Monroe County (Ind.); Clear Creek (Monroe County, Ind. : Township); Smithville (Ind.); Smithville (Ind.) -- Smithville News; Nixon, Elmer; Trisler Family; Luzadder, John E.
Monroe County (Ind.); Clear Creek (Monroe County, Ind. : Township); Smithville (Ind.); Smithville (Ind.) -- Smithville News; Fox Family; Thrasher Family; Mitchell Family; McCormick Family
Monroe County (Ind.); Clear Creek (Monroe County, Ind. : Township); Smithville (Ind.); Smithville (Ind.) -- Smithville News; Deckard Family; Luzadder, John E.; Thrasher Family; Fox Family; Sylvester Family; McMillen's Mill
This photographs in this album are not labeled or dated. The images were probably made in the late 1800s through the early 1900s. These photographs are everyday pictures of life including buildings, animals, people, and tombstones. This is part of...
Copy of a studio portrait identified by the donor as ""Oliver Franklin Kelly and daughter Emma."" It is dated 1894. Based on the clothing, this was probably taken in the 1880s and is possibly a wedding photograph of Oliver Franklin Kelly and his...
This is an early photograph of the incline. It was probably taken in the late 1800s. It gives an almost romantic view of the cut. There seems to be a stand of flowers in the lower right hand corner and the tracks seem to vanish into infinity.
A crew of four on a hand-car. The small building to the left in the picture is probably the hand-car shed so they are either just leaving or just returning.
Railroads; Railroad bridges; Bridges; Bridge construction
The first bridge about which we have information was built in 1851. It was a wooden structure and a toll of ten cents was charged to cross it. Beginning in 1910 a bridge was removed from this site, probably the 1851 bridge, and the bridge pictured...
This photo shows a group of men standing outside of the Weatherhead Company building. From left to Right they are as follows: Rex Reynolds - business man; R. Leon Connolly - attorney; C. G. Etter - real estate broker; B. Lee Fischer - Weatherhead...
Rivers; Waterfronts; Horses; Mules; Steamboats; Riverboats; Mail steamers; Passengers
This river scene depicts great activity along the levee in any typical river town. The "Columbia" is either loading or unloading her passengers. The horse-drawn carts near the gangplank were probably used to convey passengers to and from the boat....
Snapshot of Fred and Charlotte ""Lottie"" (Austin) Hathaway, South Whitley, Ind., ca. 1935. Probably taken at their home on Jefferson St., South Whitley, Ind.
Snapshot of Fred (1892-1984) and Charlotte "Lottie" (Austin) (1890-1978) Hathaway, South Whitley, Ind., ca. 1935. Probably taken at their home on Jefferson St., South Whitley, Ind.
Stables; Livery; Business enterprises; Sale barn; Warehouses
This building was probably built to be a livery stable or at least a building to contain horses. The 1859 city directory lists the building as McCubbin and Sons Livery. It was also called a livery and sale barn at one point. For several years in...
The Woodlawn Hotel on Bass Lake near Knox, Indiana. was originally built in 1887 as the Chittick House, a much smaller hotel. It was probably the last functioning first-class hotel on the lake.
Haddon Hall quite possibly got it's name from the light opera of the same name written by Arthur Sullivan. A Chicago owner named this 1920s structure probably hoping to attact tourists for business. Haddon Hall was what we would call a Bed and...
This may be the "Alma" built in 1907 at Wheeling, Virginia, but we have no further information. The "Madison" is probably the boat built by Howard in 1892. Judging by the horse-drawn wagons and coach, the date would probably be early 1900s.
