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Link to Image Titled: Intersection of First Street and Lawrence Avenue
Title/Object Name: Intersection of First Street and Lawrence Avenue
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1931
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Looking northwest from intersection of First Street and Lawrence (now known as Broadway). Businesses visible include: White Castle Hamburgers, Union Bus Depot, Tostwich Cafe, Butts New & Used Cars, Edler School of Dancing. The automobile in the left foreground appears to have an "Air Capital" emblem mounted on the grille.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, street scenes, transportation, restaurants.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_U21-2.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Conoco Filling Station
Title/Object Name: Conoco Filling Station
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1931
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: One of fourteen Continental Oil Company service stations listed in the 1931 telephone directory. Unidentified location. Example of domestic architectural styling. When automobiles were new, gas station buildings were designed to resemble small houses so that they would blend into the residential neighborhoods.
Keywords: Business and industry, street scenes, transportation, residences, gas station architecture, Tudor Revival, bungalows, gas pumps, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E3-59.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Pierce Arrow Sales Salon
Title/Object Name: Pierce Arrow Sales Salon
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1931
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Interior view of automobile salesroom at 1404 East Douglas Avenue. Distributorship owned by Smith Motor Company.
Keywords: Business and industry, transportation, furniture, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E5-95.1.2

Link to Image Titled: Allis Hotel
Title/Object Name: Allis Hotel
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1931
Physical Details: 7.25 x 9.25 inches
Description: Birdseye view of the Allis Hotel, 204 South Broadway. The seventeen-story building was designed by the architectural firm of Schmidt, Boucher, and Overend. It opened for business on December 4, 1930. The rooftop sign was constructed by Claude Neon Federal Company. Other businesses partially in view include, Rock Island Lumber & Coal Company, Iten Biscuit Company, Grit Printery Building. The hotel-owned Kit Kat Coffee Shop is seen at 212 South Broadway.
Keywords: Business and industry, architecture, street scenes, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D6-13.2.1

Link to Image Titled: Western Lithograph and Office Supply Company
Title/Object Name: Western Lithograph and Office Supply Company
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1931
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: View looking southwest across intersection of Topeka Avenue (left) and First Street (right). The building housed the Western Lithograph Company plus the Western Drug Store on the ground floor corner at Topeka and the Orpheum Garage at the corner of First and Lawrence (now Broadway).
Keywords: Business and industry, transportation, automobiles, street scenes, architecture, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2NE-111.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Pierce Arrow Sales Salon
Title/Object Name: Pierce Arrow Sales Salon
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1931
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: View looking northeast at salesroom for Pierce Arrow automobiles owned by Smith Motor Company. Location, 1404 East Douglas Avenue.
Keywords: Business and industry, transportation, street scenes, Tudor Revival, architecture, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2NE-109.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Municipal Airport, 3800 South Oliver
Title/Object Name: Municipal Airport, 3800 South Oliver
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1931
Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches
Description: Front view of hangar, Richfield Company truck refueling an airplane. Wichita built the airport in 1929 to insure the city's place in the new cross-continent mail and passenger routes. The city was well-positioned for air travel due to its central geographic location and a growing aircraft industry.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, business and industry, transportation, air capital, aircraft.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D10-6.1.3

Link to Image Titled: Goodrich-Silvertown, Inc. Filling Station
Title/Object Name: Goodrich-Silvertown, Inc. Filling Station
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1932
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Looking southwest across First Street at the Goodrich-Silvertown filling station, 159 North St. Francis Avenue. Sign on truck indicates date of Grand Opening. Good example of Art Deco/Art Moderne commercial architecture. The Allis Hotel and the Union National Bank are partially seen in background.
Keywords: Business and industry, transportation, automobiles, trucks, gas pumps, gas station architecture, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2NE-110.1.1

Link to Image Titled: The Forum
Title/Object Name: The Forum
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1932
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.25 inches
Description: Interior of Forum arena at 231 South Water Street. Site of an unidentified equestrian competition. The banners flanking the stage represented the history of Wichita with the slogans, “Spirit of Wichita” and “Art, Music, Science, Commerce, Agriculture.”
Keywords: Arts and entertainment, public events, sports and recreation, horse show, American flags.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E5-89.4.1

Link to Image Titled: McKenzie Midget Auto
Title/Object Name: McKenzie Midget Auto
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1932
Physical Details: 4 x 3.25 inches
Description: Young boys grouped around a miniature automobile built by Leo L. McKenzie, who owned McKenzie Body Works, 117 West First Street. McKenzie specialized in building and retrofitting trucks to suit the owners’ needs. He also repaired damaged cars and remodeled some early models into pickup trucks. Businesses in the background include Golden Rule Oil Company on First Street and White Castle Hamburgers at intersection of Broadway and First.
Keywords: Street scenes, business and industry, people, children, African Americans, transportation, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_T3-34.1.4

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