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	Search results for IHS > ca 1900    Refine your search Creator Inbody, John (50) Huddleston, Cephas M (3) Killian, John M (3) Doggett, Denzil (2) Herman List (2) Show more... Format of Original Glass Plate, Negative,... (50) Photographic Print, B&... (25) Photographic Print (11) Photograph (9) Postcard (9) Show more... Subject Boarding Schools (26) Students (22) Military Education (20) Steamboats (20) Transportation (20) Show more... results 1-20 of 147 item(s)  page 1 of 8 : ( <<  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  >> ) :: previous : next select all : clear all : add to favorites   Image: Title: Subject: Description: 1. Aerial View Looking Towards West Market Street and Monument Circle from Atop the National Surgical Institute ca. 1900 Indiana State Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Indianapolis, Ind.); Cyclorama Building (Indianapolis, Ind.); Aerial views To the left is the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, and the round building in the center was the Cyclorama. It was demolished in 1903 to make room for the Indianapolis Traction Terminal Building. The streets... 2. Aerial View of the Buildings on West Market Street and Monument Circle from Atop the National Surgical Institute on West Ohio Street, ca. 1900 Indiana State Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Indianapolis, Ind.); Cyclorama Building (Indianapolis, Ind.); Aerial views To the left is the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, and the round building in the center was the Cyclorama. It was on West Market Street and housed various entertainments from murals to circus acts. Lions... 3. Monument Circle, ca. 1900 Monument Circle (Indianapolis, Ind.); Indianapolis (Ind.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Photographs The view is looking east. 4. Early View of Monument Circle Monument Circle (Indianapolis, Ind.); Christ Church Cathedral (Indianapolis, Ind.); Columbia Club (Indianapolis, Ind.)--Photographs In the early years, Governor's Square, as the area around the Circle was called, consisted of residences and churches. At one point there were more than five churches near the Circle (only Christ church... 5. American Central Life Insurance Building, Indianapolis, Indiana Office buildings; Indianapolis Water Company Building (Indianapolis, Ind.); Monument Circle (Indianapolis, Ind.); Business districts; Office buildings The historic American Central Life Insurance Building was buit in 1875. It was commonly referred to as the Insurance building. Along with the Indianapolis Water Company headquarters, the building was demolished... 6. Beck's Mill, South of Salem, Indiana, Ca. 1900 Washington County (Ind.); Mills and mill-work Beck’s Mill is a historic gristmill that was built by George Beck & sons. There have been three mills on the same location, built in 1808, 1825, & 1864. After building forts to protect the mill from... 7. Martin County Bank, Shoals, Indiana Martin County (Ind.); Banks; Banking industry; Storefronts; Photographers; Employees The Martin County bank was incorporated in 1887 in downtown Shoals. Posing outside around 1900 is cashier James Pursell at left and assistant Edgar Witcher at right. Looking closely at the window to the... 8. The Owen Mill, 2 Miles South of Moscow, Indiana Rush County (Ind.); Mills and mill-work Moscow, probably named for the Russian city, had its first mill in 1822, a post office in 1827, and was platted in 1832. Marion Owen, born in 1848, operated a grist mill and saw mill on the Flat Rock River... 9. Spiceland Academy Baseball Team Henry County (Ind.); Spiceland Academy; Baseball players; Baseball teams; Baseball uniforms; African Americans Spiceland Academy’s baseball team in 1900 included John Merida (far left) who later became the Indianapolis ABCs’ best offensive player. He began the 1911 season with another team, but died suddenly.... 10. Student's Room at Hanover College, circa 1900 Hanover College; Students; Chairs; Desks This picture shows a typical student's room at the turn of the century. 11. Vansickle Mill at Mahalasville, Indiana Morgan County (Ind.); Mills and mill-work; Waterways; Boats; Fishing The Mahalasville post office was begun in 1854, by Jacob Vansickle, who named it for his wife, Mahala. He was the first postmaster and she the second. They also owned the Vansickle Mill pictured here.... 12. "Sunshine" Steamboats; Transportation; Ferries The ship was built in 1888, at the Howard Ship Yard in Jeffersonville, Indiana. It was owned by the Louisville & Jeffersonville Ferry Company and a subsidiary Fern Grove Amusement Company. It operated... 13. City of Louisville Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company; Steamboats; Ohio River; Air pollution The ship was built in Jeffersonville, Indiana, in 1894, by the Howard Ship Yard. It had 72 staterooms and could sleep 160 passengers. The ship was large and powerful. She made a record run of 9 hours and... 14. Towboat the "T.H. Davis" Steamboats; Towboats; Transportation The ship was built in 1898-1899 out of the ship the Bob Prichard. 15. Boarding the "Gracie Kent" Steamboats; Boats; Transportation; Clothing & dress; Summer Steamboats were able to stop and pick-up passengers along the river. 16. Interurban Open Air Summer Car, Kokomo, Indiana Howard County (Ind.); Street-railroads; Passengers; Electric railroads Kokomo interurban lines ran open air cars in the summer, like this one destined for Highland Park. Taken from a scrapbook of businessman/inventor Brice Williams Sr., the postcard is one of several produced... 17. Alto School in Alto, Indiana Howard County (Ind.); School buses; School children; Schools; Horses The small village of Alto in Howard County, founded in 1848, was home to this impressive brick school. Students and teachers are gathered for a formal photo with the school "hack" nearby. Pupil Anna M.... 18. Packet "Lizzie Bay" Steamboats; Transportation; Commerce (Ship); Horses; Carriages & coaches; Ohio River The ship was built in Madison, Indiana in 1886. For many years the Lizzie Bay traveled back and forth from Madison, Indiana, to Cincinnati. This view shows it near Madison. 19. "City of Cincinnati" at Madison, Indiana Steamboats; Transportation; Boats; Ohio River The ship was built in 1899 in Jeffersonville, Indiana, by the Howard Shipyard. It was lost in the ice at Cincinnati in January, 1918. 20. Madison, Indiana, Marine Ways Steamboats; Dry docks; Shipyards--Indiana--Madison; Rowboats; Jefferson County (Ind.); Steamboats Madison had two steamboat facilities that built and repaired river craft: the Madison Marine Railway Shipyard began in 1851 and continued operations through World War II: Madison Dry Dock Company was founded... select all : clear all : add to favorites results 1-20 of 147 item(s)  page 1 of 8 : ( <<  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  >> ) :: previous : next
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