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Link to Image Titled: Canteen at Union Station
Title/Object Name: Canteen at Union Station
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1943
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: This is a Canteen sponsored by the Soroptomist Club, located in the Union Station, 701 East Douglas. Servicemen were welcomed by the volunteers.
Keywords: People, military, business and industry, service counter, restaurant, African American.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1223

Link to Image Titled: Candyland Counter Help
Title/Object Name: Candyland Counter Help
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1943
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Counter help at Candyland, a confectionery and restaurant located at 128 North Broadway owned by Andrew C. Mikes.
Keywords: Business and industry, interior, people, fashion, uniforms, African American.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl2025

Link to Image Titled: Farmers and Bankers Life Insurance Office Interior
Title/Object Name: Farmers and Bankers Life Insurance Office Interior
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1943
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Interior of Farmers and Bankers Life Insurance Office, northeast corner of 1st and Market.
Keywords: Business and industry, furniture.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1449

Link to Image Titled: Quizzer Baseball
Title/Object Name: Quizzer Baseball
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1943
Physical Details: 3.25 x 2.5 inches
Description: Anniversary celebration of local radio quiz show called “Quizzer Baseball.” The show was broadcast by KFH radio station from the Civic Theatre, located at 725 West Douglas Avenue.
Keywords: Arts and entertainment, business and industry, fashion, accordion, public events, west side, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_L4-4.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Farmers and Bankers Building
Title/Object Name: Farmers and Bankers Building
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1943
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Farmers and Bankers Life Insurance Building, on the northeast corner of First and Market. KFBI Radio Station was on the 5th floor. Next to it is the Elks Building, 212 North Market. Weigand & Sons had offices in the building. It is now known as Landmark Square.
Keywords: Street scenes, people, automobiles, commercial buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl398

Link to Image Titled: Douglas and Pattie
Title/Object Name: Douglas and Pattie
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1944
Physical Details: 3 x 5 inches
Description: Intersection of Douglas and Pattie, northeast corner, during the flood of April 1944.
Keywords: Floods, commercial buildings, transportation, buses, people, automobiles, fires.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl471

Link to Image Titled: Home of James N. Lew
Title/Object Name: Home of James N. Lew
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1944
Physical Details: 3.25 x 2 inches
Description: First home purchased by James and Arline Lew. The house, at 646 North Battin, is typical of single-family homes that were built to accommodate the growing population of the city during the defense work of WWII. Mrs. Lew, seen seated on the porch with her son and another child, was the first known Chinese American woman to live in the city. After the war, many Chinese men living in Wichita were finally able to bring their wives to the U.S. from China.
Keywords: Residences, business and industry, people, domestic scenes.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_646.N.Battin-1

Link to Image Titled: Boeing Airplane Company B-29
Title/Object Name: Boeing Airplane Company B-29
Creator: Boeing Airplane Company
Date Original: 1944
Physical Details: 10 x 8 inches
Description: Boeing Airplane Company riveters at work on B-29 airplane in Wichita plant.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, business and industry, people, airplanes.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.68.22.1

Link to Image Titled: Stearman Aircraft Division of Boeing Airplane Company
Title/Object Name: Stearman Aircraft Division of Boeing Airplane Company
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1944
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Building trainers for the Army and Navy at the Stearman Aircraft Division of the Boeing Airplane Company in Wichita.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, business and industry, military.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.67.10.3

Link to Image Titled: Buckminster Fuller at Beech Aircraft Company
Title/Object Name: Buckminster Fuller at Beech Aircraft Company
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1944
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: R. Buckminster Fuller shows his Dymaxion Globe to Walter Beech and others at the Beech Aircraft Company offices in Wichita. Fuller teamed with the company to produce his Dymaxion Dwelling Machine. Dymaxion Industrial Strategy map in background.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, aviation, Dymaxion House.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.70.40.1

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