Wichita State University - Parnassus Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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The Fam the years. 'One old boy rented a parking spot from me for ing in advance. He was from out of town to have his fun liked his alcohol. He'd been here three or four days, here and going to clubs. 'One morning his car was gone, didn't see him that day he'd left early. The next morning I saw him sidewalk. I asked him about his car, I was kind of 'Well, I'm out looking for it. I lost it somewheres. I went to a nightf He'd gone to several and forgotten which he'd left it in. Spent the week trying to find it.' Baldwin laughs when he recounts those stories of alcoholics and transients who get rolled or forget their hard night's drunk and walk away barefoot. Six days a week, his lot. Next to his small shack is a grocery Cart full of used plastic spoons and forks, bits of paper, old jars and a tinguisher. hThat's where I put myjunk that I collect. It thing to haul it around in. He considers himself a businessman. It's slow cept for the morning and evening rush. His cigarettes, unfiltered, have melted the blue vinyl in the first two fingers of his gloves he wears when it is cold. He does not trust the 'rummies' because of what he called their sadistic streak. He remembered when a tran sient scattered his parking receipts wasrft lookin 'He hated people, I gues and could give me some them away, scattering them to the caused me alittle trouble g. S in it

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L, ,4.if'S! T il ? xiii' ' TZ'1K3T5 AMW fm' photos by Madeline McCullough CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: The exclusively male clientele of the Smokers' Parlor have their picture taken one afternoon with the wooden Indian. Photo taken circa 1890 Unemployed short order cook, Vietnam veteran, convicted felon and self-professed wino Bill Chambers sits in the doorway of the Blue Lounge, a bar in the Old Town district. He sports a black eye and broken foot, hazards of the trade. l!26f8S You ain't my woman and I ain't yo' man. You can't take my picture. Smitty wanted a five-spot for the privilege of taking his picture. 1129185 Once the Vogue Art Theater, and more recently renovated as the Marple, this art deco building has since fallen prey to the disco beat. Many once-defunct businesses in the area become popular spots after they are renovated. ll25!8S Roc Platt tlirts with Judy Cornet! during happy hour at the Looking Glass. l!25!85

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8413 . -V.A ,fl photos by Madeline McCullough CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Early morning crowds gathered at Union Station for a chance to see Vlfoodrow Wilson as he passed through town. Wilson did not make it to Wichita due to illness. Photo taken 1919 Eddy Jensen, who has sold newspapers in downtown Wichita for years, gets a little help making his way through the snow from the ldagfe- BFOf07l office. 1!29fS5 Park security patrolman William Bill McGee, a night student at WSU, tries to keep the winos out of Naftzger Park. 1!22!85 Union Station has been purchased by Multimedia Cablevision and the old train ports have become car ports. 1!25!85 Nina Ligon frames her shot through n used camera at the Amvets Value Center. l!Z8f85