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	Search results for First > ca 1920    Refine your search Format of Original Photographic Print (2) Pamphlet (1) Photographic Postcard (1) Postcard (1) Postcard, Color Halfto... (1) Show more... Subject Ball Family (1) Carp Fisheries (1) Coal (1) Coal Mines and Mining ... (1) Factories -- Indiana -... (1) Show more... Creator Advance-rumley Threshe... (1) Bregstone (1) Curt Teich & Company, ... (1) Indiana Department of ... (1) Michelson Photo co, Sh... (1) results 1-7 of 7 item(s)  page 1 of 1 : ( <<  1  >> ) :: previous : next select all : clear all : add to favorites   Image: Title: Subject: Description: 1. Studebaker One-Profit Plants, South Bend, Indiana St. Joseph County (Ind.); Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Co.; Manufacturing industries; Factories--Indiana--South Bend The Studebaker brothers began plying their trade as blacksmiths and wagon builders in South Bend around 1850. The company first built sturdy wagons to take travelers westward then other wagons and carriages... 2. George, William, Frank, Lucius, and Edmund Ball Ball family; Men's clothing It was Edmund’s wish that the Ball Brothers Foundation be formed, and from his estate came its original funding in 1926. One of the foundation’s first projects was the creation of Ball Memorial Hospital,... 3. Sectional View of the Advance-Rumely Ideal Separator Farm equipment; Farm life; Farming; Agricultural machinery & implements; Harvesting machinery; Threshing Meinrad Rumely founded the M. Rumely Company in 1853 and the company was a fixture in LaPorte for 78 years. Their 1912 catalog states, “We build machinery that makes the farm pay better,” and their... 4. McCormick's Creek State Park, Owen County, Indiana Owen County (Ind.); Parks; Parks--Indiana; Waterfalls; Recreation areas--Indiana As part of the state's centennial, McCormick’s Creek State Park became Indiana's first state park on July 4, 1916. Named for the McCormick family who settled the land in 1816, the park features a mile... 5. Sunflower Coal Mine, Dugger, Indiana Sullivan County (Ind.); Coal mines and mining--Indiana; Coal With the building of the Dugger Coal Mine, Dugger was platted in 1879 by Francis Dugger and Henry Neal. It was first called Fairchild for a superintendent of the Dugger Coal Company, but was soon renamed... 6. Clark School in Clark Township, Johnson County, Indiana Johnson County (Ind.); School buildings; School children; Schools; Students Students at Clark School ca. 1920. The first graded high school in the township was established in 1897. This building, with many additions, is still in use for lower grades since the advent of consolidation... 7. Looking Over the Gold Fish Ponds, near St. Paul, Ind., Shelby Co., Ind. Shelby County (Ind.); Fish; Carp fisheries; Fisheries St. Paul was first called Paul Town for Jonathan Paul who settled there in 1820 and built the first mill in the area. St. Paul straddles Shelby and Decatur counties and was platted in the 1850s. During... select all : clear all : add to favorites results 1-7 of 7 item(s)  page 1 of 1 : ( <<  1  >> ) :: previous : next
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