Creator: Edgar B. Smith

Date Original: Circa 1925

Physical Details: 9.5 x 7.5 inches

Description: Wichita High School East, 2301 East Douglas Avenue; designed by architect Lorentz Schmidt. This new building was constructed in 1922-1924 to replace the Wichita High School at 324 North Emporia; renamed East High in 1929. The Architectural style is considered modified Collegiate Gothic.

Keywords: Education, Wichita, bridal wreath spirea, architecture.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Tihen

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_D7-14.5.1

Creator: Edgar B. Smith

Date Original: Circa 1925

Physical Details: 9.5 x 7.5 inches

Description: Aerial view over campus of Wichita High School and Roosevelt Intermediate School. Looking southwest toward Lincoln Street; Douglas Avenue in foreground intersects with Grove Street at lower left. The complex of the high school included the main building, the gymnasium, and the shops. The new school boasted an auditorium with seating for 2200, a laundry, an ice plant, an office vault, a greenhouse, and a heating plant [A History of Wichita Public School Buildings, 1978, p 179]. The curve of trees at right indicates the original bed of Chisholm Creek which was straightened into the canal that bisects the view diagonally at top.

Keywords: Education, business and industry, rivers, residences, street scenes, houses, landscape, East High, neighborhood, Wichita.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photographic Contact Print

Collection Name: Tihen

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_A1-35.2.1

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1926

Physical Details: 7 x 9 inches

Description: Commercial photographer Edgar B. Smith posed with his bi-plane. Smith’s aerial photographs of downtown Wichita gave Wichitans a previously unseen view of their city.

Keywords: Business and industry, aviation, airplanes, 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_Smith,Edgar

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1926

Physical Details: 3.5 x 3 inches

Description: An unidentified woman is posed as she steps into a Jewett auto. An unknown woman is also in the rear seat.

Keywords: Street scenes, cars, transportation, fashion, Wichita.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photographic Contact Print

Collection Name:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_T3-4.3.1

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1926

Physical Details: 6.5 x 4.5 inches

Description: Interior of Pyle Lunch with staff. Located at 910 West Douglas. Handwritten note on the back of the photo indicates, “In Wichita Kansas. Old part of town,” apparently a reference to the west side of town. The uniformed man appears to be a Wichita policeman.

Keywords: Business and industry, café, restaurant, menu, children, waitress, employee, employment, occupation, lunch counter.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Tihen

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_E5-92.1.1

Creator: Arthur E. Spalton

Date Original: Circa 1927

Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.25 inches

Description: Mrs. Jennie B. Spalton seated at a roll top desk in the Spalton Studio. Examples of her husband’s photographs are displayed on the wall and desktop.

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

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_SpaltonStudio

Creator: Homer T. Harden

Date Original: Circa 1927

Physical Details: 3.5 x 2.5 inches

Description: Banquet in honor of B. H. Neely, Commander of Arthur Gossett Post Number 273, and delegate to the Paris Convention.

Keywords: People, organizations, clubs, and groups, African American, American flags, Wichita.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photographic Contact Print

Collection Name:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_H6-20.1.1

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:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_H5-36.1.1

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1928

Physical Details: 4.25 x 3 inches

Description: Residence located at 2722 East Douglas Avenue. Mrs. Annette Skaer, widow of C. E. Skaer and her children are seen on the front lawn.

Keywords: People, architecture, houses, College Hill, Wichita.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photographic Contact Print

Collection Name:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_2722.E.Douglas-1

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:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_D9-6.1.1

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