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...
Electric signs; Bars -- Indiana -- South Whitley; Commercial streets -- Indiana -- South Whitley
Photo documenting the "5 Club / LIQUOR / BEER / WINE" sign made by the Johnson Brothers Sign Company. The tavern was located at 111 S. State St. The photograph looks north at the several buildings in the 100 block of S. State St.
Oakwood Park; 1965; Alex Alexander; Jane Hirschman Alexander; Carl Hirschman, Jr.; Ron and Barabara Hooley; Judy Hirschman; Russell Hirschman; Gertrude Burr Hirschman; Rick Hirschman; Mary Margaret Hirschman Hillard; Bob Hirschman; Francis Hillard;...
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),...
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...
A photograph in the Jasper Herald of Robert Kennedy at the courthouse in Jasper, IN, during a campaign for his brother John F. Kennedy in 1960. In the background is former Indiana Governor Matthew Welsh. Keywords: men, courthouse, building,...
Stores on Eighth Street across from Madison County Courthouse. Duffey Hardware (12), Rapp's (14-16), Kinley Food Company (20-22). Rapp's and Kinley's are located in the Liberal Life Building. This block was torn down in the 1960's and First...
In the early to mid 1880s this address was a photography studio run by Manson R. Lanham and William W. Wagner. In 1889, Crozier Monuments was at the same address havng moved from the SE corner of First and Mulberry Streets. The monument company was...
Starke County (Ind.); Dance halls; Automobiles; Big bands; Boxing;
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.) ; 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.
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...
Portrait of Edward Jacobs [10 Feb 1890-14 Jun 1960] and Margaret (Gramelspacher) Jacobs [10 Jun 1892-16 May 1984]. Taken in Dubois County, IN. Keywords: portrait, hat, flowers, bouquet, wedding, roses
Bob Hayden, owner of the Pick-Em Inn, rolls an egg with his nose 130 feet from Berg's Drugs to Danner's 5 & 10. He lost a bet with Bill Gilligan over the 1960 election. The stunt was done at 9:00 p.m. Original is 5 x 3.5".
Louisville Cement Company (Speed, Ind.); The Warning Star (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); Speed, Ind.; Sellersburg, Ind.; Employees' magazines, newsletters, etc.
This is the 1963 February, March, April, and May issues of The Speed Way. The Speed Way was a monthly newsletter of the Louisville Cement Company in Speed, Indiana. The newsletter was focused on safety issues at the plant but also included human...
Brownsburg, Indiana; Dance; Dance parties; Fire fighters;
Fireman's Dance, Spring 1960 held at the College Avenue Gymnasium; some of the dancing couples are Don and Mary Ann Beeler Hamblem, Russell and Helen Beeler, Hank and Lucia Ray Epps, and possibly John Wiley.
