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Link to Image Titled: Orpheum Theater
Title/Object Name: Orpheum Theater
Creator: Joe Goulart
Date Original: Circa 1955
Physical Details: 6 x 8 inches
Description: View looking northeast toward Orpheum Theater at corner of 1st and Broadway streets. Marquee advertises "King Kong" movie for kiddie matinee. Tilford Pharmacy at left.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, street scenes, arts and entertainment
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_ms2001-06.4.10.3

Link to Image Titled: Broadway Street
Title/Object Name: Broadway Street
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: 1955
Physical Details: 7 x 5 inches
Description: View looking south toward intersection of Broadway Street and Douglas Avenue from the 100 block of North Broadway. Some stores and businesses include Buck's, Henry's, Allis Hotel, bus depot, Hotel McClellan, Innes and B & G Hosiery and Kress.
Keywords: Wichita, street scenes, business and industry, people.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.3

Link to Image Titled: University of Wichita Campus
Title/Object Name: University of Wichita Campus
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1955
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Women stroll on University of Wichita campus. Grace Wilkie Hall (in background) was built as residence hall for women in 1953. Northeast corner overhang of Neff Hall, built in 1951, shelters another co-ed. University of Wichita became Wichita State University in 1964.
Keywords: Wichita, education, people, buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: University Archives
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ua.wsu.grace_wilkie_hal

Link to Image Titled: Wichita Transportation Corporation Garage No. 1
Title/Object Name: Wichita Transportation Corporation Garage No. 1
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1955
Physical Details: 7.5 x 9.5 inches
Description: Buses parked in Wichita Transportation Corporation Garage No. 1, 230 West 10th Street.
Keywords: Wichita, transportation, business and industry.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Richard M. Long Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms96-04.3.16.1

Link to Image Titled: Emporia Avenue
Title/Object Name: Emporia Avenue
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: 1955
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: View looking southeast toward 100 block of South Emporia Avenue. Some businesses include Surf Lounge, Lenders Loans, United Finance Corporation, Lexington Hotel, Ross Seed, Howse Public Parking and Flanagan Mortuary.
Keywords: Wichita, street scenes, business and industry, buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.4

Link to Image Titled: Farha Brothers Super Market
Title/Object Name: Farha Brothers Super Market
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: 1955
Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches
Description: Interior view of Farha Brothers Super Market and its well-stocked shelves. In 1955 the grocery store chain had seven stores in Wichita. Begun in 1931 by five brothers, the chain included nine stores before it was sold in 1963.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.5

Link to Image Titled: Wichita Neighborhood
Title/Object Name: Wichita Neighborhood
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1955
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: A typical 1950s era neighborhood in Wichita, the 200 block of North Bleckley is shown here. View is looking south from East 2nd Street.
Keywords: Wichita, residences, street scenes.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Color Transparency
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.73.6.1

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: Southwestern Bell Building Under Construction
Title/Object Name: Southwestern Bell Building Under Construction
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1956
Physical Details: 10 x 8 inches
Description: View of Southwestern Bell building under construction at southeast corner of 1st and Broadway streets.
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_ms2002-12.68.12.1

Link to Image Titled: Lerner Shops Building
Title/Object Name: Lerner Shops Building
Creator: Rorabaugh & Milsap Studio
Date Original: 1956
Physical Details: 10 x 8 inches
Description: Final touches are applied to downtown construction of Lerner Shops building at 212 East Douglas. Lerner closed this location in 1979. Signs affixed to plate glass attribute glazing to longtime Wichita business Carl Graham Paint & Wallpaper company.
Keywords: Wichita, street scenes, business and industry, buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.71.11.1

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