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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: B-29 Superfortresses at Boeing plant in Wichita
Title/Object Name: B-29 Superfortresses at Boeing plant in Wichita
Creator: Boeing-Wichita Photo
Date Original: 1945
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Wartime production display of B-29 Superfortresses at Boeing plant in Wichita. View looking west toward main administration building, 3801 South Oliver Street.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, business and industry, WWII, World War II, airplanes.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Richard M. Long Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms96-4.2.29.1

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: 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: 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: 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 examining a photographic negative with a light box. 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,Arthur2

Link to Image Titled: 81 Drive In Theatre
Title/Object Name: 81 Drive In Theatre
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1946
Physical Details: 10 x 7 inches
Description: The 81 Drive In Theatre was Wichita’s first drive-in theater. It opened in August, 1946. The theater was located north of the city limits at 6250 North Broadway. It took its name from US Highway 81, which coincided with Broadway as it crossed Wichita north to south. The motion picture “The Hurricane” was first released in 1937.
Keywords: Arts and entertainment, business and industry, sports and recreation, movies, films, Dorothy Lamour, Jon Hall, Mary Astor, architecture.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D8-12.2.1

Link to Image Titled: The West-Urn Café
Title/Object Name: The West-Urn Café
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1946
Physical Details: 2 x 3 inches
Description: Identified as the West-Urn Café, 839 Parker. Operated by the owner of the West-Urn Grill, from 1946-1948. Parker Street is now incorporated into part of 13th Street. It originally extended west from the Little Arkansas River bridge to the city limits at the Arkansas River bridge. A 1937 Ford automobile is parked in front of the restaurant.
Keywords: Business and industry, restaurant, automobile, transportation, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2NW-37.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Chisholm Trail Jubilee Parade
Title/Object Name: Chisholm Trail Jubilee Parade
Creator: Wichita Eagle
Date Original: 1947
Physical Details: 6.5 x 4.5 inches
Description: Birdseye view of parade float sponsored by the Pan American Café. The women who worked as waitresses at this Chinese-owned restaurant dressed as "cowgirls" during the Chisholm Trail Jubilee events (see item wschm_H1-57.3.1).
Keywords: Business and industry; organizations, clubs and groups; public events; people; costumes; American flags; street scenes; Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_H1-57.3.2

Link to Image Titled: Butts Motor Company
Title/Object Name: Butts Motor Company
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: 1947
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Looking northeast at Butts Motor Company, 1520-24 and 1600 East Douglas. The photograph may have been staged to advertise the sale of cars with special controls to disabled people such as the men with the crutches. During the 1940s the Oldsmobile Company developed the first fully automatic transmission and promoted the “Hydra-Matic” to injured veterans returning from World War II. Each vehicle was equipped with controls determined by an individual’s specific needs. Other businesses in view include The Ferndale Café, Kansas Press, and Orpheum Cleaners.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, people, street scenes, transportation, automobiles, Cadillac, cars, crutches, military, service men, WW II.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2NE-103.1.1

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