Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: 1930

Physical Details: 3.5 x 4.5 inches

Description: The first Nu-Way Sandwich Shop at 1416 West Douglas Avenue; it opened in 1928.

Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, Nu-Way, restaurant, West Side.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection

Repository: Wichita Public Library

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wpl_WPL1436

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1930

Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches

Description: Isaac Porter residence, 1459 Sherwood. Isaac and and wife, Emma, are in the center.

Keywords: Residences, people, African American, fashion, children, porch, fence.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection

Repository: Wichita Public Library

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wpl_wpl1382

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1930

Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.5 inches

Description: Looking east from the Lewis Street bridge over the Arkansas River. View toward the intersection of Lewis and Wichita Streets and beyond. Businesses include: J. A. Blunn Paint and Glass Company (214 West Lewis), Lewis Street Glass Company (218 West Lewis), Brooks Machine Company (225 West Lewis), and Conoco filling station (301 West Lewis).

Keywords: Business and industry, street scenes, automobiles, transportation, architecture, gas pumps, Wichita.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Tihen

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_U23-1.3.1

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1930

Physical Details: 7 x 9.5 inches

Description: Birdseye view looking east on Douglas Avenue from Broadview Hotel. The street extends through downtown commercial buildings, past the railroad overpass, and on to the Hillcrest Apartments building on the horizon at Hillside Avenue (see also item wschm_U2-1.3.10).

Keywords: Business and industry, street scenes, automobiles, panorama, Wichita.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Tihen

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_U2-1.3.9

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1930

Physical Details: 4 x 3 inches

Description: Group of boys gathered around a miniature automobile built by Leo L. McKenzie. The clown in the driver’s seat and the flags may indicate they are about to participate in a parade. McKenzie built and sold these small cars as a sideline to his business, McKenzie Body Works.

Keywords: Business and industry, children, people, transportation, Wichita.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photographic Contact Print

Collection Name:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_T3-34.1.8

Creator: Edgar B. Smith

Date Original: Circa 1930

Physical Details: 7.25 x 9.25 inches

Description: View of the Maccabees’ building at 144 North Market Street, which housed the meeting rooms of the organization on the second floor and a retail business on the ground floor. The Knights of the Maccabees was an international fraternal and benevolent society founded in Ontario in 1878. After 1914 it was known simply as the The Maccabees. It provided financial benefits to families of sick or deceased members. It was organized to provide security to working class people who were not generally served by regular insurance companies. However, only white persons of sound health and good character were eligible for membership.

Keywords: Organizations, clubs and groups; architecture; business and industry; Wichita.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Tihen

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_D4-14.1.1

Creator: Edgar B. Smith

Date Original: Circa 1930

Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.25 inches

Description: Looking west at the rear driveway of a Phillips Petroleum Company service station (304 South Water Street). The Forum, a venue for community events, is in the background.

Keywords: Business and industry, Dodge Brothers trucks, transportation, gasoline tank trucks, Wichita.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Tihen

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_D2SW-22.1.1

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1930

Physical Details: 9.5 x 7.25 inches

Description: Interior of unidentified hotel, showing adjoining guest bedrooms.

Keywords: Business and industry, residences, furniture, bedroom suite, Wichita.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Tihen

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_E5-94.1.1

Creator: Edgar B. Smith

Date Original: Circa 1930

Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.25 inches

Description: Interior of Forum furnished for a ceremonial event, probably for the Order of the Eastern Star. Garlands and cascades of paper flowers hang lavishly from the ceiling; potted plants and floral arrangements have transformed the otherwise plain arena into a festive site. Silhouettes of white [live?] birds appear in motion, flying in a circular direction around the room from right to left.

Keywords: Arts and entertainment; organizations, clubs and groups; public events; ceremony; Wichita.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Tihen

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_E5-89.2.1

Creator: Edgar B. Smith

Date Original: Circa 1930

Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.25 inches

Description: Interior of exposition hall in the Forum complex, 231 South Water Street. The scene is a large display of tractors and farm implements, probably part of an agricultural convention.

Keywords: Arts and entertainment, business and industry, public events, transportation, farming, John Deere, Wichita.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Tihen

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_E5-89.3.1

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