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

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

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.72.8.3

Creator: Barnes Flying Service

Date Original: Circa 1939

Physical Details: 3.75 x 3 inches

Description: Aerial view of dance club at 2459 North Hillside Avenue; operated by band leader Gage Brewer [The black rectangle is an editor’s crop mark for publication]. The club also offered dance instruction with this 1943 advertisement: “This Famous Dance Club had Developed an Entirely New Method of Teaching Which Enables Anyone to Quickly Become a Popular, Interesting Partner. Save Time, Money, Disappointment, by Taking Our Guaranteed Course -- You Learn to Lead and Follow Correctly in Five Lessons.”

Keywords: Arts and entertainment, business and industry, Gage Brewer’s Hawaiian Orchestra, Wichita.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photographic Contact Print

Collection Name:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_D2NE-102.1.1

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1940

Physical Details: 3.75 x 2.75 inches

Description: Musical group identified as Gage Brewer's Versatile Radio Orchestra. Group leader Gage Brewer is standing at left of woman vocalist.

Keywords: Arts and entertainment, business and industry, musician, dance bands, brass instruments, percussion instruments, steel guitars, public events, Wichita.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photographic Contact Print

Collection Name:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_H5-36.2.1

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1940

Physical Details: 3.75 x 2.75 inches

Description: Woman dancer/vocalist associated with Gage Brewer’s Versatile Radio Orchestra.

Keywords: Arts and entertainment, business and industry, dance bands, performers, costumes, Wichita.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photographic Contact Print

Collection Name:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_H5-36.2.2

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1940

Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.5 inches

Description: Looking west at façade of Miller Theatre, 115 North Broadway. The Miller opened in 1922 with a seating capacity of 2000. In 1928 it presented the first “talking” motion picture to be shown in Wichita. In addition to films, live stage shows, music programs, and celebrity appearances were also featured at the theater. The movie house closed in 1970 and was razed in 1972. The restaurant at right is Garvie’s at 117 North Broadway, which opened in 1940.

Keywords: Arts and entertainment, business and industry, sports and recreation, movies, films, neon, Ann Sheridan, George Raft, architecture, Wichita.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Tihen

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_D8-5.2.1

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:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_L4-4.1.1

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: 1944

Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches

Description: Army Air Force band performs at the Forum during World War II. Located at 231 South Water Street, the Forum served as Wichita's municipal auditorium from 1911 to 1965.

Keywords: Wichita, public events, military, arts and entertainment.

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_ms2002-12.71.22.3

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:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_Hammond,Ben&Geraldine

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1946

Physical Details: 10 x 7 inches

Description: The 81 Drive In Theatre was Wichita’s first drive-in theater. It opened in August, 1946. The theater was located north of the city limits at 6250 North Broadway. It took its name from US Highway 81, which coincided with Broadway as it crossed Wichita north to south. The motion picture “The Hurricane” was first released in 1937.

Keywords: Arts and entertainment, business and industry, sports and recreation, movies, films, Dorothy Lamour, Jon Hall, Mary Astor, architecture.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Tihen

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_D8-12.2.1

Creator: F. L. Cohen Studio

Date Original: 1947

Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches

Description: Christmas party sponsored by Emith Temple, a fraternal organization, at the Dunbar Theater, 1007 Cleveland, in December 1947.

Keywords: Wichita; organizations, clubs and groups; arts and entertainment; Emith Temple; children; Dunbar Theater; interiors; African Americans.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Wichita Photograph Collection

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

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wsu_ms99-3.1.fratorgs.1

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