Starke County (Ind.) ; Posters; Memorabilia; Big bands;
This poster is advertising the 12 Creoles, a big band popular in the 1920s that played often at the Savoy in Chicago. The Crytal Ball Room, built c.1925 at the south end of Bass Lake, was a popular place through the 1960's. It featured big bands...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Posters; Memorabilia; Health resorts; Springs;
This poster advertises Bass Lake, Indiana as a place to spend your vacation or your weekend. It calls Bass Lake a real health resort. It advertises boating, bathing, bowling, a picturesque 18 hole golf course, parks, dancing, 8 hotels and good...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Tickets; Memorabilia; Dance parties;
This image of a ticket to the Crystal Ball Room and the Blue Dog was good for either dance and was purchased for fifty cents. The dances were sponsored by local business men of Bass Lake, the Knox Chamber of Commerce and the North Judson Chamber...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Tickets; Memorabilia; Boxing;
This image is an original ticket sold for a boxing show or fight on July 4th. Throughout the years the Crystal Gardens, built around 1925 was a sight for dancing to big bands, roller skating, boxing and many other forms of entertainment.
Starke County (Ind.) ; Memorabilia; Business cards;Vacations;
This image is a business card of the manager of the Crystal Gardens on Bass Lake in the 1920's. Adolph Berg was the manager at the time. The Crystal Gardens on then State Roads 29 and 10 boasted of dancing, roller skating, boxing shows, billiards...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Roller skating; Memorabilia; Tickets;
This ticket was for the ladies to skate free and to skate for health on Monday nights at the Crystal Roller Rink. You could bring your lunch and have a picnic all for thirty five cents at least on Monday. On Tuesday through Friday nights in March...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Tickets; Memorabilia; Big bands;
This ticket selling entry for one night only is for what is advertised as the New Crystal Ball Room. The Crystal Ball Room had many variations of its name throughout its existence and was a source of entertainment for many years. Dan Russo and...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Tickets; Memorabilia; Dance halls;
The Crytal Ball Room, built c.1925 at the south end of Bass Lake, was a popular place through the 1960's. It featured big bands and dancing, roller skating and other events, such as prize fights. This ticket admitted one lady on Saturday night.
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.) ; Tickets; Memorabilia; Big bands;
This ticket would have been a pretty expensive ticket in the 1920s selling for seventy-five cents advanced purchase of a dollar at the door. But Bobbie Grice and her Brick Tops could have brought that kind of money at the Crystal Ball Room. The...
The Crytal Ball Room, built c.1925 at the south end of Bass Lake, was a popular place through the 1960's. It featured big bands and dancing, roller skating and other events, such as prize fights. Young men bought tickets for 10 cents for the...
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.) ; Posters; Memorabilia; Big bands;
The Crytal Ball Room, built c.1925 at the south end of Bass Lake, was a popular place through the 1960's. It featured big bands and dancing, roller skating and other events, such as prize fights. This poster is an advertisement for Ginger and his...
Oakwood Park Hotel; dining room; plate; meal tickets; placemat; room key; room number
This photograph shows memorabilia from the Oakwood Park Hotel. The memorabilia includes a plate, napkin, four meal tickets, and a placemat from the Oakwood Hotel dining room. Moreover, there is a room key and two room number plates.
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 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...
Delaware County (Ind.)--Biography; Delaware County (Ind.)--History
Two volume history of Delaware County, Indiana. Volume I is an historical account of early settlement and the development of local government and social organizations within the county. Volume II contains biographical sketches of the residents.
