A photograph of August "Gus" W. Flick outside his drug store. The photograph was run in the Jasper Herald upon Flick's death. Keywords: man, broom, newspaper, snow, car, building, fire hydrant.
The caption on the back of the postcard reads: "Baptist Church - the Birdseye general Baptist Church was established during the 1880s. Destroyed by fire in 1944, a new church was rebuilt by the residents of Birdseye and it still stands today."...
Blanck Chevrolet and Sinclair Service Station, located on East Main Street. The building was converted to the Brownsburg Town Hall, Fire Department, and Police Department in the 50's. 53 East Main Street.
"Broadway High School was the first commissioned high school for colored in Indiana" according to Grant S. Murray, Principal of the Broadway School from 1914-1917. In the September 6, 1880 edition of the Madison Courier, the newly opened school...
The Broadway School dominated its Broadway Street neighborhood until it was set on fire December 31, 1969. For a complete description of the school refer to the Broadway School entry in the collection.
Brownsburg, Indiana; Fire fighters; Fire fighting;
Brownsburg Firemen douse a fire at a barn owned by Robert Taylor, "Cowboy Bob," of Brownsburg. Cowboy Bob's Restaurant was located just east of the Dairy Queen on US 136.
Brownsburg, Indiana; Fire fighters; Fire fighting;
Brownsburg Firemen douse a fire at a barn owned by Robert Taylor, "Cowboy Bob," of Brownsburg. Cowboy Bob's Restaurant was located just east of the Dairy Queen on US 136.
Brownsburg High School, in Brownsburg Indiana, on Friday, December 30, 1983, had a fire in their basement area. Pictured is a hallway where a fireman walks past some water remaining after the fire was put out. (The Guide, Wednesday, January 4,...
Larry Croy is transported to Methodist Hospital after being burned. He suffered 2nd and 3rd degree burns from an explosion at his home. Original is 8 x 4.75".
The 1886 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps show this building as a furniture store but we can't be sure who owned it at that time. We do know that by the early 1900s Edward J. Meyers had his business here. Mr. Meyers sold furniture, pianos and musical...
The original part of the building was built sometime in the early to mid 1800s with a new front being added in 1868. It served as a private home, an inn, and a private seminary in the 1850s, according to Brooklyn Cull, who has researched the...
