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Link to Image Titled: TWA Ford Trimotor
Title/Object Name: TWA Ford Trimotor
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1931
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: A Trans World Airlines Ford Trimotor Airplane carrying U.S. mail landing at Wichita Municipal Airport on South Oliver.
Keywords: Transportation, aviation, plane.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1961

Link to Image Titled: Wichita Municipal Airport and TWA Plane
Title/Object Name: Wichita Municipal Airport and TWA Plane
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1931
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Wichita Municipal Airport with a TWA Ford Trimotor Airplane in the foreground, located on South Oliver.
Keywords: Transportation, aviation, plane.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1963

Link to Image Titled: Pierce Arrow Sales Salon
Title/Object Name: Pierce Arrow Sales Salon
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1931
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: View looking northeast at salesroom for Pierce Arrow automobiles owned by Smith Motor Company. Location, 1404 East Douglas Avenue.
Keywords: Business and industry, transportation, street scenes, Tudor Revival, architecture, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2NE-109.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Western Lithograph and Office Supply Company
Title/Object Name: Western Lithograph and Office Supply Company
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1931
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: View looking southwest across intersection of Topeka Avenue (left) and First Street (right). The building housed the Western Lithograph Company plus the Western Drug Store on the ground floor corner at Topeka and the Orpheum Garage at the corner of First and Lawrence (now Broadway).
Keywords: Business and industry, transportation, automobiles, street scenes, architecture, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2NE-111.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Engine House No. 2
Title/Object Name: Engine House No. 2
Creator: R. Snyder
Date Original: 1931
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: View of Engine House No. 2, 500 South Topeka Street. The building was located on the southeast corner of Topeka and Lewis streets. Photograph taken September 22, 1931.
Keywords: Wichita, public services, buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.70.29.1

Link to Image Titled: Municipal Airport, 3800 South Oliver
Title/Object Name: Municipal Airport, 3800 South Oliver
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1931
Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches
Description: Front view of hangar, Richfield Company truck refueling an airplane. Wichita built the airport in 1929 to insure the city's place in the new cross-continent mail and passenger routes. The city was well-positioned for air travel due to its central geographic location and a growing aircraft industry.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, business and industry, transportation, air capital, aircraft.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D10-6.1.3

Link to Image Titled: Goodrich-Silvertown, Inc. Filling Station
Title/Object Name: Goodrich-Silvertown, Inc. Filling Station
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1932
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Looking southwest across First Street at the Goodrich-Silvertown filling station, 159 North St. Francis Avenue. Sign on truck indicates date of Grand Opening. Good example of Art Deco/Art Moderne commercial architecture. The Allis Hotel and the Union National Bank are partially seen in background.
Keywords: Business and industry, transportation, automobiles, trucks, gas pumps, gas station architecture, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2NE-110.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Stearman Aircraft factory
Title/Object Name: Stearman Aircraft factory
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1932
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Aerial view of Stearman Aircraft factory completed in late 1930 on South Oliver Street. View is looking northeast toward biplane flying over factory, and hangars and partially completed administration building at Wichita Municipal Airport. 31st Street South angles across center of image.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, business and industry, aerials.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.71.39.6

Link to Image Titled: Dr. John R. Brinkley and Morton Levand
Title/Object Name: Dr. John R. Brinkley and Morton Levand
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1932
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Dr. John R. Brinkley and Morton Levand pose in the press room of the Wichita Beacon newspaper. Dr. Brinkley, famous for his goat gland transplants, was an unsuccessful Kansas gubernatorial candidate in 1930, 1932 and 1934. The Levand family owned and published the Beacon from 1928 to 1960.
Keywords: Wichita, people, politicians.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Morton Levand Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms98-04.1.15.1

Link to Image Titled: The Forum
Title/Object Name: The Forum
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1932
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.25 inches
Description: Interior of Forum arena at 231 South Water Street. Site of an unidentified equestrian competition. The banners flanking the stage represented the history of Wichita with the slogans, “Spirit of Wichita” and “Art, Music, Science, Commerce, Agriculture.”
Keywords: Arts and entertainment, public events, sports and recreation, horse show, American flags.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E5-89.4.1

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