hutchinsonkansas

This is a photo of the control tower at former Naval Air Station Hutchinson, near Hutchison, Kansas. Today it is known as Sunflower Aerodrome Gliderport (SN76). The control tower is still there, albeit in a virtual state of ruin. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Hutchinson www.airfields-freeman.com/KS/Airfields_KS_C.htm#hutchinson en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunflower_Aerodrome_Gliderport

"Harvey Management" means it was part of the Harvey House hotel chain, one of the early chains run by Frederick Harvey a pioneer of the hotel management business. The Bisonte Hotel was in Hutchinson, Kansas, built in 1906, closed in 1946 and was subsequently demolished. Here's an article about Fred Harvey: www.hotelinteractive.com/index.asp?page_id=5000&artic... See this link about Harvey Houses in Kansas, which includes a photograph of the Hutchinson Downtown Inn and Suites which presently occupies the site: www.harveyhouses.net/states/kansas/kshouses.html A railway hotel, adjacent to the Sante Fe railroad, it was the equivalent of the modern day airport hotel. A great piece of hotel history. As for the postal connection? I'm not sure. For the time being I suppose that the wagon and horse were for mail delivery or conveyance. The persistent URL back to the SI does not yield much information.

Nice old photo. Added to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutchinson,_Kansas Thanks for posting these!

Peter D. Tillman Thanks for providing this link, Pete! Susannah Smithsonian Institution Archives