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Link to Image Titled: Salvation Army
Title/Object Name: Salvation Army
Creator: Frank L. Cohen
Date Original: 1936
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Victor Murdock, editor-in-chief of the Wichita Eagle newspaper, makes speech on occasion of 50th anniversary of first Salvation Army street meeting in Wichita. Bronze tablet was placed in concrete in front of Farha Bootery shoe store, 116 East Douglas Avenue. Photograph taken May 12, 1936.
Keywords: Wichita; organizations, clubs and groups; public events; people; religion; business and industry; buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Richard M. Long Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms96-04.3.8.1

Link to Image Titled: Love Corrugated Box Company Exhibit at Kansas Diamond Jubilee Exhibition
Title/Object Name: Love Corrugated Box Company Exhibit at Kansas Diamond Jubilee Exhibition
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1936
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Display of Love Box Company boxes at Kansas Diamond Jubilee exhibition at the Forum, October 1936. Many local business names imprinted on boxes including Coleman, Arnholz Coffee, Southwest Cracker, Steffen's, Fox-Vliet Drug, McKesson-Potts Drug and Dold. Kansas Women's Christian Temperance Union exhibit at right featuring mechanical figure.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, public events.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.71.15.1

Link to Image Titled: City Directories at Wichita Chamber of Commerce Offices
Title/Object Name: City Directories at Wichita Chamber of Commerce Offices
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1936
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Display of city directories from across the nation at Wichita Chamber of Commerce offices. "We Believe in Wichita" promotional signs visible. Model is not identified.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, people, fashion.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.68.36.1

Link to Image Titled: President Roosevelt and First Lady, Eleanor
Title/Object Name: President Roosevelt and First Lady, Eleanor
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1936
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: President Franklin Roosevelt and First Lady, Eleanor, soon after arriving at Union Station. In background is the Jett & Wood Mercantile Company.
Keywords: Government, people, public events, hats, clothing.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl60

Link to Image Titled: Aerial view of downtown Wichita looking east
Title/Object Name: Aerial view of downtown Wichita looking east
Creator: Barnes Flying Service
Date Original: 1936
Physical Details: 7.25 x 9.25 inches
Description: Aerial view of downtown Wichita looking east from vantage point above Arkansas River. Broadview Hotel and associated Arkansas Valley Interurban station dominate lower center. Douglas Avenue vertically bisects view from river through intersection with Emporia Avenue at top.
Keywords: Wichita, aerials, business and industry
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms99-03.1.aerial-downtown.6

Link to Image Titled: Aerial view of downtown Wichita looking southwest
Title/Object Name: Aerial view of downtown Wichita looking southwest
Creator: Barnes Flying Service
Date Original: 1936
Physical Details: 7.25 x 9.25 inches
Description: Aerial view looking southwest over Wichita's downtown commercial district. Broadview Hotel is partially visible at upper right; Wichita City Hall building at center; Topeka Street bisects lower left corner. Building near center is Innes Department Store. Painted sign on its roof reads "Wichita" and includes arrow pointing to the municipal airport. Sign was first painted there in 1929.
Keywords: Wichita, aerials, business and industry
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms99-03.1.aerial-downtown.5

Link to Image Titled: Seneca Street
Title/Object Name: Seneca Street
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1936
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.5 inches
Description: Looking south on north Seneca Street toward intersection of Douglas Avenue. Businesses in view include: Conoco filling station and Texaco filling station (100 block North Seneca), The Palace Block (northeast corner Douglas and Seneca), Wichita Hospital and School for Nurses (1102 West Douglas), Fairchild Hotel (1101½ West Douglas).
Keywords: Business and industry, street scenes, transportation, automobiles, gas pumps, railroad crossing signals, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_U22-2.3.1

Link to Image Titled: Kansas Diamond Jubilee at Wichita Forum
Title/Object Name: Kansas Diamond Jubilee at Wichita Forum
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1936
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Birdseye view of the Street Fair and Forum Complex located at 201 South Water.
Keywords: Aerials, arts and entertainment, public events, automobile, gas station.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl2005

Link to Image Titled: Buick Automobile and Travel Trailer
Title/Object Name: Buick Automobile and Travel Trailer
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1936
Physical Details: 3.75 x 2.25 inches
Description: 1936 Buick and its companion trailer parked in front of Butts Motor Company (1520 East Douglas Avenue). The scene suggests that a customer has made a purchase and intends to go on a family trip in the latest style.
Keywords: Business and industry, street scenes, sports and recreation, camping, transportation, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_T3-32.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Hotel Lassen
Title/Object Name: Hotel Lassen
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: 1936
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.25 inches
Description: Beauty shop located in the Lassen Hotel.
Keywords: Business and industry, electric hair dryers, electric permanent wave machine, manicure table, Christmas decorations, 1930s, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E5-93.1.1

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