Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: 1878

Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches

Description: Del Baldwin, Tence Massey and Anna Pope are preparing library books for circulation. The library was housed in Nereus Baldwin's photographic gallery, located in the 100 block East Douglas. Baldwin was an early Wichita photographer.

Keywords: Libraries and museums, people, studio.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection

Repository: Wichita Public Library

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wpl_wpl2003

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: 1903

Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches

Description: Interior of the Wichita City Library, located inside City Hall at 204 South Main. Assistant Librarians Laura Bell and Kathryn A. Cossitt are seated at the desk. Anna Eugene Wiegand, the Librarian, is standing. The library moved from the City Hall building to the Carnegie library building located next door at 230 South Main in May 1915.

Keywords: Libraries and museums, women, people, fashion, books.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection

Repository: Wichita Public Library

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wpl_wpl1407

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: 1908

Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches

Description: View of original City Hall, known popularly as the "City Building," located on the southeast corner of Main and William Streets; "Mayor's Office" painted on third floor window. Presently houses the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum. Original Central Fire Station at left, and Wichita Eagle building at far left, corner of Market and William Streets.

Keywords: Wichita, government, libraries and museums, public services, street scenes, transportation, architecture, Richardsonian Romanesque.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_D9-3.1.4

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: 1915

Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches

Description: Wichita City Library, located at 220 South Main. This photo was taken soon after it opened. The library was built with a $75,000 gift from Andrew Carnegie. The city jail tower is located in the background.

Keywords: Libraries and museums, government.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection

Repository: Wichita Public Library

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wpl_wpl1402

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

Repository: Wichita Public Library

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wpl_WPL1807

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: 1935

Physical Details: 5 x 6.5 inches

Description: Curator Mark A. Reeve poses with tusks at the Friends University Museum located on the upper floors of Davis Hall. In operation from 1929 to mid-1990s, the museum was later renamed the Fellow-Reeve Museum.

Keywords: Wichita, libraries and museums, education, people.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Chamber of Commerce

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

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.70.36.1

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

Repository: Wichita Public Library

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wpl_wpl1801

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: 1948

Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches

Description: Early location of Wichita Art Association in College Hill neighborhood. The building at 401 North Belmont, built as a residence in 1913, was used by the Association from 1942 to 1964. The Art Association moved to its current location in 1964.

Keywords: Wichita, libraries and museums, arts and entertainment, education, buildings.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce

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

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.67.8.4

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1949

Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches

Description: Wichita City Library Business Department, 220 South Main.

Keywords: Libraries and museums, people, fashion, books.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection

Repository: Wichita Public Library

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wpl_wpl1856

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1949

Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches

Description: Interior of the Wichita City Library, located at 220 South Main. Librarian Sally McMillan Stephans is seated at desk. The murals are by Arthur Covey.

Keywords: Libraries and museums, people.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection

Repository: Wichita Public Library

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wpl_wpl1414

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