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Link to Image Titled: Boulevard Theater
Title/Object Name: Boulevard Theater
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: 1956
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: Movie-goers line up at Boulevard Theater located at southwest corner of George Washington Boulevard and Lincoln Street. Theater was part of Boulevard Plaza Shopping Center which opened in December 1951. View is looking east from frontage road called George Washington Drive.
Keywords: Wichita, arts and entertainment, people, business and industry, buildings, street scenes.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.27

Link to Image Titled: El Charro Café
Title/Object Name: El Charro Café
Creator: Rorabaugh and Millsap
Date Original: Circa 1956
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.75 inches
Description: Looking southeast at El Charro Café, 5325 East Kellogg. A 1954 Oldsmobile 98, 4-door sedan is parked in the driveway.
Keywords: Business and industry, restaurant, automobile, transportation, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2SE-57.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Eastborough Pond
Title/Object Name: Eastborough Pond
Creator: Wichita Eagle
Date Original: 1956
Physical Details: 4.5 x 3 inches
Description: View of teenagers skating on pond located on the northeast corner, intersection of Kellogg and Woodlawn.
Keywords: Sports and recreation, parks, winter, automobiles, residences, clothing, fashion, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_M1-10.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Schweiter Building
Title/Object Name: Schweiter Building
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1956
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Schweiter Building, located at the northeast corner of Douglas and Main. Long's Shoe Salon was in the building. Notice the clock at the corner.
Keywords: Business and industry, automobile, street scenes.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1467

Link to Image Titled: Wind Tunnel
Title/Object Name: Wind Tunnel at University of Wichita
Creator: Don Dalrymple
Date Original: 1956
Physical Details: 7 x 5 inches
Description: Interior view of Walter H. Beech Memorial Wind Tunnel at University of Wichita (Wichita State University). John Ruptash, professor of aerospace engineering, works with students Jack Wolf and Robert Lamb. The wind tunnel has been used primarily for aviation research since the late 1940s.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, education, people.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: University Archives
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ua.wsu.windtunnel.1

Link to Image Titled: Lerner Shops Building
Title/Object Name: Lerner Shops Building
Creator: Rorabaugh & Milsap Studio
Date Original: 1956
Physical Details: 10 x 8 inches
Description: Final touches are applied to downtown construction of Lerner Shops building at 212 East Douglas. Lerner closed this location in 1979. Signs affixed to plate glass attribute glazing to longtime Wichita business Carl Graham Paint & Wallpaper company.
Keywords: Wichita, street scenes, business and industry, buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.71.11.1

Link to Image Titled: Winters Jewelry
Title/Object Name: Winters Jewelry
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: Circa 1956
Physical Details: 7 x 5 inches
Description: View of elaborate signage for Winters Jewelry store at 120 North Broadway. Other businesses shown are Klothes Kloset and Recreation Lanes, a bowling alley on the second floor.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, street scenes.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.22

Link to Image Titled: Douglas Avenue
Title/Object Name: Douglas Avenue
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: Circa 1956
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: View looking west on East Douglas Avenue from Mosley Street intersection. Some businesses are Standard Hotel, Grand Hotel, Dutchess Cafe, Sam's Sample Shoe Store and Miller's Recreation. Railroad overpass, Eaton Hotel, Union National Bank Building and Broadview Hotel in background.
Keywords: Wichita, street scenes, business and industry, transportation.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.26

Link to Image Titled: Wichita Residence
Title/Object Name: Wichita Residence
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: 1956
Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches
Description: View looking west toward "Holiday House by Woodbury," 2425 North Yale Street.
Keywords: Wichita, residences, holidays.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.30

Link to Image Titled: Douglas Avenue
Title/Object Name: Douglas Avenue
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: Circa 1956
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: View looking west on East Douglas Avenue from Pennsylvania Street intersection. Ben Robinson Buick at 1520 East Douglas was the successor to longtime Wichita car dealership, Butts Buick. Many businesses along Douglas Avenue including Domestic Laundry are marked by vertical signs.
Keywords: Wichita, street scenes, business and industry, signs.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.25

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