Title/Object Name: The Forum
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1928
Physical Details: 4 x 3 inches
Description: Looking southeast at the Forum on Water Street between William and English. The entire building developed in stages over the years. The first section, on the south end officially opened in 1911. The Exposition Hall and Arcadia Theater on the north end were completed by 1918. At the time it was built, other proposed names for the facility included Hippodrome, Wigwam, and Wichitorium. The Forum hosted a range of public events from Pavlova and Paderewski to circuses and auto shows. It was demolished in 1965 to make way for the Century II Convention Center.
Keywords: Business and industry, arts and entertainment, public events, street scenes, transportation, automobiles, filling stations.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D9-6.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Domestic Laundry and Dry Cleaners
Title/Object Name: Domestic Laundry and Dry Cleaners
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1929
Physical Details: 9.5 x 7.5 inches
Description: Looking slightly southeast at Domestic Laundry (1425 East Douglas Avenue). Business at right is Wichita Auto Wash (1407 East Douglas).
Keywords: Business and industry, street scenes, transportation, automobiles, architecture, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2SE-24.2.1

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