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George March of the Paul Whiteman Orchestra Inspects a Snare Drum
Leedy Manufacturing Company
In 1927, the final additions to the factory had been made, bringing the plant to a total of 78,450 square feet. All of the steps for constructing Leedy instruments and accessories were done in house. From...
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Xenia Simons
Miller, Xenia Simons; Miller family; Portrait photographs; Hairstyles
Xenia’s family was affected by the Great Depression. They finally settled in Columbus, where her father was able to make a go of his hickory furniture business with the Columbus Hickory Chair Company....
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Conner House circa 1915
Historic buildings; Historic sites; Historic buildings--Indiana--Hamilton County; Farms; Farmhouses
In 1837 Conner moved to Noblesville where he continued to oversee his business interests and where he died in 1855. In the years following William and Elizabeth Conner’s residence, the house was likely...
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President's Shortened Western Tour
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919; Presidents; Monument Circle (Indianapolis, Ind.); Saint Vincent's Hospital
September 23, 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt came to Indianapolis to speak at the Columbia Club. Earlier in his trip he had sustained an injury to his left leg and an abscess formed. The president's...
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Maria Polly Bingham Ball
Ball, Maria Polly Bingham, 1822–1892; Portrait photographs; Hairstyles; Clothing & dress
The brothers’ parents, Lucius Styles Ball and Maria Bingham Ball, both from Canada, met in Ohio, where they were married in 1846. Lucius was a farmer and inventor. Maria, a teacher, is credited with...
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Lucius S. Ball
Ball, Lucius Styles, 1814–1878; Ball family; Ball Brothers Company, Inc.; Portrait photographs; Men's clothing
The brothers’ parents, Lucius Styles Ball and Maria Bingham Ball, both from Canada, met in Ohio, where they were married in 1846. Lucius was a farmer and inventor. Maria, a teacher, is credited with...
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House of the Singing Winds Living Room Fireplace
Steele, T. C. (Theodore Clement), 1847-1926; Fireplaces; Bookcases
In 1922 the Steeles moved to Bloomington where he established a studio on the I.U. campus and worked as an honorary professor during the school year. Every summer they returned to Brown County and it was...
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Remote Control of Modern Trains
Railroads; Railroads--Employees; Railroads--Safety measures
Today a GPS-based computer system for dispatching trains has replaced the huge switchboard. It gives a computer-generated image of the track in real time: what trains are where and how fast they are going,...
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Part of Business Section, Topeka, Indiana
LaGrange County (Ind.); Business districts; Storefronts; Sidewalks; Dirt roads; Automobiles; Wagons; Horses
A view of the businesses on the east side of Main Street in 1915 from left to right, Sutton Millinery, Gerber Drug Store, Seagly Hardware, Post Office (where dray is), Leming Restaurant, Poyser Meat Market...
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Title Page from Parry Manufacturing Company Catalog
Catalogs; Vehicles; Industrial facilities; Carriages & coaches; Carts & wagons
The page shows a drawing of the company's facility in Indianapolis where they built carriages and wagons. Company officers are listed in the upper right corner. The lower left corner gives the cities where...
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George Ade
Newton County (Ind.); Ade, George, 1866-1944; Authors, American; Portrait photographs
George Ade was born in Kentland, Indiana. He was well known for his newspaper work in Chicago and he authored several books and Broadway plays. With his earnings, he bought land near Brook where his home...
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Letter from Martin Luther King, Jr. to Henry J. Richardson, December 20, 1958
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968; Correspondence; Civil rights leaders; Richardson, Henry J. (Henry Johnson), 1902-1983
In the letter King apologizes to Richardson for not responding to his invitation to visit his home while he was visiting Indianapolis. King mentions that Antioch, where Richardson's son will go to college,...
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Southern Indiana Fox Hunters 14th Annual Meet, October 1924, Morgantown, Indiana
Morgan County (Ind.); Fox hunting; Dogs; Hunting
Morgantown was first laid out in March of 1831, by Robert Bowles and Samuel Teeters. It was named either for a pioneer family or for the county where it is located. Organized fox hunts such as these served...
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Madison and Cincinnati Tri-Weekly Packet
Steamboats; Transportation; Ohio River
The schedules left and right of the photograph list the towns where the ship stopped between Madison, Indiana, and Cincinnati. The ship is shown at Wheeling. It sank near Pomeroy, Ohio, in the fall of...
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Ladies Cabin on a Steamer
Steamboats; Steamboats--Passenger accommodation; Transportation
The open curtains show the bunkbeds where passengers slept.
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Lew Wallace
Wallace, Lew, 1827-1905; Portrait photographs; Authors, American--19th century; Montgomery County (Ind.)
A popular image of Hoosier icon Lew Wallace (1837-1905), as seen in his natural surroundings: under a beech tree on the grounds of his Crawfordsville home, near the site where he constructed his colossal...
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Old Mill and Half-thro Pratt Truss Bridge, Mill Race, Bonnyville, Ind.
Elkhart County (Ind.); Bridges; Transportation
In the mid 1830s Edward Bonney established a grist mill on the Little Elkhart River as it was near the Toledo/Chicago trail and St. Joseph River. It is Indiana's oldest continuously operating grist mill,...
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Certificate of Membership in the Indiana Colonization Society
African Americans; Colonization; Liberia; Lithography; Judges; Lawyers
Some people felt African Americans seeking freedom in the wilderness of Liberia were following the example of the first settlers of the United States. Others opposed colonization to Africa thinking it...
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Letter from John Muir to Catharine Merrill
Muir, John, 1838-1914; Correspondence
He encourages her to not work so hard. His text reveals his spiritual beliefs.
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Dr. Isaac Coe's Home on Monument Circle, Now the Site of the Columbia Club
Dwellings; Monument Circle (Indianapolis, Ind.); Columbia Club (Indianapolis, Ind.)--Photographs
Dr. Coe's home stood on the site of the present Columbia Club. The wooden fence in the foreground surrounded the lawn of the governor's mansion which was then located where the Soldiers and Sailors Monument...
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