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Link to Image Titled: 1937 Packard
Title/Object Name: 1938 Packard
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1949
Physical Details: 3.5 x 2.5 inches
Description: Automobile painted with slogans that advertise the Wagon Wheel Tavern, featuring their "Wag-Inn Burgers” at 201 North Walnut Avenue. Children not identified.
Keywords: Business and industry, cars, Delano neighborhood, West Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_T3-19.1.1

Link to Image Titled: The Dymaxion House
Title/Object Name: The Dymaxion House
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1949
Physical Details: 3.75 x 3 inches
Description: Exterior, rear view of “Wichita House,” constructed near Wichita in Rose Hill, Kansas, in 1948. Designed and named by R. Buckminster Fuller. He coined the term “Dymaxion” by combining two favorite words, “dynamic” and ”maximize” (see also wschm_R2dymax5).
Keywords: Residences, architecture, domestic scene, automobiles, Butler County.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_R2dymax4

Link to Image Titled: Bath house at Sandy Beach
Title/Object Name: Bath house at Sandy Beach
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1949
Physical Details: 3 x 5 inches
Description: Bath house at Sandy Beach, located at 5800 South Seneca.
Keywords: People, sports and recreation, swimming.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl513

Link to Image Titled: Diving tower and slide at Sandy Beach
Title/Object Name: Diving tower and slide at Sandy Beach
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1949
Physical Details: 3 x 5 inches
Description: Diving Tower and Slide at Sandy Beach, located at 5800 South Seneca.
Keywords: People, sports and recreation, swimming.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl515

Link to Image Titled: Wichita City Library
Title/Object Name: Wichita City Library
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
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1856

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