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Link to Image Titled: Arthur E. Spalton
Title/Object Name: Arthur E. Spalton
Creator: Beech Aircraft Company (?)
Date Original: Circa 1945
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.25 inches
Description: Photographer Art Spalton operating a ceiling-mounted camera. This image is one of a series of photos owned by Spalton and thought to be associated with employment at Beech Aircraft Company in about 1942-1946.
Keywords: Business and industry, commercial photography, aviation, people, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_Spalton,Arthur1

Link to Image Titled: Blue Moon Night Club
Title/Object Name: Blue Moon Night Club
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1945
Physical Details: 4 x 2.75 inches
Description: Men and women seated for a social evening at the Blue Moon, 3401 South Oliver Street. Telephone book ad states “Southwest’s Swankiest Nite Spot,” “Dine & Dance to the strains of the Nation’s Leading Orchestras.” A photographer circulated among the tables and snapped souvenir photos such as this one for purchase.
Keywords: Business and industry, sports and recreation, people, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_H6-37.1.3

Link to Image Titled: J. C. Penney Company
Title/Object Name: J. C. Penney Company
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1945
Physical Details: 7.25 x 9.5 inches
Description: J. C. Penney department store located at 130 North Broadway, view looking northeast.
Keywords: Business and industry, transportation, automobiles, retail, street scenes, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2NE-112.1.1

Link to Image Titled: The West-Urn Grill
Title/Object Name: The West-Urn Grill
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1945
Physical Details: 6.5 x 4.5 inches
Description: Interior of the West-Urn Grill with employees. Located at 715 West Douglas, 1939-1958.
Keywords: Business and industry, café, restaurant, waitress, employment, occupation, lunch counter, African Americans, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E5-91.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Burkes Jeter
Title/Object Name: Burkes Jeter
Creator: Beech Aircraft Company (?)
Date Original: Circa 1945
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.25 inches
Description: Burkes Jeter posed with an aerial camera in the door of a Beech plane. This image is one of a series of photos owned by photographer Arthur Spalton and thought to be associated with employment at Beech Aircraft Company. Jeter’s employment at Beech is documented in the Wichita City Directories from 1942-1946.
Keywords: Business and industry, commercial photography, aviation, people, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_Jeter,Burkes

Link to Image Titled: Ben F. Hammond and Geraldine E. Hammond
Title/Object Name: Ben F. Hammond and Geraldine E. Hammond
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1945
Physical Details: 3.5 inches x 2.5 inches
Description: Benjamin Franklin Hammond worked as a cartoonist for the Wichita Eagle from 1912 to 1965. In addition to editorial and historical drawings, he is best-known for his cartoon characters, “Hoots” and “Quacks” which appeared in the newspaper and in real life as puppets in performances for local groups. For 25 years, Hammond also broadcast a weekly radio program in which he read the Eagle’s Sunday funnies. He is pictured here with his daughter, Geraldine Hammond, who often joined him or substituted for him. The pair was known on the KFH program as Uncle Ben and Cousin Betty.
Keywords: People, business and industry, occupations, arts and entertainment, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_Hammond,Ben&Geraldine

Link to Image Titled: Paul Zongker Drugs
Title/Object Name: Paul Zongker Drugs
Creator: Rorabaugh & Millsap
Date Original: Circa 1945
Physical Details: 9.5 x 7.5 inches
Description: Night view looking northeast at Zongker Drugstore (1400 North Waco Avenue). Businesses in foreshortened view to left are Watson Brothers Food Store (1401 North Waco) and Funk appliances (1406 North Waco). The neon sign advertising the drugstore and Steffen’s Ice Cream was manufactured by the Claude Neon Company. A 1941 Nash automobile is parked at the curb.
Keywords: Business and industry, transportation, automobiles, retail, street scenes, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2NW-38.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Eddie Harlow
Title/Object Name: Eddie Harlow
Creator: Beech Aircraft Company (?)
Date Original: Circa 1945
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.25 inches
Description: View of Eddie Harlow examining photographic prints of aviation-related subjects. One of a series of photos owned by photographer Arthur Spalton and thought to be associated with employment at Beech Aircraft Company in about 1942-1946.
Keywords: Business and industry, commercial photography, aviation, people, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_Harlow,Eddie

Link to Image Titled: Paul R. Bulla and Guy Rogers
Title/Object Name: Paul R. Bulla and Guy Rogers
Creator: Beech Aircraft Company (?)
Date Original: Circa 1945
Physical Details: 7.25 x 9.25 inches
Description: Two photographers engaged in setting up a photo shoot. Paul Bulla and Guy Rogers both owned private photography studios in Wichita. However this view is one of a series of photos owned by photographer Arthur Spalton and thought to be associated with employment at Beech Aircraft Company in about 1942-1946.
Keywords: Business and industry, commercial photography, aviation, people, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_Bulla&Rogers

Link to Image Titled: Edgar J. Banks
Title/Object Name: Edgar J. Banks
Creator: Beech Aircraft Company (?)
Date Original: Circa 1945
Physical Details: 7.25 x 9.25 inches
Description: View of Edgar Banks operating photographic equipment. Location: Beech Aircraft photo lab (?). One of a series of photos owned by photographer Arthur Spalton and thought to be associated with employment at Beech Aircraft Company in about 1942-1946. Banks' career as a photographer is documented in the city directories from 1924 to 1946.
Keywords: Business and industry, commercial photography, aviation, people, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_Banks,Edgar

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