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Link to Image Titled: The Forum
Title/Object Name: The Forum
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1928
Physical Details: 4 x 3 inches
Description: Looking southeast at the Forum on Water Street between William and English. The entire building developed in stages over the years. The first section, on the south end officially opened in 1911. The Exposition Hall and Arcadia Theater on the north end were completed by 1918. At the time it was built, other proposed names for the facility included Hippodrome, Wigwam, and Wichitorium. The Forum hosted a range of public events from Pavlova and Paderewski to circuses and auto shows. It was demolished in 1965 to make way for the Century II Convention Center.
Keywords: Business and industry, arts and entertainment, public events, street scenes, transportation, automobiles, filling stations.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D9-6.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Standard Oil Company Filling Station
Title/Object Name: Standard Oil Company Filling Station
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1928
Physical Details: 6 x 4 inches
Description: Unidentified Standard Oil Company service station with attendants ready to assist the motoring public.
Keywords: Business and industry, gas stations, gas pumps, transportation, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E3-61.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Home of Clifford E. Skaer
Title/Object Name: Home of Clifford E. Skaer
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1928
Physical Details: 4.25 x 3 inches
Description: Residence located at 2722 East Douglas Avenue. Mrs. Annette Skaer, widow of C. E. Skaer and her children are seen on the front lawn.
Keywords: People, architecture, houses, College Hill, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_2722.E.Douglas-1

Link to Image Titled: Mission-style Bungalows
Title/Object Name: Mission-style Bungalows
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1929
Physical Details: 3.75 x 3 inches
Description: Looking southeast at intersection of Oakland and Hillside. View of Spanish Mission-style residences in the College Hill neighborhood. Addresses of houses from left to right: 3217, 3211, 3209 Oakland, and 134 South Hillside Avenue.
Keywords: Architecture, homes, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_134.S.Hillside-1

Link to Image Titled: Eastborough
Title/Object Name: Eastborough
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1929
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: Aerial view looking east toward Eastborough and beyond. Douglas Avenue runs along right border and divides just east of intersection with Woodlawn Boulevard. Residences built or under construction along St. James Place, Hillcrest Avenue, Norfolk Drive and Highland Road. Photograph taken March 8, 1929.
Keywords: Wichita, aerials, residences.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Walter H. and Olive Ann Beech Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms408.9.factory.1

Link to Image Titled: Eastborough
Title/Object Name: Eastborough
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1929
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: Aerial view looking east toward Eastborough and beyond. Woodlawn Boulevard runs from left to right along lower portion; divided Douglas Avenue is at right. Construction of residences in Eastborough began in 1928. Photograph taken March 8, 1929.
Keywords: Wichita, aerials, residences.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Walter H. and Olive Ann Beech Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms408.9.factory.2

Link to Image Titled: Travel Air
Title/Object Name: Travel Air
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1929
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: Aerial view looking east toward Travel Air Airplane Manufacturing Company near intersection of East Central Avenue and North Webb Road. Unit C factory under construction. Photograph taken March 8, 1929.
Keywords: Wichita, aerials, aviation, business and industry.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Walter H. and Olive Ann Beech Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms408.9.factory.8

Link to Image Titled: Ward Braley in
Title/Object Name: Ward Braley in "Beezle Bug"
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1929
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Ward Braley in his "Beezle Bug" B1 airplane. Ward was the son of Tom Braley of the Braley Aircraft Co.
Keywords: Aviation, people, aircraft.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl291

Link to Image Titled: S. H. Kress & Company
Title/Object Name: S. H. Kress & Company
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1929
Physical Details: 7.75 x 9.5 inches
Description: Interior view of the Kress Department Store at 224 East Douglas Avenue. The lunch counter and additional retail goods were located in the basement level of this national chain store.
Keywords: Business and industry, five and ten-cent stores, five and dime, dime stores, chain stores, furnishings, cafes, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E5-96.1.2

Link to Image Titled: Innes Tea Room
Title/Object Name: Innes Tea Room
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1929
Physical Details: 3.5 x 2.25 inches
Description: Interior of tea room located in the Innes Dry Goods Company, 121 South Lawrence (now Broadway). The popular restaurant retained a reputation as a fashionable downtown eating place into the 1960s.
Keywords: Business and industry, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E5-40.1.1

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