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	Search results for Elkhart    Refine your search Format of Original Real Photo Postcard (20) Printed Postcard (6) Postcard (2) Subject Business Districts (13) Streets (8) Transportation (5) Elkhart County (Ind) (5) Stores & Shops (4) Show more... Date/Postmark 1905-1950 (10) 1913-12-05 (2) 1908-06-07 (2) 1908-09-15 (2) 1907 (1) Show more... Creator Inbody, J (1) Inbody, J, Elkhart, In... (1) C R Childs, Photograph... (1) results 1-20 of 28 item(s)  page 1 of 2 : ( <<  1  2  >> ) :: previous : next select all : clear all : add to favorites   Image: Title: Subject: Description: 1. Bucklen Opera House, Elkhart, Indiana Elkhart County (Ind.); Theaters; Transportation; Stores & shops; Carriages & coaches The Bucklen Opera House opened in 1884 in Elkhart with a seating capacity of 1,200 and hosting vaudeville, dramatic, and musical groups. In 1896 Elkhart's first motion picture was shown here for 5 cents... 2. South Main St., Elkhart, Indiana Business districts; Sculpture; Street railroads; Carts & wagons; Streets View of a busy intersection on Main Street in Elkhart, Indiana. Businesses line both sides of the street. Traction cars and a horse and cart are moving down the street. There is a statue of a Civil War... 3. Bucklen Opera House, Elkhart, Indiana Opera houses; Carriages & coaches; Bicycles & tricycles; Automobiles; Drugstores; Bookstores View of an opera house in Elkhart, Indiana. The three story building has decorative work over the windows and along the roof. The Opera Drug Store and Timmins Book Store are located on street level of... 4. 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... 5. West Vistula Street, Bristol, Indiana Elkhart County (Ind.); Business districts; Dirt roads; Transportation Bristol was founded in 1830 and platted in 1835. It was named for Bristol, England, by New England settlers. 6. L.S. & M.S. Depot, Elkhart, Indiana Railroad stations; Flowers; Railroad tracks View of a train station in Elkhart, Indiana. The depot is situated in the midst of landscaped grounds including flowers, plants, and trees. The tracks are visible along the side of the depot. 7. Middlebury Street School, Elkhart, Indiana Schools; Cupolas View of a school in Elkhart, Indiana. The school is made of stone and red brick and is topped by a cupola. 8. 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. Another legend says it was named for an Indian maiden... 9. Main Street, Goshen, Indiana Elkhart County (Ind.); Business districts; Clothing & dress; Clocks & watches; Sidewalks Oliver Crane created lots for the county seat in 1831. One tradition says Goshen is named after Mr. Crane's hometown in Orange County, New York; another says it was because the land was rich and productive... 10. Elkhart County Court House, Goshen, Indiana Courthouses; Fountains; Domes; Clocks & watches; Sculpture View of the county courthouse in Goshen, Indiana. The red brick building is topped by a dome with clocks on each side. A bronze statue of Neptune decorates the fountain in front of the building. 11. West Vistula St., Bristol, Indiana Streets; Dirt roads; Carriages & coaches; Storefronts; Utility poles; Business districts; Horses; Hitching posts View of West Vistula Street in Bristol, Indiana. A line of utility poles along with a few buildings line one side of the dirt road. Businesses appear to be on the other side of the street. Horses and buggies... 12. Kosciusko County Courthouse in Warsaw, Indiana Kosciusko County (Ind.); Courthouses; Government facilities The fourth and current courthouse is in the Second Empire style of design with mansard roofs and a 162 ft. high octagonal dome It was built ca.1882-1884 by Thomas J. Tolan. He died during construction... 13. B & O Interurban Crossing. Milford JC. Ind. 4 Transportation; Railroads; Railroad travel; Railroad stations; Railroad employees; Railroad stations; Railroad cars; Travel; Clothing & dress Small interurban stations or depots sprouted all over the state in the early 1900s. Passengers and onlookers pose at Milford Junction, a stop on a popular line between Goshen and Winona Lake in northern... 14. Methodist Church and School, Nevada Mills, Indiana. Methodist churches; Schools; Bell towers View of a Methodist Church and school building located across the road from each other in Nevada Mills, Indiana. Both single story buildings have bell towers. 15. Main Street by Night, Goshen, Indiana Business districts; Railroad cars; Electric railroads; Night; Streets Nighttime view of Main Street in Goshen, Indiana. Streetlights illuminate the brick street. An interurban railroad card travels down the track and has its headlight on. 16. Girl's Dormitory, Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana Dormitories; Fountains; Universities & colleges View of a dormitory on the campus of Goshen College in Indiana. The three-story building has covered porches on each floor. The female occupants of the dormitory are posed out on the porches. There is... 17. The Island, Wawasee Lake, Indiana Piers & wharves; Vacation houses; Waterfronts; Lakes & ponds View of several large vacation homes along Lake Wawasee in Indiana. The homes have stairways leading down to the docks. 18. Yellow Banks Bathers, Webster Lake, Indiana Rowboats; Swimming; Clothing & dress; Lakes & ponds; Bathing suits Scene along the banks of Webster Lake in Indiana. People in street clothes and bathing suits have gathered along the shore. Several people in bathing suits are actually in the water while others sit inside... 19. Vawter Park Hotel, Vawter Park, Indiana Hotels; Waterfronts; Piers & wharves View of a hotel in Vawter Park, Indiana. The three story hotel has a long porch that faces Lake Wawasee. Some people are standing at the top of a stairway that leads down to the lake. 20. Court House, Warsaw, Indiana Courthouses; Government facilities; Cannons; Domes View of the courthouse in Warsaw, Indiana. The three story building is topped by a dome. Canons are displayed on one corner of the grounds. select all : clear all : add to favorites results 1-20 of 28 item(s)  page 1 of 2 : ( <<  1  2  >> ) :: previous : next
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