"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...
Louisville Cement Company (Speed, Ind.); The Speedometer (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); The Speed Way (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); The Warning Star (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); Louisville...
The Speedometer was a monthly or sometimes bi-weekly newsletter of the Louisville Cement Company in Speed, Indiana. The newsletter was focused on safety issues at the plant but also included human interest stories. The Speedometer began publication...
Black and White Photocopy. A facsimile of the warranty deed for the first purchase of 106 acres by Indiana for Indiana Dunes State Park. This facsimile is part of the album "First Purchase of the Dunes."
Black and White Photograph. Everett L. Gardner, Chairman of the Dunes State Park Purchasing Committee, presented to Governor Ed Jackson the deed to 106 acres of duneland. This was the first purchase for Indiana Dunes State Park, September 2,...
Black and White Photograph. Governor Ed Jackson presented the deed of the first purchase of Indiana Dunes State Park to W.A. Guthrie, Chairman of the State Conservation Board and Custodian of Indiana Dunes State Park. This photograph is part of...
Black and White Photograph. Governor Jackson presented John O. Bowers a check for $32,034.00 in payment for the first purchase of 106 acres of duneland for Indiana Dunes State Park. This photograph is part of the album "First Purchase of the...
Black and White Photograph. Governor Jackson read the deed for the first purchase of 106 acres for Indiana Dunes State Park while John O. Bowers examined the check for $32,034.00. This photograph is part of the album "First Purchase of the Dunes."
Black and White Photograph. Governor Jackson with family and household members at their cottage on Lake Michigan, Indiana Dunes State Park. Governor Jackson and family vacationed at the Lake in August 1925. This photograph is part of the album...
Black and White Photograph. John O. Bowers, Gary Attorney, presented the deed of 106 acres to Everett L. Gardner, Chairman of the Dunes Park Purchasing Committee. The first purchase of duneland for Indiana Dunes State Park included Mount Green. ...
Black and White Photograph. The first purchase of Dunes State Park on September 2, 1925. Governor Jackson and W.P. Gleason stood together on the highest point of Mount Jackson. Governor Jackson presented Gleason with a cane for commemoration. ...
Black and White Photograph. The first purchase of Indiana Dunes State Park on September 2, 1925. Governor Jackson and his family pose on the Dunes shore in front of the Governor's cottage. The cottage is seen 150 feet behind them overlooking the...
Gene apparently purchased this leather "picture book" while in Michigan. The artist had signed his name on the back, F. J. Lucas. We assume that the album contained more pages of photographs as it had been taken or had fallen apart. Also some...
Gene was generous to her friends and those who aided in her work. Sharing her photographs with people of the community was common, as was gifting those especially close with leather bound editions of her books. (see note)
Gene wrote of her experience on a rough Canadian trail in "The Universal Lens" published in the Photographic Times=Bulletin, July, 1902 Vol. XXXIV, No. 7, pages 299-293. (20091036-large) It appears on the same album page as "Waterway."
Gene wrote, "Passing through a village, on being told that I carried a camera a woman came to me and begged that I make a picture of her home. . . The reason she was so extremely anxious to have the picture was because the forest fires had almost...
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: New Playground Equipment Installed; Crystal Gayle to Open Performing Arts Canter; Taking A Stand