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Olive Ann Beech
This is an informal portrait of the "First Lady of Aviation," Olive Ann Beech (1903-1993), co-founder and President of the Beech Aircraft Corporation, standing by a Beechcraft Bonanza (Model 35) airplane. Beech was born and raised on a farm south of Waverly, Kansas. She attended business college in Wichita and worked for the Travel Air Manufacturing Company in Wichita, before marrying Walter H. Beech on February 24, 1930. In 1932, they co-founded the Beech Aircraft Corporation. After her husband's death in 1950, Beech assumed the position of president of the corporation, and was named its chairman emeritus after her retirement in 1982. She brought the company through fifty years of growth from the Staggerwing Biplane to Skylab and from ten employees to ten thousand. Her other honors include: Woman of the Year (1951); Kansan of the Year (1958); and nomination to the NASA Space Shuttle Study Committee (1971).
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Manufacturing band uniform hats, Wichita, Kansas
This is a view of a young woman making a band uniform hat at the Fruhauf Uniform Company in Wichita, Kansas.
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Concepcion and Rafael Rocha Lopez
Portrait of Concepcion (Connie) and Rafael Rocha Lopez, who immigrated to the United States from Mexico. He served in the Army during World War II and the Korean War, and he later worked as a civil service barber at McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, Kansas. Beginning in 1963, the couple owned and operated Connie's Mexico Cafe in Wichita, Kansas.
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Barber shop, Wichita, Kansas
Rafael Lopez and an unidentifed barber cutting hair at the McConnell Air Force Base barber shop, Wichita, Kansas.
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Barber shop, Wichita, Kansas
Rafael Lopez and an unidentified barber at the McConnell Air Force Base barber shop, Wichita, Kansas.
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Rafael and Concepcion Lopez
Portrait of Rafael and Concepcion (Connie) Lopez, who immigrated to the United States from Mexico. Mr. Lopez served in the Army during World War II and the Korean War, and he later worked as a civil service barber at McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, Kansas. Beginning in 1963, the couple owned and operated Connie's Mexico Cafe in Wichita.
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Carmen Lopez
This is a school picture of Carmen Lopez, who attended All Saints School in Wichita, Kansas. She is the daughter of Concepcion and Rafael Rocha Lopez, who immigrated to the United States from Mexico. Carmen's father served in the Army during World War II and the Korean War, and he later worked as a civil service barber at McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, Kansas. Beginning in 1963, her parents owned and operated Connie's Mexico Cafe in Wichita, Kansas.
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Carmen Lopez
This is an informal portrait of Carmen Lopez playing the accordian. Carmen attended All Saints School in Wichita, Kansas. She is the daughter of Concepcion and Rafael Rocha Lopez, who immigrated to the United States from Mexico. Carmen's father served in the Army during World War II and the Korean War, and he later worked as a civil service barber at McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, Kansas. Beginning in 1963, her parents owned and operated Connie's Mexico Cafe in Wichita, Kansas.
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Rafael and Carmen Lopez
An informal portrait of Rafael Lopez and his daughter Carmen in Wichita, Kansas. Carmen is shown holding a small dog. An immigrant to the United States from Mexico, Lopez served in the Army during World War II and the Korean War, and he later worked as a civil service barber at McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita. Beginning in 1963, the Lopez family owned and operated Connie's Mexico Cafe in Wichita.
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Vern Miller on a motorcycle
A photograph showing Vern Miller, Sedgwick County Deputy Sheriff, seated on a motorcycle.
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