This photograph shows an interpretive dance that formed part of the Historical Pageant of the Dunes, produced in 1917 by the Prairie Club and other organizations in support of the creation of an Indiana Dunes national park. Although the early...
Black and White Photograph. The first purchase of Indiana Dunes State Park on September 2, 1925. Governor Jackson and his family pose on the Dunes shore in front of the Governor's cottage. The cottage is seen 150 feet behind them overlooking the...
Black and White Photograph. The first purchase of Dunes State Park on September 2, 1925. Governor Jackson and W.P. Gleason stood together on the highest point of Mount Jackson. Governor Jackson presented Gleason with a cane for commemoration. ...
Black and White Photograph. Governor Ed Jackson presented the deed of the first purchase of Indiana Dunes State Park to W.A. Guthrie, Chairman of the State Conservation Board and Custodian of Indiana Dunes State Park. This photograph is part of...
Black and White Photograph. John O. Bowers, Gary Attorney, presented the deed of 106 acres to Everett L. Gardner, Chairman of the Dunes Park Purchasing Committee. The first purchase of duneland for Indiana Dunes State Park included Mount Green. ...
Black and White Photograph. Everett L. Gardner, Chairman of the Dunes State Park Purchasing Committee, presented to Governor Ed Jackson the deed to 106 acres of duneland. This was the first purchase for Indiana Dunes State Park, September 2,...
Black and White Photograph. Governor Jackson read the deed for the first purchase of 106 acres for Indiana Dunes State Park while John O. Bowers examined the check for $32,034.00. This photograph is part of the album "First Purchase of the Dunes."
Black and White Photograph. Governor Jackson presented John O. Bowers a check for $32,034.00 in payment for the first purchase of 106 acres of duneland for Indiana Dunes State Park. This photograph is part of the album "First Purchase of the...
A photograph of Alice Gray's cabin on the lake called "Driftwood" taken by Captain C.H. Robinson. Robinson wrote on the back of the photograph, "A girl who was a graduate of the University of Chi. and a Ph D. turned hermit and lived in this shack...
Black and White Photograph. Governor Jackson with family and household members at their cottage on Lake Michigan, Indiana Dunes State Park. Governor Jackson and family vacationed at the Lake in August 1925. This photograph is part of the album...
Black and White Photocopy. A facsimile of the warranty deed for the first purchase of 106 acres by Indiana for Indiana Dunes State Park. This facsimile is part of the album "First Purchase of the Dunes."
Black and White Photograph. Governor Jackson, on top Mount Green, delivered an address to the members of the Conservation Department and the Indiana Dunes State Park Purchasing Committee. He requested speedy action of the succeeding purchases of...
The Hannells came to the Furnessville area from Chicago during the Depression and were founding members of the artists' community that flourished there. The Hannells built a studio and kiln near their home and used the native red clay to produce...
Black and White Photograph. Mr. T.A. Gottschalk stood on Mount Green reading a proclamation issued September 29, 1922, by the Indiana State Kiwanis in favor of the Indiana Dunes State Park. In photograph (left to right): T.A. Gottschalk, W.P....
Farm Life; butter churn; Chellberg family; Chellberg, Mina
Mina Peterson, the daughter of Swedish immigrants who settled in Baillytown, worked as a cook for the Barker family of the Pullman Standard Co. in Michigan City before her marriage to C.L. Chellberg in 1901. She is seen here in 1914, in the yard...
Bailly family; Howe, Rose Bailly; Howe, Frances Rose; Howe, Rose Frances
Rose Bailly Howe, daughter of one of the first Euro-American settlers of Westchester Township, Joseph Bailly, is seen here in the early 1850s with her daughters. Her younger daughter, Frances Rose, is pictured on the left, and her elder daughter,...
Chellberg Family; Chellberg, C.L.; Chellberg, Naomi; Chellberg, Ruth; Home life
C.L. Chellberg, son of the original Chellbergs who settled in Baillytown, relaxes on the porch of the Chellberg family farmhouse. Pictured on his right are his young daughters Naomi and Ruth and an unidentified man in this c. 1910 photograph.
