Business enterprises -- Indiana -- South Whitley; Electric signs
"Johnson Neon Sign" sign attached to the company's second-floor business at 127 S. State St. A sign for "Joy's Electric Shop" is on the first floor, and a bakery sign in the distance. Written on the back is "Late 1930's to Late 1940's."
Louisville Cement Company (Speed, Ind.); The Speedometer (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); The Speed Way (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); The Warning Star (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); Speed, Ind.;...
The Speedometer was a monthly or sometimes bi-weekly newsletter of the Louisville Cement Company in Speed, Indiana. The newsletter was focused on safety issues at the plant but also included human interest stories. The Speedometer began publication...
Betty Waddell Ward showing her horse at Kelsch Dude Ranch. The ranch operated around the late 1930's holding roundups, parades, races, and refreshments.
Black and White Photograph. View of the Lower Shelter at Brown County State Park. This two-story shelter is the largest in the park; it was built in the early 1930's by the Civilian Conservation Corps.
Built in 1898 of red granite, this was home to the August (Gus) Yunker Family, owner of Pearl Packing Company. The brick front porch and the back two-story addition are not original to the house. The original front porch had a gabled roof and...
Charles Hamilton Rousch was born on October 8, 1890 and passed away on November 9, 1978 at age 88. He was a life-long resident of Madison. In 1908, at the age of 18, he founded the C.H. Rousch and Company located at 217-219 East Main Street. His...
Color Photograph. The original bathhouse and pool at McCormick's Creek State Park. Bathouse was built by Civilian Conservation Corps (late 1930's); it still stands now as a recreation center. The pool was in-filled in the 1970's and replaced.
In the 1930's when this picture was taken, the Madison County Infirmary had a rather extensive farming operation. This barn helped to house 40 cows, 115 hogs and over 1000 chickens. There was a truck garden, an orchard and field crops.
Madison had suffered several setbacks economically. It was once a great pork packing center but that industry waned as the big packing plants in the large cities gained magnitude. The woolen mills had begun to slow or close down and it was the...
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: Greentown Election Yields Few Changes; Scouting for Food; Glass Museum to Close For Winter
Mike McLaughlin, life-long resident of Madison, is pictured with his horse and dray. A dray was a utility cart used for hauling mostly heavy, commercial merchandise. Many breweries used drays to transport heavy barrels of beer from one place to...
Mike McLaughlin, life-long resident of Madison, is pictured with his horse and dray. A dray was a utility cart used for hauling mostly heavy, commercial merchandise. Many breweries used drays to transport heavy barrels of beer from one place to...
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: Not "Up to the Minute" but "Back to the Century"; A Chance to Own a Greentown Brick; Cast call; Sesquicentennial Quilt to be Offered; Joe Rice Paperweights to be Issued
