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Link to Image Titled: Jayanell Factory
Title/Object Name: Jayanell Factory
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: 1930
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Cutting room at the Jayanell factory showing part of the miles of cloth that was made into uniforms. The factory, built in 1925, was located at 9th and Mosley streets.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.68.47.1

Link to Image Titled: Wichita High School North
Title/Object Name: Wichita High School North
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1930
Physical Details: 9.5 x 7.5 inches
Description: Young women students in Home Economics cooking class. North High School opened in 1929.
Keywords: Education, girls, fashion, aprons, yelloware mixing bowl, recipes, kitchen, domestic arts, African American, interior.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_H9-56.1.2

Link to Image Titled: Wichita High School North
Title/Object Name: Wichita High School North
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1930
Physical Details: 9.5 x 7.25 inches
Description: Looking west at Wichita High School North, 1437 Rochester. Designed by architect Glen H. Thomas, built in 1928-1929; design style is American Art Deco with a Native American and pioneer theme. Narrative sculptural figures were designed by prominent Wichita artist, Bruce Moore. The U-shaped building provided classrooms, a cafeteria, an auditorium with seating for 1500 students, and a gymnasium [A History of Wichita Public School Buildings, 1978, p 189].
Keywords: Education, architecture, North High.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D7-43.1.1

Link to Image Titled: The Forum
Title/Object Name: The Forum
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1930
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.25 inches
Description: Interior of exposition hall in the Forum complex, 231 South Water Street. The scene is a large display of tractors and farm implements, probably part of an agricultural convention.
Keywords: Arts and entertainment, business and industry, public events, transportation, farming, John Deere, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E5-89.3.1

Link to Image Titled: Wichita High School North
Title/Object Name: Wichita High School North
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1930
Physical Details: 9.5 x 7.5 inches
Description: Young women students in Home Economics sewing class. The lesson on the blackboard describes the characteristics of bungalow architecture. The charts indicate color combinations.
Keywords: Education, girls, fashion, clothing, Singer sewing machines, needlework, domestic arts, interior, furniture, African American, Hispanic American.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_H9-56.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Wichita High School North Tower
Title/Object Name: Wichita High School North Tower
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1930
Physical Details: 10 x 8 inches
Description: Detail of Wichita High School North Tower. Wichita artist Bruce Moore designed decorative elements of building exterior. Located at 1437 North Rochester, North High School was opened in 1929.
Keywords: Wichita, education, buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.73.25.2

Link to Image Titled: Pierce Arrow Sales Salon
Title/Object Name: Pierce Arrow Sales Salon
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1931
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Interior view of automobile salesroom at 1404 East Douglas Avenue. Distributorship owned by Smith Motor Company.
Keywords: Business and industry, transportation, furniture, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E5-95.1.2

Link to Image Titled: Pierce Arrow Sales Salon
Title/Object Name: Pierce Arrow Sales Salon
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1931
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: View looking northeast at salesroom for Pierce Arrow automobiles owned by Smith Motor Company. Location, 1404 East Douglas Avenue.
Keywords: Business and industry, transportation, street scenes, Tudor Revival, architecture, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2NE-109.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Western Lithograph and Office Supply Company
Title/Object Name: Western Lithograph and Office Supply Company
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1931
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: View looking southwest across intersection of Topeka Avenue (left) and First Street (right). The building housed the Western Lithograph Company plus the Western Drug Store on the ground floor corner at Topeka and the Orpheum Garage at the corner of First and Lawrence (now Broadway).
Keywords: Business and industry, transportation, automobiles, street scenes, architecture, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2NE-111.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Allis Hotel
Title/Object Name: Allis Hotel
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1931
Physical Details: 7.25 x 9.25 inches
Description: Birdseye view of the Allis Hotel, 204 South Broadway. The seventeen-story building was designed by the architectural firm of Schmidt, Boucher, and Overend. It opened for business on December 4, 1930. The rooftop sign was constructed by Claude Neon Federal Company. Other businesses partially in view include, Rock Island Lumber & Coal Company, Iten Biscuit Company, Grit Printery Building. The hotel-owned Kit Kat Coffee Shop is seen at 212 South Broadway.
Keywords: Business and industry, architecture, street scenes, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D6-13.2.1

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