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Link to Image Titled: Rooming House Interior
Title/Object Name: Rooming House Interior
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1940
Physical Details: 2 x 3.5 inches
Description: View of bathtub and sink in rented room above the popular Chinese-owned restaurant, the Pan-American Café at 152 North Market. The room was occupied by King Mar, manager of the café. Mar immigrated to the United States in 1914.
Keywords: Chinese Americans, Asian Americans, residences, homes, domestic scenes, furniture, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_R4-152.N.Market-2

Link to Image Titled: 1700 Block, North Volutsia Street
Title/Object Name: 1700 Block, North Volutsia Street
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1941
Physical Details: 3.75 x 2.25 inches
Description: Looking northwest at west side of North Volutsia Street. View of newly-constructed homes typical during the housing boom of World War II. Sometimes described as "American Vernacular" or "Minimal Traditional" architecture. Many such neighborhoods accommodated the influx of defense workers in Wichita.
Keywords: Residences, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_NorthVolutsia.1700

Link to Image Titled: World War II Parade Float
Title/Object Name: World War II Parade Float
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1941
Physical Details: 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Description: Parade float decorated with Chinese and American flags promotes the sale of war bonds. The Chinese men riding the float were employees at the Pan American Cafe. They supported the war effort and some of them enlisted in the U.S. Armed Services during the war. Most are identified (on file).
Keywords: Wichita; public events; business and industry; military; organizations, clubs and groups; United States; China; Asian Americans.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Photographs
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_C3-10.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Picnic
Title/Object Name: Picnic
Creator: M. S. Fong
Date Original: Circa 1941
Physical Details: 3.25 x 3.5 inches
Description: Three young Chinese men eating a picnic lunch at Santa Fe Lake. All are identified (on file). They immigrated to Wichita in the 1930s and were employed at the Pan American Café. A local man who befriended them occasionally gave them rides in his car and took them on outings on their days off from work.
Keywords: Business and industry, parks, people, employment, occupations, immigrants, sports and recreation, Coca-Cola.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_H1-57.10.1

Link to Image Titled: Game of Checkers
Title/Object Name: Game of Checkers
Creator: M. S. Fong
Date Original: Circa 1941
Physical Details: 3.25 x 2.5 inches
Description: Seven young Chinese men (all identified, on file) on an outing at Santa Fe Lake. All were Chinese immigrants who came to Wichita in the 1930s and were employed at the Pan American Café.
Keywords: Business and industry, parks, people, employment, occupations, immigrants, sports and recreation, games.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_H1-57.11.1

Link to Image Titled: Pan American Café Employees
Title/Object Name: Pan American Café Employees
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1943
Physical Details: 3.5 x 2 inches
Description: Four women peeling potatoes near the back door of the restaurant at 150 North Market. They were employed as waitresses and kitchen helpers. The restaurant was owned by a partnership of six Chinese men who immigrated to the U.S. in the 1920s.
Keywords: Business and industry, employment, occupations, people, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_H1-57.4.1

Link to Image Titled: Quizzer Baseball
Title/Object Name: Quizzer Baseball
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1943
Physical Details: 3.25 x 2.5 inches
Description: Anniversary celebration of local radio quiz show called “Quizzer Baseball.” The show was broadcast by KFH radio station from the Civic Theatre, located at 725 West Douglas Avenue.
Keywords: Arts and entertainment, business and industry, fashion, accordion, public events, west side, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_L4-4.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Home of James N. Lew
Title/Object Name: Home of James N. Lew
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1944
Physical Details: 3.25 x 2 inches
Description: First home purchased by James and Arline Lew. The house, at 646 North Battin, is typical of single-family homes that were built to accommodate the growing population of the city during the defense work of WWII. Mrs. Lew, seen seated on the porch with her son and another child, was the first known Chinese American woman to live in the city. After the war, many Chinese men living in Wichita were finally able to bring their wives to the U.S. from China.
Keywords: Residences, business and industry, people, domestic scenes.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_646.N.Battin-1

Link to Image Titled: Ben F. Hammond and Geraldine E. Hammond
Title/Object Name: Ben F. Hammond and Geraldine E. Hammond
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1945
Physical Details: 3.5 inches x 2.5 inches
Description: Benjamin Franklin Hammond worked as a cartoonist for the Wichita Eagle from 1912 to 1965. In addition to editorial and historical drawings, he is best-known for his cartoon characters, “Hoots” and “Quacks” which appeared in the newspaper and in real life as puppets in performances for local groups. For 25 years, Hammond also broadcast a weekly radio program in which he read the Eagle’s Sunday funnies. He is pictured here with his daughter, Geraldine Hammond, who often joined him or substituted for him. The pair was known on the KFH program as Uncle Ben and Cousin Betty.
Keywords: People, business and industry, occupations, arts and entertainment, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_Hammond,Ben&Geraldine

Link to Image Titled: The West-Urn Grill
Title/Object Name: The West-Urn Grill
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1945
Physical Details: 6.5 x 4.5 inches
Description: Interior of the West-Urn Grill with employees. Located at 715 West Douglas, 1939-1958.
Keywords: Business and industry, café, restaurant, waitress, employment, occupation, lunch counter, African Americans, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E5-91.1.1

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