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Link to Image Titled: World War II Production at Beech Aircraft Corporation
Title/Object Name: World War II Production at Beech Aircraft Corporation
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1942
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Walter H. Beech and Olive Ann Beech view wartime production lines. View shows interior of Plant I at Beech Aircraft Corporation.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, business and industry, people.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Walter H. and Olive Ann Beech Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms97-02.3.9.1

Link to Image Titled: George C. Christopher & Son Iron Works and Orpheum Cleaners
Title/Object Name: George C. Christopher & Son Iron Works and Orpheum Cleaners
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1942
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: View looking west toward George C. Christopher & Son Iron Works and Orpheum Cleaners in 700 block of North Cleveland Avenue. Unlikely combination of businesses lasted from the late 1920s to the early 1960s.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.72.48.1

Link to Image Titled: Night View of East Douglas
Title/Object Name: Night View of East Douglas
Creator: Paul Bulla
Date Original: 1943
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Nighttime view of the north side of East Douglas Avenue from Laura Avenue; shows many shops, businesses, and billboard advertising; Paul Bulla's car is at right foreground.
Keywords: Wichita, street scenes, business and industry, King's-X Restaurant, Cero's Ice Cream and Candy Shop, Ollie Moses East End Department Store, Fisher Loans, Standard Roofing Company, Amateur Radio Equipment Company, billboards, advertising.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Homer T. Harden Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_HTH215

Link to Image Titled: Pan American Café Employees
Title/Object Name: Pan American Café Employees
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1943
Physical Details: 3.5 x 2 inches
Description: Four women peeling potatoes near the back door of the restaurant at 150 North Market. They were employed as waitresses and kitchen helpers. The restaurant was owned by a partnership of six Chinese men who immigrated to the U.S. in the 1920s.
Keywords: Business and industry, employment, occupations, people, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_H1-57.4.1

Link to Image Titled: Candyland Counter Help
Title/Object Name: Candyland Counter Help
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1943
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Counter help at Candyland, a confectionery and restaurant located at 128 North Broadway owned by Andrew C. Mikes.
Keywords: Business and industry, interior, people, fashion, uniforms, African American.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl2025

Link to Image Titled: Canteen at Union Station
Title/Object Name: Canteen at Union Station
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1943
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: This is a Canteen sponsored by the Soroptomist Club, located in the Union Station, 701 East Douglas. Servicemen were welcomed by the volunteers.
Keywords: People, military, business and industry, service counter, restaurant, African American.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1223

Link to Image Titled: Farmers and Bankers Life Insurance Office Interior
Title/Object Name: Farmers and Bankers Life Insurance Office Interior
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1943
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Interior of Farmers and Bankers Life Insurance Office, northeast corner of 1st and Market.
Keywords: Business and industry, furniture.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1449

Link to Image Titled: Quizzer Baseball
Title/Object Name: Quizzer Baseball
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1943
Physical Details: 3.25 x 2.5 inches
Description: Anniversary celebration of local radio quiz show called “Quizzer Baseball.” The show was broadcast by KFH radio station from the Civic Theatre, located at 725 West Douglas Avenue.
Keywords: Arts and entertainment, business and industry, fashion, accordion, public events, west side, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_L4-4.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Boeing Airplane Company B-29
Title/Object Name: Boeing Airplane Company B-29
Creator: Boeing Airplane Company
Date Original: 1944
Physical Details: 10 x 8 inches
Description: Boeing Airplane Company riveters at work on B-29 airplane in Wichita plant.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, business and industry, people, airplanes.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.68.22.1

Link to Image Titled: Buckminster Fuller at Beech Aircraft Company
Title/Object Name: Buckminster Fuller at Beech Aircraft Company
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1944
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: R. Buckminster Fuller shows his Dymaxion Globe to Walter Beech and others at the Beech Aircraft Company offices in Wichita. Fuller teamed with the company to produce his Dymaxion Dwelling Machine. Dymaxion Industrial Strategy map in background.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, aviation, Dymaxion House.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.70.40.1

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