Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company; Evansville (Ind.); SIGECO; Ohio River; Electric power-plants; Floods; flood; Photograph
View from Reitz Hill , Noel Baum lived on Reitz Hill during the flood. A.B. Brown, plant manager, stayed in Noel Baum's house, while Mr. Baum stayed at the plant. Photograph taken in February, 1937
Lincoln School baseball team;(Row 1) Aubrey Moore, Unknown, Unknown, William George, Joe Mathews, Sam Johnson, Fred Nelson, Paul Dulin, Sam Moorman (Row 2) Mr. Fields, Unknown, James Price, Charles Toliver, Unknown, Talmadge Vick, Clayton Ware,...
Indiana; Age-Specific Death Rate; Allen County; Alum Cave; American Medical Association; Animal Welfare; Anti-Vaccination; Bloomington; Bottling; Broyles, Judge; Cause-Specific Mortality Rate; Chestnut; Clay County; Cole, W.H.; Columbia City; Cox...
Mortality in Indiana during March p. 49 / Smallpox in March p. 50 / A plea for vaccination and revaccination p. 51 / Deaths in Indiana by geographical sections and counties during the month of March, 1900 p. 58 / Deaths in Indiana by cities during...
Lions Club members serve Mr. and Mrs. Harold Garner at the bean supper held at the College Avenue Grade School cafeteria. There are two originals for this photograph: 4.25 x 3.5" and 5 x 3.5".
Calliope played by Larry MacPherson of Indianapolis and Richmond, Indiana, but owned by Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Shott of Plainfield, Indiana. Calliope, which dates to the 1930s, is mounted on what appears to be a flatbed truck with "Schott's Circus...
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".
This bus was as Mr. Lemen described it an "old Reo" owned by Southland Transportation Company headquartered at the Central Hotel. In this picture, the bus is parked in front of the Central Hotel. We do not find the business in the 1925 directory...
Madison had suffered several setbacks economically. It was once a great pork packing center but that industry waned as the big packing plants in the large cities gained magnitude. The woolen mills had begun to slow or close down and it was the...
Charlotte (Lottie) Caplinger was born in March of 1870 in Jefferson County, Indiana to Mr. and Mrs. Samuel W. Pritchard. She was educated in the Jefferson County School system. She married Walter R. Caplinger on June 3, 1890. Mrs. Caplinger was a...
"In 1893 the railroad bought the whole block on First Street from Vine to Mill Streets and built the depot and moved it in 1894"-Madison Courier, November 28, 1981. The station was used for passenger service until June 22, 1935. It was used for...
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...
The first courthouse was built in 1811. It was two stories and made of "buckeye logs." It was removed in 1823 and a brick structure built in its place. This old brick courthouse was octagon in form and the entire lower floor was fashioned as a...
