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	Search results for 1910s (1910-1919)    Refine your search Format of Original Postcard (82) Printed Postcard (12) Real Photo Postcard (12) Photographic Postcard (10) Real Photograph Postca... (2) Show more... Subject Business Districts (36) Storefronts (30) Dirt Roads (19) Courthouses (18) Cities & Towns (15) Show more... Date/Postmark ca 1910 (27) 1911 (10) 1913 (9) 1910 (8) ca 1915 (5) Show more... Creator c.r Childs, Photograph... (2) Inbody, J, Elkhart, In... (1) Knight (1) M Leonard Photo co, 28... (1) B B Montgomery (1) Show more... results 1-20 of 121 item(s)  page 1 of 7 : ( <<  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  >> ) :: previous : next select all : clear all : add to favorites   Image: Title: Subject: Description: 1. San Jacinto, Indiana Jennings County (Ind.); Farms; Country life; Churches; Haystacks 2. 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. 3. 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... 4. 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... 5. 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.... 6. Public School, Cicero, Indiana Hamilton County (Ind.); Schools; School children Cicero was organized in 1835 and named for nearby Cicero Creek. The town grew after the railroad came in 1853, and expanded further with the discovery of natural gas in the 1880s. Electricity came in 1909... 7. 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... 8. 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... 9. 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... 10. 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.... 11. 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... 12. County Court House, Richmond, Indiana Wayne County (Ind.); Courthouses; Towers In 1893, this Wayne County Courthouse, replaced an 1870s structure, becoming the state's largest courthouse built in Romanesque style. Construction required 600 railcar loads of Indiana limestone and 3... 13. Auditorium, Beulah Park, Alexandria, Indiana Madison County (Ind.); Parks; Summer; Auditoriums Beulah Park, in Alexandria, consists of 24 acres and is the home of the Madison County 4-H Fair. This image shows visitors of various ages enjoying a summer day in the park. 14. Delaware County Courthouse, Muncie, Indiana Delaware County (Ind.); Courthouses; Government facilities; Carriages & coaches; Business districts The county seat of Muncie was platted in 1827. It was named for a band of the Delaware tribe that lived there. The Delaware County Courthouse shown was built in 1887 and designed by Brentwood Tolan. A... 15. Ball Brothers Glass Manufacturing Company, Muncie, Indiana Delaware County (Ind.); Industrial facilities; Aerial views The Ball Brothers Manufacturing Company moved to Muncie in 1887 due to the large amount of natural gas needed to produce glass jars, for which the Ball Brothers were famous. Not only were the brothers... 16. Posey County Courthouse, Mount Vernon, Indiana Posey County (Ind.); Courthouses; Government facilities; Cupolas The Posey County seat was moved from Blackford to Springfield then in 1825 to Mount Vernon. 17. Motorcycles in Front of the English Hotel English Hotel and Opera House (Indianapolis, Ind.); Motorcycles; Monument Circle (Indianapolis, Ind.); Transportation; Clothing & dress A motorcycle group has met on Monument Circle in front of the English Hotel. A doorman for the hotel is in the background. 18. Brookville, Indiana 1913 Flood Floods; Rivers; Houses The Whitewater River in Franklin County has flooded six times from 1898 to 1959. In 1970 the Indiana Department of Natural Resources completed a dam below Brookville on the east fork of the river to control... 19. North Meridian Street Bridge Washed Away by Flood Floods; Natural disasters; Bridges George Kessler’s long range landscape plan for Indianapolis called for the creation of 12 parks connected by parkways and boulevards, many along Fall Creek, White River, Brookside, and Pleasant Run.... 20. General Store, San Jacinto, Indiana Jennings County (Ind.); General stores; Carts & wagons; Country life; Dirt roads; Gardens View of the general store located along a winding dirt road. There is a garden across the road. Two men stand with a horse and wagon next to the store. select all : clear all : add to favorites results 1-20 of 121 item(s)  page 1 of 7 : ( <<  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  >> ) :: previous : next
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