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Link to Image Titled: Missouri Pacific Depot
Title/Object Name: Missouri Pacific Depot
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1925
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Missouri Pacific Depot, 302 West Douglas.
Keywords: Transportation, depot, automobiles.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1216

Link to Image Titled: Star Touring Car
Title/Object Name: Star Touring Car
Creator: F. A. Wesely
Date Original: Circa 1925
Physical Details: 3.75 x 3 inches
Description: Man and woman posed with a Star automobile. Location, Carleton School, 428 South Lawrence Avenue. Note the photographer’s shadow discreetly positioned in the foreground.
Keywords: Arts and entertainment, business and industry, education, people, street scenes, fashion, photography, transportation, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_T3-1.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Wichita City Library Bookmobile
Title/Object Name: Wichita City Library Bookmobile
Creator: Lauritson G. Whittier
Date Original: Circa 1925
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Wichita City Library Bookmobile parked on lawn in front of old Carnegie library.
Keywords: Wichita, libraries and museums, education, public services, transportation, arts and entertainment, public library, bookmobile, books.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_WPL1807

Link to Image Titled: Jewett Automobile
Title/Object Name: Jewett Automobile
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1926
Physical Details: 3.5 x 3 inches
Description: An unidentified woman is posed as she steps into a Jewett auto. An unknown woman is also in the rear seat.
Keywords: Street scenes, cars, transportation, fashion, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_T3-4.3.1

Link to Image Titled: The Forum
Title/Object Name: The Forum
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1928
Physical Details: 4 x 3 inches
Description: Looking southeast at the Forum on Water Street between William and English. The entire building developed in stages over the years. The first section, on the south end officially opened in 1911. The Exposition Hall and Arcadia Theater on the north end were completed by 1918. At the time it was built, other proposed names for the facility included Hippodrome, Wigwam, and Wichitorium. The Forum hosted a range of public events from Pavlova and Paderewski to circuses and auto shows. It was demolished in 1965 to make way for the Century II Convention Center.
Keywords: Business and industry, arts and entertainment, public events, street scenes, transportation, automobiles, filling stations.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D9-6.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Standard Oil Company Filling Station
Title/Object Name: Standard Oil Company Filling Station
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1928
Physical Details: 6 x 4 inches
Description: Unidentified Standard Oil Company service station with attendants ready to assist the motoring public.
Keywords: Business and industry, gas stations, gas pumps, transportation, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E3-61.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Steel Trusses for Roswell, New Mexico
Title/Object Name: Steel Trusses for Roswell, New Mexico
Creator: Whittier
Date Original: 1928
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Steel trusses for Roswell, New Mexico, manufactured by Western Iron & Foundry Company. View is looking southeast from railroad tracks toward Keen Kutter building, International Harvester Company and Winfield Wholesale Grocery Company. Photograph taken June 22, 1928.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, transportation.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.72.48.3

Link to Image Titled: Riverside Boat Company
Title/Object Name: Riverside Boat Company
Creator: Homer T. Harden
Date Original: Circa 1928
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Looking east across the Little Arkansas River at the Riverside Boathouse (known earlier as Israel's Boathouse and Murdock Avenue Boathouse). Founded near the intersection of Murdock and Waco, in the late 1890s, the boat rental business and its original small structure, grew in size and commercial enterprise for more than 50 years. It was demolished during the "urban renewal" efforts of the 1960s.
Keywords: Wichita, bridges, business and industry, parks, people, public events, rivers, sports and recreation, transportation, canoes, boating, swimming.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_M1-2.3.4

Link to Image Titled: Domestic Laundry and Dry Cleaners
Title/Object Name: Domestic Laundry and Dry Cleaners
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1929
Physical Details: 9.5 x 7.5 inches
Description: Looking slightly southeast at Domestic Laundry (1425 East Douglas Avenue). Business at right is Wichita Auto Wash (1407 East Douglas).
Keywords: Business and industry, street scenes, transportation, automobiles, architecture, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2SE-24.2.1

Link to Image Titled: Rajah Rabbitry
Title/Object Name: Rajah Rabbitry
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: 1929
Physical Details: 4 x 3 inches
Description: Birdseye view of commercial enterprise known as Rajah Rabbitry. Owner JS “Rajah” Porter promoted his business as an investment opportunity to Wichitans, promising to buy back offspring of the rabbits he sold. Within the next year he suddenly left town and many local people lost money in the scheme. This photograph was published in the Wichita Beacon, November 10, 1929.
Keywords: Business and industry, automobile, transportation, scandal, con game.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2NW-33.1.1

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