Starke County (Ind.) ; Posters; Memorabilia; Big bands;
This poster is advertising the 12 Creoles, a big band popular in the 1920s that played often at the Savoy in Chicago. The Crytal Ball Room, built c.1925 at the south end of Bass Lake, was a popular place through the 1960's. It featured big bands...
Civil War, U. S., 1861-1865; Correspondence; Fortune telling; Love-letters; American Civil War, letters and diaries; Military life
Ernest Schleicher, a soldier in Company I 38th Regiment Indiana Infantry, wrote letters home during the Civil War to Harriet Jackson of New Providence, Indiana. Ernest mustered in as a private in 1861 and was discharged in 1865 as a sergeant. These...
Lounging on the platform outside the original wooden Michigan Southern depot around the turn of the century were (left to right): John Thompson, William A. Wood, and Willard Place. The two men on the right are thought to be L. Wicter and Albert...
Central Normal College (Danville, Ind.) -- Yearbooks; Central Normal College (Danville, Ind.) -- Students -- Yearbooks; College Yearbooks; Central Normal College (Danville, Ind.) -- Students
Yearbook from Central Normal College located in Danville, Indiana.
Central Normal College (Danville, Ind.) -- Yearbooks; Central Normal College (Danville, Ind.) -- Students -- Yearbooks; College Yearbooks; Central Normal College (Danville, Ind.) -- Students
Yearbooks from Central Normal College located in Danville, Indiana.
Central Normal College (Danville, Ind.) -- Yearbooks; Central Normal College (Danville, Ind.) -- Students -- Yearbooks; College Yearbooks; Central Normal College (Danville, Ind.) -- Students
Yearbook from Central Normal College located in Danville, Indiana.
Central Normal College (Danville, Ind.) -- Yearbooks; Central Normal College (Danville, Ind.) -- Students -- Yearbooks; College Yearbooks; Central Normal College (Danville, Ind.) -- Students
Yearbook from Central Normal College located in Danville, Indiana.
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".
A photograph of Rohleder's restaurant known as the "Bloody Bucket," across the street from the Southern Railway Depot in Huntingburg, IN. Keywords: men, children, boys, dog, restaurant, building, business.
An article in the Jasper Herald about the burial of Tina Austin and Mark Archer at which the Wheelers motorcycle club carried the casket containing both bodies. Keywords: casket, coffin, funeral, men, newspaper.
The "City of Madison" was built in 1860 and originally ran from Cincinnati to New Orleans. She was built in Madison, Indiana and was used as a government boat during the Civil War. She participated in Grant's campaign on the Tennessee and was at...
On March 28, 1896 at St. Louis, a great, black cloud loomed menacingly over the city. The "City of Monroe" chanced to be moored at the Anchor Line wharf-boat, ready to start on her regular trip to New Orleans. She was heavily laden with freight...
Steamboats; Greene Line; Greene, Chris B.; Greene, Gordon C.; Greene, Mary B.; Greene, Letha; "Delta Queen"; Riverboats; "Tom Greene"
The "Tom Greene" was built in 1923 and was owned by the Greene Line of Cincinnati. The "Tom Greene" was in the Cincinnati-Louisville trade until 1947. She was later made into a landing boat and offices. Gordon C. Greene named his boat after his...
Photographer Theodore Eitel’s album, About a Town in Southern Indiana, depicts the Ohio River town of Utica, Clark County, Indiana circa 1920s. The fifteen village scenes are mounted on board with vellum. Eitel was a native of Louisville,...
