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Link to Image Titled: Downtown Wichita
Title/Object Name: Downtown Wichita
Creator: Vern Manning
Date Original: Circa 1955
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Aerial view looking east toward downtown commercial district. From left, Douglas Avenue and William, English and Waterman streets vertically extend eight blocks toward and beyond railroad overpass near top of image. At right center is Knightley Parking Garage, 301 South Broadway, featuring rounded walls and porthole windows.
Keywords: Wichita, aerials, buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Richard M. Long Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms96-04.2.1.2

Link to Image Titled: Orpheum Theater
Title/Object Name: Orpheum Theater
Creator: Joe Goulart
Date Original: Circa 1955
Physical Details: 6 x 8 inches
Description: View looking northeast toward Orpheum Theater at corner of 1st and Broadway streets. Marquee advertises "King Kong" movie for kiddie matinee. Tilford Pharmacy at left.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, street scenes, arts and entertainment
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: M. Meredith "Millie" Hill Collection of Orpheum Theatre and John Eberson Movie Palaces Material
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2001-06.4.10.3

Link to Image Titled: Orpheum Theater
Title/Object Name: Orpheum Theater
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1955
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Orpheum Theater concession stand decked out for Christmas.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, arts and entertainment, holidays.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: M. Meredith "Millie" Hill Collection of Orpheum Theatre and John Eberson Movie Palaces Material
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2001-06.4.8.1

Link to Image Titled: Wichita Transportation Corporation Garage No. 1
Title/Object Name: Wichita Transportation Corporation Garage No. 1
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1955
Physical Details: 7.5 x 9.5 inches
Description: Buses parked in Wichita Transportation Corporation Garage No. 1, 230 West 10th Street.
Keywords: Wichita, transportation, business and industry.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Richard M. Long Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms96-04.3.16.1

Link to Image Titled: Love Box Company
Title/Object Name: Love Box Company
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: Circa 1955
Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches
Description: Love Box Company employee bales together boxes for another Wichita product, camp stoves manufactured by the Coleman Company. Interior view of corrugated box factory at 700 East 37th Street North.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, people.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.10

Link to Image Titled: Farha Brothers Super Market
Title/Object Name: Farha Brothers Super Market
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: 1955
Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches
Description: View of candy aisle at Farha Brothers Super Market. In 1955 the grocery store chain had seven stores in Wichita. Begun in 1931 by five brothers, the chain included nine stores before it was sold in 1963.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.6

Link to Image Titled: Market Street
Title/Object Name: Market Street
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: Circa 1955
Physical Details: 8.5 x 6.5 inches
Description: View of 100 block of South Market Street. Andy Mynear Painting and Decorating truck parked in front of Resnick Davis Diamond Shop, 112 South Market. Wheeler Kelly Hagny building next to Innes Store at southeast corner of Market and William streets.
Keywords: Wichita, street scenes, business and industry, buildings
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.34.5.3

Link to Image Titled: Wichita Skyline
Title/Object Name: Wichita Skyline
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: Circa 1955
Physical Details: 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Description: View looking west toward construction on telephone exchange building at 154 North Broadway Street. Directly across street is Lawrence Building, 149 North Broadway, adjacent to taller Butts Building at southwest corner of 1st and Broadway streets. In background Union National Center is under construction.
Keywords: Wichita, buildings, business and industry
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.34.5.2

Link to Image Titled: Kansas Gas and Electric Company
Title/Object Name: Kansas Gas and Electric Company
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: Circa 1955
Physical Details: 8.5 x 6.5 inches
Description: View looking northwest toward Kansas Gas and Electric Company building at East 1st and North Market streets. Building was completed in 1954.
Keywords: Wichita, street scenes, business and industry, buildings
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.34.5.1

Link to Image Titled: Wichita Municipal Airport
Title/Object Name: Wichita Municipal Airport
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: 1955
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Airport Cabs line up in front of terminal building at Wichita Municipal Airport. Built in 1954, facility located on the southwest side of Wichita was renamed Wichita Mid-Continent Airport in 1973.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, airports, buildings, transportation
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.34.4.3

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