This is a ledger of the tolls received at Middle Toll Gate in Clark County, Indiana from 1867-1890. The Charlestown and Jeffersonville Turnpike Company managed the toll gate. The ledger was recorded by Thomas F. Prather, W.M. Gibson, A.J. Hay, J.B....
Gene apparently purchased this leather "picture book" while in Michigan. The artist had signed his name on the back, F. J. Lucas. We assume that the album contained more pages of photographs as it had been taken or had fallen apart. Also some...
Gene was generous to her friends and those who aided in her work. Sharing her photographs with people of the community was common, as was gifting those especially close with leather bound editions of her books. (see note)
In 1926 Miss Bonnie Rodgers (first on the left) won the first Miss Bass Lake Beauty Contest. While the suits may seem very old-fashioned, they are actually very risque for the year of the contest. Women still had to wear stockings to cover at...
