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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: Paul Zongker Drugs
Title/Object Name: Paul Zongker Drugs
Creator: Rorabaugh & Millsap
Date Original: Circa 1945
Physical Details: 9.5 x 7.5 inches
Description: Night view looking northeast at Zongker Drugstore (1400 North Waco Avenue). Businesses in foreshortened view to left are Watson Brothers Food Store (1401 North Waco) and Funk appliances (1406 North Waco). The neon sign advertising the drugstore and Steffen’s Ice Cream was manufactured by the Claude Neon Company. A 1941 Nash automobile is parked at the curb.
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_D2NW-38.1.1

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: 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: 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 operating a ceiling-mounted camera. 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,Arthur1

Link to Image Titled: Joyland Amusement Park Children's Train
Title/Object Name: Joyland Amusement Park Children's Train
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1946
Physical Details: 5 x 10 inches
Description: Joyland Amusement Park, located at 1515 East Central. The train was made by Ottaway Amusements.
Keywords: Parks, people.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl2000

Link to Image Titled: Wichita City Library Children's Stacks
Title/Object Name: Wichita City Library Children's Stacks
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1946
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Wichita City Library Children's Stacks. The Library was located at 220 South Main.
Keywords: Libraries and museums, people, children, fashion, books.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1801

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: Cessna Airplane at Wilson Field Skyway Inn
Title/Object Name: Cessna Airplane at Wilson Field Skyway Inn
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1946
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Cessna airplane parked in front of Wilson Field Skyway Inn located east of intersection of 37th Street and North Webb Road. Later the airport was expanded and renamed Jabara Airport.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, people, airports.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.69.3.1

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

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