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Link to Image Titled: Mount Carmel Academy
Title/Object Name: Mount Carmel Academy
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1925
Physical Details: 3 x 3.75 inches
Description: Group of young women gathered around a fountain on the campus of Mount Carmel Academy.
Keywords: Education; religion; organizations, clubs and groups; Wichita; girls; students; school.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_H9-8.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Star Touring Car
Title/Object Name: Star Touring Car
Creator: F. A. Wesely
Date Original: Circa 1925
Physical Details: 3.75 x 3 inches
Description: Man and woman posed with a Star automobile. Location, Carleton School, 428 South Lawrence Avenue. Note the photographer’s shadow discreetly positioned in the foreground.
Keywords: Arts and entertainment, business and industry, education, people, street scenes, fashion, photography, transportation, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_T3-1.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Pyle Lunch Room
Title/Object Name: Pyle Lunch Room
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1926
Physical Details: 6.5 x 4.5 inches
Description: Interior of Pyle Lunch with staff. Located at 910 West Douglas. Handwritten note on the back of the photo indicates, “In Wichita Kansas. Old part of town,” apparently a reference to the west side of town. The uniformed man appears to be a Wichita policeman.
Keywords: Business and industry, café, restaurant, menu, children, waitress, employee, employment, occupation, lunch counter.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E5-92.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Jewett Automobile
Title/Object Name: Jewett Automobile
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1926
Physical Details: 3.5 x 3 inches
Description: An unidentified woman is posed as she steps into a Jewett auto. An unknown woman is also in the rear seat.
Keywords: Street scenes, cars, transportation, fashion, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_T3-4.3.1

Link to Image Titled: Edgar B. Smith
Title/Object Name: Edgar B. Smith
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1926
Physical Details: 7 x 9 inches
Description: Commercial photographer Edgar B. Smith posed with his bi-plane. Smith’s aerial photographs of downtown Wichita gave Wichitans a previously unseen view of their city.
Keywords: Business and industry, aviation, airplanes, photography, people, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_Smith,Edgar

Link to Image Titled: Spalton Photographic Studio
Title/Object Name: Spalton Photographic Studio
Creator: Arthur E. Spalton
Date Original: Circa 1927
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.25 inches
Description: Mrs. Jennie B. Spalton seated at a roll top desk in the Spalton Studio. Examples of her husband’s photographs are displayed on the wall and desktop.
Keywords: Business and industry, photography, interiors, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_SpaltonStudio

Link to Image Titled: American Legion Banquet
Title/Object Name: American Legion Banquet
Creator: Homer T. Harden
Date Original: Circa 1927
Physical Details: 3.5 x 2.5 inches
Description: Banquet in honor of B. H. Neely, Commander of Arthur Gossett Post Number 273, and delegate to the Paris Convention.
Keywords: People, organizations, clubs, and groups, African American, American flags, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_H6-20.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Swimming Pool
Title/Object Name: Swimming Pool
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1928
Physical Details: 3.5 x 2.75 inches
Description: Group of young swimmers with coach at unidentified swimming pool.
Keywords: Sports and recreation, children, parks, summer, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_L4-3.1.1

Link to Image Titled: The Forum
Title/Object Name: The Forum
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1928
Physical Details: 4 x 3 inches
Description: Looking southeast at the Forum on Water Street between William and English. The entire building developed in stages over the years. The first section, on the south end officially opened in 1911. The Exposition Hall and Arcadia Theater on the north end were completed by 1918. At the time it was built, other proposed names for the facility included Hippodrome, Wigwam, and Wichitorium. The Forum hosted a range of public events from Pavlova and Paderewski to circuses and auto shows. It was demolished in 1965 to make way for the Century II Convention Center.
Keywords: Business and industry, arts and entertainment, public events, street scenes, transportation, automobiles, filling stations.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D9-6.1.1

Link to Image Titled: May Day Festival
Title/Object Name: May Day Festival
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: 1928
Physical Details: 9.5 x 8.75 inches
Description: Aerial view over campus of Wichita High School East and Roosevelt Intermediate School. A large crowd of spectators surrounds circular formations of performers. Looking northwest toward Douglas Avenue; Grove Street at right.
Keywords: Education, entertainment, public events, rivers, automobiles, street scenes, residences, houses, business and industry, landscape, College Hill, neighborhood, East High, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_A1-35.1.2

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