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Link to Image Titled: Candyland Counter Help
Title/Object Name: Candyland Counter Help
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1943
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Counter help at Candyland, a confectionery and restaurant located at 128 North Broadway owned by Andrew C. Mikes.
Keywords: Business and industry, interior, people, fashion, uniforms, African American.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl2025

Link to Image Titled: Municipal Swimming Pool
Title/Object Name: Municipal Swimming Pool
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1943
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Municipal Swimming Pool in Riverside Park. It was located at Nims and Central. The Children's pool is located in the foreground.
Keywords: Parks, people, sports and recreation, bathing suits, children.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl510

Link to Image Titled: Canteen at Union Station
Title/Object Name: Canteen at Union Station
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1943
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: This is a Canteen sponsored by the Soroptomist Club, located in the Union Station, 701 East Douglas. Servicemen were welcomed by the volunteers.
Keywords: People, military, business and industry, service counter, restaurant, African American.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1223

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: Boeing Airplane Company B-29
Title/Object Name: Boeing Airplane Company B-29
Creator: Boeing Airplane Company
Date Original: 1944
Physical Details: 10 x 8 inches
Description: Boeing Airplane Company riveters at work on B-29 airplane in Wichita plant.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, business and industry, people, airplanes.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.68.22.1

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: Douglas and Pattie
Title/Object Name: Douglas and Pattie
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1944
Physical Details: 3 x 5 inches
Description: Intersection of Douglas and Pattie, northeast corner, during the flood of April 1944.
Keywords: Floods, commercial buildings, transportation, buses, people, automobiles, fires.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl471

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: 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: 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

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