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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: Home of James N. Lew
Title/Object Name: Home of James N. Lew
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1944
Physical Details: 3.25 x 2 inches
Description: First home purchased by James and Arline Lew. The house, at 646 North Battin, is typical of single-family homes that were built to accommodate the growing population of the city during the defense work of WWII. Mrs. Lew, seen seated on the porch with her son and another child, was the first known Chinese American woman to live in the city. After the war, many Chinese men living in Wichita were finally able to bring their wives to the U.S. from China.
Keywords: Residences, business and industry, people, domestic scenes.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_646.N.Battin-1

Link to Image Titled: Army Air Force Band at the Forum
Title/Object Name: Army Air Force Band at the Forum
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1944
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Army Air Force band performs at the Forum during World War II. Located at 231 South Water Street, the Forum served as Wichita's municipal auditorium from 1911 to 1965.
Keywords: Wichita, public events, military, arts and entertainment.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.71.22.3

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

Link to Image Titled: Stearman Aircraft Division of Boeing Airplane Company
Title/Object Name: Stearman Aircraft Division of Boeing Airplane Company
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1944
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Building trainers for the Army and Navy at the Stearman Aircraft Division of the Boeing Airplane Company in Wichita.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, business and industry, military.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.67.10.3

Link to Image Titled: Douglas and Pattie
Title/Object Name: Douglas and Pattie
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1944
Physical Details: 3 x 5 inches
Description: Intersection of Douglas and Pattie, northeast corner, during the flood of April 1944.
Keywords: Floods, commercial buildings, transportation, buses, people, automobiles, fires.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl471

Link to Image Titled: Douglas and Waco Looking South
Title/Object Name: Douglas and Waco Looking South
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1945
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Birdseye view looking south along Arkansas River from Broadview Hotel, which was located at Douglas and Waco. In the distance is Maple Street Bridge.
Keywords: Aerials, street scenes, automobile, bridges.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1833

Link to Image Titled: Donovan L. Rutledge
Title/Object Name: Donovan L. Rutledge
Creator: Beech Aircraft Company (?)
Date Original: Circa 1945
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.25 inches
Description: Don Rutledge demonstrating a camera and lighting equipment. 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 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_Rutledge,Don

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: Leo R. Mallonee
Title/Object Name: Leo R. Mallonee
Creator: Beech Aircraft Company (?)
Date Original: Circa 1945
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.25 inches
Description: Leo Mallonee arranging printed pages on a light table, possibly photographing for publication. 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_Mallonee,Leo

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