Youth; Recreation; Music; Juke Box; Junior Women's Club
Members of the Junior Women's Club are shown donating a jukebox to the Youth Center in the Lions Club building in 1957. The Chesterton Women's Club, founded in 1934, and the Junior Women's Club, which had its beginning in 1950, have been active...
This is the music score for Holly & Mistletoe Waltz which was composed by Ella M. Guernsey of Henryville, Indiana in the 1880. This music is dedicated to Holly Overton of Crawfordsville, Indiana.
'Twas Only Those Bright Eyes of Blue is a Waltz song with words by John Hamilton and music by Ella Guernsey. It is dedicated to Miss Mary Kelly of Henryville, Indiana. The copyright date is 1883.
Much to the dismay of Gene Stratton-Porter, the Wabash River and Limberlost Swamp areas were dredged. According to Lowell Long, this photograph was taken from the iron bridge, which would have been the railroad bridge just north of Ceylon and...
Theaters; Marion County (Ind.); Indianapolis (Ind.)
The image was taken from the balcony or upper levels of the Circle Theater. It shows the stage set up for a musical concert with chairs and music stands.
"I saw this Blue Heron for myself, hunted him to his favorite feeding grounds alone, and secured these studies of him, which may be the reason I am so especially fond of them. I was located at a small boarding-house on the Inland Route, and with my...
Stratton- Porter, Gene, 1863-1924; Limberlost Cabin - Geneva, Adams County (Ind.); Clothing and dress, 1880-1940; Lincrusta-Walton;
Although the information given states that Gene was 28 years old when this photograph was taken, we know that the Limberlost Cabin was not completed until March of 1895. Gene would have been 32 years of age. She is standing in the music room. ...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Posters; Memorabilia; Music; Theatrical posters;
Bobbie Grice's "Fourteen Bricktops" (including Audry Hall Petroff) were a big draw in the early 20's. It was very odd to have a female bandleader back in the late 1800s and and early 1900s. This poster advertises all red-headed girls get in free...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Posters; Memorabilia; Big bands;
This poster advertising Dan Russo and his Brunswick Orchestra is just one of the many entertainers who visited Bass Lake at the Crystal Ball Room. Russo and the Orioles were contracted with Brunswick Records Studio. As you can see from the...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Posters; Memorabilia; Big bands;
During the 1920s and 30s, Maurie Sherman was a well-known leader of a Chicago band who appeared often at the College Inn of the Hotel Sherman (no relation) . Maurie gained much popularity via his frequent remote radio broadcasts, both local and...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Posters; Memorabilia; Big bands;
This Poster states that the Crystal Ball Room is under new management and invites people to dance and stay young with Billy Roy and his Cimeron Orchestra, the band without a home. Music sublime awaits you. The Crystal Ball Room changed hands many...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Posters; Memorabilia; Advertisements;
Built around 1925, the Crystal Gardens at Bass Lake was a source of entertainment for Starke County for many years through the 1960s. This poster is advertising a New Year's Eve party of dancing to the Troubadour's Orchestra hosted by Harry L...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Big bands; Publicity photographs;
Don Redman, born in 1900, was an American jazz musician, arranger, and composer. His father was a music teacher and his mother was a singer. He began playing the trumpet at 3 and joined his first band at 6. By age 12 he was proficient on all wind...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Advertisements; Dance halls; Music;
The Blue Dog was a dance hall located on Bass Lake's west side and part of the Taggart Hotel. Dorothy Bush was the Manager at the time of this ad. The advertisement is taken from a 1932 issue of the Bass Lake Times.
Description
music book signed by Grissom (possibly from high school days - donated by Ralph Erwin of Mitchell, who used to walk to high school with Grissom)
