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Link to Image Titled: Pan American Cafe Waitresses
Title/Object Name: Pan American Cafe Waitresses
Creator: Wichita Eagle
Date Original: 1947
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Sixteen women dressed as "cowgirls" in celebration of the Chisholm Trail Jubilee, September, 1947. The week-long festival included rodeos, street dances, historical re-enactments, parades, and prominent dignitaries. The women wore their costumes to work and in a parade. All are identified (on file).
Keywords: Wichita; business and industry; organizations, clubs and groups; public events; people; hats; boots; saddle shoes.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Photographs
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_H1-57.3.1

Link to Image Titled: Butts Motor Company
Title/Object Name: Butts Motor Company
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: 1947
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Looking northeast at Butts Motor Company, 1520-24 and 1600 East Douglas. The photograph may have been staged to advertise the sale of cars with special controls to disabled people such as the men with the crutches. During the 1940s the Oldsmobile Company developed the first fully automatic transmission and promoted the “Hydra-Matic” to injured veterans returning from World War II. Each vehicle was equipped with controls determined by an individual’s specific needs. Other businesses in view include The Ferndale Café, Kansas Press, and Orpheum Cleaners.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, people, street scenes, transportation, automobiles, Cadillac, cars, crutches, military, service men, WW II.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2NE-103.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Chisholm Trail Jubilee Parade
Title/Object Name: Chisholm Trail Jubilee Parade
Creator: Wichita Eagle
Date Original: 1947
Physical Details: 6.5 x 4.5 inches
Description: Birdseye view of parade float sponsored by the Pan American Café. The women who worked as waitresses at this Chinese-owned restaurant dressed as "cowgirls" during the Chisholm Trail Jubilee events (see item wschm_H1-57.3.1).
Keywords: Business and industry; organizations, clubs and groups; public events; people; costumes; American flags; street scenes; Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_H1-57.3.2

Link to Image Titled: Wichita Fire Department Drill Tower
Title/Object Name: Wichita Fire Department Drill Tower
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1948
Physical Details: 10 x 8 inches
Description: Firemen practice with Peter Pirsch aerial ladder truck at Wichita Fire Department's drill tower.
Keywords: Wichita, public services, people, buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Richard M. Long Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms96-04.2.12.1

Link to Image Titled: De Luxe Barber Shop interior
Title/Object Name: De Luxe Barber Shop interior
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1948
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Interior view of De Luxe Barber Shop at 1209 East 9th Street showing employees and patrons. From left, Sullivan S. Starks is first barber, and owner Theo Sayers is third barber.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, people, barbers, manicurists, shoe shines, interiors, African Americans.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms99-3.1.barbershops.1

Link to Image Titled: Wichita Art Association Class
Title/Object Name: Wichita Art Association Class
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1948
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Class at Wichita Art Association located at 401 North Belmont in College Hill neighborhood.
Keywords: Wichita, people, arts and entertainment, education.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.67.8.2

Link to Image Titled: Scholarship Class at Wichita Art Association
Title/Object Name: Scholarship Class at Wichita Art Association
Creator: Wichita Beacon
Date Original: 1948
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Scholarship class at Wichita Art Association located at 401 North Belmont in College Hill neighborhood.
Keywords: Wichita, people, arts and entertainment, education.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.67.8.3

Link to Image Titled: Gala Opening of Henry's
Title/Object Name: Gala Opening of Henry's
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1948
Physical Details: 6 x 6.5 inches
Description: Henry Levitt, right, greets guests at gala opening of his family's downtown department store, Henry's. Local sports figure Robert "Red" Shadoan at far left. Photograph taken November 15, 1948. In background is drawing of store exterior. Located at northeast corner of Broadway and William streets, building was designed by Wichita architects Overend and Boucher.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, people.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Robert “Red” Shadoan Scrapbook
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2001-03.2.1.1

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Title/Object Name: "Tasco" Prototype Automobile
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1948
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Prototype car, acronym name stands for "The American Sportscar Company." Based on a design by Gordon Buehrig, built of post-World War II aluminum. It was shown in Wichita in 1948 in the hope of contracting with Beech Aircraft Company for production of the aviation-inspired automobile. This model is the only one ever built, it is now owned by the Cord Auburn Dusenberg Museum in Auburn, Indiana. Shown here at the Cardwell Manufacturing Company in Wichita; owner H. W. Cardwell and employees are identified (on file).
Keywords: Aviation, business and industry, people, transportation, WW II, World War II, racing cars.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_T3-41.1.2

Link to Image Titled: Dymaxion House
Title/Object Name: Dymaxion House
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1949
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Exterior, front view of “Wichita House,” constructed near Wichita in Rose Hill, Kansas, in 1948. A 1948 Packard automobile is parked at right. The visionary design by R. Buckminster Fuller was based on his 1927 plan for a mass-produced house called the Dymaxion Dwelling Machine. Beech Aircraft Company constructed the house to demonstrate affordable, prefabricated housing that would take advantage of World War II surplus materials. The structure was made of aluminum and designed to withstand the elements, including a Kansas tornado. This model was one of only two prototypes ever produced. In 1991 the William Graham family donated it to the Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan.
Keywords: People, residences, transportation, architecture, houses, children, goats, automobiles, Butler County.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_R2dymax5

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