W. H. Miller established this business about 1886. At first it was a partnership with an acquaintance but Mr. Miller bought out the partnership early on and it has been in the Miller Family since. The mill was known for its fine quality of work. ...
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;
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...
This picture of Anderson's First Methodist Church, the oldest continuous congregation in the city, shows the 1901 building to the right. This building was destroyed by fire December 23, 1960 and a new church was constructed on the same site.
This photograph was taken of the Hirschman family cottage in 1967. Pictured in the photograph are Lynne Hirschman, Kaye Hirschman, and Scott Hirschman.
This photograph shows the Hirschman and Hazenfield families eating together on Labor Day 1966. Pictured clockwise from left to right are Scott Hirschman, Jan Hirschman, Harold Hazenfield, Pearle Hazenfield, Lynne Hirschman, and Kaye Hirschman.
This photograph shows the auditorium of the third tabernacle on the Oakwood Park property. This tabernacle was built in 1914 and was torn down in 1960.
This photograph shows Scott Hirschman and Kaye Hirschman jumping into Lake Wawasee. Scott was four years old and Kaye was six years old at the time that the photograph was taken.
This photograph shows four women standing in front of the tabernacle at Oakwood Park. This octagonal structure was built in 1914 and torn down in 1960.
This photograph shows a group of people standing in front of the tabernacle at Oakwood Park. This octagonal structure was built in 1914 and torn down in 1960.
This photograph from 1965 shows the Alexander, Hirschman, Hooley, and Hillard families at Oakwood Park. Pictured from left to right are Alex Alexander, Jane Hirschman Alexander, Carl Hirschman, Jr., Ron and Barbara Hooley, Judy (wife of Carl),...
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.
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...
