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Link to Image Titled: Mission-style Bungalows
Title/Object Name: Mission-style Bungalows
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1929
Physical Details: 3.75 x 3 inches
Description: Looking southeast at intersection of Oakland and Hillside. View of Spanish Mission-style residences in the College Hill neighborhood. Addresses of houses from left to right: 3217, 3211, 3209 Oakland, and 134 South Hillside Avenue.
Keywords: Architecture, homes, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_134.S.Hillside-1

Link to Image Titled: Piggly Wiggly Grocery Store
Title/Object Name: Piggly Wiggly Grocery Store
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1929
Physical Details: 4.75 x 2.75 inches
Description: Interior of Piggly Wiggly Store Number 11, 1558 South Main Street.
Keywords: Business and industry, people, Wichita, retail, employment, occupation, foodstuffs, household products, shopping.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E5-44.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Wichita Municipal Swimming Pool
Title/Object Name: Wichita Municipal Swimming Pool
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1929
Physical Details: 3.5 x 2.5 inches
Description: View of exterior of bathhouse at the Municipal Pool in South Riverside Park.
Keywords: Sports and recreation, parks, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_M1-1.6.1

Link to Image Titled: Innes Tea Room
Title/Object Name: Innes Tea Room
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1929
Physical Details: 3.5 x 2.25 inches
Description: Interior of tea room located in the Innes Dry Goods Company, 121 South Lawrence (now Broadway). The popular restaurant retained a reputation as a fashionable downtown eating place into the 1960s.
Keywords: Business and industry, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E5-40.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Maccabees Hall
Title/Object Name: Maccabees Hall
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1930
Physical Details: 7.25 x 9.25 inches
Description: View of the Maccabees’ building at 144 North Market Street, which housed the meeting rooms of the organization on the second floor and a retail business on the ground floor. The Knights of the Maccabees was an international fraternal and benevolent society founded in Ontario in 1878. After 1914 it was known simply as the The Maccabees. It provided financial benefits to families of sick or deceased members. It was organized to provide security to working class people who were not generally served by regular insurance companies. However, only white persons of sound health and good character were eligible for membership.
Keywords: Organizations, clubs and groups; architecture; business and industry; Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D4-14.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Douglas Avenue and Cityscape
Title/Object Name: Douglas Avenue and Cityscape
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1930
Physical Details: 7 x 9.5 inches
Description: Birdseye view looking east on Douglas Avenue from Broadview Hotel. The street extends through downtown commercial buildings, past the railroad overpass, and on to the Hillcrest Apartments building on the horizon at Hillside Avenue (see also item wschm_U2-1.3.10).
Keywords: Business and industry, street scenes, automobiles, panorama, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_U2-1.3.9

Link to Image Titled: West Lewis Street
Title/Object Name: West Lewis Street
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1930
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.5 inches
Description: Looking east from the Lewis Street bridge over the Arkansas River. View toward the intersection of Lewis and Wichita Streets and beyond. Businesses include: J. A. Blunn Paint and Glass Company (214 West Lewis), Lewis Street Glass Company (218 West Lewis), Brooks Machine Company (225 West Lewis), and Conoco filling station (301 West Lewis).
Keywords: Business and industry, street scenes, automobiles, transportation, architecture, gas pumps, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_U23-1.3.1

Link to Image Titled: McKenzie Midget Auto
Title/Object Name: McKenzie Midget Auto
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1930
Physical Details: 4 x 3 inches
Description: Group of boys gathered around a miniature automobile built by Leo L. McKenzie. The clown in the driver’s seat and the flags may indicate they are about to participate in a parade. McKenzie built and sold these small cars as a sideline to his business, McKenzie Body Works.
Keywords: Business and industry, children, people, transportation, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_T3-34.1.8

Link to Image Titled: Phillips 66 Filling Station Number 495
Title/Object Name: Phillips 66 Filling Station Number 495
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1930
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.25 inches
Description: Looking west at the rear driveway of a Phillips Petroleum Company service station (304 South Water Street). The Forum, a venue for community events, is in the background.
Keywords: Business and industry, Dodge Brothers trucks, transportation, gasoline tank trucks, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2SW-22.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Homer T. Harden
Title/Object Name: Homer T. Harden
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1930
Physical Details: 4.5 x 6.5 inches
Description: Portrait of Homer T. Harden posed with a camera mounted on a tripod. His image appears to be superimposed on a view overlooking Douglas Avenue. This photo promotes Harden’s interest in commercial photography. Activity in the street scene includes automobiles, pedestrians, and a streetcar. A header card on top of the streetcar reads “College Hill/Union Depot.” The view is looking west toward the Broadview Hotel. Other business signs visible on the north side of Douglas are: Holland Theater (118 East Douglas), Braitsch Shoe Company (120 East Douglas), Jones-O’Neal Shoe Company (126 East Douglas). Also in view, Fourth National Bank (202 East Douglas), and the Winne Building (210 East Douglas).
Keywords: Business and industry, photographer, photography, people, Midian Shrine Temple, transportation, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_Harden,Homer2

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