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Link to Image Titled: Turner Opera House
Title/Object Name: Turner Opera House
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1880
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: An international organization which included most of the city's German residents, was the Turnverein Society. They built the Turner Opera House, at the southwest corner of Market and First Street. It opened November 6, 1879. Many theatrical productions were held here.
Keywords: Arts and entertainment, horse, buggy.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1339

Link to Image Titled: St. John's Episcopal Church
Title/Object Name: St. John's Episcopal Church
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1880
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: This was the second St. John's Episcopal Church. It was located between First and Second Streets on the west side of North Lawrence (Broadway).
Keywords: Religion.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1954

Link to Image Titled: Home of C. D. Phillips
Title/Object Name: Home of C. D. Phillips
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1880
Physical Details: 4 x 3 inches
Description: Residence identified as 433 South Market Street; owned by C. D. Phillips, owner of the Wichita Cracker Company. Members of his family are grouped near the house.
Keywords: Architecture, Victorian, people, houses, horse and buggy, baby carriage, dog, sunbonnet, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_433.S.Market-1

Link to Image Titled: Home of A. W. Bitting
Title/Object Name: Home of A. W. Bitting
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1882
Physical Details: 4.25 x 2.5 inches
Description: Residence at 259 North Emporia Avenue. Identified as the first home of Alfred W. Bitting, who, with his brother Charles, established a long-lived clothing business on the northwest corner of Douglas Avenue and Market Street.
Keywords: People, business and industry, houses, children, high-wheeled bicycles, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_259.N.Emporia-1

Link to Image Titled: Nicholas Steffen and the Steffen Bakery Wagon
Title/Object Name: Nicholas Steffen and the Steffen Bakery Wagon
Creator: Rorabaugh & Millsap Studio
Date Original: 1882
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Nicholas Steffen and the Steffen Bakery Wagon.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, Nicholas Steffen, wagon, horses, Steffen Bakery.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Richard M. Long Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms96-4.3.11.1

Link to Image Titled: Rose and Mueller Greenhouse
Title/Object Name: Rose and Mueller Greenhouse
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1883
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: Interior of a greenhouse owned by Charles P. Mueller and C. A. Rose. Located at the intersection of Guthrie and High Streets (Guthrie is now known as Hood, High Street may have been in vicinity of present 23rd Street). C. A. Rose is in foreground, C. P. Mueller in background.
Keywords: Wichita, agriculture, business and industry, people, plants, florists.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E5-1.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Girl with Dog
Title/Object Name: Girl with Dog
Creator: Nereus Baldwin
Date Original: Circa 1883
Physical Details: 2 x 3 inches
Description: Portrait of an unidentified child. A dog is seated in a doll carriage at her side.
Keywords: Children, fashion, toys, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_UnidChild-1986.101.3

Link to Image Titled: Wichita High School Class
Title/Object Name: Wichita High School Class
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1883
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Wichita High School class of 1883. The school was located between Second and Third on east side of Emporia.
Keywords: Education, people, fashion.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1770

Link to Image Titled: Second City Jail
Title/Object Name: Second City Jail
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1884
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Second Wichita city jail on the southeast corner of "Courthouse Square" at 500 North Main Street
Keywords: Wichita, government, public services, jails, prisons, detention centers.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_WPL1282

Link to Image Titled: Mule Cars on North Main Street
Title/Object Name: Mule Cars on North Main Street
Creator: Rogers Studio
Date Original: 1884
Physical Details: 6.75 x 4.75 inches
Description: Wichita Street Railway mule cars in front of a house and stables on the east side of the 400 block of North Main Street
Keywords: Wichita, transportation, street scenes, residences, mule cars, street railway, streetcars.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: W. S. and Guy Rogers Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_ROG218

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