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Link to Image Titled: Aerial view of downtown Wichita looking east
Title/Object Name: Aerial view of downtown Wichita looking east
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1917
Physical Details: 7.5 x 9.75 inches
Description: Aerial view of downtown Wichita looking east, showing Island Park baseball stadium and Wonderland amusement park on Ackerman Island in Arkansas River.
Keywords: Wichita, aerials, rivers, business and industry, bridges, street scenes, parks, sports and recreation, Arkansas River, baseball, stadium, Ackerman Island, roller coaster, Wonderland amusement park.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms99-3.3.scrapbook.1

Link to Image Titled: Wichita Young Women's Christian Association
Title/Object Name: Wichita Young Women's Christian Association
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1917
Physical Details: 8.75 x 7.5 inches
Description: View looking east toward YWCA building,140 North Topeka Avenue. Dedicated in 1916, downtown building was home to organization until 1967 when new facility was completed.
Keywords: Wichita; organizations, clubs and groups; street scenes; buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita YWCA Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms96-2.8.3.1

Link to Image Titled: Service Men Ascending Ramp to Board Train
Title/Object Name: Service Men Ascending Ramp to Board Train
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1917
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: Crowd of servicemen ascending ramp to board the train at Union Station, 701 East Douglas.
Keywords: Military, people, uniforms, railroad.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1235

Link to Image Titled: S. H. Kress & Company
Title/Object Name: S. H. Kress & Company
Creator: Livingston
Date Original: 1917
Physical Details: 2.75 x 2.25 inches
Description: Group of Kress Company employees, preparing to go on an outing. Box lunches and a phonograph record player are among the picnic articles placed on the street. The group is posed in front of the Kress store at 224 East Douglas Avenue.
Keywords: Business and industry; people; occupations; employment; transportation; organizations, clubs and groups; sports and recreation; 5 and 10-cent stores; five and dime stores; Merchants Transfer and Storage Company; Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_H1-48.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Gill Mortuary Ambulance
Title/Object Name: Gill Mortuary Ambulance
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1918
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Private automobile ambulance used by The Modern Funeral Home located at 243-245 North Emporia. The Funeral Director was Isaac W. Gill, undertaker and embalmer.
Keywords: Business and industry, transportation, health care, truck, fashion.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl630

Link to Image Titled: Charles P. Mueller Florist Delivery Truck
Title/Object Name: Charles P. Mueller Florist Delivery Truck
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1918
Physical Details: 7 x 10 inches
Description: Paul M. Wentz, driver for the Charles P. Mueller Florist, with number five delivery truck in front of unidentified residence. Charles P. and Esther Mueller ran a florist shop specializing in cut flowers. In 1918, their office was at 145 North Main, the Branch Store was at 315 East Douglas Avenue, and the greenhouse at 1819 East 9th Street.
Keywords: Business and industry, people, man, fashion, automobile, porch.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1742

Link to Image Titled: Milo B. Kellogg
Title/Object Name: Milo B. Kellogg
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1918
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Portrait of Milo B. Kellogg at age 75. This was taken in California where he was living at the time. Kellogg Avenue is named after him.
Keywords: People, fashion.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl936

Link to Image Titled: Delivering Paper to the Wichita Eagle Newspaper Offices
Title/Object Name: Delivering Paper to the Wichita Eagle Newspaper Offices
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1918
Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches
Description: Delivery wagons from the City Transfer and Storage Company deliver rolls of newsprint to the Wichita Eagle Building, located at the southwest corner of William and Market.
Keywords: Business and industry, commercial buildings, horses, wagons.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1434

Link to Image Titled: Bitting Building Construction
Title/Object Name: Bitting Building Construction
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1919
Physical Details: 6 x 10 inches
Description: Construction on the Bitting Building, 107 North Market, at the northwest corner of Market and Douglas. The Bitting brothers, Charles W. and A. W., had a clothing store here since about 1886. The prior building caught fire in January 1911, and a four-story brick building quickly replaced it. In 1919, seven additional floors were added.
Keywords: Street scenes, commercial buildings, flags, automobiles, trolley.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl348

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

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