A photograph of Janet Barth (left) and Lydia Miller (right) as they unpack books for the new Ferdinand Branch Library before its opening. Keywords: books, women, librarian, library, bookshelves.
A photograph of Janet Barth (left) and Lydia Miller (right) as they unpack books for the new Ferdinand Branch Library before its opening. Keywords: books, women, librarian, library, bookshelves.
A photograph of Janet Barth (left) and Lydia Miller (right) as they unpack books for the new Ferdinand Branch Library before its opening. Keywords: books, women, librarian, library, bookshelves.
A photograph of Janet Barth (left) and a nun working to organize books before the opening of the new Ferdinand Branch Library in Ferdinand, IN. Keywords: books, library, librarian, nun, tables.
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 cuts; Inclined railroads; Railroads; Madison
This view of the incline was taken in about 1900. Notice the young boy sitting on a log alongside the tracks. Perhaps he is waiting to see the train go by or just resting before going on his way.
Here the old depot bell is displayed on the Lanier home's lawn. It was just one resting place for the bell before it was given to the Jefferson County Historical Society where it now resides.
Letters; Milroy family--Correspondence; Apples; Home life
A letter from Milroy's wife, Mary, letting him know that she arrived safely home after seeing him in Logansport. She stopped to see a few family and friends before heading home. It is quite cold out and the apples are likely frozen.
This is a rocking horse that belonged to the family of Joan Stoelting. It survived the antics of 12 or more children before it was donated to the museum by Joan Stoelting.
From the Madison Courier, "It sat on a hill. Long since departed and unused is the old Eagle Hollow School, shown in a photo taken by the late Harry Lemen on October 16, 1927. The Eagle Hollow school was one of many such edifices in use before...
The "Washington" worked the Ohio in the 1920s and 1930s. She was dismantled before 1940. In this view she is tied up at the Madison docks. She was based first in Cincinnati then in Pittsburg. The photo is thought to be from the 1920s.
Steamboats; Riverboats; "City of Madison"; Dikes (Engineering)
Built in Madison in 1882, the boat was the second "City of Madison," the first having been lost in a devastating explosion during the Civil War. On June 18, 1894, she was returning from a trip to Memphis, with a stop-over in Owensboro, Kentucky,...
She was built as the "Dolphin No. 3" at Jeffersonville, Indiana and was called the "Harry Anderson" for a brief period before receiving the name "Julius Fleischmann." She was owned by the Hatfield Coal Company and towed between the Kanawha River...
This boat was built in 1910 by Howard as the "J. H. Menge" and later the "M. A. Burke," a cotton packet. It was sold to the Louisville and Cincinnati Packet Company in 1919 and then was sent to Mount City for extensive alterations before being...
This is one of the many stone houses found in and around the county. This one was built by Col. John Ryker in about 1850. The stone was, no doubt, collected from the property for use in the building. Col. Ryker sold the house to Abel Douglas who...
