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Link to Image Titled: Coleman Lamp Company
Title/Object Name: Coleman Lamp Company
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1916
Physical Details: 3.25 x 2.25 inches
Description: Volleyball game at Coleman Lamp Company employees’ picnic in Linwood Park.
Keywords: Business and industry; organizations, clubs and groups; parks; people; sports and recreation; Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_H1-43.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Minnie Ems
Title/Object Name: Minnie Ems
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1916
Physical Details: 2.25 x 3 inches
Description: No evidence of women commercial photographers exists in these collections; however, this image of Miss Minnie Ems with her camera verifies that women, too, were interested in photography for personal or artistic reasons. Little biographical information is known about Ems. The 1916 city directory describes her as a student at Wichita Business College. This education led her to a life-long career as Office Manager and Treasurer of Price Auto Service. She worked there from 1924-1974.
Keywords: Business and industry, education, people, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_Ems,Minnie

Link to Image Titled: S. H. Kress & Company
Title/Object Name: S. H. Kress & Company
Creator: Livingston
Date Original: 1917
Physical Details: 2.75 x 2.25 inches
Description: Group of Kress Company employees, preparing to go on an outing. Box lunches and a phonograph record player are among the picnic articles placed on the street. The group is posed in front of the Kress store at 224 East Douglas Avenue.
Keywords: Business and industry; people; occupations; employment; transportation; organizations, clubs and groups; sports and recreation; 5 and 10-cent stores; five and dime stores; Merchants Transfer and Storage Company; Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_H1-48.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Aerial view of downtown Wichita looking east
Title/Object Name: Aerial view of downtown Wichita looking east
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1917
Physical Details: 7.5 x 9.75 inches
Description: Aerial view of downtown Wichita looking east, showing Island Park baseball stadium and Wonderland amusement park on Ackerman Island in Arkansas River.
Keywords: Wichita, aerials, rivers, business and industry, bridges, street scenes, parks, sports and recreation, Arkansas River, baseball, stadium, Ackerman Island, roller coaster, Wonderland amusement park.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms99-3.3.scrapbook.1

Link to Image Titled: Wichita Motor Bus Company bus
Title/Object Name: Wichita Motor Bus Company bus
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1917
Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches
Description: View looking northwest toward Wichita Motor Bus Company bus at intersection of East Douglas Avenue and Washington Street. Bus route ran along Douglas Avenue to College Hill. Weber building, erected in 1906, in background.
Keywords: Wichita, transportation, street scenes, business and industry.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Herbert Jones Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms81-3.1.10.1

Link to Image Titled: Charles P. Mueller Florist Delivery Truck
Title/Object Name: Charles P. Mueller Florist Delivery Truck
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1918
Physical Details: 7 x 10 inches
Description: Paul M. Wentz, driver for the Charles P. Mueller Florist, with number five delivery truck in front of unidentified residence. Charles P. and Esther Mueller ran a florist shop specializing in cut flowers. In 1918, their office was at 145 North Main, the Branch Store was at 315 East Douglas Avenue, and the greenhouse at 1819 East 9th Street.
Keywords: Business and industry, people, man, fashion, automobile, porch.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1742

Link to Image Titled: Gill Mortuary Ambulance
Title/Object Name: Gill Mortuary Ambulance
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1918
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Private automobile ambulance used by The Modern Funeral Home located at 243-245 North Emporia. The Funeral Director was Isaac W. Gill, undertaker and embalmer.
Keywords: Business and industry, transportation, health care, truck, fashion.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl630

Link to Image Titled: Delivering Paper to the Wichita Eagle Newspaper Offices
Title/Object Name: Delivering Paper to the Wichita Eagle Newspaper Offices
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1918
Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches
Description: Delivery wagons from the City Transfer and Storage Company deliver rolls of newsprint to the Wichita Eagle Building, located at the southwest corner of William and Market.
Keywords: Business and industry, commercial buildings, horses, wagons.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1434

Link to Image Titled: Wichita Theater
Title/Object Name: Wichita Theater
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1919
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Wichita Theater, located at 310 East Douglas.
Keywords: Business and industry, automobile.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1433

Link to Image Titled: Alden Wakefield Harden
Title/Object Name: Alden Wakefield Harden
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1919
Physical Details: 5 x 7.75 inches
Description: Portrait of A. W. Harden, an early and prominent photographer in Wichita.
Keywords: Business and industry, photography, people.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_Harden,Alden

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