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Link to Image Titled: Sign on West Douglas Avenue
Title/Object Name: Sign on West Douglas Avenue
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1915
Physical Details: 4 x 2.5 inches
Description: View of painted sign created by Wichita company Western Sign Works to advertise Zu Zu Ginger Snaps. Men pose on scaffolding in front of sign on unknown West Douglas Avenue building. Sign at lower right offers West Douglas lots for sale by J. R. Johnston who operated a business at 522 West Douglas Avenue.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, people, buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.66.9a.6

Link to Image Titled: Wichita City Library
Title/Object Name: Wichita City Library
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1915
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Wichita City Library, located at 220 South Main. This photo was taken soon after it opened. The library was built with a $75,000 gift from Andrew Carnegie. The city jail tower is located in the background.
Keywords: Libraries and museums, government.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1402

Link to Image Titled: John Van Leu Family
Title/Object Name: John Van Leu Family
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1915
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Rev. John Van Leu family. Left to right: Wendell, Vermillion, James, Geneva, Julia (holding Charles), Marguerite, Dorothy, and John H, Sr. Standing: John H. Jr.
Keywords: People, African American, fashion, children.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1381

Link to Image Titled: Oil Storage Tank
Title/Object Name: Oil Storage Tank
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1915
Physical Details: 4 x 3 inches
Description: E. C. Baker moving company transporting Standard Oil Company tank on horse-drawn wagon. Location, in front of Jap-A-Jap Salve and Face Crème Manufacturing Company, 709 East Murdock. Standard Oil was located at 700 North Santa Fe.
Keywords: Business and industry, people, street scene, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E6-6.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Cudahy Packing Company
Title/Object Name: Cudahy Packing Company
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1915
Physical Details: 3.25 x 2.5 inches
Description: Employees posed inside meat processing plant. Group includes one African American man and possibly one Hispanic man.
Keywords: Business and industry, men, labor, employment, occupation, work clothing, people, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E10-13.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Cudahy Packing Company
Title/Object Name: Cudahy Packing Company
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1915
Physical Details: 3.25 x 2.5 inches
Description: Interior of meat processing plant; employees working at making sausages.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, labor, employment, occupation, work clothing, people.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E10-13.1.2

Link to Image Titled: Wichita Union Station
Title/Object Name: Wichita Union Station
Creator: Arthur E. Spalton
Date Original: Circa 1915
Physical Details: 4 x 3.25 inches
Description: Railroad station built on east Douglas in 1914 to replace a decrepit Santa Fe Depot. Located at the site of elevated tracks that had been erected over Douglas in 1911. It housed a Fred Harvey restaurant and an imposing waiting room.
Keywords: Business and industry, public services, street scenes, transportation, automobiles, architecture, Beaux Arts.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D10-1.2.4

Link to Image Titled: Telephone Office
Title/Object Name: Telephone Office
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1915
Physical Details: 4 x 3 inches
Description: Interior of telephone office showing a woman seated at a switchboard console.
Keywords: Wichita, Business and industry, public services, people, employment.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E5-80.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Streetcar Employees
Title/Object Name: Streetcar Employees
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1915
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Group portrait of streetcar employees in uniform.
Keywords: People, uniforms.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1985

Link to Image Titled: Three Streetcar Employees
Title/Object Name: Three Streetcar Employees
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1915
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Three streetcar employees in uniform standing in front of a streetcar.
Keywords: People, uniforms.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1986

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