A photograph from the Ferdinand News as part of a full-page feature on the history of the town of Ferdinand, IN. The caption reads: "The Ferdinand Railway is the smallest in the world operating on schedule. It has 6 1/2 miles of track." Pictured...
This is a group photo of a group of people inside the Syracuse Methodist Church taken in 1900. The information we have on the individuals is as follows (Left to right): (front row) Mrs. Richards Ohauir, Dell Yortz, Lucy Gaur, Cal Darr, Lucille...
This photograph shows the Syracuse Art Club donating a painting called "The Pike." The women pictured here are: (Back row - left to right) Ruth Xanders, Irene Strieby, Unknown, Lucy Miles, Clara Holloway, Lulu Francis, (Front row - left to right)...
Street railroad facilities; Union Traction Company of Indiana
The Union Traction Company of Indiana grew out of an interurban line between Anderson and Alexandria into a system of street railroads that served the central third of Indiana and maintained about 400 miles of track. Company offices were located...
The relationship between Charles and his brother Miles was a close one. Dr. Miles lived in Fort Wayne, Indiana, a short train ride away. It was reported that when Gene was ill in August of 1902 that a special train brought Miles to Geneva to tend...
Gene wrote, "Passing through a village, on being told that I carried a camera a woman came to me and begged that I make a picture of her home. . . The reason she was so extremely anxious to have the picture was because the forest fires had almost...
This image is a class photo. The information we have is as following: (1st Step/Row) Professor Charles Bachman (Supt), Blanche Snowbanger, Lillian Hammon, Hazel Voohees, Alda Guy, Miss Nusbaum (Principal); (2nd) Ida Jensen, Ruth Miles, P. Strieby,...
This image is the school photo of the 1873 Syracuse Public School class. The information we have is as following: Hannah Galbreath is the Teacher. (Each person is labeled by a number) 1. M. Miles 2. A. V. Kitson 3. EM. Bushong 4. TH. Benner 5. Clo....
A picture of the students and teacher at the Merkle school, found two miles east of the city of Dubois, IN. The caption reads that there was perfect attendance at the school for the years 1936-37. Other spellings of Merkle are Merkel and Markel....
A picture and article on the Markel school, located two miles east of the city of Dubois, IN, which had perfect attendance during the 1936-37 school year. Other spellings for Markel are Merkel and Merkle. Keywords: newspaper, article, students,...
Rose Island (Charlestown, Ind. : Amusement Park); Brochures; Charlestown, Ind.
This binder contains a copy of the pamphlet “Rose Island 14 Miles Above Louisville on the Beautiful Ohio”. The pamphlet is an advertisement for the amusement park and contains a history of the land on which it was built. Rose Island was founded...
A freight engine derailment on April 26, 1941, at the Calumet Road crossing caused quite a stir in Chesterton. Curious onlookers came from miles around to survey the damage caused when a carload of hogs overturned and several freight cars were...
