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Link to Image Titled: Ackerman Island
Title/Object Name: Ackerman Island
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1933
Physical Details: 9.5 x 7.5 inches
Description: Birdseye view looking northwest from the Broadview Hotel (101 North Waco). Site of the Ackerman Island removal project, which was funded by federal funds during the Great Depression. The island was removed and displaced as lines of workmen hauled soil from the island in wheelbarrows and dumped it as fill on the west bank of the river. The Civil Works Administration, one of Roosevelt’s New Deal programs, paid the men about $12.00 a week for 30 hours of work [Wichita Eagle, 11/21/1933]. Ackerman Island had been the site of Wonderland Amusement Park and a baseball stadium. The bridges at center served the Missouri Pacific Railroad. The tall smokestack in the background was at the Kansas Gas and Electric Company plant. The Arkansas River winds northwesterly through the view.
Keywords: Government, public services, rivers, transportation, landscape, skyline, West Wichita, Delano neighborhood, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_S2-2.1.1

Link to Image Titled: The Forum
Title/Object Name: The Forum
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1934
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.25 inches
Description: Interior of exposition hall in the Forum complex, 231 South Water Street. Unidentified auto display featuring Buick automobiles and GMC trucks, including a long-distance passenger bus.
Keywords: Arts and entertainment, public events, transportation, cars.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E5-89.5.1

Link to Image Titled: Wichita Police Department
Title/Object Name: Wichita Police Department
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1934
Physical Details: 9.5 x 7.5 inches
Description: Looking south at Central Police Station, 109 East William Street. This building was the object of emergency relief funds and labor during the New Deal era of the Great Depression. In 1933 Wichita received funds to convert the structure, which had been the Central Fire Station, into a “modern police station.” The building was remodeled and received a new Art Deco architectural style (compare to item wschm­_­N1-6.1.1 in this database). The Wichita City Hall, known as the City Building, is at right.
Keywords: Government, public services, street scenes, transportation, automobiles, policemen, architecture.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_N2-1.8.1

Link to Image Titled: Wichita Skyline
Title/Object Name: Wichita Skyline
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1935
Physical Details: 3.75 x 2.75 inches
Description: Looking northwest toward downtown Wichita. View of city skyline from the Schweiter farm which was bounded by Lincoln, Harry, Hillside, and the drainage canal.
Keywords: People, landscape, rural, haystacks.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_A2-10.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Bitting Avenue Bridge
Title/Object Name: Bitting Avenue Bridge
Creator: Frank A. Wesely (?)
Date Original: Circa 1935
Physical Details: 9.5 x 7.5 inches
Description: View looking slightly northeast at bridge over the Little Arkansas River between Twelfth and Thirteenth Streets on Bitting Avenue. The bridge was constructed in 1933 to replace a former, unsafe bridge. It was built with federal relief funds provided by the Civil Works Administration (CWA) during the Great Depression. The tower of Wichita High School North rises over the trees in the distant center background. The shadow of the photographer and his camera blend into the grass and shadows in the near foreground.
Keywords: Bridges, rivers, landscapes, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_S2-18.2.1

Link to Image Titled: Walker Brothers Dry Goods Company
Title/Object Name: Walker Brothers Dry Goods Company
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1935
Physical Details: 3.5 x 2.75 inches
Description: Interior view of department store featuring a large crowd of women shoppers. Location, 129 North Main Street.
Keywords: Business and industry, people, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E5-5.2.1

Link to Image Titled: Derby Oil Refinery
Title/Object Name: Derby Oil Refinery
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1935
Physical Details: 4 x 3 inches
Description: Aerial view over northeast Wichita. Looking north from 21st Street. Refinery, 1102 East 21st Street. in foreground. Roundhouse and shops of Missouri Pacific Railroad in background, 100 East 25th Street.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, transportation.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_A1-33.1.1

Link to Image Titled: The Forum
Title/Object Name: The Forum
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1935
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.25 inches
Description: Interior of the Forum at 231 South Water Street. A large audience is attending what appears to be a butchering demonstration. Probably part of an exposition on agricultural and domestic arts. Booths on the perimeter of the arena display products such as home appliances and foods.
Keywords: Arts and entertainment, public events, people, clothing, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E5-89.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Campbell Bridge
Title/Object Name: Campbell Bridge
Creator: Frank A. Wesely (?)
Date Original: Circa 1935
Physical Details: 9.5 x 7.5 inches
Description: View of bridge at Eleventh Street on the Little Arkansas River. Originally identified as Campbell Bridge due to its proximity to the Burton H. Campbell residence on the west side of the river. Funds for construction of the bridge were provided by a New Deal relief program, the Civil Works Administration, during the Great Depression. The shadow of the photographer and his camera on the grass in the foreground may have been a signature of Frank Wesely.
Keywords: Bridges, rivers, landscapes, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_S2-19.2.1

Link to Image Titled: Wichita Livestock Exchange
Title/Object Name: Wichita Livestock Exchange
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1935
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Wichita Livestock Exchange Building at 702 East 21st Street. It housed the Farmers Union Livestock Commission, the Union Stockyards National Bank, the Wichita Union Stockyards Company, etc.
Keywords: Wichita, agriculture, business and industry, street scenes, transportation, automobiles.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Photographs
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2NE-5.2.1

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