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	Search results for P    Refine your search Format of Original Real Photo Postcard (451) Printed Postcard (394) Postcard (202) Photographic Postcard (26) Jpg (2) Show more... Date/Postmark 1905-1950 (407) ca 1900 (28) ca 1910 (26) 1913 (23) 1908 (20) Show more... Subject Business Districts (224) Streets (167) Storefronts (125) Carriages & Coaches (106) Dirt Roads (102) Show more... Creator C H Wolf (2) C. H. Wolf (2) c.r Childs, Photograph... (2) H H Coburn (2) Hoover-watson Printing... (2) Show more... results 1-20 of 1081 item(s)  page 1 of 55 : ( <<  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  >> ) :: previous : next select all : clear all : add to favorites   Image: Title: Subject: Description: 1. Posey County Courthouse, Mount Vernon, Indiana Posey County (Ind.); Courthouses; Government facilities; Cupolas The Posey County seat was moved from Blackford to Springfield then in 1825 to Mount Vernon. 2. New West Baden Springs Hotel, West Baden, Indiana Hotels; Domes; Health resorts; Gardens; Casinos; Opera houses View of the West Baden Springs Hotel and grounds in West Baden, Indiana. The complex of buildings includes an opera house, casino, and oval bicycle and pony track with an electrically lighted baseball... 3. P. Ft. W. & C. Depot, Columbia City, Indiana Railroad stations; Railroad locomotives; Railroad tracks; Passengers People are shown waiting on both sides of the tracks in front of the depot in Columbia City, Indiana. A train is pulling into the station. 4. McCracken Hotel, Mooresville, Indiana Hotels; Porches; Benches; Rocking chairs View of a hotel in Mooresville, Indiana. The two story hotel has a porch on each level. Benches and rocking chairs for people to sit on and arranged on the porch. 5. North Side of the Square, Newport, Indiana Business districts; Plazas; Butcher shops; Restaurants View of a portion of the town square in Newport, Indiana. One of the buildings is labeled K. of P. No. 242. A meat market and restaurant are among the businesses in that block. 6. Main St. South, Hobart, Indiana Business districts; Boys; Bicycles & tricycles; Lampposts; Streets Businesses line both sides of Main Street in Hobart, Indiana. A lamppost is in the middle of the intersection. One boy is standing in the street holding on to a bicycle. Another boy is facing the camera.... 7. Main Street, Petersburg, Indiana Streets; Business districts; Pedestrians; Dirt roads; Stores & shops View of Main Street in Petersburg, Indiana. The wide dirt road is lined with businesses. Several have awnings that extend out over the sidewalk. Pedestrians are on the sidewalk and horses and carriages... 8. Public School, Pierceton, Indiana Public schools; Bell towers; Hills; Schools View of a public school building in Pierceton, Indiana. The two story brick building sits at the top of a hill. There is a bell tower above the entrance. 9. K. of P. Hall, Cicero, Indiana Fraternal lodges; Brickwork; Men; Towers View of the three story Knights of Pythias Hall in Cicero, Indiana. The building has decorative brickwork and a tower room. A group of men are standing on the steps in front of the building. 10. Main Street Looking North, Winchester, Indiana Randolph County (Ind.); Cities & towns; Business districts; Streets; Sidewalks; Storefronts; Railroad tracks Winchester is the birthplace of James P. Goodrich, Governor of Indiana, 1917-1921 and Hollywood director, Robert Wise. The city was founded in 1812 and became the county seat in 1818. It is the home of... 11. Schenk Residence, Overlooking the Ohio at Vevay, Indiana Switzerland County (Ind.); Schenck, Ulysses Phillip, 1811-1884; Immigrants; Mansions; Ohio River Ulysses P. “Hay King” Schenk (1811-1884) born in Neuchatel, Switzerland was an entrepreneur, shipping magnate, and family man. In Vevay he used the Ohio River to access southern markets. His ship the... 12. Ewing Post Office Corner 2nd & Broadway, Brownstown, Indiana Jackson County (Ind.); Post offices; Storefronts; Utility poles; Business districts; Dirt roads Brownstown and the community of Ewing were about one mile apart but they merged around 1890. After this Brownstown had the rare distinction of having two separate post offices within its corporate boundaries... 13. Marshall County Court House, Plymouth, Ind. Marshall County (Ind.); Courthouses; Clock towers The Marshall County Courthouse in Plymouth, designed by Gordon P. Randall, was built in 1870-1872 with a clock tower over a brick and stone building. It was remodeled in 1914. A modern county courts building... 14. Old Quaker Church and Amboy High School Miami County (Ind.); Churches; Schools Amboy, located in Jackson Township, was platted on October 9, 1867 by Bennet Fellows, John A. Lamb, John P. Tomey and Abijah Ridgeway as a station on the Pan Handle Railroad which was completed in Miami... 15. Home of General Lew Wallace Montgomery County (Ind.); Porches; Wallace, Lew, 1827-1905 Lew Wallace (1827-1905), later in his life as author, soldier, statesman, artist, violinist, and inventor, lived in this discreet frame home in Crawfordsville. Though the residence no longer stands intact,... 16. Main Street, Looking West, Crawfordsville, Ind. Montgomery County (Ind.); Business districts; Street railroads; Parades & processions A small, unidentified parade or procession, probably ca. 1910-12, is depicted along Crawfordsville's Main Street, with structures including a theater and interurban station in the foreground. 17. Courthouse at Crawfordsville before 1917 Montgomery County (Ind.); Courthouses A striking view of Montgomery County Courthouse was etched for this pre-1917 postcard scene. William Bunting's astounding brick and sandstone edifice was built in 1876, though its massive front tower was... 18. Downtown Ladoga Montgomery County (Ind.); Business districts; Storefronts; Dirt roads; Transportation A prospering community in northern Montgomery County, Ladoga was founded in 1836 by John Meyers. Visible in a main street view are a dress shop, drug store, restaurant and other vital commercial ventures... 19. North Main Street, Elliott House, Wakarusa Elkhart County (Ind.); Business districts; Storefronts; Stores & shops; Dirt roads; Transportation The town was platted as Salem in 1852 but as there was already another Salem in Indiana, it was changed to Wakarusa, which oral tradition claims came from the Indian name meaning "knee deep in mud." The... 20. Market Street, Nappanee, Indiana Elkhart County (Ind.); Business districts; Transportation; Clothing & dress Laid out in 1874, Nappanee's name comes from the Missisauga na-pa-ni "flour," and was named after the Canadian town, Napanee, named for its gristmill. 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