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Link to Image Titled: U.S.S. Wichita
Title/Object Name: U.S.S. Wichita
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1937
Physical Details: 4 x 3 inches
Description: Moment of impact as Miss Margaret Ayers of Wichita, Kansas christens the ship with a bottle of champagne. Naval dignitaries look on. Location, Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Keywords: Wichita, military, heavy cruiser, World War II, WW II, public events, people, U.S. Navy.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_C3-5.2.10

Link to Image Titled: KANS Radio station sportscasters
Title/Object Name: KANS Radio station sportscasters
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1938
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: KANS Radio sportscasters ready to call the action. KANS began broadcasting in Wichita in 1936.
Keywords: Wichita, people, business and industry, sports and recreation.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.72.8.1

Link to Image Titled: View of New Municipal Beach, South Riverside Park
Title/Object Name: View of New Municipal Beach, South Riverside Park
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: 1938
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Municipal Beach swimming pool, located along Little Arkansas River in South Riverside Park, was completed in June 1938 by the Work Projects Administration. 1938 pool replaced 1923 pool. Current use of site is Ralph Wulz Tennis Center built in 1976.
Keywords: Wichita, sports and recreation, parks, people, swimming pools.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.72.51.1

Link to Image Titled: Hinkels Dry Goods Company
Title/Object Name: Hinkels Dry Goods Company
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1938
Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches
Description: Hinkels Dry Goods Company, located at 101-09 East Douglas.
Keywords: Business and industry, people, automobile.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1438

Link to Image Titled: Friends Posed for Group Portrait
Title/Object Name: Friends Posed for Group Portrait
Creator: M. S. Fong
Date Original: 1938
Physical Details: 4 x 2.75 inches
Description: Nine young Chinese men recently immigrated to the United States, sitting for a dramatic group photograph. All, including photographer Fong, were employees of the Chinese restaurants, Holly Café and Pan-American Café.
Keywords: Business and industry, photography, people, Chinese Americans, Asian Americans.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_H1-57.9.1

Link to Image Titled: Mantle Factory at Coleman
Title/Object Name: Mantle Factory at Coleman
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: 1938
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Women using the knitting and sewing machines at mantle factory at Coleman Company.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, people.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.68.47.3

Link to Image Titled: KANS Radio Broadcast
Title/Object Name: KANS Radio Broadcast
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1938
Physical Details: 3.75 x 4.75 inches
Description: KANS Radio broadcast showing announcer, band and singer. KANS radio station began broadcasting in Wichita in 1936 and became a NBC affiliate in 1937.
Keywords: Wichita, people, arts and entertainment, 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_ms2002-12.72.8.3

Link to Image Titled: M. S. Fong, Photographer
Title/Object Name: M. S. Fong, Photographer
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1938
Physical Details: 3.5 x 2 inches
Description: Mar Suey Fong setting up a photo shoot of friend Wayne Wong in Sim Park. Both young men were employees at the Chinese American restaurant, the Pan-American Café. They immigrated to the U.S. in the mid-1930s.
Keywords: Business and industry, photography, camera, people, parks, Chinese Americans, Asian Americans, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_H1-57.12.1

Link to Image Titled: Nu-Way Sandwich Shop
Title/Object Name: Nu-Way Sandwich Shop
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1939
Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches
Description: Interior of Nu-Way Sandwich Shop located at 1416 West Douglas.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, people, restaurants, lunch counters, interiors, advertising.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms99-3.2.restaurants.1

Link to Image Titled: Mar Suey Fong
Title/Object Name: Mar Suey Fong
Creator: M. S. Fong
Date Original: Circa 1939
Physical Details: 3 x 4 inches
Description: Photograph of M. S. Fong printed on a greeting card. The message “Happy New Year” appears in Chinese and in English. Chinese characters also represent his name in the handwritten note at bottom.
Keywords: Business and industry, photography, people, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_Fong,MS

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