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Link to Image Titled: Schweiter Building
Title/Object Name: Schweiter Building
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1956
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Schweiter Building, located at the northeast corner of Douglas and Main. Long's Shoe Salon was in the building. Notice the clock at the corner.
Keywords: Business and industry, automobile, street scenes.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1467

Link to Image Titled: Wind Tunnel
Title/Object Name: Wind Tunnel at University of Wichita
Creator: Don Dalrymple
Date Original: 1956
Physical Details: 7 x 5 inches
Description: Interior view of Walter H. Beech Memorial Wind Tunnel at University of Wichita (Wichita State University). John Ruptash, professor of aerospace engineering, works with students Jack Wolf and Robert Lamb. The wind tunnel has been used primarily for aviation research since the late 1940s.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, education, people.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: University Archives
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ua.wsu.windtunnel.1

Link to Image Titled: Douglas Avenue
Title/Object Name: Douglas Avenue
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: Circa 1956
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: View looking west on East Douglas Avenue from Pennsylvania Street intersection. Ben Robinson Buick at 1520 East Douglas was the successor to longtime Wichita car dealership, Butts Buick. Many businesses along Douglas Avenue including Domestic Laundry are marked by vertical signs.
Keywords: Wichita, street scenes, business and industry, signs.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.25

Link to Image Titled: 100 Block West Douglas
Title/Object Name: 100 Block West Douglas
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1957
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: 100 Block West Douglas looking west, along the north side. The First National Bank is on the corner and Ross McCausland Seeds is next door.
Keywords: Street scenes, people, automobiles, commercial buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl364

Link to Image Titled: Ice Skating on the Little Arkansas River
Title/Object Name: Ice Skating on the Little Arkansas River
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1957
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: Ice Skating on the Little Arkansas River by North High School. Location was 13th Street close to Waco, northwest corner.
Keywords: Sports and recreation, education, bridges.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl431

Link to Image Titled: Spic 'N Span Laundry
Title/Object Name: Spic 'N Span Laundry
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: Circa 1957
Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches
Description: View looking northwest toward splashy signage for Spic 'N Span Laundry and Cowboy Cleaners No. 10 at 3120 East 21st Street, near present site of Wichita State University's Fairmount Towers residence hall. Creekmore Monuments is at left.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, buildings, signs.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.19

Link to Image Titled: Cessna Aircraft Company
Title/Object Name: Cessna Aircraft Company
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1957
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Aerial view looking south toward Cessna Aircraft Company's "Pawnee Plant." Headquarters and factory are located at 5800 East Pawnee Avenue. McConnell Air Force Base facilities and runways in background.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, aerials, business and industry, buildings, airplanes, government.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Alexander Petroff Papers
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms89-15.7.24.1

Link to Image Titled: Orpheum Theater
Title/Object Name: Orpheum Theater
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1957
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Orpheum Theater employees in costume promoting "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter" movie. They pose in lobby of theater.
Keywords: Wichita, arts and entertainment, people, business and industry
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: M. Meredith "Millie" Hill Collection of Orpheum Theatre and John Eberson Movie Palaces Material
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2001-06.4.10.4

Link to Image Titled: Killion Fresh Gas
Title/Object Name: Killion Fresh Gas
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: Circa 1957
Physical Details: 8.5 x 6.5 inches
Description: View of Killion filling station at unknown location. In 1957, company operated seven stations in Wichita.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, buildings, transportation
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.34.6.3

Link to Image Titled: Kellogg Street
Title/Object Name: Kellogg Street
Creator: Hal Pottorf
Date Original: 1957
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: View of Kellogg Street near intersection with George Washington Boulevard. Highway signs on right indicate routes to Kansas Turnpike and Kansas Highway 15. Some businesses are Boulevard Motor Company, Stipe Pharmacy, Milt Hein Motor Company, Wickham Glass, Dillon's, Boulevard State Bank and Krystal Kitchen. View is looking east.
Keywords: Wichita, street scenes, 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_ms2002-12.66.9a.2

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