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Link to Image Titled: Library Workers Preparing Books
Title/Object Name: Library Workers Preparing Books
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1878
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Del Baldwin, Tence Massey and Anna Pope are preparing library books for circulation. The library was housed in Nereus Baldwin's photographic gallery, located in the 100 block East Douglas. Baldwin was an early Wichita photographer.
Keywords: Libraries and museums, people, studio.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl2003


Link to Image Titled: Wichita Library Personnel
Title/Object Name: Wichita Library Personnel
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1903
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Interior of the Wichita City Library, located inside City Hall at 204 South Main. Assistant Librarians Laura Bell and Kathryn A. Cossitt are seated at the desk. Anna Eugene Wiegand, the Librarian, is standing. The library moved from the City Hall building to the Carnegie library building located next door at 230 South Main in May 1915.
Keywords: Libraries and museums, women, people, fashion, books.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1407


Link to Image Titled: Wichita City Building
Title/Object Name: Wichita City Building
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1908
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: View of original City Hall, known popularly as the "City Building," located on the southeast corner of Main and William Streets; "Mayor's Office" painted on third floor window. Presently houses the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum. Original Central Fire Station at left, and Wichita Eagle building at far left, corner of Market and William Streets.
Keywords: Wichita, government, libraries and museums, public services, street scenes, transportation, architecture, Richardsonian Romanesque.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D9-3.1.4


Link to Image Titled: Wichita City Library
Title/Object Name: Wichita City Library
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1915
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Wichita City Library, located at 220 South Main. This photo was taken soon after it opened. The library was built with a $75,000 gift from Andrew Carnegie. The city jail tower is located in the background.
Keywords: Libraries and museums, government.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1402


Link to Image Titled: Wichita City Library Bookmobile
Title/Object Name: Wichita City Library Bookmobile
Creator: Lauritson G. Whittier
Date Original: Circa 1925
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Wichita City Library Bookmobile parked on lawn in front of old Carnegie library.
Keywords: Wichita, libraries and museums, education, public services, transportation, arts and entertainment, public library, bookmobile, books.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_WPL1807


Link to Image Titled: Friends University Museum
Title/Object Name: Friends University Museum
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1935
Physical Details: 5 x 6.5 inches
Description: Curator Mark A. Reeve poses with tusks at the Friends University Museum located on the upper floors of Davis Hall. In operation from 1929 to mid-1990s, the museum was later renamed the Fellow-Reeve Museum.
Keywords: Wichita, libraries and museums, education, people.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.70.36.1


Link to Image Titled: Wichita City Library Children's Stacks
Title/Object Name: Wichita City Library Children's Stacks
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1946
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Wichita City Library Children's Stacks. The Library was located at 220 South Main.
Keywords: Libraries and museums, people, children, fashion, books.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1801


Link to Image Titled: Wichita Art Association
Title/Object Name: Wichita Art Association
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1948
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Early location of Wichita Art Association in College Hill neighborhood. The building at 401 North Belmont, built as a residence in 1913, was used by the Association from 1942 to 1964. The Art Association moved to its current location in 1964.
Keywords: Wichita, libraries and museums, arts and entertainment, education, buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.67.8.4


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


Link to Image Titled: Wichita City Library Circulation Desk
Title/Object Name: Wichita City Library Circulation Desk
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1949
Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches
Description: First floor interior of the Wichita City Library located at 220 South Main.
Keywords: Libraries and museums, people.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1416


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