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Link to Image Titled: Shadowlands Dance Club
Title/Object Name: Shadowlands Dance Club
Creator: Barnes Flying Service
Date Original: Circa 1939
Physical Details: 3.75 x 3 inches
Description: Aerial view of dance club at 2459 North Hillside Avenue; operated by band leader Gage Brewer [The black rectangle is an editor’s crop mark for publication]. The club also offered dance instruction with this 1943 advertisement: “This Famous Dance Club had Developed an Entirely New Method of Teaching Which Enables Anyone to Quickly Become a Popular, Interesting Partner. Save Time, Money, Disappointment, by Taking Our Guaranteed Course -- You Learn to Lead and Follow Correctly in Five Lessons.”
Keywords: Arts and entertainment, business and industry, Gage Brewer’s Hawaiian Orchestra, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2NE-102.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Droll’s English Grill
Title/Object Name: Droll’s English Grill
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: 1939
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.5 inches
Description: Looking north at Droll’s English Grill, 3120 East Central Avenue. This photograph was taken for the grand opening of the new restaurant near the intersection of Central and Hillside Avenues. An artist’s rendering of this view was published in the Wichita Eagle, December 10, 1939. A full-page advertisement in the same newspaper stated, “Here the same wholesome, delicious food will be served that has made Droll’s English Grill famous for distinctive quality.” The restaurant celebrated its seventh anniversary that year. It was formerly located at 117 North Broadway.
Keywords: Business and industry, restaurant, architecture, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2NE-107.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Demonstration of automatic home plate duster at National Baseball Congress Tournament
Title/Object Name: Demonstration of automatic home plate duster at National Baseball Congress Tournament
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1939
Physical Details: 7 x 8.25 inches
Description: Demonstration of automatic home plate duster in Lawrence (Lawrence-Dumont) stadium. It was developed by Ray Dumont, founder of the National Baseball Congress Tournament. Ray "Hap" Dumont sports hat in this image.
Keywords: Wichita, sports and recreation, business and industry, Ray Dumont, baseball, stadium, Lawrence-Dumont stadium, Cardwell Manufacturing Company, National Baseball Congress tournament.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Richard M. Long Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms96-4.2.26.1

Link to Image Titled: Wichita High School East
Title/Object Name: Wichita High School East
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1940
Physical Details: 4 x 6 inches
Description: View looking southeast toward Wichita High School East located at 2301 East Douglas Avenue.
Keywords: Wichita, education, buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.70.16.2

Link to Image Titled: Wichita High School North
Title/Object Name: Wichita High School North
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1940
Physical Details: 4 x 6 inches
Description: View looking northwest toward Wichita High School North located at 1437 Rochester.
Keywords: Wichita, education, buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.70.16.1

Link to Image Titled: Ellis-Singleton Building
Title/Object Name: Ellis-Singleton Building
Creator: Mid-Continent Engraving Co.
Date Original: 1940
Physical Details: 7 x 5 inches
Description: Entrance to the Ellis-Singleton Building at 221 South Broadway. The building, now known as the Petroleum Building, was completed in 1929.
Keywords: Wichita, buildings, architecture.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.70.19.1

Link to Image Titled: Birds' eye view of Douglas Avenue
Title/Object Name: Birds' eye view of Douglas Avenue
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1940
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Birds' eye view from Broadview Hotel looking east down Douglas Avenue; shows Missouri-Pacific Depot, Hotel Pacific, First National Bank, Hinkels, Central Building.
Keywords: Wichita, street scenes, business and industry, railroad depots, hotels.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Chamber of Commerce Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_CHA643

Link to Image Titled: Little Arkansas River and Wichita High School North
Title/Object Name: Little Arkansas River and Wichita High School North
Creator: Neumann
Date Original: Circa 1940
Physical Details: 4.75 x 6 inches
Description: View looking northeast from bend in Little Arkansas River toward North High School. At center is Minisa Bridge which carries 13th Street traffic over river.
Keywords: Wichita, rivers, bridges, education.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.73.25.1

Link to Image Titled: Fourth National Bank in Wichita
Title/Object Name: Fourth National Bank in Wichita
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1940
Physical Details: 10 x 8 inches
Description: Fourth National Bank in Wichita located at the northeast corner of Market Street and Douglas Avenue.
Keywords: Wichita, street scenes, banks, buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.67.13.6

Link to Image Titled: Police Department
Title/Object Name: Police Department
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1940
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: View looking southwest toward Police Department, 109 East William, located between F. J. Busch's Shoe Shop and City Hall. Built in 1908 as Wichita's central fire station, it was remodeled for the police department in 1934 using federal emergency relief funds. Building was razed in the late 1970s.
Keywords: Wichita, public services, street scenes, buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.72.1.1

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