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	Search results for Foreground    Refine your search Creator Martin's Photo Shop (43) Format of Original Nitrate Negative (26) Photographic Print, B&... (13) Glass Plate, Negative,... (4) Subject Railroad Tracks (6) Coal (5) Storms (4) Natural Disasters (4) Petroleum Industry (3) Show more... Date 1913-03-24 (4) ca 1930 (2) 1926-01 (2) 1930 (2) 1933-06 (2) Show more... results 1-20 of 43 item(s)  page 1 of 3 : ( <<  1  2  3  >> ) :: previous : next select all : clear all : add to favorites   Image: Title: Subject: Description: 1. Cow Show at the Honey Creek High School Fair Livestock; Fairs; Schools; Competition entries; Automobiles; Tents Several people are lined up to show their cows at the Honey Creek High School Fair. The high school is in the background and a tent has been set up in the foreground. There are several automobiles partially... 2. Construction on the American Can Company Building Construction; Construction workers; Railroad cars; Horses; Carts & wagons Construction is underway on the American Can Company building. There are horses and a wagon and a train in the foreground, presumably for hauling materials to and from the site. Some of the workers are... 3. Bays Brothers Circus Circus performers; Circuses & shows; Circus posters; Crowds; Tents; Umbrellas View of a crowd gathered in front of an outdoor stage at the Bays Brothers Circus. Behind the stage is a banner advertising Robert Ripley's World's Fair Freaks. Across from the outdoor stage is a large... 4. Siosi Oil Company Grounds Petroleum industry A distant view of the Siosi Oil Company grounds is shown here. There is a very narrow ditch in the foreground. It is unclear whether there is water or some of the substance in the ditch. 5. Siosi Oil Company Grounds Petroleum industry The fields of the Siosi Oil Company are shown here. There is an oil tank in the background and several different groups of oil pipes in the foreground. 6. Dresser School Playground Children; Play (Recreation); Children playing outdoors; Swings; Playgrounds; Seesaws; Basketball; Sliding boards; Dirt Children are playing on swingsets, slides, and seesaws. Several are on a climbing gym. Two basketball hoops are set up. A pile of dirt is in the foreground. 7. President Truman's Train and Crowd at Union Station, Terre Haute, Indiana Presidents; Politicians; Political campaigns; Railroad cars; Whistle-stop campaigning; Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 President Truman waves to the crowd from a platform at the back of a train. The presidential seal is centered on the railroad car. Three loud speakers are mounted on top of the car. Two photographers take... 8. Close-up of Damage Done by a Tornado Storms; Tornadoes; Natural disasters; Houses; Debris; Tables; Wooden buildings View of a collapsed building. Little of the structure is recognizable. A small table is turned on its side in the foreground. A chair is in the background with a wall leaning over it. 9. Sandbags Outside of a Factory, March 24, 1913 Floods; Flood control; Factories; Storms; Natural disasters; Sawhorses; Weather Flood water is on both sides of the pile of sandbags. Some debris is floating in the water. A sawhorse is in the foreground. 10. Tornado Damage March 24, 1913 Houses; Tornadoes; Natural disasters; Storms; Debris; Weather; Neighborhoods; Wooden buildings Two people are on the roof of the house in the center of the picture. Some of its shingles have been blown off. A building in the foreground has been destroyed. More damage is shown to buildings in the... 11. Close-up of Tornado Damage Storms; Natural disasters; Tornadoes; Debris; Buildings; Wooden buildings; Smokestacks The wooden structures in the foreground have collapsed while a smokestack remains standing in the background. 12. Terre Haute House, Terre Haute, Indiana Buildings; Towers; Electric railroads; Automobiles; Pedestrians; Newspaper carriers; Fire escapes; Streets The five story building is located on the corner of a busy intersection. Three turrets can be seen along with a fire escape. Vehicles and pedestrians pass by on the street. A boy carrying newspapers is... 13. Girl Scout Day Camp Girl Scouts; Camps; Handicraft The girls in the foreground are sewing. 14. Girl Scouts & Furniture at 127 So. 7th Girl Scouts; Uniforms; Furniture; Gifts A gift is on the table in the foreground. 15. Anderson Gift Shop Stores & shops; Woodcutting; Woodworking; Gifts; Gift shops; Saws A man is cutting a piece of wood. Wooden items are displayed on the table in the foreground and a birdhouse hangs overhead. 16. Mrs. John Biel's Children's Party Birthday parties; Children's parties; Patriotism; Menorahs; Cakes The children are seated around a table that has patriotic decorations. In front of the little boy in the foreground is a cake with five candles on it. There is a menorah on the buffet table. 17. Pennsylvania Railroad Evidence Near New Harmony Railroad tracks; Railroad crossings Photographs for evidence of an accident that occured on or near the tracks. The tracks are visible in the background and there is a railroad crossing sign indicating danger in the foreground. 18. Templeton Coal Company Coal; Mining; Industry; Railroad freight cars; Tipples; Industrial facilities A view overlooking the breadth of the Templeton Coal Company works. There are freight railroad cars sitting in the foreground and several buildings in the background. 19. Templeton Coal Company Buildings Coal; Industry; Railroads; Industrial facilities A broad view of the buildings of the Templeton Coal Company. In the foreground are several sets of railroad tracks for the freight railroads to come in and pick up their coal. In the distance several coal... 20. Jewelry Counter at the Root Store at Christmas Jewelry; Christmas decorations; Gloves; Necklaces; Neckties; Department stores; Merchandise displays; Showcases Jewelry is displayed in and on top of glass cases. Chains hang from a Christmas tree on the center case. Neckties are displayed along the wall in the background. Beyond them is a walkway in front of storage... select all : clear all : add to favorites results 1-20 of 43 item(s)  page 1 of 3 : ( <<  1  2  3  >> ) :: previous : next
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