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	Search results for Destination > ca 1950    Refine your search Format of Original Photographic Print (6) Photograph (5) Digital (4) Manuscript (1) Photograph, B&w (1) Show more... Subject Hanover College (4) George F Cram Company (3) Globes (3) Maps (3) Aerial Views (2) Show more... Creator Hartill, Ray (1) Mitchell, Floyd (1) Neuman Studio, Fort Wa... (1) Park Aerial Surveys, I... (1) Peat, Wilbur David, 18... (1) Show more... results 1-20 of 22 item(s)  page 1 of 2 : ( <<  1  2  >> ) :: previous : next select all : clear all : add to favorites   Image: Title: Subject: Description: 1. Chief Menominee Statue Marshall County (Ind.); Indians of North America; Statues; Memorials Chief Menominee was a leader of the Potawatomi. In 1838 the tribe was forced from Indiana. Menominee and many others died on the journey in what came to be known as the Trail of Death. In 1909 a granite... 2. Indianapolis Now the Hometown of Bell Telephones Indianapolis (Ind.)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Indianapolis (Ind.)--Commerce; Telephone; Telephone companies The 1950s brought a boom to the job market as many new factories opened in areas that had recently been farmland. Western Electric began manufacturing telephones in a sprawling new factory, covering 40... 3. Joseph Irwin Miller Inspects a Cummins Engine Miller, J. Irwin (Joseph Irwin), 1909-2004; Cummins Engine Company; Factories; Engines Miller returned to Cummins Engine Company after the war, where he served first as Executive Vice President starting in 1945 and finished his career as Chairman of the Board in 1977. Under his leadership,... 4. Streetcar on Broad Ripple Avenue Street-railroads; Transportation; Broad Ripple (Indianapolis, Ind.); Indianapolis (Ind.) The old Broad Ripple Park was owned by the Union Traction Co., a streetcar company that utilized the park’s turnaround and amenities to entice Indianapolis residents to use their transportation system.... 5. Butler Fieldhouse Butler University; Butler University--Hinkle Fieldhouse; Sports & recreation facilities Construction began in 1926 on Arthur Jordan Hall and the Butler Fieldhouse (renamed Hinkle Fieldhouse after coach Paul “Tony” Hinkle in 1966). Classes began in the fall of 1928. Jordan Hall, designed... 6. Centennial Farm Families Application Farm life; Farmers; Families; Farms; Farming In 1947 the Indiana Historical Society decided to find out how many farms in the state had been in the same families for 100 years or more. They partnered with Purdue University's county agricultural agents... 7. Monon Engine #51 at Indianapolis Railroads; Locomotives; Railroad yards; Monon (Railroad) Monon #51 was a GM-EMD F3 diesel locomotive. Number 51 was the first Monon diesel freight out of Indianapolis, the main use for most F3s. As a diesel electric, the diesel engine drives an electrical generator.... 8. Ben Franklin Store, Warren, Indiana Huntington County (Ind.); Variety stores; Merchants--Indiana Ben Franklin Five and Dime retail stores were founded as Butler Bros. in Boston in 1877. They became a franchise of independently owned and operated stores found in small towns throughout the U.S. including... 9. George F. Cram Company Delivery Truck National Map Company; George F. Cram Company; Maps; Globes In 1928 the National Map Company changed their name to The George F. Cram Company. The company became best known for atlases and city street maps. 10. Making a Globe Cartography; Maps; Globes; George F. Cram Company; Aprons A printed sheet of a globe was hand cut into 12 individual gores which were glued to a pre-formed ball. 11. Assembling a Globe Globes; Maps; Cartography; George F. Cram Company Longitude and latitude lines were used to line-up the sections correctly as they were glued to a sphere. 12. Freshman Excursion Steamboats; Recreation; Hanover College; Ohio River A good game of cards, the sites and sounds of travel on a steamboat…life is good. 13. Trails in Clifty Falls Parks--Indiana; Hiking; Trails & paths; Recreation areas--Indiana; Parks "In the opinion of many travelers the scenic beauty of Clifty Falls State Park, overlooking the Ohio River, is unequalled in the United States and comparable to that of the Swiss Alps," reads a pamphlet... 14. Cedar Farm/Kintner-Withers House in Laconia, Indiana Harrison County (Ind.); Historic buildings; Mansions; Farmhouses Laconia was platted in 1816 by John Boone. Cedar Farm, also known as the Kintner-Withers House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was built in 1837 by Jacob Kintner. He designed it after... 15. Raymond "Dutch" Struck and Hanover Athletics Hanover College; Football players; Sports Athletics has always been an important part of Hanover College life. Dutch Struck was just one of many coaches who put Hanover athletics on the map. 16. Parker Auditorium Hanover College On the porch of Parker Auditorium, Albert and Katherine Parker with donor William Donner muse -- Will these students some day say those daily required chapels made us a community if nothing else? 17. Aerial View of Hanover Campus from the Point Hanover College; Aerial views Aerial view of the campus during the winter. Old Classic Hall is gone, but the symbolic importance of the Point remains. 18. Voting Booth, League of Women Voters League of Women Voters of Indiana; Women in politics; Suffrage; Voting; Women political activists Since its founding in 1920, the League of Women Voters has striven to educate citizens about the importance of voting and of studying campaign issues. 19. Indiana Congresswoman Cecil Harden Harden, Cecil Murray, 1894-1984; United States. Congress. House; Women in politics; Women legislators; Republican Party (Ind.) Elected in 1948, Cecil Hardin served 5 terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, making her one of the longest-serving women when she retired. Four other Hoosier women have served in Congress, Virginia... 20. White Collar Workers Picketing in Fort Wayne International Harvester Company; United Office and Professional Workers of America; Strikes and lockouts; Employees; Labor unions; Labor leaders; Office workers; Women White collar workers began to affiliate themselves with the national unions at the turn of the 20th century. Here members of the United Office and Professional Workers of America are picketing at the International... select all : clear all : add to favorites results 1-20 of 22 item(s)  page 1 of 2 : ( <<  1  2  >> ) :: previous : next
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