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Link to Image Titled: Leo R. Mallonee
Title/Object Name: Leo R. Mallonee
Creator: Beech Aircraft Company (?)
Date Original: Circa 1945
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.25 inches
Description: Leo Mallonee arranging printed pages on a light table, possibly photographing for publication. One of a series of photos owned by photographer Arthur Spalton and thought to be associated with employment at Beech Aircraft Company in about 1942-1946.
Keywords: Business and industry, commercial photography, aviation, people, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_Mallonee,Leo

Link to Image Titled: Arthur E. Spalton
Title/Object Name: Arthur E. Spalton
Creator: Beech Aircraft Company (?)
Date Original: Circa 1945
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.25 inches
Description: Photographer Art Spalton operating a ceiling-mounted camera. This image is one of a series of photos owned by Spalton and thought to be associated with employment at Beech Aircraft Company in about 1942-1946.
Keywords: Business and industry, commercial photography, aviation, people, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_Spalton,Arthur1

Link to Image Titled: Burkes Jeter
Title/Object Name: Burkes Jeter
Creator: Beech Aircraft Company (?)
Date Original: Circa 1945
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.25 inches
Description: Burkes Jeter posed with an aerial camera in the door of a Beech plane. This image is one of a series of photos owned by photographer Arthur Spalton and thought to be associated with employment at Beech Aircraft Company. Jeter’s employment at Beech is documented in the Wichita City Directories from 1942-1946.
Keywords: Business and industry, commercial photography, aviation, people, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_Jeter,Burkes

Link to Image Titled: Donovan L. Rutledge
Title/Object Name: Donovan L. Rutledge
Creator: Beech Aircraft Company (?)
Date Original: Circa 1945
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.25 inches
Description: Don Rutledge demonstrating a camera and lighting equipment. This image is one of a series of photos owned by photographer Arthur Spalton and thought to be associated with employment at Beech Aircraft Company in about 1942-1946.
Keywords: Business and industry, commercial photography, aviation, people, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_Rutledge,Don

Link to Image Titled: Arthur E. Spalton
Title/Object Name: Arthur E. Spalton
Creator: Beech Aircraft Company (?)
Date Original: Circa 1945
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.25 inches
Description: Photographer Art Spalton examining a photographic negative with a light box. This image is one of a series of photos owned by Spalton and thought to be associated with employment at Beech Aircraft Company in about 1942-1946.
Keywords: Business and industry, commercial photography, aviation, people, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_Spalton,Arthur2

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

Link to Image Titled: Blue Moon Night Club
Title/Object Name: Blue Moon Night Club
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1945
Physical Details: 4 x 2.75 inches
Description: Men and women seated for a social evening at the Blue Moon, 3401 South Oliver Street. Telephone book ad states “Southwest’s Swankiest Nite Spot,” “Dine & Dance to the strains of the Nation’s Leading Orchestras.” A photographer circulated among the tables and snapped souvenir photos such as this one for purchase.
Keywords: Business and industry, sports and recreation, people, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_H6-37.1.3

Link to Image Titled: Paul Zongker Drugs
Title/Object Name: Paul Zongker Drugs
Creator: Rorabaugh & Millsap
Date Original: Circa 1945
Physical Details: 9.5 x 7.5 inches
Description: Night view looking northeast at Zongker Drugstore (1400 North Waco Avenue). Businesses in foreshortened view to left are Watson Brothers Food Store (1401 North Waco) and Funk appliances (1406 North Waco). The neon sign advertising the drugstore and Steffen’s Ice Cream was manufactured by the Claude Neon Company. A 1941 Nash automobile is parked at the curb.
Keywords: Business and industry, transportation, automobiles, retail, street scenes, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2NW-38.1.1

Link to Image Titled: The West-Urn Café
Title/Object Name: The West-Urn Café
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1946
Physical Details: 2 x 3 inches
Description: Identified as the West-Urn Café, 839 Parker. Operated by the owner of the West-Urn Grill, from 1946-1948. Parker Street is now incorporated into part of 13th Street. It originally extended west from the Little Arkansas River bridge to the city limits at the Arkansas River bridge. A 1937 Ford automobile is parked in front of the restaurant.
Keywords: Business and industry, restaurant, automobile, transportation, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2NW-37.1.1

Link to Image Titled: 81 Drive In Theatre
Title/Object Name: 81 Drive In Theatre
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
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D8-12.2.1

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