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Link to Image Titled: Detroit Dining Parlor
Title/Object Name: Detroit Dining Parlor
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1887
Physical Details: 4.25 x 3 inches
Description: Exterior view of a restaurant owned by Mrs. M. J. Blackburn; location 223 East Douglas. Note elaborate electric light fixture mounted above entrance.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, employment, occupation, people, fashion, café, chef, cook, waiter, employees.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E3-1.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Wichita Watch Factory
Title/Object Name: Wichita Watch Factory
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1887
Physical Details: 3.5 x 2.5 inches
Description: A distant view of the Watch Factory located near Douglas and Meridian. Unidentified tents in the foreground. Illustrates the undeveloped prairie just west of the Arkansas River from the center of Wichita.
Keywords: Business and industry, landscape.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2NW-12.1.4

Link to Image Titled: M. J. Oliver Residence
Title/Object Name: M. J. Oliver Residence
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1888
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Residence of Mark J. Oliver, located at 1105 North Lawrence. He was a capitalist and a wholesale and lumber dealer.
Keywords: Residences, people, children, porch.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl534

Link to Image Titled: Citizens Bank corner
Title/Object Name: Citizens Bank corner
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1888
Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches
Description: Northwest corner of Main and Douglas showing the Citizens Bank corner.
Keywords: Street scenes, people, horses, buggy, commercial buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl360

Link to Image Titled: Wichita Watch Factory
Title/Object Name: Wichita Watch Factory
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1888
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: Built on the far west side of Wichita near near Douglas and Meridian. The building was never completed due to the end of the economic boom of the 1880s. The business failed, no watches were ever manufactured, building was later abandoned.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, manufacturing, architecture.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Photographs
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2NW-12.1.2

Link to Image Titled: Mary E. Klentz Millinery Shop
Title/Object Name: Mary E. Klentz Millinery Shop
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1888
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: Exterior view of millinery shop owned by Mrs. Mary E. Klentz at 149 North Main Street. The woman second from left may be Mrs. Klentz.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, people, street scenes, hats, fashion, women, storefronts.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E3-16.1.2

Link to Image Titled: 100 block North Market
Title/Object Name: 100 block North Market
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1888
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: 100 block North Market looking south from the west side. The Smith & Skinner Block and the Walter & Snively Blocks are shown. J. R. Snively Real Estate and Garfield University offices are located in these buildings.
Keywords: Street scenes, commercial buildings, horses, buggy.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1784

Link to Image Titled: Home of James O. and Bessie Davidson
Title/Object Name: Home of James O. and Bessie Davidson
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1888
Physical Details: 3.5 x 2.75 inches
Description: Home built in 1888 by J. O. Davidson. The address for the residence at that time was simply “Riverside,” a fashionable suburb laid out by Davidson himself. By 1912 the name of the street had become River Boulevard. The structure is often remembered as “Kirby Castle” (1201 West River Boulevard) after the family who bought it in 1932.
Keywords: Residences, homes, houses, Richardsonian Romanesque, architecture, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_1201.W.RiverBlvd-2

Link to Image Titled: Home of James O. and Bessie Davidson
Title/Object Name: Home of James O. and Bessie Davidson
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1888
Physical Details: 3.5 x 2.75 inches
Description: Interior of J. O. Davidson home on West River Boulevard. View of entry with staircase.
Keywords: Residences, homes, domestic scenes, furniture, Riverside, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_1201.W.RiverBlvd-3

Link to Image Titled: E. Roller & Sons Drug Store
Title/Object Name: E. Roller & Sons Drug Store
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1888
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: E. Roller & Sons Drug Store, located at 437 North Main. Emanuel Roller, druggist.
Keywords: Business and industry, horse, buggy, people, boardwalk.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1866

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