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Link to Image Titled: Joyland Amusement Park
Title/Object Name: Joyland Amusement Park
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1957
Physical Details: 4.25 x 2.75 inches
Description: “Old Woman in the Shoe” feature in the Mother Goose Garden at Joyland. Location, 2801 South Hillside Avenue.
Keywords: Sports and recreation, parks, children, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_M1-6.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Seneca Square Shopping Center
Title/Object Name: Seneca Square Shopping Center
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: Circa 1957
Physical Details: 7 x 5 inches
Description: Located at southwest corner of 31st Street South and Seneca Street, Seneca Square Shopping Center opened in 1956. Longtime Wichita businesses like Dillon's grocery store and Dockum's drug store, in background, set up suburban operations here.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, buildings, signs.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.14

Link to Image Titled: Junior Assembly
Title/Object Name: Junior Assembly
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: Circa 1957
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: High school students dance to music of Jimmy Koci ensemble at Broadview Hotel ballroom. Members-only Junior Assembly events brought together juniors and seniors from Wichita high schools to socialize.
Keywords: Wichita; people; organizations, clubs and groups; arts and entertainment.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.34

Link to Image Titled: Dymaxion House
Title/Object Name: Dymaxion House
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: Circa 1957
Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches
Description: View of Dymaxion House and addition. Designed by Buckminster Fuller and built by Beech Aircraft Company, the home was owned by William Graham and sited on acreage southeast of Wichita in rural Butler County, Kansas. Building was donated to the Henry Ford Museum in early 1990s and has been restored.
Keywords: Wichita, residences.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.12

Link to Image Titled: Junior Assembly
Title/Object Name: Junior Assembly
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: Circa 1957
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: High school students dance in conga line at Broadview Hotel ballroom. Members-only Junior Assembly events brought together juniors and seniors from Wichita high schools to socialize.
Keywords: Wichita; people; organizations, clubs and groups; arts and entertainment.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.33

Link to Image Titled: Delegates to Kansas State Federation of Women's Auxiliaries of Labor Annual Convention
Title/Object Name: Delegates to Kansas State Federation of Women's Auxiliaries of Labor Annual Convention
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: 1957
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: Delegates to Kansas State Federation of Women's Auxiliaries of Labor Annual Convention pose in the Lassen Hotel ballroom. Event was held May 23 and 24, 1957, in Wichita.
Keywords: Wichita; organizations, clubs and groups; people.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.31

Link to Image Titled: Westlink
Title/Object Name: Westlink
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: Circa 1957
Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches
Description: View of Mobil gas station, 8701 West Central Avenue, near intersection of Central Avenue and North Tyler Road. Sign at right states that suburban area is to be developed by Vern Lambert as the Westlink Shopping Center.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, street scenes, buildings, signs.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.28

Link to Image Titled: Hillside and Douglas Intersection
Title/Object Name: Hillside and Douglas Intersection
Creator: Hal Pottorf
Date Original: 1957
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: View looking west toward intersection of Douglas Avenue and Hillside Street. Some businesses are Kroger's, Bill's Famous Bar-B-Q, Landrums Food Market, Mammel's and King Drugs.
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.1

Link to Image Titled: Cowboy Cleaners No. 5
Title/Object Name: Cowboy Cleaners No. 5
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: Circa 1957
Physical Details: 7 x 5 inches
Description: View looking west toward Cowboy Cleaners laundry and dry cleaners at 1003 South Seneca Street. Cowboy Cleaners neon sign created by Mid-Co Neon Company of Wichita. South Seneca Sundries is next door. These businesses were located just south of McCormick Avenue and Seneca Street intersection.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, signs.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.20

Link to Image Titled: Wesley Hospital
Title/Object Name: Wesley Hospital
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: Circa 1957
Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches
Description: View looking north toward new addition at Wesley Hospital. Completed in late 1956, addition contained 150 beds. Wesley Hospital is located at the northeast corner of East Central Avenue and North Hillside Street.
Keywords: Wichita, health care, buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.18

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