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

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_E3-61.1.1

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1928

Physical Details: 3.5 x 2.75 inches

Description: Group of young swimmers with coach at unidentified swimming pool.

Keywords: Sports and recreation, children, parks, summer, Wichita.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photographic Contact Print

Collection Name:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_L4-3.1.1

Creator: Edgar B. Smith

Date Original: 1928

Physical Details: 9.5 x 8.75 inches

Description: Aerial view over campus of Wichita High School East and Roosevelt Intermediate School. A large crowd of spectators surrounds circular formations of performers. Looking northwest toward Douglas Avenue; Grove Street at right.

Keywords: Education, entertainment, public events, rivers, automobiles, street scenes, residences, houses, business and industry, landscape, College Hill, neighborhood, East High, Wichita.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photographic Contact Print

Collection Name: Tihen

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_A1-35.1.2

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:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_M1-2.3.4

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1929

Physical Details: 3.5 x 2.5 inches

Description: View of exterior of bathhouse at the Municipal Pool in South Riverside Park.

Keywords: Sports and recreation, parks, Wichita.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photographic Contact Print

Collection Name:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_M1-1.6.1

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1929

Physical Details: 4 x 2.25 inches

Description: View of chauffeur inspecting a LaSalle automobile owned by John and Adeline Petrie. Note the “Wichita, the Air Capital” medallion mounted on the grille. Wichita adopted the Air Capital slogan in 1928. The logo was introduced to boost pride in the city after a contest sponsored by Kiwanis. Chamber of Commerce member who signed a safe-driving pledge received medallions for their automobiles. The Petries owned a local clothing store that bore their name.

Keywords: Business and industry; aviation; organizations, clubs and groups; people; transportation; African Americans; occupations; employment.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photographic Contact Print

Collection Name:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_T3-35.1.1

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1929

Physical Details: 7.75 x 9.5 inches

Description: Interior view of the Kress Department Store at 224 East Douglas Avenue. The lunch counter and additional retail goods were located in the basement level of this national chain store.

Keywords: Business and industry, five and ten-cent stores, five and dime, dime stores, chain stores, furnishings, cafes, Wichita.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Tihen

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_E5-96.1.2

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1929

Physical Details: 3.5 x 2.25 inches

Description: Interior of tea room located in the Innes Dry Goods Company, 121 South Lawrence (now Broadway). The popular restaurant retained a reputation as a fashionable downtown eating place into the 1960s.

Keywords: Business and industry, Wichita.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photographic Contact Print

Collection Name:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_E5-40.1.1

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1929

Physical Details: 4.75 x 2.75 inches

Description: Interior of Piggly Wiggly Store Number 11, 1558 South Main Street.

Keywords: Business and industry, people, Wichita, retail, employment, occupation, foodstuffs, household products, shopping.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photographic Contact Print

Collection Name:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_E5-44.1.1

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

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_D2SE-24.2.1

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