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Link to Image Titled: The West-Urn Café
Title/Object Name: The West-Urn Café
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1946
Physical Details: 2 x 3 inches
Description: Identified as the West-Urn Café, 839 Parker. Operated by the owner of the West-Urn Grill, from 1946-1948. Parker Street is now incorporated into part of 13th Street. It originally extended west from the Little Arkansas River bridge to the city limits at the Arkansas River bridge. A 1937 Ford automobile is parked in front of the restaurant.
Keywords: Business and industry, restaurant, automobile, transportation, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2NW-37.1.1

Link to Image Titled: 81 Drive In Theatre
Title/Object Name: 81 Drive In Theatre
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1946
Physical Details: 10 x 7 inches
Description: The 81 Drive In Theatre was Wichita’s first drive-in theater. It opened in August, 1946. The theater was located north of the city limits at 6250 North Broadway. It took its name from US Highway 81, which coincided with Broadway as it crossed Wichita north to south. The motion picture “The Hurricane” was first released in 1937.
Keywords: Arts and entertainment, business and industry, sports and recreation, movies, films, Dorothy Lamour, Jon Hall, Mary Astor, architecture.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D8-12.2.1

Link to Image Titled: Wichita City Library Children's Stacks
Title/Object Name: Wichita City Library Children's Stacks
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1946
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Wichita City Library Children's Stacks. The Library was located at 220 South Main.
Keywords: Libraries and museums, people, children, fashion, books.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1801

Link to Image Titled: Joyland Amusement Park Children's Train
Title/Object Name: Joyland Amusement Park Children's Train
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1946
Physical Details: 5 x 10 inches
Description: Joyland Amusement Park, located at 1515 East Central. The train was made by Ottaway Amusements.
Keywords: Parks, people.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl2000

Link to Image Titled: Cessna Airplane at Wilson Field Skyway Inn
Title/Object Name: Cessna Airplane at Wilson Field Skyway Inn
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1946
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Cessna airplane parked in front of Wilson Field Skyway Inn located east of intersection of 37th Street and North Webb Road. Later the airport was expanded and renamed Jabara Airport.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, people, airports.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.69.3.1

Link to Image Titled: Wilson Field Airport
Title/Object Name: Wilson Field Airport
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1947
Physical Details: 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Description: Wilson Field airport located east of intersection of 37th Street and North Webb Road was opened in 1944 and named for Fred D. Wilson, Wichita banker. Later it was renamed and expanded as Jabara Airport.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, airports, airplanes, transportation.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.67.10.2

Link to Image Titled: Red Star Milling Company
Title/Object Name: Red Star Milling Company
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1947
Physical Details: 4 x 3 inches
Description: Birdseye view looking northeast from 18th Street. Main office and mill of Red Star Milling Company, 430 East 18th Street, in foreground. Pillsbury’s Best Flour grain elevator, 2100 North Emporia, in background
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_A2-34.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Emith Temple Christmas party at Dunbar Theater
Title/Object Name: Emith Temple Christmas party at Dunbar Theater
Creator: F. L. Cohen Studio
Date Original: 1947
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Christmas party sponsored by Emith Temple, a fraternal organization, at the Dunbar Theater, 1007 Cleveland, in December 1947.
Keywords: Wichita; organizations, clubs and groups; arts and entertainment; Emith Temple; children; Dunbar Theater; interiors; African Americans.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms99-3.1.fratorgs.1

Link to Image Titled: Butts Motor Company
Title/Object Name: Butts Motor Company
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: 1947
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Looking northeast at Butts Motor Company, 1520-24 and 1600 East Douglas. The photograph may have been staged to advertise the sale of cars with special controls to disabled people such as the men with the crutches. During the 1940s the Oldsmobile Company developed the first fully automatic transmission and promoted the “Hydra-Matic” to injured veterans returning from World War II. Each vehicle was equipped with controls determined by an individual’s specific needs. Other businesses in view include The Ferndale Café, Kansas Press, and Orpheum Cleaners.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, people, street scenes, transportation, automobiles, Cadillac, cars, crutches, military, service men, WW II.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2NE-103.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Pan American Cafe Waitresses
Title/Object Name: Pan American Cafe Waitresses
Creator: Wichita Eagle
Date Original: 1947
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Sixteen women dressed as "cowgirls" in celebration of the Chisholm Trail Jubilee, September, 1947. The week-long festival included rodeos, street dances, historical re-enactments, parades, and prominent dignitaries. The women wore their costumes to work and in a parade. All are identified (on file).
Keywords: Wichita; business and industry; organizations, clubs and groups; public events; people; hats; boots; saddle shoes.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Photographs
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_H1-57.3.1

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