Photograph of the exterior of the old St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Pierceton. Snow is on the ground and congregants are entering and heading toward the church. Ca. 1940s
The original building at Mulberry and Main was built in the 1850s. In 1861 George Benson, the owner at the time, sold the building to James Hargan who operated a wholesale grocery business there with his son George. Greenville Johnson was taken...
Business enterprises -- Indiana -- South Whitley; Electric signs; Interiors
Workers making signs at the Johnson Neon Sign Company. Written on the back is: "Babe Meyers, Harold Johnson, Paul Johnson, John Webber. / Above old G & G on State St." One of the signs is for Peter's Caf�. The business was first located on the...
Business enterprises -- Indiana -- South Whitley; Restaurants -- Indiana -- South Whitley; Pizza
Brick, two-story commercial building with "Pizza / Subs" on awning. This was the 1940s and 1950s location of Johnson Brothers Sign Company and a note on the back reads: "Early 40's / S. State St. / So. Whitley." The print is time dated "6 / 29 /...
Business enterprises -- Indiana -- South Whitley; Restaurants -- Indiana -- South Whitley; Pizza
Brick, two-story commercial building with "Pizza / Subs" on awning. This was the 1940s and 1950s location of Johnson Brothers Sign Company and a note on the back reads: "Early 40's / S. State St. / So. Whitley." The print is time dated "6 / 29 /...
Business enterprises -- Indiana -- South Whitley; Restaurants -- Indiana -- South Whitley; Pizza; Insurance companies -- Indiana -- South Whitley
Brick, two-story commercial building with "Pizza / Subs" on awning. This was the 1940s and 1950s location of Johnson Brothers Sign Company. The print is time dated "6 / 29 / '00." To the north is Glassley Insurance.
Starke County (Ind.) ; Advertisements; Restaurants;
Advertisement for a restaurant popular in the 1930s and 1940s called Van's Inn. The advertisement is taken from a 1932 issue of the Bass Lake Times. Van's Inn had what was then called "legal beer", gas, oil, food, cabins, a merry-go-round and even...
Copy of the Brownsburg Record from August 15, 1890. Believed to be the oldest copy of the record known about. The Brownsburg Record was published by Walter L. Burns until September of 1890. The paper transferred hands many times. The last issue...
Main Street School, built in 1888, was located on the corner of Twelfth and Main Streets. It was demolished in the 1940s. Sears Roebuck was built on this site; later that building became the Anderson Public Library
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: Chemistry on the Creekbank; Parking Meters Coiming to Greentown; Annexation, Sidewalks, Truck, Among Requests at Town Council; Some Questions Answered
