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Link to Image Titled: Friends Posed for Group Portrait
Title/Object Name: Friends Posed for Group Portrait
Creator: M. S. Fong
Date Original: 1938
Physical Details: 4 x 2.75 inches
Description: Nine young Chinese men recently immigrated to the United States, sitting for a dramatic group photograph. All, including photographer Fong, were employees of the Chinese restaurants, Holly Café and Pan-American Café.
Keywords: Business and industry, photography, people, Chinese Americans, Asian Americans.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_H1-57.9.1

Link to Image Titled: Polar Bear Frozen Custard
Title/Object Name: Polar Bear Frozen Custard
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1938
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Frozen Custard stand situated diagonally on southwest corner of Central and Oliver Streets. This small building was faced with heavily applied mortar to form a decorative effect simulating snow and ice.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, cafes, restaurants, root beer, architecture.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2NE-101.1.1

Link to Image Titled: View of New Municipal Beach, South Riverside Park
Title/Object Name: View of New Municipal Beach, South Riverside Park
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: 1938
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Municipal Beach swimming pool, located along Little Arkansas River in South Riverside Park, was completed in June 1938 by the Work Projects Administration. 1938 pool replaced 1923 pool. Current use of site is Ralph Wulz Tennis Center built in 1976.
Keywords: Wichita, sports and recreation, parks, people, swimming pools.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.72.51.1

Link to Image Titled: Mantle Factory at Coleman
Title/Object Name: Mantle Factory at Coleman
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: 1938
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Women using the knitting and sewing machines at mantle factory at Coleman Company.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, people.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.68.47.3

Link to Image Titled: Home of Fred Cook
Title/Object Name: Home of Fred Cook
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1938
Physical Details: 4 x 2.5 inches
Description: Residence built and owned by Fred Cook. Good example of Craftsman or California-style bungalow. Located at 2903 Porter.
Keywords: Architecture, houses, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_2903.Porter-1

Link to Image Titled: KANS Radio Broadcast
Title/Object Name: KANS Radio Broadcast
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1938
Physical Details: 3.75 x 4.75 inches
Description: KANS Radio broadcast showing announcer, band and singer. KANS radio station began broadcasting in Wichita in 1936 and became a NBC affiliate in 1937.
Keywords: Wichita, people, arts and entertainment, business and industry.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.72.8.3

Link to Image Titled: Hinkels Dry Goods Company
Title/Object Name: Hinkels Dry Goods Company
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1938
Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches
Description: Hinkels Dry Goods Company, located at 101-09 East Douglas.
Keywords: Business and industry, people, automobile.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1438

Link to Image Titled: Western Couch and Bedding Company
Title/Object Name: Western Couch and Bedding Company
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1938
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: View looking southeast toward Western Couch and Bedding Company, 138 North Wichita Street. Bitting Building and Schweiter Building in 100 block of East Douglas Avenue in background. Missouri Pacific Railway tracks in foreground.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, transportation, buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.73.11.1

Link to Image Titled: Droll’s English Grill
Title/Object Name: Droll’s English Grill
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: 1939
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.5 inches
Description: Interior view showing the main dining room of the restaurant with Art Moderne styling. This photograph was taken on the occasion of the formal opening of the restaurant at its new location, 3120 East Central Avenue. A related photo appeared in the Wichita Eagle on December 10, 1939, with an advertisement announcing, “A warm welcome awaits both old and new customers.”
Keywords: Business and industry, waitress, furniture, restaurant ware, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E5-90.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Shadowlands Dance Club
Title/Object Name: Shadowlands Dance Club
Creator: Barnes Flying Service
Date Original: Circa 1939
Physical Details: 3.75 x 3 inches
Description: Aerial view of dance club at 2459 North Hillside Avenue; operated by band leader Gage Brewer [The black rectangle is an editor’s crop mark for publication]. The club also offered dance instruction with this 1943 advertisement: “This Famous Dance Club had Developed an Entirely New Method of Teaching Which Enables Anyone to Quickly Become a Popular, Interesting Partner. Save Time, Money, Disappointment, by Taking Our Guaranteed Course -- You Learn to Lead and Follow Correctly in Five Lessons.”
Keywords: Arts and entertainment, business and industry, Gage Brewer’s Hawaiian Orchestra, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2NE-102.1.1

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