Dwellings-Indiana; Photography; Moffett, Samuel; Powell, Edward E.
Built before 1854, this brick house was home to the Moffett family for more than 50 years. Later Anna Powell, widow of Edward Powell, lived in the home for several years. In the 1950's and 1960's, White's Photography Studio was in the building. ...
Dwellings-Indiana; Photography; Moffett, Samuel; Powell, Edward E.
Built before 1854, this brick house was home to the Moffett family for more than 50 years. Later Anna Powell, widow of Edward Powell, lived in the home for several years. In the 1950's and 1960's, White's Photography Studio was in the building. ...
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: Greentown Sewage Rates to Rise; Lions Club Receives Lilly Grant; Youth Choir Presents Musical; School Corporation and Teachers Agree
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: A Ribbon Cutting and An Unveiling-Beginnings Honoring the Past; Grand Opening; Community "Reclaims Their Town"
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: School Days, School Days, the Way It Really Was; Grapevine Loses Founder-Greentown Loses a Fine Citizen
This location was previously the site of the Sulzer Brothers Drug Company Warehouse which was demolished. Marcus Sulzer was still active in the business when he died in 1939. However, the property was vacant in the 1942 city directory so we can...
This photo shows Klink's Salad Bowl participating in a flotilla on Lake Wawasee in the early 1960's. There is a Chris Craft Continental Boat at the pier in the foreground.
This image of a ticket to the Crystal Ball Room was good for the use of one pair of roller skates for fifty cents. Walter Roung and Adolph Berg were the owners at the time. The Crytal Ball Room, built c.1925 at the south end of Bass Lake, was a...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Tickets; Memorabilia; Big bands;
This ticket would have been a pretty expensive ticket in the 1920s selling for seventy-five cents advanced purchase of a dollar at the door. But Bobbie Grice and her Brick Tops could have brought that kind of money at the Crystal Ball Room. The...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Posters; Memorabilia; Big bands;
The Crytal Ball Room, built c.1925 at the south end of Bass Lake, was a popular place through the 1960's. It featured big bands and dancing, roller skating and other events, such as prize fights. This poster is an advertisement for Ginger and his...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Posters; Memorabilia; Big bands;
This poster is advertising the 12 Creoles, a big band popular in the 1920s that played often at the Savoy in Chicago. The Crytal Ball Room, built c.1925 at the south end of Bass Lake, was a popular place through the 1960's. It featured big bands...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Tickets; Memorabilia; Dance halls;
The Crytal Ball Room, built c.1925 at the south end of Bass Lake, was a popular place through the 1960's. It featured big bands and dancing, roller skating and other events, such as prize fights. This ticket admitted one lady on Saturday night.
The Crytal Ball Room, built c.1925 at the south end of Bass Lake, was a popular place through the 1960's. It featured big bands and dancing, roller skating and other events, such as prize fights. Young men bought tickets for 10 cents for the...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Advertisements; Publicity; Big bands;
The Crytal Ball Room, built c.1925 at the south end of Bass Lake, was a popular place through the 1960's. It featured big bands and dancing, roller skating and other events, such as prize fights. Young men bought tickets for 10 cents for the...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Publicity photographs; Big bands;
This photo is a publicity photograph, popular in the early 1900s. The Black Diamonds were a big band contracted by the Brunswick Recording Company. The Crytal Ball Room where they were contracted in Bass Lake was built c.1925 and was a popular...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Publicity photographs; Big bands;
Female band leaders were not common in the first quarter of the 1900s, but Bobbie Grice and her Brick Tops had a big following nation-wide. A big part of that was her band's musical talent and another part was, of course, the unique fact that they...
The Crytal Ball Room, built c.1925 was famous for contracting big bands and entertainment and remained popular through the 1960's. It featured big bands and dancing, roller skating and other events, such as prize fights. Young men bought tickets...