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Link to Image Titled: Conoco Filling Station
Title/Object Name: Conoco Filling Station
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1931
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: One of fourteen Continental Oil Company service stations listed in the 1931 telephone directory. Unidentified location. Example of domestic architectural styling. When automobiles were new, gas station buildings were designed to resemble small houses so that they would blend into the residential neighborhoods.
Keywords: Business and industry, street scenes, transportation, residences, gas station architecture, Tudor Revival, bungalows, gas pumps, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E3-59.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Western Lithograph and Office Supply Company
Title/Object Name: Western Lithograph and Office Supply Company
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1931
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: View looking southwest across intersection of Topeka Avenue (left) and First Street (right). The building housed the Western Lithograph Company plus the Western Drug Store on the ground floor corner at Topeka and the Orpheum Garage at the corner of First and Lawrence (now Broadway).
Keywords: Business and industry, transportation, automobiles, street scenes, architecture, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2NE-111.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Municipal Airport, 3800 South Oliver
Title/Object Name: Municipal Airport, 3800 South Oliver
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1931
Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches
Description: Front view of hangar, Richfield Company truck refueling an airplane. Wichita built the airport in 1929 to insure the city's place in the new cross-continent mail and passenger routes. The city was well-positioned for air travel due to its central geographic location and a growing aircraft industry.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, business and industry, transportation, air capital, aircraft.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D10-6.1.3

Link to Image Titled: Intersection of First Street and Lawrence Avenue
Title/Object Name: Intersection of First Street and Lawrence Avenue
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1931
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Looking northwest from intersection of First Street and Lawrence (now known as Broadway). Businesses visible include: White Castle Hamburgers, Union Bus Depot, Tostwich Cafe, Butts New & Used Cars, Edler School of Dancing. The automobile in the left foreground appears to have an "Air Capital" emblem mounted on the grille.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, street scenes, transportation, restaurants.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_U21-2.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Pierce Arrow Sales Salon
Title/Object Name: Pierce Arrow Sales Salon
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1931
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Interior view of automobile salesroom at 1404 East Douglas Avenue. Distributorship owned by Smith Motor Company.
Keywords: Business and industry, transportation, furniture, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E5-95.1.2

Link to Image Titled: Eaton Hotel
Title/Object Name: Eaton Hotel
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1931
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: View of main lobby, looking toward grand staircase, in the Eaton Hotel, 523 East Douglas.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, people, furniture, tile, columns, interiors, architecture.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E5-87.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Pierce Arrow Sales Salon
Title/Object Name: Pierce Arrow Sales Salon
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1931
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: View looking northeast at salesroom for Pierce Arrow automobiles owned by Smith Motor Company. Location, 1404 East Douglas Avenue.
Keywords: Business and industry, transportation, street scenes, Tudor Revival, architecture, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2NE-109.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Continental Oil Company Filling Station and Car Wash
Title/Object Name: Continental Oil Company Filling Station and Car Wash
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1931
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Ted Milligan, Clyde Schimer and Dudley Dorr in uniforms in front of Continental Oil Company filling station at Murdock and Waco Streets; Schimer and Dorr were known as the "Gold Dust Twins"; station was built in 1930.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, transportation, people, filling stations, gas stations, Continental Oil Company, Conoco, car wash, gasoline, Ted Milligan, Clyde Schimer, Dudley Dorr.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_WPL1976

Link to Image Titled: Wichita Municipal Hangar and Terminal
Title/Object Name: Wichita Municipal Hangar and Terminal
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1931
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: United States Air Mail truck delivering bags of mail to be loaded into airplane at the Wichita Municipal Hanger and Terminal.
Keywords: Aviation, airport, airplane, truck.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1491

Link to Image Titled: TWA Ford Trimotor
Title/Object Name: TWA Ford Trimotor
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1931
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: A Trans World Airlines Ford Trimotor Airplane carrying U.S. mail landing at Wichita Municipal Airport on South Oliver.
Keywords: Transportation, aviation, plane.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1961

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