This photograph shows memorabilia from the Oakwood Park Hotel. The memorabilia includes a plate, napkin, four meal tickets, and a placemat from the Oakwood Hotel dining room. Moreover, there is a room key and two room number plates.
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: Filming Of Sewers Continues; Town Rejects Gooch Request; From Common Tool to Refined Insrument; Town Rejects Gooch Request
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: Eastern Schools Reduce Teaching Positions to COmpensate For Financial Losses; Income Survey to be Conducted; Groundbreaking Held for Medical Facility
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: A Ribbon Cutting and An Unveiling-Beginnings Honoring the Past; Grand Opening; Community "Reclaims Their Town"
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Sources; Letters; Diaries; Historical geography--Maps; Milroy family--Correspondence
This project makes accessible historically significant documents that were the property of Rensselaer resident Robert Huston Milroy who formed and led the volunteer G company of the 9th Regiment of the Indiana Infantry. He later reached the rank...
Ray, James Brown, 1794-1848--Archives; Indiana--Politics and government
Introduction provides background information on the state during the period of Ray's governorship. Transcriptions of orignal documents from his terms as acting governor and two administrations. Includes index and bibliographic footnotes.
Luckenbach, Abraham, 1777-1854--Biography; Kluge, John Peter, 1768-1849--Biography; Indians of North America--Missions--Indiana; Moravian Indians--Indiana; Moravian Indians--Missions; Delaware Indians--Missions;
Diaries and letters that chronicle the experiences of three missionaries from the Moravian Church in America who worked with the Delaware Indians in the Indiana Territory from 1801 to 1806. Translated from the German of the original manuscript. ...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Memorabilia; Business cards;Vacations;
This image is a business card of the manager of the Crystal Gardens on Bass Lake in the 1920's. Adolph Berg was the manager at the time. The Crystal Gardens on then State Roads 29 and 10 boasted of dancing, roller skating, boxing shows, billiards...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Tickets; Memorabilia; Boxing;
This image is an original ticket sold for a boxing show or fight on July 4th. Throughout the years the Crystal Gardens, built around 1925 was a sight for dancing to big bands, roller skating, boxing and many other forms of entertainment.
This image of a ticket to the Crystal Ball Room was good for the use of one pair of roller skates for fifty cents. Walter Roung and Adolph Berg were the owners at the time. The Crytal Ball Room, built c.1925 at the south end of Bass Lake, was a...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Posters; Memorabilia; Health resorts; Springs;
This poster advertises Bass Lake, Indiana as a place to spend your vacation or your weekend. It calls Bass Lake a real health resort. It advertises boating, bathing, bowling, a picturesque 18 hole golf course, parks, dancing, 8 hotels and good...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Roller skating; Memorabilia; Tickets;
This ticket was for the ladies to skate free and to skate for health on Monday nights at the Crystal Roller Rink. You could bring your lunch and have a picnic all for thirty five cents at least on Monday. On Tuesday through Friday nights in March...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Posters; Memorabilia; Advertisements;
Built around 1925, the Crystal Gardens at Bass Lake was a source of entertainment for Starke County for many years through the 1960s. This poster is advertising a New Year's Eve party of dancing to the Troubadour's Orchestra hosted by Harry L...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Posters; Memorabilia; Big bands;
This poster advertising Dan Russo and his Brunswick Orchestra is just one of the many entertainers who visited Bass Lake at the Crystal Ball Room. Russo and the Orioles were contracted with Brunswick Records Studio. As you can see from the...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Posters; Memorabilia; Big bands;
During the 1920s and 30s, Maurie Sherman was a well-known leader of a Chicago band who appeared often at the College Inn of the Hotel Sherman (no relation) . Maurie gained much popularity via his frequent remote radio broadcasts, both local and...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Tickets; Memorabilia; Big bands;
This ticket selling entry for one night only is for what is advertised as the New Crystal Ball Room. The Crystal Ball Room had many variations of its name throughout its existence and was a source of entertainment for many years. Dan Russo and...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Tickets; Memorabilia; Dance parties;
This image of a ticket to the Crystal Ball Room and the Blue Dog was good for either dance and was purchased for fifty cents. The dances were sponsored by local business men of Bass Lake, the Knox Chamber of Commerce and the North Judson Chamber...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Posters; Memorabilia; Big bands;
This Poster states that the Crystal Ball Room is under new management and invites people to dance and stay young with Billy Roy and his Cimeron Orchestra, the band without a home. Music sublime awaits you. The Crystal Ball Room changed hands many...
