King Mar, avid photography hobbyist

Besides posting the letters from a folder of King's, I also have his old slide projector which had storage for slides.  I'm sharing a few of the photos. King had trophies displayed at the Pan American Cafe from his winning photos from the annual Shutterbug Field Days in Wichita.  The Patricia Stevens Beauty School provided the models for the photographers.  Lots of guys with cameras at Riverside Park.

Here's the slide projector:

The photo on the screen was the original photo
with the almost all the color faded, so this photo
is copied below in black and white

I've included a few photos from the storage trays.

Donna, one of the long-time waitresses at Pan American

Julian and Ruth MarDock, probably at the old
Wichita Airport. The colors had faded so much
I made it black and white.

King on a hunting trip; doesn't look
like it's in Kansas

That hunting trip looked like it was with Esther
and friends/relatives.  Esther worked at the
Pan American Cafe

King seemed to always wear a business suit,
even when fishing

Lucille MarDock, King's Tyler, Texas cousin

Robert Mar  with his bicycle and the boys;
that's me on the bike.

Sam Joe Mar's Family
MuMu, BokBok, Marvin, Robert,
Han S., Wong Shee, Sam Joe
(Thanks to Arthur Mah for identifying Marvin for me - Mar 2022)

Our house on 350 N. Topeka (Wichita)

Me with Kenneth at Riverside Park, ~ 1953

There weren't any slides from any Shutterbug Field Days, but here are photos from a CD that Kim had digitized many of King's printed black and white photos.  These are dancers from the ballet school in Wichita in 1952. I wonder if the opportunity to photograph dancers was an event for amateur photographers. Or King happened to have a collection of photos of dancers and they're not even his photos,