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Link to Image Titled: First airplane flown in Wichita at the Walnut Grove air meet
Title/Object Name: First airplane flown in Wichita at the Walnut Grove air meet
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1911
Physical Details: 3.5 x 5.5 inches
Description: First airplane flown in Wichita at the Walnut Grove air meet, north of the city. Eugene Ely pilots a Curtiss bi-plane during Wichita's first air show.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, public events, Eugene Ely, airplane, horses.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Kansas and the West Aviation Photographs
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms353.0.0.1

Link to Image Titled: War Bond Parade
Title/Object Name: War Bond Parade
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1917
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: A War Bond Parade in April 1917. The parade is on South Water Street heading towards the Wichita Forum.
Keywords: Public events, street scenes, automobiles, flags, marching bands, people, fashion.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1473

Link to Image Titled: World War I Victory Parade
Title/Object Name: World War I Victory Parade
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1919
Physical Details: 7 x 10 inches
Description: Parade to celebrate the return of soldiers from World War I. Wichita erected the Victory Arch at the intersection of Douglas and Lawrence (now known as Broadway) for the occasion. Buildings in the background include: Winne, Fourth National Bank, Bitting, and Schweiter.
Keywords: Wichita, military, public events, street scenes, people, automobiles, soldiers, children, clothing.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_L1-3.1.14

Link to Image Titled: Parade on East Douglas
Title/Object Name: Parade on East Douglas
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1919
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Parade in the 100 block East Douglas looking east. Buildings that can be seen include Dockum Drugs and Kerns on the south side. On the north side is the Bitting Building, Fourth National Bank, the Michigan Building, the Zimmerly Building and the George Innes Company.
Keywords: Public events, street scenes, commercial buildings, automobiles, people, marching band, streetcar, fashion.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1814

Link to Image Titled: Victory Arch
Title/Object Name: Victory Arch
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1919
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Victory Arch, looking east on Douglas from Lawrence (Broadway).
Keywords: Public events, street scenes, automobiles, street car.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1386

Link to Image Titled: Telephone Company Picnic
Title/Object Name: Telephone Company Picnic
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1920
Physical Details: 4 x 3 inches
Description: Seven men playing golf on a miniature-sized course laid out among the trees. Various features of the course have signs to indicate “Men’s Tee,” “Women’s Tee,” etc. Location unknown, sandy ground may indicate a river bank.
Keywords: Business and industry, people, public events, sports and recreation, transportation, automobiles, fashion, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_H1-53.1.9

Link to Image Titled: International Wheat Show Exposition
Title/Object Name: International Wheat Show Exposition
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1920
Physical Details: 7 x 10 inches
Description: Five men carrying blocks of ice in preparation for a Wheat Show exhibit in the Wichita Forum, which was located in the 200 block of South Water Street. Various decorative objects, including a doll, a spray of wheat, a basket of flowers, a duck, and a row of apples are frozen in the ice. The City Market was part of the Forum Complex.
Keywords: Wichita, agriculture, arts and entertainment, business and industry, people, public events.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E10-7.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Parade Scene
Title/Object Name: Parade Scene
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1924
Physical Details: 4 x 2 inches
Description: Looking east in the 300 block of Douglas Avenue, July 8, 1924. Group of people identified as “Rorabaugh Pioneers” (employees of Rorabaugh Dry Goods Company) are celebrating the annual Rorabaugh Employees Company Picnic with a parade. Business signs in view: Innes Cosgrove Music, Midwest Insurance Company, Toy Land, Orr’s Book Store, Newark Shoe Store, J. W. Jenkins & Sons Music Company, Western Pacific Tea Company, Wichita Hotel, and Eaton Hotel.
Keywords: Business and industry; organizations, clubs and groups; public events; street scenes; Wichita; fashion; children; automobile; transportation.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_L1-22.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Gage Brewer “Hawaiian Entertainers”
Title/Object Name: Gage Brewer “Hawaiian Entertainers”
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1925
Physical Details: 4 x 3 inches
Description: Group leader Gage Brewer (seated) in the early years of his career as a musician, songwriter, and dance orchestra leader. His group began performing on radio in Wichita, then traveled in and out of the U.S., and ultimately Brewer established the Shadowlands Dance Club in Wichita in 1937.
Keywords: Arts and entertainment, business and industry, public events, guitars, banjos.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_H5-36.3.1

Link to Image Titled: Bathing Beauty Contest
Title/Object Name: Bathing Beauty Contest
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1925
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Beauty contest sponsored by the Wichita Eagle.
Keywords: Wichita; business and industry; organizations, clubs and groups; public events; sports and recreation; clothing; fashion; swim suits; bathing costumes; hair styles.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Photographs
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_L5-1.1.1

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