History; County government; Pioneers; Families; Farm life; Farming;
Mr. McCormick describes his work as an "An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with an Extended Survey of Modern Developments in the Reclamation of Lands and the Progress of Town and Country".
Louisville Cement Company (Speed, Ind.); The Speedometer (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); The Speed Way (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); The Warning Star (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); Speed, Ind.;...
The Speedometer was a monthly or sometimes bi-weekly newsletter of the Louisville Cement Company in Speed, Indiana. The newsletter was focused on safety issues at the plant but also included human interest stories. The Speedometer began publication...
This early postcard of downtown Chesterton was taken looking north from the corner of Calumet Road and W. Indiana Avenue. Gile Livery & Garage, to the extreme right in the photograph, was later demolished and replaced by a series of automobile...
This building was built in 1913 as the Coleman-Larimore Chevrolet Garage and served as such until 1930. Harry Lemen states in his notes that "This was dad's office and our home in the early 30s." It then became home to the Farm Bureau and they...
A film negative whose caption reads "After the storm February 19, 1967 Dubois garage." This refers to a windstorm that had destroyed the building's facade but was later repaired to match a neighboring building. Keywords: garage, gas pump, building,...
Interior view of the DX Service Station with workers posing in front of the garage doors; nine of the men are wearing coveralls and one man is wearing a leather jacket.
