Creator: Unidentified Wichita newspaper

Date Original: 1929

Physical Details: 4 x 4 inches

Description: Six women members of team sponsored by Wheeler Kelly Hagny Trust Company in a women’s bowling league. This photograph appeared in either an Eagle or Beacon article noting that all the team members had never bowled before joining that year’s competition. They came from last place to tie for second. All are identified (on file).

Keywords: Business and industry; people; organizations, clubs and groups; sports and recreation; Wichita.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photographic Contact Print

Collection Name:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_H11-47.1.1

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1929

Physical Details: 4 x 2.25 inches

Description: View of chauffeur inspecting a LaSalle automobile owned by John and Adeline Petrie. Note the “Wichita, the Air Capital” medallion mounted on the grille. Wichita adopted the Air Capital slogan in 1928. The logo was introduced to boost pride in the city after a contest sponsored by Kiwanis. Chamber of Commerce member who signed a safe-driving pledge received medallions for their automobiles. The Petries owned a local clothing store that bore their name.

Keywords: Business and industry; aviation; organizations, clubs and groups; people; transportation; African Americans; occupations; employment.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photographic Contact Print

Collection Name:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_T3-35.1.1

Creator: Edgar B. Smith

Date Original: Circa 1930

Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.25 inches

Description: Interior of Forum furnished for a ceremonial event, probably for the Order of the Eastern Star. Garlands and cascades of paper flowers hang lavishly from the ceiling; potted plants and floral arrangements have transformed the otherwise plain arena into a festive site. Silhouettes of white [live?] birds appear in motion, flying in a circular direction around the room from right to left.

Keywords: Arts and entertainment; organizations, clubs and groups; public events; ceremony; Wichita.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Tihen

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_E5-89.2.1

Creator: Edgar B. Smith

Date Original: Circa 1930

Physical Details: 7.25 x 9.25 inches

Description: View of the Maccabees’ building at 144 North Market Street, which housed the meeting rooms of the organization on the second floor and a retail business on the ground floor. The Knights of the Maccabees was an international fraternal and benevolent society founded in Ontario in 1878. After 1914 it was known simply as the The Maccabees. It provided financial benefits to families of sick or deceased members. It was organized to provide security to working class people who were not generally served by regular insurance companies. However, only white persons of sound health and good character were eligible for membership.

Keywords: Organizations, clubs and groups; architecture; business and industry; Wichita.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Tihen

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_D4-14.1.1

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1930

Physical Details: 3.75 x 2.5 inches

Description: Women’s physical education class. Location possibly Henrion gymnasium, which was built in 1921. In 1926, the citizens of Wichita agreed by vote to give support to Fairmount College and re-established it as a city-financed university.

Keywords: Education, sports and recreation; organizations, clubs and groups; people; fashion; exercise; fitness; gymnastics; Wichita.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photographic Contact Print

Collection Name:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_H11-16.1.1

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

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

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wsu_ms96-04.3.8.1

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1941

Physical Details: 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Description: Parade float decorated with Chinese and American flags promotes the sale of war bonds. The Chinese men riding the float were employees at the Pan American Cafe. They supported the war effort and some of them enlisted in the U.S. Armed Services during the war. Most are identified (on file).

Keywords: Wichita; public events; business and industry; military; organizations, clubs and groups; United States; China; Asian Americans.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Photographs

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_C3-10.1.1

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

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_H1-57.3.1

Creator: Wichita Eagle

Date Original: 1947

Physical Details: 6.5 x 4.5 inches

Description: Birdseye view of parade float sponsored by the Pan American Café. The women who worked as waitresses at this Chinese-owned restaurant dressed as "cowgirls" during the Chisholm Trail Jubilee events (see item wschm_H1-57.3.1).

Keywords: Business and industry; organizations, clubs and groups; public events; people; costumes; American flags; street scenes; Wichita.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_H1-57.3.2

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

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

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wsu_ms99-3.1.fratorgs.1

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