Link back to Wichita Photo Archives
Please click here to go to the updated Wichita Photo Archives website. The present site will be retired soon.

Your Search: Special Collections
Back To Home Page
New Search
Displaying Records 91 to 100 of 343
 First
Previous 10 Images
Next 10 Images
Last
Click image for larger view.



Link to Image Titled: Kansas Paint and Color Company Building
Title/Object Name: Kansas Paint and Color Company Building
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1935
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: View of Kansas Paint and Color Company building, 132 North Mosley. This building housed the Kansas Paint and Color Company from 1921 to 2003. It is located in the Old Town district.
Keywords: Wichita, buildings, business and industry.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.71.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Love Corrugated Box Company Exhibit at Kansas Diamond Jubilee Exhibition
Title/Object Name: Love Corrugated Box Company Exhibit at Kansas Diamond Jubilee Exhibition
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1936
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Display of Love Box Company boxes at Kansas Diamond Jubilee exhibition at the Forum, October 1936. Many local business names imprinted on boxes including Coleman, Arnholz Coffee, Southwest Cracker, Steffen's, Fox-Vliet Drug, McKesson-Potts Drug and Dold. Kansas Women's Christian Temperance Union exhibit at right featuring mechanical figure.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, public events.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.71.15.1

Link to Image Titled: Salvation Army
Title/Object Name: Salvation Army
Creator: Frank L. Cohen
Date Original: 1936
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Victor Murdock, editor-in-chief of the Wichita Eagle newspaper, makes speech on occasion of 50th anniversary of first Salvation Army street meeting in Wichita. Bronze tablet was placed in concrete in front of Farha Bootery shoe store, 116 East Douglas Avenue. Photograph taken May 12, 1936.
Keywords: Wichita; organizations, clubs and groups; public events; people; religion; business and industry; buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Richard M. Long Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms96-04.3.8.1

Link to Image Titled: City Directories at Wichita Chamber of Commerce Offices
Title/Object Name: City Directories at Wichita Chamber of Commerce Offices
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1936
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Display of city directories from across the nation at Wichita Chamber of Commerce offices. "We Believe in Wichita" promotional signs visible. Model is not identified.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, people, fashion.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.68.36.1

Link to Image Titled: Aerial view of downtown Wichita looking east
Title/Object Name: Aerial view of downtown Wichita looking east
Creator: Barnes Flying Service
Date Original: 1936
Physical Details: 7.25 x 9.25 inches
Description: Aerial view of downtown Wichita looking east from vantage point above Arkansas River. Broadview Hotel and associated Arkansas Valley Interurban station dominate lower center. Douglas Avenue vertically bisects view from river through intersection with Emporia Avenue at top.
Keywords: Wichita, aerials, business and industry
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms99-03.1.aerial-downtown.6

Link to Image Titled: Aerial view of downtown Wichita looking southwest
Title/Object Name: Aerial view of downtown Wichita looking southwest
Creator: Barnes Flying Service
Date Original: 1936
Physical Details: 7.25 x 9.25 inches
Description: Aerial view looking southwest over Wichita's downtown commercial district. Broadview Hotel is partially visible at upper right; Wichita City Hall building at center; Topeka Street bisects lower left corner. Building near center is Innes Department Store. Painted sign on its roof reads "Wichita" and includes arrow pointing to the municipal airport. Sign was first painted there in 1929.
Keywords: Wichita, aerials, business and industry
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms99-03.1.aerial-downtown.5

Link to Image Titled: Quiring Monument Company
Title/Object Name: Quiring Monument Company
Creator: Monty Barnes
Date Original: Circa 1937
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Aerial view of Quiring Monument Company, 925 North Hillside Street. View is looking west over Hillside Street and St. Louis and San Francisco (Frisco) railroad tracks. Quiring Texaco gas station at right.
Keywords: Wichita, aerials, business and industry.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.72.6.1

Link to Image Titled: College Hill Park Pool and Bathhouse
Title/Object Name: College Hill Park Pool and Bathhouse
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1937
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: View looking northwest toward College Hill Park swimming pool and bathhouse, 304 Circle Drive. Opened in 1937, facility was part of Work Projects Administration construction in Wichita. Neighborhood raised funds to renovate pool and bathhouse which reopened in 2000.
Keywords: Wichita, sports and recreation, parks, buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.72.51.3

Link to Image Titled: KANS Radio station sportscasters
Title/Object Name: KANS Radio station sportscasters
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1938
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: KANS Radio sportscasters ready to call the action. KANS began broadcasting in Wichita in 1936.
Keywords: Wichita, people, business and industry, sports and recreation.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.72.8.1

Link to Image Titled: View of New Municipal Beach, South Riverside Park
Title/Object Name: View of New Municipal Beach, South Riverside Park
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: 1938
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Municipal Beach swimming pool, located along Little Arkansas River in South Riverside Park, was completed in June 1938 by the Work Projects Administration. 1938 pool replaced 1923 pool. Current use of site is Ralph Wulz Tennis Center built in 1976.
Keywords: Wichita, sports and recreation, parks, people, swimming pools.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.72.51.1

Displaying Records 91 to 100 of 343
 First
Click image for larger view.