A photograph of three pastors at the Church of the Annunciation B.V.M. in Ireland, IN. Top: Rev. Dominic Barthel, O.S.B., first pastor 1891-1895. Middle: Rev. Anthony Michel, O.S.B., first resident pastor 1903-1937. Bottom: Rev. Martin Hoppenjahns,...
A photograph of the trustees at the Church of the Annunciation B.V.M. during its Golden Jubilee celebration, taken in Ireland, IN. From left to right: Joseph Jerger, Lawrence Bartley, Oscar Burger, Romauld Mundy. Keywords: men, portrait, suit.
A photograph of people at the Calumet in Jasper, IN. In the foreground are Patricia (Lampert) Gercken and Clyde Gercken. Keywords: men, women, bottles, beer, cigarettes.
A photograph of people at the Calumet in Jasper, IN. Pictured from left to right: unknown, Kate Gramelspacher, "Grammy" Gramelspacher, Marie Gramelspacher, Mrs. Arnold Habig (first wife). Keywords: podium, microphone, men, women, drums, tables.
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,...
James Whitcomb Riley worked as a poet and reporter for the Anderson Democrat before he became famous and was fired for perpetrating a hoax. He steadfastly refused to return to Anderson until May 1913, when he came as a guest of the Made in...
Railroad construction & maintenance; Telegraph; Telegraph lines; People; Telecommunication cables
This is a group of eight men, their hand-car and a cable reel wagon. They are a line crew for the Pennsylvania Railroad. Their boss was a man named Will Johnson and they are likely repairing a telegraph line.
The inscription on the picture reads, "Train 927, ready for the last passenger run out of Madison, June 30, 1931. Compliments of the engineer J. R. Pogue." With this brief passage Mr. Pogue summarized almost 100 years of railroading in Madison,...
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...
The Madison Courier on October 25, 1943, reported, "Frank B. Conner, 60, conductor, was killed instantly, and four railway cars were demolished at 1:00 o'clock this afternoon when a "runaway" railroad train raced down the "cuts" plowed up the...
Railroads; Railroad employees; Railroad construction & maintenance; Railroad tracks; Dupont
This picture show a track crew at Dupont, Indiana. The nine men pause long enough for their picture to be taken. Note the partially driven spike in front of the man with the driver on his shoulder.
A letter from Milroy's wife, Mary, commenting on the dominance alcohol can have on the lives of so many men. Her most recent "girl" is working out well.
This photo shows a group of men standing outside of the Weatherhead Company building. From left to Right they are as follows: Rex Reynolds - business man; R. Leon Connolly - attorney; C. G. Etter - real estate broker; B. Lee Fischer - Weatherhead...
A hand-written poem with no title. Dated 1888 and signed by James Whitcomb Riley. A hat illustration at top of page. A poem about not being happy about not having an umbrella when it is raining and happy to not have an umbrella when the sun is...
