Built in 1898 of red granite, this was home to the August (Gus) Yunker Family, owner of Pearl Packing Company. The brick front porch and the back two-story addition are not original to the house. The original front porch had a gabled roof and...
Wayne Carlin poses on a Ford tractor on the family farm. Professional photograph for Ford Farming magazine taken in 1949 for article about the Carlin family of Monroe Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana. Image number 28190-19.
Sometime before 1879 this was the home of W. W. Snyder, a Methodist minister and father of William McKendree Snyder. William McKendree and his bride came to live in the home with his father sometime in the 1870's. After the reverend's death,...
William J. Johnson, 1953-1918, and his wife Ida were the first Johnsons to live in this home, though it stayed in the Johnson family from about 1890 until 1945. After William J. Johnson died in 1918 it became the home of his brother David and his...
At one time this was a working well. Located on the northeast corner of the lot with a sidewalk running nearby, it was a convenient spot to post the cost of admission. Gyp, the Price family dog is not in danger of drowning. This photograph was...
Back row (from left to right): Lenora, Bernadine, Eugene, Pauline. Front row: Frank, Rose (Sherman) Wehr. Taken in Jasper, IN. Keywords: family, portrait
From the Collection of Nancy Jonas, owner of the Matthews Mansion, Ellettsville, Indiana. Photo was found in back of frame with other Matthews Family portraits.
Frank Waugh and his wife Elmatie are pictured on the front porch of their home in 1903 surrounded by their family. From left to right they are Edward, baby Edna, Glen and Bill Waugh, and standing at the right, Stacy Johnson, Matie's mother. Frank...
Transportation; Automobiles; Mechanic; Waugh family; Waugh, Edward; Waugh, William
Edward and William Waugh are seen outside their automobile garage around 1920. Located at the corner of Grant and Calumet and built by Henry Gotens, it also housed the Chesterton Hall, the site of many town meetings and dances. According to family...
Home Life; Watermelon; Gustafson family; Peterson family; Peterson, Emily
The Gustafson-Peterson families enjoy watermelon in this charming slice-of-life scene taken at their homestead in Old Porter around the turn of the century. Emily Peterson, longtime Chesterton High School teacher and Porter librarian from 1914 to...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Barns; Farmhouses; Carriages & coaches; Post offices;
The farmhouse of the Warren Terry family was also the location of the Post Office at Winona in the 1890's. Mail was delivered to the Post Office on horseback and held there for pickup by residents.
Walter Carl Mundt, Sr., was born in Berlin, Germany on June 16, 1862. He came to America in 1866 at the age of four with his parents, Charles and Bertha Krahn Mundt. The family located in Cincinnati, Ohio. His father passed away in 1881 and his...
A picture of the Vogel family at home. Pictured are Clara (mom), Gladys, Merle, Raymond, Elma, John (dad), Bertha, Naomi, and Rosalind (in front). Keywords: family, home, doll, toy stroller, rocking chair, newspapers, chidlren
