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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: Love Box Company
Title/Object Name: Love Box Company
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: Circa 1955
Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches
Description: Love Box Company employee bales together boxes for another Wichita product, camp stoves manufactured by the Coleman Company. Interior view of corrugated box factory at 700 East 37th Street North.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, people.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.10

Link to Image Titled: Safeway Foods Trucks and Trailers
Title/Object Name: Safeway Foods Trucks and Trailers
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: 1955
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: Safeway Foods trucks and trailers parked near grocery warehouse at 218 North Rock Island Street. View toward west includes Coleman Company building.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, transportation.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.1

Link to Image Titled: Douglas Avenue
Title/Object Name: Douglas Avenue
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: 1955
Physical Details: 5 x 7 inches
Description: View of Douglas Avenue looking east from Market Street intersection. On center island pedestrians wait to cross busy street. Some stores in 200 block of East Douglas include Bennett Music House, Thurston's Women's Wear, Kress, Lewin's, Helzberg's Jewelry, Baker's Shoes and Woolworth's.
Keywords: Wichita, street scenes, business and industry, people, buildings, transportation.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.2

Link to Image Titled: Broadway Street
Title/Object Name: Broadway Street
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: 1955
Physical Details: 7 x 5 inches
Description: View looking south toward intersection of Broadway Street and Douglas Avenue from the 100 block of North Broadway. Some stores and businesses include Buck's, Henry's, Allis Hotel, bus depot, Hotel McClellan, Innes and B & G Hosiery and Kress.
Keywords: Wichita, street scenes, business and industry, people.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.3

Link to Image Titled: Emporia Avenue
Title/Object Name: Emporia Avenue
Creator: Howard Eastwood
Date Original: 1955
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: View looking southeast toward 100 block of South Emporia Avenue. Some businesses include Surf Lounge, Lenders Loans, United Finance Corporation, Lexington Hotel, Ross Seed, Howse Public Parking and Flanagan Mortuary.
Keywords: Wichita, street scenes, business and industry, buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.4

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: Interior view of Farha Brothers Super Market and its well-stocked shelves. 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.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Negative
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.1.0.5

Link to Image Titled: Frisco Passenger Train
Title/Object Name: Frisco Passenger Train
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1955
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Frisco Passenger Train arriving at Union Station, 701 East Douglas.
Keywords: Transportation, trains, railroad, depot.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wpl_wpl1212

Link to Image Titled: Christmas Trees on Kellogg Street
Title/Object Name: Christmas Trees on Kellogg Street
Creator: Rorabaugh & Millsap Studio
Date Original: 1955
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Night view looking east on Kellogg Street showing Christmas trees and decorations. Overpass of railroad tracks in distance.
Keywords: Wichita, street scenes, transportation, holidays.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.73.37.1

Link to Image Titled: University of Wichita Campus
Title/Object Name: University of Wichita Campus
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1955
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Women stroll on University of Wichita campus. Grace Wilkie Hall (in background) was built as residence hall for women in 1953. Northeast corner overhang of Neff Hall, built in 1951, shelters another co-ed. University of Wichita became Wichita State University in 1964.
Keywords: Wichita, education, people, buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: University Archives
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ua.wsu.grace_wilkie_hal

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