Gage Brewer Wichita Beacon 10.2.1932

Gage Brewer Wichita Beacon 10.2.1932

Gage Brewer introduces the electric guitar to the world via Wichita, Kansas and the Wichita Beacon newspaper, Oct. 2nd 1932.

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DSC02483

DSC02483

The three oldest electric (standard, spanish style) guitars ever! All exhibited last year for the...

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Auditorium Theater 1912

Auditorium Theater 1912

Wichita artist and founding member of the Prairie Print Makers, C.A. Seward designed this...

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Wichita in 1869 by C.A. Seward

Wichita in 1869 by C.A. Seward

Wichita artist and founding member of the Prairie Print Makers, C.A. Seward painted "Wichita...

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Joyland pool

Joyland pool

Joyland pool, roller coaster visible in the background.

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Joyland Shoe

Joyland Shoe

Joyland's Old Woman and the Shoe.

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Polar Bear Frozen Custard, 1938

Polar Bear Frozen Custard, 1938

Frozen Custard stand situated diagonally on southwest corner of Central and Oliver Streets in...

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Buckminster Fuller's Wichita Dymaxion House

Buckminster Fuller's Wichita Dymaxion House

Exterior, front view of “Wichita House,” constructed near Wichita in Rose Hill, Kansas, in 1948....

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Les Paul holding Wichita Historical Museum exhibit poster

Les Paul holding Wichita Historical Museum exhibit poster

The Wichita Historical Museum exhibit "Campaign for Volts: Wichita and the...

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Miss Fran of KAKE TV Romper Room

Miss Fran of KAKE TV Romper Room

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Entrance to Joyland Park

Entrance to Joyland Park

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Kansas Day postcard designed by C.A. Seward

Kansas Day postcard designed by C.A. Seward

Wichita artist and founding member of the Prairie Print Makers, C.A. Seward designed this postcard to celebrate Kansas Day in 1911.

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Wichita City Hall - now the Wichita Historical Museum

Wichita City Hall - now the Wichita Historical Museum

A historic view of City Hall, designed by Proudfoot and Bird, now the home of the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum.

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Neil Young and Museum Director Eric Cale

Neil Young and Museum Director Eric Cale

Musical legend Neil Young visited the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum in 2008 and viewed...

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90 Years of the Wichita Center for the Arts

90 Years of the Wichita Center for the Arts

Exhibit celebrating 90 years of the Wichita Center for the Arts, on view through 2010....

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Fashion Fantasia exhibit

Fashion Fantasia exhibit

Fashion exhibit at the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum in 2009. Included designs by...

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Fashion Fantasia exhibit

Fashion Fantasia exhibit

Fashion exhibit at the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum in 2009. Included designs by...

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Fashion Fantasia exhibit

Fashion Fantasia exhibit

Fashion exhibit at the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum in 2009. Included designs by...

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The Wichita Flag

The Wichita Flag

Yes! Wichita has a City Flag - Beautiful - designed in 1939 by local artist Cecil McAllister. It...

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Air Capital Emblem

Air Capital Emblem

Chas. Lindy gave us the boost in the late 20's to proclaim Wichita as the Air Capital of the World!

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