Wounds & injuries; Medical discharges; Fire; Death; Storms; Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945--Death and burial; Patriotism--United States
The Jesse G. Dorsey Collection of World War II Correspondence consists of correspondence from 348 service members and their relatives, written to Jesse Dorsey during World War II. Mr. Dorsey was the Director of Recreation and Welfare and editor of...
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy; Soldiers--Correspondence; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives; United States. Army--Military life;World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns England; Air raids; World War, 1939-1945--Europe--End; Bombs
Jimmy talks about how he wants to get back to civilian clothes. He says he can write more about his experiences now that the war is over. He talks about being in England and having bombs dropped close to him with gun fire from the sky at the same...
Frank Waugh and his wife Elmatie are pictured on the front porch of their home in 1903 surrounded by their family. From left to right they are Edward, baby Edna, Glen and Bill Waugh, and standing at the right, Stacy Johnson, Matie's mother. Frank...
A photograph in the Jasper Herald of the Huntingburg Fire Department. Standing from left to right: Fire Chief C.M. Day, Ed Utz, Joe Dittmer, Sam Blemker, Earl Young, Frank Smith. Seated: E.J. Landgrebe, R.P. Metz. Keywords: fire truck, firemen,...
Photograph of William T. Vaughn on a roadgrader. Vaughn was the county highway superintendent of Dubois County for 30 years. He lived along Highway 45 in Huntingburg. The strange coloration is smoke damage from a house fire. Keywords: roadgrader,...
Built in 1902 in Dubuque, Iowa, she was the largest towboat ever built. Her early beginnings, however, were rocky. On her maiden voyage she collided with a showboat and only a year later had to have her engines replaced. It was difficult for...
National Tile manufactured tile of all kinds for over fifty years on Anderson's southeast side. Their factory was located at Twenty-Sixth and Pitt Streets. The factory was later used as a storage facility and was damaged by fire in 2008.
Theaters; Syracuse (Ind.); Kosciusko County (Ind.)
This postcard image shows the exterior of the theater. Th]is theater was built and opened in 1947. There was a theater building on this site in the 1920s called the Oakland. It burned in 1927 and was rebuilt. It continued as the Oakland until...
The Goshen News; north shore; William Hurst; Mrs. George Hay; cottages; Wiley Spurgeon’s; fire; Kale Island ; Dr. Jarrett
A December 7, 1977 article from The Goshen News about a fire on the north shore that destroyed two homes (William Hurst and Mrs. George Hay cottages) and damaged another (Wiley Spurgeon’s). Later, another fire at the Kale Island home of Dr....
This image shows firemen working on a hose in order to spray the fire that is spitting out of the windows of the Tavern Hotel, which they are standing in front of.
Fire swept the business section of Geneva, the hometown of Gene Stratton-Porter. Awakened by the tumult Gene joins others in fighting the blaze. The newspaper gives a concise reporting of the event alluded to by Stratton-Porter biographers.
