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".
The Peter Pan Room was designed for children to use. Note the national flags hanging from the pipes as a decoration and the reading benches by the fireplace. At this time, the Peter Pan Room was located in the east wing of the Carnegie building...
Store front photgraph of Brouhard's Quick-Wash Laundry, also known as the Brownsburg Laundry. Signs hanging indicate the facility was open 24 hours, coin-operated machines, the cost of a wash was 20 cents, and the price of a dry was 10 cents. ...
This reservoir was located east of town. There were at least three such reservoirs around Madison. Plans for one of the early reservoirs were approved by the city council in 1846 under the guidance and ownership of Thomas Godman. It was to be...
Railroads; Railroad stations; Train depots; North Madison
This is the North Madison depot that was built about 1850. It was situated to the east of the railroad tracks on the south side of what is now State Road 7 as it makes its curve at the top of Hanging Rock Hill. It was part of the group of buildings...
The Fairplay Fire Company #1 was founded in 1841. Four years later Joseph Todd and M. A. Gavitt were appointed to write the company's constitution and apply for a charter from the state. In 1846 the city council recognized the Ones, as they were...
Inclined railroads; Reservoirs; Hanging Rock Hill, Indiana; Madison; Railroads
Here is a view of the incline that includes the old Madison, Indiana reservoir at the lower part of the picture and Hanging Rock Hill (now State Road 7) in the upper right corner. Notice in the picture the hills have very few trees. They had been...
Indiana; Descriptive Statistics; Age-specific death rate; Cause-specific death rate; Infant mortality; Homicide; Suicide; Smallpox; Abbott, Clarence; Accidents, Railroad; Adverse Health Effects; Ammonia; Animal-Related Deaths; Anti-Vaccination;...
Abstract of mortality statistics for December 1903 p.145 / The monthly statistics furnish the following summaries for December p.146 / Smallpox p.146 / Tuberculosis p.146 / Typhoid Fever p.146 / for Pneumonia p.146 / Violence p.146 / How to rid a...
Abstract of mortality statistics for December 1905 p. 149 / Summary of morbidity and mortality in December p. 150 / Smallpox p. 150 / Tuberculosis p. 150 / Typhoid fever p. 150 / Pneumonia p. 150 / Deaths by violence p. 150 / Prophylaxis of...
Abstract of mortality statistics for December 1906 p. 169 / Summary of morbidity and mortality in December p. 170 / Smallpox p. 170 / Tuberculosis p. 170 / Typhoid fever p. 170 / Pneumonia p. 170 / Deaths by violence p. 170 / Outdoor Treatment of...
Indiana; Accidental Falls; Accidents, Railroad; Acetanilide; Age-specific death rate; Alcohol; Anderson; Antipyrine; Asphyxia; Beer, Wine and Liquor Stores; Birth Injuries; Bloomfield; Bloomington; Bluffton; Blunt Injuries; Brazil (Ind.);...
Unlicensed midwives fined p. 173 / Abstract of mortality statistics for December 1907 p. 173 / Summary of morbidity and mortality in December p. 174 / Smallpox p. 174 / Tuberculosis p. 174 / Typhoid fever p. 174 / Pneumonia p. 174 / Deaths by...
Abstract of mortality statistics for February, 1903 p. 13 / Disease prevalence in February p. 14 / Smallpox in February p. 14 / Tuberculosis in February p. 14 / Deaths from violence p. 14 / Recent sanitary legislation in Indiana p. 14 / As to...
Indiana; Accidents, Railroad; Age-specific death rate; Asphyxia; Blueprints; Building Inspection Services; Burn Injuries; Business Enterprises; Cable Cars (Streetcars); Campbell, R.M.; Cause-specific death rate; Cities; Climatotherapy; Cod Liver...
Abstract of mortality statistics for February 1904 p.13 / The monthly statistics furnish the following summaries for February p.13 / Tuberculosis p.14 / Typhoid fever p.14 / Pneumonia p.14 / Violence p.14 / Pneumonia's increase p.14 / Shall Rotheln...
