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	Search results for Postcard    Refine your search Format of Original Real Photo Postcard (455) Printed Postcard (394) Postcard (204) Photographic Postcard (26) Printed Postcards (16) Show more... Date/Postmark 1905-1950 (417) ca 1900 (28) ca 1910 (27) 1913 (23) 1908 (20) Show more... Subject Business Districts (228) Streets (172) Storefronts (126) Carriages & Coaches (107) Dirt Roads (104) Show more... Creator C. H. Wolf (2) c.r Childs, Photograph... (2) H H Coburn (2) Hoover-watson Printing... (2) Montgomery, b.b (2) Show more... results 1-20 of 1104 item(s)  page 1 of 56 : ( <<  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  >> ) :: previous : next select all : clear all : add to favorites   Image: Title: Subject: Description: 1. East Main St., Brownsburg, Indiana Streets; Dirt roads; Horses; Buildings; Carriages & coaches; Carts & wagons; Men View of East Main Street in Brownsburg, Indiana. Brick buildings line both sides of the street. A group of men are gathered at the corner. Three horse-drawn vehicles make their way along the dirt road.... 2. Mill and Dam, Oxford Mills, IA Mills; Dams; Wooden buildings; Boats View of a mill and dam in Oxford Mills, Iowa. The mill is a three story wood building with a smaller attached one story structure. In the water above the dam, there are several small boats docked along... 3. School Building, Bremen, Indiana Schools; Public schools; Towers; Chimneys View of a three story brick school building in Bremen, Indiana. A tower structure tops the main entrance. Two chimneys are visible on the roof. A carved area above the main door reads "Public Schools".... 4. Main Street in Brookston, Indiana Streets; Business districts; Storefronts; Men; Awnings; Stores & shops View of Main Street in Brookston, Indiana. Four men sit on the stoop in front of a store. The awning over one of the store's windows advertises stoves. Various other stores and buildings line the street.... 5. 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. 6. 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... 7. 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... 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. 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... 11. Automobiles on Display, Westfield, Indiana Hamilton County (Ind.); Automobiles; Dirt roads; Clothing & dress; Children; Children's clothing & dress; Transportation Westfield was settled by Quakers from North Carolina in 1832. First called Westville, the town was laid out in 1834 and renamed after the Westfield Monthly Society of Friends Meeting in North Carolina.... 12. Elliott and Antrim Block, Sheridan, Indiana Hamilton County (Ind.); Business districts; Buildings; Storefronts; Stores & shops; Transportation; Street lights First called Millwood in 1860, this town was renamed Sheridan in 1871 to honor General Philip H. Sheridan. Undertaker and furniture dealer J.G. Antrim wrote of his store, "we own . . . over 8000 square... 13. Arcadia American Express Company [Train Depot] Hamilton County (Ind.); Railroad facilities; Railroad stations; Railroad tracks; Railroad freight cars; Transportation Arcadia was organized in 1849 and named for the ancient Greek district noted for its pastoral beauty. Growth was slow until the Indianapolis, Peru and Chicago Railroad came in 1854. Arcadia glass, now... 14. Aerial View of Noblesville, Indiana Aerial views; Hamilton County (Ind.); Business districts; Stores & shops Noblesville was founded in 1823 and probably named for James Noble, the first U.S. senator from Indiana. The current courthouse was completed in 1879 and heated by steam, which was considered progressive... 15. Lagro Roller Mills Wabash County (ind.); Mills; Winter Lagro was settled around 1829 on the Wabash River and was a main town along the Wabash and Erie Canal. Once a French and Indian trading post, it was named for Le Gros, a Miami chief. Originally part of... 16. Branson Street, LaFontaine, Indiana Wabash County (Ind.); Railroad crossings; Railroad signals; Dirt roads; Business districts La Fontaine was settled around 1833. It was platted in 1845 and named Ashland due to all the wood burned at the tannery there. In 1873 the town's name was changed to La Fontaine to honor Miami chief François... 17. Wabash Street, South from Market, Wabash, Indiana Wabash County (Ind.); Transportation; Business districts; Street railroads The electric streetcar arrived in Wabash in 1901. The first cars seated 48 people. They ran the length of the city including through the business district on Wabash Street every half hour for 5¢ a ride.... 18. Lindley Hall, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana Wayne County (Ind.); Universities & colleges--Indiana--Richmond; Educational facilities; Earlham College Built in 1887, Lindley Hall at Earlham College housed the campus library before the structure was gutted by fire in 1924. Like many other Richmond buildings, it reflects the Romanesque revival architecture... 19. Ev. Lutheran Emanual Church. Arcadia, Indiana Churches; Bell towers; Altars; Religion; Religious facilities; Clergy; Portraits The postcard includes images of the sanctuary and exterior of the brick Evangelical Lutheran Emanual Church in Arcadia, Indiana. A portrait of Reverend G. F. Schimmel is also shown. 20. Postcard Advertising the English Hotel on Monument Circle English Hotel and Opera House (Indianapolis, Ind.); Hotels; Postcards; Monument Circle (Indianapolis, Ind.) The card lists the prices of rooms. American Plan includes meals; the European Plan does not. select all : clear all : add to favorites results 1-20 of 1104 item(s)  page 1 of 56 : ( <<  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  >> ) :: previous : next
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