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Link to Image Titled: Zoo Supporters Parade on West Douglas
Title/Object Name: Zoo Supporters Parade on West Douglas
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1964
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Wichita Zoological Society parades on West Douglas Avenue as part of campaign for new zoo in Wichita. View is looking west along 600 and 700 blocks of West Douglas Avenue. Businesses along street are Coufal X-Ray, Farha Furniture, Civic Playhouse Theater, Civic Bowl and Hill Brothers Shoes.
Keywords: Wichita, public events, people, street scenes.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.73.32a.1

Link to Image Titled: Fall fashion show on East Douglas Avenue
Title/Object Name: Fall fashion show on East Douglas Avenue
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1964
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Fall Fashion Show presented in middle of 200 block of East Douglas Avenue. View looking south toward Helzburg's Jewelry, Baker's Shoes and Woolworth's. Some stores represented in fashion show are Croney's, Thurston's and Richman-Harvey.
Keywords: Wichita, street scenes, people, business and industry, downtown, architecture, fashion.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Downtown Wichita Archives
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2001-2.12.9.1

Link to Image Titled: North Market Street
Title/Object Name: North Market Street
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1964
Physical Details: 8.5 x 6.5 inches
Description: View looking north on 100 block of North Market Street shows Fourth National Bank & Trust Company elevated walkway completed April 19, 1963, connecting the bank, right, and the Wichita Plaza. Kansas State Bank and Trust building and Lassen Hotel on left.
Keywords: Wichita, street scenes, buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.72.37.1

Link to Image Titled: Wichita Municipal Airport
Title/Object Name: Wichita Municipal Airport
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1965
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Scene at Wichita Municipal Airport showing spectators' promenade deck, control tower, terminal apron and Boeing 727 passenger jet N855TW operated by Trans World Airlines (TWA). View is looking east. Later renamed and expanded as Wichita Mid-Continent Airport.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, business and industry, buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.71.29.2

Link to Image Titled: Lear Jet Plant
Title/Object Name: Lear Jet Plant
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1965
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Aerial view of Lear Jet plant in southwest Wichita near airport. View is looking northeast toward Wichita. Kellogg Street in top portion of image.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, aerials, business and industry.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.71.8.1

Link to Image Titled: Santa Fe Transportation Building
Title/Object Name: Santa Fe Transportation Building
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: Circa 1965
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: View of Santa Fe Transportation building at southwest corner of East Waterman and South Emporia streets. Completed in 1958, building was designed by Wichita architectural firm W. I. Fisher and Company.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, street scenes, buildings
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.34.4.1

Link to Image Titled: Explosion at Boeing Plant II
Title/Object Name: Explosion at Boeing Plant II
Creator: Boeing
Date Original: 1965
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Law enforcement officers and investigators look over damage caused by natural gas explosion at Boeing Plant II. Blast was in electrical cable manhole in parking lot between Oliver Street and plant. One picket for striking members of International Association of Machinists received abrasions from flying debris. Photograph taken September 21, 1965.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, business and industry, public services, government, people.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Boeing-Stearman Corporate Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms99-04.2.27.1

Link to Image Titled: Cheerleaders at YWCA
Title/Object Name: Cheerleaders at YWCA
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1965
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Thirteen teenaged girls demonstrate cheerleading actions at the YWCA. First organized in Wichita in 1906, the organization was located at 140 North Topeka in downtown Wichita from 1916 to 1967. The YWCA opened a new building at 350 North Market in 1967; the structure in the photograph was razed in 1969.
Keywords: Wichita, organizations, clubs and groups, people, sports and recreation
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: YWCA of Wichita Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms96-02.8.15.3

Link to Image Titled: Wichita State University
Title/Object Name: Wichita State University
Creator: Rorabaugh & Millsap Studios
Date Original: 1965
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Aerial view looking west toward Wichita State University campus along East 21st Street North. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, Corbin Education Center is at center. Also shows Veterans Field, Henry Levitt Arena, Home Economics Building, Morrison Hall with clock tower and Duerksen Fine Arts Center. Grain elevators along Mosley Street two miles distant provide backdrop.
Keywords: Wichita, aerials, education, buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: University Archives
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ua.wsu.campus_aerial.5

Link to Image Titled: Kansas Industry Appreciation Week Event
Title/Object Name: Kansas Industry Appreciation Week Event
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1966
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: View looking west at Kansas Industry Appreciation Week event in downtown Wichita in the 300 block of East Douglas. Photograph taken April 21, 1966.
Keywords: Wichita, public events, people, street scenes.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.70.63.1

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