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Link to Image Titled: Aerial view of downtown Wichita looking southwest
Title/Object Name: Aerial view of downtown Wichita looking southwest
Creator: Barnes Flying Service
Date Original: 1936
Physical Details: 7.25 x 9.25 inches
Description: Aerial view looking southwest over Wichita's downtown commercial district. Broadview Hotel is partially visible at upper right; Wichita City Hall building at center; Topeka Street bisects lower left corner. Building near center is Innes Department Store. Painted sign on its roof reads "Wichita" and includes arrow pointing to the municipal airport. Sign was first painted there in 1929.
Keywords: Wichita, aerials, business and industry
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms99-03.1.aerial-downtown.5

Link to Image Titled: Love Corrugated Box Company Exhibit at Kansas Diamond Jubilee Exhibition
Title/Object Name: Love Corrugated Box Company Exhibit at Kansas Diamond Jubilee Exhibition
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1936
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Display of Love Box Company boxes at Kansas Diamond Jubilee exhibition at the Forum, October 1936. Many local business names imprinted on boxes including Coleman, Arnholz Coffee, Southwest Cracker, Steffen's, Fox-Vliet Drug, McKesson-Potts Drug and Dold. Kansas Women's Christian Temperance Union exhibit at right featuring mechanical figure.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, public events.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.71.15.1

Link to Image Titled: Salvation Army
Title/Object Name: Salvation Army
Creator: Frank L. Cohen
Date Original: 1936
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Victor Murdock, editor-in-chief of the Wichita Eagle newspaper, makes speech on occasion of 50th anniversary of first Salvation Army street meeting in Wichita. Bronze tablet was placed in concrete in front of Farha Bootery shoe store, 116 East Douglas Avenue. Photograph taken May 12, 1936.
Keywords: Wichita; organizations, clubs and groups; public events; people; religion; business and industry; buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Richard M. Long Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms96-04.3.8.1

Link to Image Titled: City Directories at Wichita Chamber of Commerce Offices
Title/Object Name: City Directories at Wichita Chamber of Commerce Offices
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1936
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Display of city directories from across the nation at Wichita Chamber of Commerce offices. "We Believe in Wichita" promotional signs visible. Model is not identified.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, people, fashion.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.68.36.1

Link to Image Titled: Quiring Monument Company
Title/Object Name: Quiring Monument Company
Creator: Monty Barnes
Date Original: Circa 1937
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Aerial view of Quiring Monument Company, 925 North Hillside Street. View is looking west over Hillside Street and St. Louis and San Francisco (Frisco) railroad tracks. Quiring Texaco gas station at right.
Keywords: Wichita, aerials, business and industry.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.72.6.1

Link to Image Titled: Hotel Lassen
Title/Object Name: Hotel Lassen
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: 1937
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.25 inches
Description: Cigar and newsstand located in the Lassen Hotel. The events board posted on the corner column indicates that the Lassen was a popular meeting place for groups and organizations.
Keywords: Business and industry, public events, architecture, spittoon, 1930s, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E5-93.1.4

Link to Image Titled: Orpheum Theatre
Title/Object Name: Orpheum Theatre
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1937
Physical Details: 7.75 x 9.75 inches
Description: Looking northeast from intersection of Broadway and First Street. The Orpheum Theatre opened in 1922 featuring vaudeville acts and a silent film. In 1929 it began a tradition as a premier motion picture palace that ended in 1976. The building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and the National Register of Historic Theatres. Another business in view is Dr. C. M. Cole, Dentist, in the Orpheum Building, and Mosbacher Hudson Terraplane Sales and Service at 214 North Broadway.
Keywords: Arts and entertainment, business and industry, sports and recreation, movies, street scene, transportation, automobiles, architecture, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D8-6.3.1

Link to Image Titled: Orpheum Theatre
Title/Object Name: Orpheum Theatre
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1937
Physical Details: 7.75 x 9.75 inches
Description: Looking southeast at Orpheum Theatre, 200 North Broadway. The Orpheum building housed the theatre and offices as well as several street-level businesses. This view includes the Orpheum Pharmacy, Smith, Stone and Snyder Insurance, 204 North Broadway, Van Arsdale and Larkin Insurance, 206 North Broadway, Orpheum Beauty Shop, 212 North Broadway, and Mosbacher Motor Company, 214 North Broadway. A delivery truck for American Laundry and Cleaning Company is seen on First Street in the background.
Keywords: Arts and entertainment, business and industry, sports and recreation, movies, street scene, transportation, automobiles, architecture, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D8-6.3.3

Link to Image Titled: Eaton Hotel
Title/Object Name: Eaton Hotel
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1937
Physical Details: 9.5 x 7.25 inches
Description: Looking southwest in intersection of Douglas and St. Francis Avenues at Eaton Hotel, 523 East Douglas Avenue; Second Empire style architecture. The building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The building at far left is marked as an IOOF Hall.
Keywords: Business and industry, automobiles, bicycles, residences, street scenes, transportation, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D6-8.2.1

Link to Image Titled: KANS Radio Broadcast
Title/Object Name: KANS Radio Broadcast
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1938
Physical Details: 3.75 x 4.75 inches
Description: KANS Radio broadcast showing announcer, band and singer. KANS radio station began broadcasting in Wichita in 1936 and became a NBC affiliate in 1937.
Keywords: Wichita, people, arts and entertainment, business and industry.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.72.8.3

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