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Link to Image Titled: Cowboy Cleaners
Title/Object Name: Cowboy Cleaners
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: Circa 1957
Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches
Description: Interior of Cowboy Cleaners laundry and dry cleaning. Counter fronts and valances continue the company's western theme. In late 1950s Cowboy Cleaners operated 12 locations in Wichita.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.21

Link to Image Titled: Sidman's Restaurant
Title/Object Name: Sidman's Restaurant
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: Circa 1957
Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches
Description: View looking north toward Sidman's Restaurant, 3012 East Douglas Avenue. Mammel's grocery store No. 6 is at left.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, buildings, neon signs.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.13

Link to Image Titled: Cardwell Service Station
Title/Object Name: Cardwell Service Station
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: Circa 1958
Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches
Description: Hyperbolic paraboloid service station design introduced by Wichita-based Vickers Petroleum Company shown here at the Cardwell Service Station, 950 North Hillside Street. The "batwing" was developed in 1954.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, buildings, transportation.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.23

Link to Image Titled: Aerial View
Title/Object Name: Aerial View
Creator: E. E. Lotton
Date Original: Circa 1958
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: View looking northeast toward downtown from Lincoln Street and McLean Boulevard intersection. Kellogg Street bridge (fourth from top) over Arkansas River dead ends at its east end. Sedgwick County Courthouse at center left under construction. Henry Levitt Arena at University of Wichita (now Wichita State University) is domed building near upper center.
Keywords: Wichita, aerials, buildings, bridges, rivers.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.73.33.3

Link to Image Titled: Stockyards Hotel Dining Room Sign
Title/Object Name: Stockyards Hotel Dining Room Sign
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: Circa 1958
Physical Details: 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Description: Close-up view of Stockyards Hotel Dining Room sign. The hotel and restaurant were located at 659 East 21st Street North.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.34.6.2

Link to Image Titled: Boy Scouts at McConnell Air Force Base
Title/Object Name: Boy Scouts at McConnell Air Force Base
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1958
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Quivira Council Explorer Boy Scouts receive instruction on E-10 Computer at McConnell Air Force Base. Rated Air Force instructor, name unknown, explains details of computer which the Boy Scouts use in 10-hour course on jet-aircraft navigation.
Keywords: Wichita; organizations, clubs and groups; people; military; aviation.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.71.22.2

Link to Image Titled: Soap Box Derby
Title/Object Name: Soap Box Derby
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: Circa 1958
Physical Details: 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Description: Wichitans look over cars entered in the annual Soap Box Derby. First derby was held in 1934.
Keywords: Wichita, sports and recreation, arts and entertainment, people
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.34.6.1

Link to Image Titled: 100 Block North Broadway
Title/Object Name: 100 Block North Broadway
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1958
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: West side of the 100 block of North Broadway. Businesses shown include S. H. Kress & Company, 224 East Douglas, where everything is 5 cents to $1.00. The Miller Theatre, at 115 North Broadway, was completely air conditioned when it opened in 1922. The building was razed in 1972. The theater marquee advertises the movie "From Hell to Texas." The Miller Theatre Building, at 121 North Broadway, houses the Wichita Chamber of Commerce on the third floor.
Keywords: Street scenes, commercial buildings, children, African American, fashion, automobiles.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl326

Link to Image Titled: Bob Moore Oldsmobile Rambler Show Room
Title/Object Name: Bob Moore Oldsmobile Rambler Show Room
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: Circa 1958
Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches
Description: Prospective buyers look over the 1958 Rambler station wagon at Bob Moore Oldsmobile Rambler, 6215 East Kellogg Street. Sign for East Side State Bank of Wichita, next door at 6225 East Kellogg, visible through show room windows.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, people, transportation.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.17

Link to Image Titled: Commercial Savings and Loan Association Building
Title/Object Name: Commercial Savings and Loan Association Building
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1958
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Construction of Commercial Savings and Loan Association building located at 4601 East Douglas Avenue.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.69.49.1

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