Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1905

Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches

Description: 215 East Douglas showing the National Bank of Wichita and the G. E. Hartman's Dancing Academy.

Keywords: Business and industry, people, fashion.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection

Repository: Wichita Public Library

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wpl_wpl1314

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: 1905

Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches

Description: Built by Oscar D. Barnes in 1905, on the southeast corner of Douglas and Lawrence (Broadway). The architect was C. W. Terry. It had 5 floors. The first four floors were office rooms and the 5th floor was bachelor apartments. This magnificent building was torn down twenty years later, in 1925, to make room for the new Union National Bank Building.

Keywords: Business and industry, horse, buggy.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection

Repository: Wichita Public Library

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wpl_wpl1321

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1905

Physical Details: 4 x 2.5 inches

Description: Members of Sam and Robert Israel families canoeing on the river (all identified, on file). The Riverside Boathouse is in the background on the east bank of the river at the Murdock Avenue bridge. The boathouse business was founded by the Israel family. Inset is small photo glued to original in album.

Keywords: Sports and recreation, parks, children, fashion, business and industry, people, transportation, Riverside Park, summer, Wichita.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photographic Contact Print

Collection Name:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_M1-2.1.7

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1905

Physical Details: 3 x 4.25 inches

Description: Portrait of city leader, Ben McLean (1859-1930). McLean was well-known as a banker in Wichita and was active in city government, serving three terms as Mayor (1901-1904 and 1923-1924). In 1934, a memorial fountain was constructed on McLean Boulevard near the Douglas Avenue bridge. His 24-room home at 313 North Seneca had been a local showcase in its time. The house was razed in 1969.

Keywords: People, government, business and industry, parks.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photographic Contact Print

Collection Name:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_McLean,Ben

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1905

Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches

Description: View of office, loading dock, plant and employees of Steffen-Bretch Ice and Ice Cream Company. These buildings were located at 623 East 1st Street, just three blocks south and west of Steffen's current site at 700 East Central Avenue.

Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, people.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Richard M. Long Collection

Repository: Wichita State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wsu_ms96-04.3.12.1

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1906

Physical Details: 5.5 x 7.5 inches

Description: Soda Fountain of the Royal Bakery, 416 East Douglas. Owner, George F. Bissantz behind counter at far left; his son, Edward Bissantz is small boy on stool.

Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, people, interiors, art nouveau, clothing, fashion, hairstyles, lamps.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Photographs

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_E5-64.1.1

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1906

Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches

Description: Interior of an unidentified drug store.

Keywords: Business and industry, people, fashion.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection

Repository: Wichita Public Library

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wpl_wpl1883

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1906

Physical Details: 4 x 3 inches

Description: Exterior view of business owned and identified in city directory as "Mrs. Mary E. Keith, Ladies Hair Dresser, Manicure, and Chiropodist, Parlors 111 North Main."

Keywords: Business and industry, health care, people, street scene, Wichita, beauty, African American, employment, occupation, Wichita.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photographic Contact Print

Collection Name:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_E3-37.1.1

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1907

Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches

Description: Lobby area with cigar stand and check in counter of the Hamilton Hotel, located at 238 South Main.

Keywords: Business and industry, interior, people, fashion.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection

Repository: Wichita Public Library

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wpl_wpl1446

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: 1907

Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches

Description: Apartment house that Frank Borden and Ralph Caler built. A few years later it was known as the Borden Flats. They were located at 301-305 South Lawrence (Broadway). Frank Borden was a contractor and Ralph Caler was a carpenter.

Keywords: Business and industry, porch.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection

Repository: Wichita Public Library

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wpl_wpl2024

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