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Link to Image Titled: Armstrong Creamery Company
Title/Object Name: Armstrong Creamery Company
Creator: Rorabaugh and Millsap
Date Original: Circa 1955
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.25 inches
Description: Night view of Armstrong’s Ice Cream restaurant. Located at 2020 East Douglas Avenue.
Keywords: Business and industry, street scenes, transportation, automobiles, architecture.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2NE-108.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Mammels Food Market
Title/Object Name: Mammels Food Market
Creator: Rorabagh and Millsap
Date Original: Circa 1955
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.25
Description: Looking northwest at intersection of 21st Street and Arkansas Avenue. Mammels was located at 2201 North Arkansas; the small building in the background was a Dairy Queen at 2225 North Arkansas.
Keywords: Business and industry, grocery stores.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2NW-36.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Wichita Transportation Corporation Garage No. 1
Title/Object Name: Wichita Transportation Corporation Garage No. 1
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1955
Physical Details: 7.5 x 9.5 inches
Description: Buses parked in Wichita Transportation Corporation Garage No. 1, 230 West 10th Street.
Keywords: Wichita, transportation, business and industry.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Richard M. Long Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms96-04.3.16.1

Link to Image Titled: Orpheum Theater
Title/Object Name: Orpheum Theater
Creator: Joe Goulart
Date Original: Circa 1955
Physical Details: 6 x 8 inches
Description: View looking northeast toward Orpheum Theater at corner of 1st and Broadway streets. Marquee advertises "King Kong" movie for kiddie matinee. Tilford Pharmacy at left.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, street scenes, arts and entertainment
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: M. Meredith "Millie" Hill Collection of Orpheum Theatre and John Eberson Movie Palaces Material
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2001-06.4.10.3

Link to Image Titled: True’s Sundries
Title/Object Name: True’s Sundries
Creator: Rorabaugh and Millsap
Date Original: Circa 1955
Physical Details: 9.25 x 7.25 inches
Description: Night view of True’s Sundries, which featured both drive-in and fountain service. Looking east; location, 444 South Oliver.
Keywords: Business and industry, ice cream, café, transportation, automobiles, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Tihen
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D2SE-55.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Orpheum Theater
Title/Object Name: Orpheum Theater
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1955
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Orpheum Theater concession stand decked out for Christmas.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, arts and entertainment, holidays.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: M. Meredith "Millie" Hill Collection of Orpheum Theatre and John Eberson Movie Palaces Material
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2001-06.4.8.1

Link to Image Titled: KAKE-TV Station
Title/Object Name: KAKE-TV Station
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1955
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: View looking northeast toward KAKE-TV station building, 1500 North West Street. Completed in 1954, building was designed by Wichita architect W. I. Fisher. Station currently uses same facility.
Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, buildings, television.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.72.8.4

Link to Image Titled: Roller Coaster at Joyland
Title/Object Name: Roller Coaster at Joyland
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1955
Physical Details: 9 x 6 inches
Description: Thrill-seekers ride Joyland Amusement's Park wooden roller coaster. Located at 2801 South Hillside Street, Joyland opened in 1949.
Keywords: Wichita, arts and entertainment, people.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.70.65a.2

Link to Image Titled: Twins
Title/Object Name: Twins
Creator: Wichita Eagle
Date Original: 1955
Physical Details: 3.25 x 2.5 inches
Description: Seven sets of twins (all identified, on file); photograph taken at Murdock Elementary School, 670 North Edgemoor. Published in Wichita Eagle December 17, 1955.
Keywords: Organizations, clubs, and groups, students, children, Christmas trees, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_H6-16.1.1

Link to Image Titled: Wichita Municipal Airport
Title/Object Name: Wichita Municipal Airport
Creator: Jerry Rogers
Date Original: Circa 1955
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Outside seating area at Wichita Municipal Airport. Raised, covered observation deck at right. Built in 1954, facility located on the southwest side of Wichita was renamed Wichita Mid-Continent Airport in 1973.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, airports, buildings
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.34.4.2

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