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A black and white photograph of "Wichita in 1869" painted by Wichita artist Coy Avon (C. A.) Seward in 1920. On September 28, 1920, The Wichita Beacon noted that the painting was "presented to the [Sedgwick County] Pioneer Society by business men in the city" and "shows Wichita as a trading post along a trail (Waco avenue) extending north from the Munger house." On May 1, 1921, The Wichita Eagle reported that the painting was painted "from description and data furnished by William Finn, the city's first surveyor. Mr. Finn declares this picture to be a very true likeness of the city as it appeared to him when he arrived in the late summer of '69." The Pioneer Society later donated the painting to the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum.
Creator: Seward, C. A. (Coy Avon), 1884-1939
Date: 1869
Item Number: 600
Call Number: FK2.S3 , W. , .1869 , *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 600
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Art - Artists
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Art - Painting
Community Life - Town development
Date - 1920s - 1920
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Notable Kansans - Seward, C. A. (Coy Avon), 1884-1939
Places - Cities and towns - Wichita
Places - Counties - Sedgwick
Thematic Time Period - Cattle Drives, 1867 - 1885
Transportation - Trails
Type of Material - Photographs
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