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Link to Image Titled: Members of the Printing Industry of Wichita
Title/Object Name: Members of the Printing Industry of Wichita
Creator: Frank A. Wesely
Date Original: 1921
Physical Details: 7.25 x 9.5 inches
Description: Group portrait of men who represented printing companies in Wichita. All are identified and their companies included the Wichita Eagle, Wichita Beacon, Mid-Continent Engraving, Love Corrugated Box Company, Grit Printing Company, Horner Print Company, Mid-West Bindery, Western Lithograph, Ballard Engraving Company, Advance Printing company, and Franklin Printing. The young woman is identified as the Executive Secretary of the Printing Industry of Wichita, offices at 408 York Rite Masonic Temple Building.
Keywords: Business and industry, people, organizations, clubs, and groups
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_H1-52.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Kansas Theatre
Title/Object Name: Kansas Theatre
Creator: Frank A. Wesely
Date Original: 1922
Physical Details: 7.5 x 9 inches
Description: Exterior of Kansas Theatre at 221 East Douglas Avenue. The entrance to the theater replicates the ticket booth to a horse-racing track to advertise the feature film “Kentucky Derby.” Signs proclaim “Races 11 to 11” and “Place All Bets Here.” The black and white silent film opened in 1922.
Keywords: Entertainment, business and industry, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D8-7.1.2

Link to Image Titled: Frank and Mabel Sweney
Title/Object Name: Frank and Mabel Sweney
Creator: Frank A. Wesely
Date Original: Circa 1925
Physical Details: 9.5 x 6.75 inches
Description: Studio portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sweney, owners of Sweney Bakery at 1011 West Douglas Avenue.
Keywords: Business and industry, people, West Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_Sweney,Frank&Mabel

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: Bitting Avenue Bridge
Title/Object Name: Bitting Avenue Bridge
Creator: Frank A. Wesely (?)
Date Original: Circa 1935
Physical Details: 9.5 x 7.5 inches
Description: View looking slightly northeast at bridge over the Little Arkansas River between Twelfth and Thirteenth Streets on Bitting Avenue. The bridge was constructed in 1933 to replace a former, unsafe bridge. It was built with federal relief funds provided by the Civil Works Administration (CWA) during the Great Depression. The tower of Wichita High School North rises over the trees in the distant center background. The shadow of the photographer and his camera blend into the grass and shadows in the near foreground.
Keywords: Bridges, rivers, landscapes, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_S2-18.2.1

Link to Image Titled: Campbell Bridge
Title/Object Name: Campbell Bridge
Creator: Frank A. Wesely (?)
Date Original: Circa 1935
Physical Details: 9.5 x 7.5 inches
Description: View of bridge at Eleventh Street on the Little Arkansas River. Originally identified as Campbell Bridge due to its proximity to the Burton H. Campbell residence on the west side of the river. Funds for construction of the bridge were provided by a New Deal relief program, the Civil Works Administration, during the Great Depression. The shadow of the photographer and his camera on the grass in the foreground may have been a signature of Frank Wesely.
Keywords: Bridges, rivers, landscapes, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_S2-19.2.1

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