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	Search results for Clay    Refine your search Format of Original Postcard (7) Printed Postcard (6) Real Photo Postcard (1) Subject Business Districts (6) Streets (4) Clay County (Ind) (4) Dirt Roads (4) Storefronts (3) Show more... Date/Postmark 1905-1950 (3) ca 1930 (2) 1911 (1) 1911-08-07 (1) 1912 (1) Show more... results 1-14 of 14 item(s)  page 1 of 1 : ( <<  1  >> ) :: previous : next select all : clear all : add to favorites   Image: Title: Subject: Description: 1. Main Street Scene, Clay City, Indiana Clay County (Ind.); Storefronts; Stores & shops; Streets; Business districts; Awnings; Dirt roads; Carriages & coaches; Carts & wagons Platted in 1873, Clay City, once known as “The Y”, developed because of its location along the Cincinnati & Terre Haute Railway. The coal industry helped the town to grow and at one time there were... 2. Main Street Scene, Clay City, Indiana Business districts; Streets; Dry goods stores View of Main Street in Clay City, Indiana. Various businesses line the street including a dry goods store. Horses and wagons are waiting along the sides of the street. 3. Brazil Clay Company, Brazil, Indiana Clay County (Ind.); Brickmaking; Brickworks; Factories Brazil Clay Company was established in 1905. Their main product was “impervious face brick,” meaning bricks to be used on the face of buildings. Here, the company was still fairly new and production... 4. Clay County Courthouse, Brazil, Indiana Clay County (Ind.); Courthouses The county seat for Clay County was moved from Bowling Green to Brazil in 1877. On January 25th, the records were moved to the new courthouse at Brazil. The current courthouse shown here, was built in... 5. Brazil Clay Co., Brazil, Indiana Clay industries; Kilns; Brick industry; Chimneys; Concrete; Circular buildings View of the Brazil Clay Company in Brazil, Indiana. Several round domed buildings, presumably kilns, line the company grounds. Tall brick chimney structures are interspersed among the domed buildings.... 6. Main Street, Looking North, Carbon, Indiana Clay County (Ind.); Business districts; Streets; Storefronts; Stores & shops; Dirt roads; Utility poles Carbon, Indiana was founded in 1870 by the Carbon Block Coal Company, who named it for its resource. The town was ravaged by a fire in 1905 that was caused by sparks from a passing train. It destroyed... 7. Main Street, Looking North, Carbon, Indiana Business districts; Streets; Men; Dirt roads View of Main Street in Carbon, Indiana. Some of the buildings appear to be vacant. Two men are standing in the doorway of a building on the corner while another man stands on the sidewalk. There are wheel... 8. Businesses in Stilesville, Indiana Storefronts; Business districts; Restaurants; Drugstores; Men View of a commercial block in Stilesville, Indiana. A group of men stand in front of the buildings which include an I.O.O.F. building. A restaurant and drugstore occupy the lower levels of the buildings.... 9. Court House, Newport, Indiana Vermillion County (Ind.); Courthouses; Government facilities The first courthouse was built in 1824 and was followed by three more within the next 50 years. The older 1866 structure pictured here was replaced by the present facility in 1925. John F. Bayard of Vincennes... 10. Men's Bible Class of the First Methodist Sunday School, Brazil, Indiana Methodist churches; Stained glass; Sunday schools; Men; Boys A large group of men and boys from the First Methodist Sunday School in Brazil, Indiana pose in front of the church. The church is brick with stained glass windows including two large rose windows. A handful... 11. Brazil Block Coal Co., Shaft No. 1, Brazil, Indiana Ore industry; Coal; Coal mining; Smokestacks; Wooden buildings View of a mine shaft at the Brazil Block Coal Company in Brazil, Indiana. Two wooden buildings with smokestacks stand on the site. 12. Businesses in Stilesville, Indiana Hendricks County (Ind.); Business districts; Buildings; Restaurants; Drugstores; General stores; Dirt roads This 1908 postcard is of Stilesville, in the southwest corner of Hendricks County. Several branches of Mill Creek flow near the town. Stilesville was a popular stopping place for western-bound pioneers... 13. Public Library, Brazil, Indiana Public libraries; Stone buildings; Pediments; Windows; Columns View of the public library in Brazil, Indiana. The stone building has a red roof and a stairway leading from the sidewalk up to the main entrance. Classical-style architecural elements of the library include... 14. Spencer County, Indiana Courthouse and Library, Rockport, Indiana Spencer County (Ind.); Courthouses; Libraries; Government facilities Rockport became the seat of Spencer County in 1818. The current courthouse was built in 1921 and is the county’s fifth. In October 1844, Abraham Lincoln delivered a speech in the third courthouse on... select all : clear all : add to favorites results 1-14 of 14 item(s)  page 1 of 1 : ( <<  1  >> ) :: previous : next
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