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Link to Image Titled: Farm Scene
Title/Object Name: Farm Scene
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1925
Physical Details: 3.5 x 2.25 inches
Description: Man and woman posed on the seat of a Farm-All International Tractor, grain binder attached.
Keywords: Agriculture, people, agricultural implements, wheat, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_E4-15.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Frank and Mabel Sweney
Title/Object Name: Frank and Mabel Sweney
Creator: Frank A. Wesely
Date Original: Circa 1925
Physical Details: 9.5 x 6.75 inches
Description: Studio portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sweney, owners of Sweney Bakery at 1011 West Douglas Avenue.
Keywords: Business and industry, people, West Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_Sweney,Frank&Mabel

Link to Image Titled: Wichita High School East
Title/Object Name: Wichita High School East
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1925
Physical Details: 9.5 x 7.5 inches
Description: Aerial view over campus of Wichita High School and Roosevelt Intermediate School. Looking southwest toward Lincoln Street; Douglas Avenue in foreground intersects with Grove Street at lower left. The complex of the high school included the main building, the gymnasium, and the shops. The new school boasted an auditorium with seating for 2200, a laundry, an ice plant, an office vault, a greenhouse, and a heating plant [A History of Wichita Public School Buildings, 1978, p 179]. The curve of trees at right indicates the original bed of Chisholm Creek which was straightened into the canal that bisects the view diagonally at top.
Keywords: Education, business and industry, rivers, residences, street scenes, houses, landscape, East High, neighborhood, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_A1-35.2.1

Link to Image Titled: Maiden Wichita
Title/Object Name: Maiden Wichita
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1925
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: View of "Maiden Wichita," first airplane produced by Travel Air Manufacturing Company. Prototype for Travel Air Model 4000 was powered by Wright J4 radial engine.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, business and industry.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Herb Rawdon Papers
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms81-06.12.7.37

Link to Image Titled: Wichita High School East
Title/Object Name: Wichita High School East
Creator: Edgar B. Smith
Date Original: Circa 1925
Physical Details: 9.5 x 7.5 inches
Description: Wichita High School East, 2301 East Douglas Avenue; designed by architect Lorentz Schmidt. This new building was constructed in 1922-1924 to replace the Wichita High School at 324 North Emporia; renamed East High in 1929. The Architectural style is considered modified Collegiate Gothic.
Keywords: Education, Wichita, bridal wreath spirea, architecture.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D7-14.5.1

Link to Image Titled: Homer T. Harden
Title/Object Name: Homer T. Harden
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1925
Physical Details: 3 x 4 inches
Description: Portrait of Homer T. Harden.
Keywords: Business and industry, photography, people, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_Harden,Homer1

Link to Image Titled: McKenzie Midget Auto
Title/Object Name: McKenzie Midget Auto
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1925
Physical Details: 3.25 x 3 inches
Description: Four unidentified children and a miniature automobile built by McKenzie Body Works. The small car appears to be the same one shown in item wschm_T3-34.1.11. Perhaps this family won the contest advertised on the poster.
Keywords: Business and industry, children, people, residences, transportation, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_T3-34.1.10

Link to Image Titled: McKenzie Midget Auto
Title/Object Name: McKenzie Midget Auto
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1925
Physical Details: 3.75 x 3 inches
Description: Leo L. McKenzie posed with one of the miniature automobiles that he built at his business, McKenzie Body Works, 117 West First Street. This particular little car was intended to be a contest prize, others were sold (see also item wschm_T3-34.1.10).
Keywords: Business and industry, children, people, transportation, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_T3-34.1.11

Link to Image Titled: McKenzie Midget Auto
Title/Object Name: McKenzie Midget Auto
Creator: Donaldson Brothers Studio
Date Original: Circa 1925
Physical Details: 3.75 x 2.25 inches
Description: Unidentified boy driving a miniature automobile built by McKenzie Body Works. Proprietor Leo L. McKenzie built a series of these small cars. They were fully motorized, not pedal cars.
Keywords: Business and industry, children, people, residences, street scenes, transportation, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_T3-34.1.12

Link to Image Titled: Forum Complex
Title/Object Name: Forum Complex
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1925
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Birdseye view looking southwest at the Forum Complex, 200 block South Water. The Murray Bridge is under construction on Lewis Street.
Keywords: Aerials, sports and recreation, arts and entertainment, bridges, automobiles.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1843

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