Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1940

Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches

Description: Southwest Cracker Company warehouse at 205 South Wichita Street; "The Home of Gold Medal Crackers."

Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, Southwest Cracker Company, Gold Medal Crackers, warehouses, factories, foods.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Chamber of Commerce Photograph Collection

Repository: Wichita Public Library

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wpl_CHA423

Creator: Edgar B. Smith

Date Original: Circa 1940

Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches

Description: Students in typing class at Dague Business College, 117 1/2 South St. Francis Street.

Keywords: Wichita, education, business and industry, people, Dague Business College, schools, students, typewriters.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Chamber of Commerce Photograph Collection

Repository: Wichita Public Library

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wpl_CHA490

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1940

Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches

Description: Emery's Service Station, located at 254 North Water. Emery M. Lieurance was the owner.

Keywords: Business and industry, automobile, billboard.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection

Repository: Wichita Public Library

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wpl_wpl1872

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1940

Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches

Description: Red Apple Grocery and Conoco Station. Located at 3421 North Broadway.

Keywords: Business and industry, commercial building, filling station.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection

Repository: Wichita Public Library

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wpl_wpl634

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: 1940

Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches

Description: Birds' eye view from Broadview Hotel looking east down Douglas Avenue; shows Missouri-Pacific Depot, Hotel Pacific, First National Bank, Hinkels, Central Building.

Keywords: Wichita, street scenes, business and industry, railroad depots, hotels.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Chamber of Commerce Photograph Collection

Repository: Wichita Public Library

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wpl_CHA643

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: 1941

Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches

Description: View looking north toward busy intersection of East Douglas Avenue and Broadway Street. Photograph taken at Saturday noon, June 14, 1941. Some businesses are S. H. Kress & Co., 224 East Douglas Avenue, and Miller Theater, 121 North Broadway. Miller's marquee advertises movie "Blood and Sand."

Keywords: Wichita, street scenes, business and industry, people, buildings.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce

Repository: Wichita State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.73.36.2

Creator: Mid-Continent Engraving Co.

Date Original: 1941

Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches

Description: View of Kings-X restaurant at northwest corner of 1st and Broadway. Built in 1931, building originally housed a White Castle restaurant. At upper right is sign advertising movies at Uptown Theater.

Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, buildings.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Chamber of Commerce

Repository: Wichita State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.71.4.1

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

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_C3-10.1.1

Creator: Edgar B. Smith

Date Original: 1941

Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches

Description: John Deere tractors on display at the Western Implement Company, 439 South Wichita Street

Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, agriculture, transportation, tractors, tractor row, Western Implement Company, farming equipment, sales displays.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Edgar B. Smith Photograph Collection

Repository: Wichita Public Library

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wpl_EBS256

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:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_H1-57.10.1

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