Woolery Stone Company; Bloomington Limestone Company
Video interview with Mr. Harold E. Hickman, former employee of the Bloomington Limestone Corporation and former Secretary-Treasurer of the Woolery Stone Company in Monroe County, Indiana.
Water skiing; People; Rivers; Ohio River; Regattas; Steamboats
Onlookers watch as a daring young lady tries her hand at waterskiing on the Ohio River. This was probably an exhibition as the riverfront is crowded with people watching. Our best guess is that this took place during the Madison Regatta. The...
Yearbook photo of the Future Farmers of America club at the Jasper High School. The caption reads: "A newcomer to our faculty, Mr. Schuler, the agriculture teacher sponsored this club. The Officers were President, Richard Himsel; Vice-President,...
Yearbook photo of several classrooms at Jasper High School in Jasper, IN. Featured are the biology class, Mr. Lea's Spanish class, Mr. Miller's Latin class, and the chemistry class. Keywords: biology, Spanish, Latin, chemistry, classroom, teacher,...
Yearbook photo of several classrooms at Jasper High School in Jasper, IN. Featured are the home economics class, the art class, the chemistry class, Mr. Hollingden's algebra class, and Mr. Rowekamp's history class. Keywords: home economics, art,...
Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849-1916; Murat Theatre (Indianapolis, Ind.)
Program for a James Whitcomb Riley birthday celebration held at the Shubert Murat Theatre on October 7, 1915. Contains full text of the poem The Raggedy Man music and lyrics for America.
Librarian, J. Christian Bay, of The John Crerar Library in Chicago cames across an original manuscript of James Whitcomb Riley's poem, The Old Man and Jim. He took it upon himself to make photostats of the manuscript and send copies to the...
Handwritten letter to Carey informing of Mr. Riley's date of arrival. He will be appear at Madison Square Gardens Concert Hall and has complimentary tickets.
Handwritten response from James Whitcomb Riley to unknown correspondent. Unknown correspondent requested Riley send a Thanksgiving poem, but Riley responds by saying he does not have one. He does, however, have another poem he could send...
Typewritten comments by Alice French (Octave Thanet) on printed form soliciting personal comments about James W. Riley for inclusion in special issue of The Writer.
Here is a "Through Tariff" schedule. Just reading through the list of articles is interesting. Some that caught our eye are bonnets and band boxes; scythes stones (in oil or dry); shoe pegs; and firecrackers. The steamships "Alvin Adams" and "David...
