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Link to Image Titled: Terminal Building at Wichita Municipal Airport
Title/Object Name: Terminal Building at Wichita Municipal Airport
Creator: Jerry Rogers
Date Original: 1954
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Interior view of terminal building at Wichita Municipal Airport. View is looking south along concourse toward landing area. Built in 1954, facility located on the southwest side of Wichita was renamed Wichita Mid-Continent Airport in 1973.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, airports
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.34.3.2

Link to Image Titled: Sand Dredging
Title/Object Name: Sand Dredging
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: 1954
Physical Details: 10 x 8 inches
Description: Aerial view of sand dredging operations along Arkansas River in south part of Wichita. Photograph taken in September 1954.
Keywords: Wichita, aerials, business and industry.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Robert Hess Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2000-04.2.5.1

Link to Image Titled: 41 Club
Title/Object Name: 41 Club
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: Circa 1954
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: View looking northwest toward the 41 Club. The beer joint was located at 4101 North Broadway Street.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.11

Link to Image Titled: Walker Brothers Department Store
Title/Object Name: Walker Brothers Department Store
Creator: Edgar B. Smith (?)
Date Original: 1954
Physical Details: 4 x 3 inches
Description: Location, 123-133 North Main Street. View of display window with mannequins in a simulated home interior. The theme emphasizes purchase of War Bonds. The small banner in the background appears to simulate a “Service Star” that indicated a family member in the Armed Service.
Keywords: Business and industry, retail, store, military, Korean War, patriotism.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E3-57.1.7

Link to Image Titled: Kiddieland Amusement Park
Title/Object Name: Kiddieland Amusement Park
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1954
Physical Details: 2.75 x 2 inches
Description: Chinese American woman helping her children (and others) to be seated in a replica stage coach ride at Kiddieland. Location, 3833 East Harry.
Keywords: Sports and recreation, people, parks, Asian American, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_M1-16.1.2

Link to Image Titled: Albert’s Restaurant
Title/Object Name: Albert’s Restaurant
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1954
Physical Details: 3.25 x 3 inches
Description: Interior view of Chinese American restaurant at 6425 East Kellogg Avenue. The women employed as waitresses are not identified.
Keywords: Business and industry, occupations, employees, décor, furnishings, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_H1-56.1.1

Link to Image Titled: World War II Housing for Defense Workers
Title/Object Name: World War II Housing for Defense Workers
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1954
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: View of housing units in either Planeview or Beechwood, two of three developments built by the Federal Public Housing Authority during World War II. The first, Hilltop Manor, was constructed in 1941. Planeview and Beechwood, plus a Trailer Park, were built by 1943 as Wichita struggled to provide adequate and wholesome homes for the thousands of workers arriving in the city to work in the aircraft industry. The government designed these ‘minimal houses’ as four-rooms-with-bath units in structures for single- or multiple-families.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, military, public services, residences, street scenes, WW II, apartments.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_R2-PlaneviewBeechwood

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: Institute of Logopedics Campus
Title/Object Name: Institute of Logopedics Campus
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1955
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Aerial view of the Institute of Logopedics campus which was completed in 1949. View is looking north. Grove and 21st streets intersect in lower right corner.
Keywords: Wichita, aerials, education, health care.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.70.64.1

Link to Image Titled: Farha Brothers Super Market
Title/Object Name: Farha Brothers Super Market
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: 1955
Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches
Description: Check-out lanes and uniformed cashiers at Farha Brothers Super Market. In 1955 the grocery store chain had seven stores in Wichita. Begun in 1931 by five brothers, the chain included nine stores before it was sold in 1963.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, people.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.7

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