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Link to Image Titled: 600 Block East Douglas
Title/Object Name: 600 Block East Douglas
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1919
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: 600 block East Douglas looking west. The Eaton Hotel is on the left at Douglas and St. Francis. The Victory Arch can be seen in the distance.
Keywords: Street scenes, commercial buildings, automobiles, streetcars, horse, buggy.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1478

Link to Image Titled: Bitting Building Construction
Title/Object Name: Bitting Building Construction
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1919
Physical Details: 6 x 10 inches
Description: Construction on the Bitting Building, 107 North Market, at the northwest corner of Market and Douglas. The Bitting brothers, Charles W. and A. W., had a clothing store here since about 1886. The prior building caught fire in January 1911, and a four-story brick building quickly replaced it. In 1919, seven additional floors were added.
Keywords: Street scenes, commercial buildings, flags, automobiles, trolley.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl348

Link to Image Titled: World War I Victory Parade
Title/Object Name: World War I Victory Parade
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1919
Physical Details: 7 x 10 inches
Description: Parade to celebrate the return of soldiers from World War I. Wichita erected the Victory Arch at the intersection of Douglas and Lawrence (now known as Broadway) for the occasion. Buildings in the background include: Winne, Fourth National Bank, Bitting, and Schweiter.
Keywords: Wichita, military, public events, street scenes, people, automobiles, soldiers, children, clothing.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_L1-3.1.14

Link to Image Titled: Victory Arch
Title/Object Name: Victory Arch
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1919
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Victory Arch, looking east on Douglas from Lawrence (Broadway).
Keywords: Public events, street scenes, automobiles, street car.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1386

Link to Image Titled: Billboards at Douglas Avenue and Ellis Street
Title/Object Name: Billboards at Douglas Avenue and Ellis Street
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1920
Physical Details: 7.25 x 9.5 inches
Description: View looking south at billboards on southwest corner of Douglas Avenue and Ellis Street. Created by Western Sign Works Company, the billboards advertise Holmes Clothing Company, Peerless Dairy, Steel Hardware Company, and Wheeler-Kelly & Hagny Insurance.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, street scenes, advertisements.
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.8

Link to Image Titled: Billboards in Downtown Wichita
Title/Object Name: Billboards in Downtown Wichita
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1922
Physical Details: 4 x 7 inches
Description: Billboards at southwest corner of William and Lawrence (Broadway) streets, on site where McClellan Hotel now stands. Created by Wichita company Western Sign Works, billboards advertise Comley Lumber, Wichita Automobile and Eberhardt-Hays Music companies.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, street scenes, advertisements.
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.3

Link to Image Titled: Ritchie Construction Company
Title/Object Name: Ritchie Construction Company
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1922
Physical Details: 4 x 3.25 inches
Description: Wagon, teams, and steam-operated machines, including a “steam shovel,” owned by Ritchie Construction Company excavating a site at Second Street and Crestway in the College Hill neighborhood.
Keywords: Business and industry, development, residences, people, occupation, employment, street scenes, transportation, landscape, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E10-12.1.1

Link to Image Titled: 200 Block East Douglas
Title/Object Name: 200 Block East Douglas
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1922
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: 200 Block East Douglas looking west. Three major buildings are the J. O. Adams Music Company located in the Michigan Building, the Fourth National Bank, and the Bitting Building.
Keywords: Street scenes, transportaion, automobiles, streetcars, commercial buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl351

Link to Image Titled: Main and Douglas Street Construction
Title/Object Name: Main and Douglas Street Construction
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1923
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Street construction at Main and Douglas looking south. The Boston Store is on the southeast corner of Main and Douglas. Part of the City Building can be seen towards the end of South Main.
Keywords: Street scenes, transportation, automobiles.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1247

Link to Image Titled: Parade Scene
Title/Object Name: Parade Scene
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1924
Physical Details: 4 x 2 inches
Description: Looking east in the 300 block of Douglas Avenue, July 8, 1924. Group of people identified as “Rorabaugh Pioneers” (employees of Rorabaugh Dry Goods Company) are celebrating the annual Rorabaugh Employees Company Picnic with a parade. Business signs in view: Innes Cosgrove Music, Midwest Insurance Company, Toy Land, Orr’s Book Store, Newark Shoe Store, J. W. Jenkins & Sons Music Company, Western Pacific Tea Company, Wichita Hotel, and Eaton Hotel.
Keywords: Business and industry; organizations, clubs and groups; public events; street scenes; Wichita; fashion; children; automobile; transportation.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_L1-22.1.1

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