Main Waiting Room, Union Terminal Station

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Stock #:

894755

Type:

Postcard

Era:

Divided Back

City:

Wichita

State:

Kansas (KS)

County:

Sedgwick

Publisher:

Fred Harvey

Postmark:

1915 Jun-22

Postmark City:

Wichita

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Size:

3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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Transportation > Trains, Railroad > Depots

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MAIN WAITING ROOM, WICHITA UNION TERMINAL STATION. The main waiting room of Wichita's new Union Terminal Station is 165 feet long, 125 feet wide and 25 feet high, and is open to sunlight on three sides, making it unusually cheerful and attractive. The floors are of marble; glazed terra cotta is used on the walls. Inclined planes lead to the elevated tracks over which all passenger trains run. Wichita is among the most important railroad centers in the Southwest, and has large live stock packing and jobbing interests, while some of its manufactured products are sent to all the civilized world.

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RED ARVEY KATKAS pune Ca OIM JUN 22 1915 5 PM M4 AIN WAITING ROOM, WICHITA UN. ION TERMINAL STATION. The main waiting room of Wichita's new Union Terminal Station is 165 feet long, 125 feet wide and 25 feet high, and is open to sunlight on three sides, mak. ing it unusually cheerful and attractive. The floors are of marble; glazed terra cotta is used on the walls. Inclined planes lead to the elevated tracks over which all passenger trains run. Wichita is among the most important railroad centers in the Southwest, and has large live stock packing and jobbing interests, while some of its manufactured products are sent to all the civ- ilized world. Raperde long 180 sm.Etat doplan mo THIS SPACE MAY BE USED FOR MESSAGE

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