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Link to Image Titled: First Church in Wichita
Title/Object Name: First Church in Wichita
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1870
Physical Details: 4.5 x 6.5 inches
Description: Congregation posed in front of first church building in Wichita.
Keywords: Wichita, religion, people, churches, St. John's Episcopal Church, architecture.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Richard M. Long Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms96-4.2.6.2

Link to Image Titled: Wichita's Main Street in 1870, Looking North from Douglas Avenue
Title/Object Name: Wichita's Main Street in 1870, Looking North from Douglas Avenue
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1870
Physical Details: 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Description: View of Main Street in Wichita, looking north from Douglas Avenue.
Keywords: Wichita, street scenes, people, transportation, business and industry, stores, covered wagons, wagons, horses.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Ignace Mead Jones Collection of James R. Mead Papers
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms91-3.9.14.1

Link to Image Titled: James R. Mead Residence
Title/Object Name: James R. Mead Residence
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1872
Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches
Description: Residence of James R. Mead, 307 East Central.
Keywords: Residences, people, mansard roof.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl523

Link to Image Titled: Frontier Fire Company
Title/Object Name: Frontier Fire Company
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1872
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Frontier Fire Company shortly after it was organized.
Keywords: Organizations, clubs, and groups, people, public services.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1835

Link to Image Titled: Early Train to Wichita
Title/Object Name: Early Train to Wichita
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1872
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Wichita & Southwestern Train. This was one of the early trains that came in from Newton, Kansas.
Keywords: Transportation, depot, people, engine.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1232

Link to Image Titled: Deffenbaugh and Lewis Mill
Title/Object Name: Deffenbaugh and Lewis Mill
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1874
Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches
Description: View of the first mill in Wichita. Located at Hydraulic and First Streets.
Keywords: Wichita, agriculture, business and industry, street scenes, transportation.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2NE-1.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Douglas Avenue looking east
Title/Object Name: Douglas Avenue looking east
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1874
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Douglas Avenue looking east from Main. The New York Store is on the north side. Dunscombs is on the south side.
Keywords: Street scenes, horses, wagons, commercial buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl354

Link to Image Titled: Main Street, mid-1870s
Title/Object Name: Main Street, mid-1870s
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1875
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: Looking northwest at first block of north Main Street. Business signs include Black & Nixon Grocery; C. A. Bayley Company, Hardware; and W. C. Woodman, Groceries.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, street scenes, transportation, horses, wagons, false front, architecture.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_U3-1.2.1

Link to Image Titled: Wichita, 1875
Title/Object Name: Wichita, 1875
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1875
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: Birds'-eye view looking northeast from Odd Fellows Hall in the first block of North Main. Schweiter and Davidson Lumber yard visible in first block, North Market. Presbyterian Church visible at southwest corner, Lawrence (now known as Broadway) and First Street.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, residences, street scenes, houses, skyline, cows.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Photographs
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_A2-2.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Home of H. W. Dunning
Title/Object Name: Home of H. W. Dunning
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1875
Physical Details: 3.5 x 2.75 inches
Description: View looking northwest at early house in Wichita. Identified as residence of H. W. Dunning at 535 North Lawrence (now Broadway). The family is gathered in the front yard.
Keywords: Architecture, homes, people, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_535.N.Lawrence-1

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