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...
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".
Party for graduates of Anderson Library's Vacation Reading Club, 1926. These children performed in a play called "Bookland", written by Margaret Wade. Scenery and costumes were made by library staff.
Louisville Cement Company (Speed, Ind.); The Warning Star (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); Speed, Ind.; Sellersburg, Ind.; Employees' magazines, newsletters, etc.
This is the April 1967 issue of The Speed Way. The Speed Way was a monthly 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. Prior to...
Arbuckle Acres Park; Delivery of airplane; Airplane was there for years for the kids to climb and play on. Plane is gone but building in background is still in use.
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...
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); Speed, Ind.;...
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...
Color Photograph. View of former swimming pool bathhouse at McCormick's Creek State Park. The pool was in-filled ca. 1970 to become a recreation center with courts available for public play.
Starke County (Ind.) ; Publicity photographs; Big bands;
This photo is a publicity photograph, popular in the early 1900s. The Black Diamonds were a big band contracted by the Brunswick Recording Company. The Crytal Ball Room where they were contracted in Bass Lake was built c.1925 and was a popular...
Brownsburg High School bulletin board decorated for Homecoming Football Night. It was located in lower hallway of school. Brownsburg was scheduled to play football against Danville. Original is 4.25 x 3.5".
Mrs. Kochell's speech class practicing for a play to be given during National Education Week. L to R: Karen Alkire, Mike Larick, Susie Kirkpatrick: kneeling is Barbara Cummings; at extreme left is Mrs. Kochell, Director. Original is 4.25 x 3.5".
A photograph of a group of children, many of whom are in costumes, probably for a school play. The known names are Alex Pieper (second from right in back row), Joe Ziegler (far right in back row), and Richard Kreitzer (seated in wagon in center)....
A play portraying a Civil War Reenactment featuring Colonel Benton and Captain Reuben Riley, father of James Whitcomb Riley. The play was enacted by members of the Society of Indiana Pioneers at Brandywine Park, Greenfield, Indiana. May 25, 1940.
Fort Wayne (Ind.)--History;
Allen County (Ind.)--History;
Allen County (Ind.)--Biography
Pictorial history of Fort Wayne, Indiana; a review of two centuries of occupation of the region about the head of the Maumee river; also the story of the townships of Allen county by Mrs. Samuel R.Taylor
Illustrated.
