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Link to Image Titled: Frank and Mabel Sweney
Title/Object Name: Frank and Mabel Sweney
Creator: Frank A. Wesely
Date Original: Circa 1925
Physical Details: 9.5 x 6.75 inches
Description: Studio portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sweney, owners of Sweney Bakery at 1011 West Douglas Avenue.
Keywords: Business and industry, people, West Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_Sweney,Frank&Mabel

Link to Image Titled: Forum Complex
Title/Object Name: Forum Complex
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1925
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Birdseye view looking southwest at the Forum Complex, 200 block South Water. The Murray Bridge is under construction on Lewis Street.
Keywords: Aerials, sports and recreation, arts and entertainment, bridges, automobiles.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1843

Link to Image Titled: Homer T. Harden
Title/Object Name: Homer T. Harden
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1925
Physical Details: 3 x 4 inches
Description: Portrait of Homer T. Harden.
Keywords: Business and industry, photography, people, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_Harden,Homer1

Link to Image Titled: Star Touring Car
Title/Object Name: Star Touring Car
Creator: F. A. Wesely
Date Original: Circa 1925
Physical Details: 3.75 x 3 inches
Description: Man and woman posed with a Star automobile. Location, Carleton School, 428 South Lawrence Avenue. Note the photographer’s shadow discreetly positioned in the foreground.
Keywords: Arts and entertainment, business and industry, education, people, street scenes, fashion, photography, transportation, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_T3-1.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Walter Beech and his plane
Title/Object Name: Walter Beech and his plane
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1925
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Walter Beech and his "Travel Air B6" Special Racing Plane for the National Air Tour. Travel Air Manufacturing Company was located on East Central.
Keywords: Aviation, people.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl592

Link to Image Titled: Missouri Pacific Depot
Title/Object Name: Missouri Pacific Depot
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1925
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Missouri Pacific Depot, 302 West Douglas.
Keywords: Transportation, depot, automobiles.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1216

Link to Image Titled: Wichita High School East
Title/Object Name: Wichita High School East
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1925
Physical Details: 9.5 x 7.5 inches
Description: Aerial view over campus of Wichita High School and Roosevelt Intermediate School. Looking southwest toward Lincoln Street; Douglas Avenue in foreground intersects with Grove Street at lower left. The complex of the high school included the main building, the gymnasium, and the shops. The new school boasted an auditorium with seating for 2200, a laundry, an ice plant, an office vault, a greenhouse, and a heating plant [A History of Wichita Public School Buildings, 1978, p 179]. The curve of trees at right indicates the original bed of Chisholm Creek which was straightened into the canal that bisects the view diagonally at top.
Keywords: Education, business and industry, rivers, residences, street scenes, houses, landscape, East High, neighborhood, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_A1-35.2.1

Link to Image Titled: Maiden Wichita
Title/Object Name: Maiden Wichita
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1925
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: View of "Maiden Wichita," first airplane produced by Travel Air Manufacturing Company. Prototype for Travel Air Model 4000 was powered by Wright J4 radial engine.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, business and industry.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Herb Rawdon Papers
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms81-06.12.7.37

Link to Image Titled: Mount Carmel Academy
Title/Object Name: Mount Carmel Academy
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1925
Physical Details: 3 x 3.75 inches
Description: Group of young women gathered around a fountain on the campus of Mount Carmel Academy.
Keywords: Education; religion; organizations, clubs and groups; Wichita; girls; students; school.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_H9-8.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Hamilton Intermediate School
Title/Object Name: Hamilton Intermediate School
Creator: A. J. Pullian
Date Original: Circa 1925
Physical Details: 4.5 x 2.25 inches
Description: Four unidentified boys in football uniforms. Location of school, 1405 South Lawrence Avenue (now Broadway).
Keywords: Sports and recreation; education; organizations, clubs and groups; people; students; Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_H11-12.1.1

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