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Link to Image Titled: Eagle Building
Title/Object Name: Eagle Building
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1955
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Eagle Building, southwest corner of William and Market. The daily newspaper The Wichita Eagle was published here. The clock tower of the City Building can be seen in the background.
Keywords: Business and industry, street scenes, commercial buildings, automobiles.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1907

Link to Image Titled: Armstrong Creamery Company
Title/Object Name: Armstrong Creamery Company
Creator: Rorabaugh and Millsap
Date Original: Circa 1955
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.25 inches
Description: Night view of Armstrong’s Ice Cream restaurant. Located at 2020 East Douglas Avenue.
Keywords: Business and industry, street scenes, transportation, automobiles, architecture.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2NE-108.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Mammels Food Market
Title/Object Name: Mammels Food Market
Creator: Rorabagh and Millsap
Date Original: Circa 1955
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.25
Description: Looking northwest at intersection of 21st Street and Arkansas Avenue. Mammels was located at 2201 North Arkansas; the small building in the background was a Dairy Queen at 2225 North Arkansas.
Keywords: Business and industry, grocery stores.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2NW-36.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Orpheum Theater
Title/Object Name: Orpheum Theater
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1955
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Orpheum Theater concession stand decked out for Christmas.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, arts and entertainment, holidays.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: M. Meredith "Millie" Hill Collection of Orpheum Theatre and John Eberson Movie Palaces Material
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2001-06.4.8.1

Link to Image Titled: Lantern assembly line at Coleman plant
Title/Object Name: Lantern assembly line at Coleman plant
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1955
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Coleman employees assembling lanterns at Wichita plant.
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_ms2002-12.69.46.1

Link to Image Titled: True’s Sundries
Title/Object Name: True’s Sundries
Creator: Rorabaugh and Millsap
Date Original: Circa 1955
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.25 inches
Description: Night view of True’s Sundries, which featured both drive-in and fountain service. Looking east; location, 444 South Oliver.
Keywords: Business and industry, ice cream, café, transportation, automobiles, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2SE-55.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Wheeler Kelly Hagny Building
Title/Object Name: Wheeler Kelly Hagny Building
Creator: Rorabaugh & Millsap Studio
Date Original: Circa 1955
Physical Details: 7.5 x 9.5 inches
Description: Looking northeast in the 100 block of south Market Street toward the intersection of Douglas Avenue at the Wheeler Kelly Hagny Trust Company (120 South Market). The seven-story building opened in 1921; the top floor once housed the Board of Trade where skylights allowed traders to examine grain in natural light. The structure is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Other businesses in view include Resnick-Davis Diamond Shop (112 South Market), W. T. Grant Company Department Store (201 East Douglas), and Fourth National Bank (200 East Douglas).
Keywords: Business and industry, street scenes, transportation, automobiles, architecture, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_U4-1.1.4

Link to Image Titled: Dockum Drug Company Inc.
Title/Object Name: Dockum Drug Company Inc.
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1955
Physical Details: 7 x 9.5 inches
Description: Looking southeast in intersection of Douglas and Broadway Avenues. Union National Bank Building houses Dockum Drug Store Number 2 on the ground floor (301 East Douglas). Businesses visible on the second floor include James E. Bennett & Company, stockbrokers, and Goldie’s Dress Salon.
Keywords: Business and industry, people, street scenes, automobiles, Christmas lights, Rexall, African Americans, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2SE-58.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Douglas Avenue
Title/Object Name: Douglas Avenue
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: Circa 1956
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: View looking west on East Douglas Avenue from Mosley Street intersection. Some businesses are Standard Hotel, Grand Hotel, Dutchess Cafe, Sam's Sample Shoe Store and Miller's Recreation. Railroad overpass, Eaton Hotel, Union National Bank Building and Broadview Hotel in background.
Keywords: Wichita, street scenes, business and industry, transportation.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.26

Link to Image Titled: Schweiter Building
Title/Object Name: Schweiter Building
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1956
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Schweiter Building, located at the northeast corner of Douglas and Main. Long's Shoe Salon was in the building. Notice the clock at the corner.
Keywords: Business and industry, automobile, street scenes.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1467

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