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Link to Image Titled: Conoco Filling Station
Title/Object Name: Conoco Filling Station
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1931
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: One of fourteen Continental Oil Company service stations listed in the 1931 telephone directory. Unidentified location. Example of domestic architectural styling. When automobiles were new, gas station buildings were designed to resemble small houses so that they would blend into the residential neighborhoods.
Keywords: Business and industry, street scenes, transportation, residences, gas station architecture, Tudor Revival, bungalows, gas pumps, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E3-59.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Goodrich-Silvertown, Inc. Filling Station
Title/Object Name: Goodrich-Silvertown, Inc. Filling Station
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1932
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Looking southwest across First Street at the Goodrich-Silvertown filling station, 159 North St. Francis Avenue. Sign on truck indicates date of Grand Opening. Good example of Art Deco/Art Moderne commercial architecture. The Allis Hotel and the Union National Bank are partially seen in background.
Keywords: Business and industry, transportation, automobiles, trucks, gas pumps, gas station architecture, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2NE-110.1.1

Link to Image Titled: The Forum
Title/Object Name: The Forum
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1932
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.25 inches
Description: Interior of Forum arena at 231 South Water Street. Site of an unidentified equestrian competition. The banners flanking the stage represented the history of Wichita with the slogans, “Spirit of Wichita” and “Art, Music, Science, Commerce, Agriculture.”
Keywords: Arts and entertainment, public events, sports and recreation, horse show, American flags.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E5-89.4.1

Link to Image Titled: The Forum
Title/Object Name: The Forum
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1934
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.25 inches
Description: Interior of exposition hall in the Forum complex, 231 South Water Street. Unidentified auto display featuring Buick automobiles and GMC trucks, including a long-distance passenger bus.
Keywords: Arts and entertainment, public events, transportation, cars.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E5-89.5.1

Link to Image Titled: Friendly Fever Clinic at 1028 North Broadway
Title/Object Name: Friendly Fever Clinic at 1028 North Broadway
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: 1934
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Friendly Fever Clinic at 1028 North Broadway, founded in 1934 by Drs. W. M. Edgerton and C. E. Richter; a clinic for homeopathic treatment
Keywords: Wichita, health care, residences, business and industry, Friendly Fever Clinic, Dr. W. Meredith Edgerton, Dr. Clarence E. Richter, Dr. Loren B. Miller, Anna Miller, diathermy, Biological Molecule Resonance Generator, homeopathy, doctors, medicine.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Edgar B. Smith Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_EBS408

Link to Image Titled: Coleman Company
Title/Object Name: Coleman Company
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1935
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Demonstration Car No. 12 of Wichita-based Coleman Lamp and Stove Company. Car trailer was equipped with Coleman-made appliances like lamps, lanterns, electric irons and toasters for display and demonstration.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Richard M. Long Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms96-04.2.8.1

Link to Image Titled: Hotel Lassen
Title/Object Name: Hotel Lassen
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: 1935
Physical Details: 7.25 x 9.5 inches
Description: View looking southwest at Lassen Hotel and intersection of Market and First Streets. Hotel address, 153 North Market. The building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Other businesses in view include Tilford’s Hotel Lassen Pharmacy, 155 North Market; Baxter’s Chili Parlor, 115 East First; Dave C. Bone Diamond & Art Shop, 149 North Market; Harry Snyder, Tailor, 147 North Market.
Keywords: Business and industry, residences, automobiles, street scenes, street car tracks.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D6-15.2.1

Link to Image Titled: Beech Aircraft Bound for Philippines
Title/Object Name: Beech Aircraft Bound for Philippines
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: 1935
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Beech Aircraft Company airplane in shipping container on Yellow Cab Company truck. Philippine Aerial Taxi Company in Manila is intended recipient. Truck parked in front of Factory A at Beech Aircraft plant.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, business and industry, transportation.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Walter H. and Olive Ann Beech Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms408.9.factory.5

Link to Image Titled: Hotel Lassen
Title/Object Name: Hotel Lassen
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: 1935
Physical Details: 9.5 x 7.25 inches
Description: Interior of Lassen Hotel, lobby with reception desk in background. Location, 153 North Market Street.
Keywords: Business and industry, residences, furniture, lamps, 1930s, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E5-93.1.3

Link to Image Titled: The Forum
Title/Object Name: The Forum
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1935
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.25 inches
Description: Interior of the Forum at 231 South Water Street. A large audience is attending what appears to be a butchering demonstration. Probably part of an exposition on agricultural and domestic arts. Booths on the perimeter of the arena display products such as home appliances and foods.
Keywords: Arts and entertainment, public events, people, clothing, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E5-89.1.1

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