Processed by
Barbara Quigley
30 March 2004
Manuscript and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269
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9 boxes |
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COLLECTION |
Ca. 1870s–Ca. 1905 |
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PROVENANCE: |
Multiple |
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RESTRICTIONS: |
None |
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COPYRIGHT: |
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REPRODUCTION |
Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained from the Indiana Historical Society. |
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0000.0401, 0000.0404, 0000.0405, 1937.0607, 1940.0710, 1945.1114, 1950.1215, 1964.0012, 1964.0904, 1968.0605, 1976.0610, 1977.0105, 1978.0917, 1980.0108, 1980.0419, 1981.0313, 1986.0225, 1988.0448, 1988.0853, 1989.0215, 1989.0408, 1989.0412, 1989.0421, 1989.0460, 1989.0597, 1990.0119, 1992.0496, 1992.0730, 1993.0234, 1993.0332, 1993.0497, 1993.0506, 1993.0748, 1995.0206, 1995.0546, 1995.0781, 1995.0782, 1996.0401, 1996.0413, 1996.0801, 1998.0371, 1998.0372, 1998.0380, 1998.0381, 1999.0062, 1999.0066, 1999.0107, 1999.0196, 1999.0206, 1999.0289, 1999.0304, 1999.0441, 1999.0444, 1999.0660, 2000.0062, 2000.0066, 2000.0255, 2000.0278, 2000.0343, 2000.0356, 2000.0357, 2000.0358, 2000.0370, 2000.0482, 2000.0487, 2000.0488, 2000.0510, 2000.0511, 2000.0627, 2000.1128, 2000.1248X, 2001.0025, 2001.0042, 2001.0051, 2001.0057, 2001.0178, 2001.0180, 2001.0280, 2001.0471, 2001.0609, 2001.0706, 200l.0718, 2001.0868, 2001.0879, 2001.1027, 2001.1040, 2002.0004, 2002.0020, 2002.0057, 2002.0072, 2002.0074, 2002.0161, 2002.0204, 2002.0225, 2002.0296, 2002.0297, 2002.0418, 2002.0461, 2002.0614, 2002.0710, 2002.0712, 2002.0713, 2003.0539, 2004.0044, 2004.0130, 2004.0147 |
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A cabinet card is a late nineteenth-century photographic format that consists of a print approximately 5 ½ x 4 inches mounted on stiff cardboard that measures 6 ½ x 4 ½ inches. It was first introduced in England in 1866, and soon replaced the smaller cartes-de-visite in popularity. In the beginning the photograph was usually an albumen print, but later gelatin silver or carbon prints, as well as photomechanical prints, appeared on cabinet cards. On most cards the photographer’s name or insignia can be found either printed or embossed on the card below the photograph and/or on the back of the card.
Most cabinet cards featured portraits, but the format was used for other subjects also. Studio portraits often made use of elaborate decorative settings, such as painted backgrounds, draperies, columns, balustrades, and furniture props for the sitter. Sometimes studios used settings to mimic the outdoors. Non-studio portraits were usually taken at the subject’s home or place of business. People usually wore their finest clothing for their portraits, but there are also portraits that show people in the clothing of their trade (apron, nurse uniform, police uniform, etc.). Portraits that reveal a person’s occupation often include the tools of their work as well (camera, telegraph, musical instrument, etc.).
The earliest cabinet card mounts were light in color. After 1880, various colors were used, such as maroon, dark green, or black. Cards with gold beveled edges date from around 1885 to 1892. Cards with scalloped or notched edges, and those with elaborate patterns printed on back, appeared in the 1890s.
Large studio portraits and scenic postcards became popular in the 1890s, gradually replacing the use of cabinet cards. The majority of cabinet cards were produced between 1880 and 1906.
Sources:
Items in the collection.
Baldwin, Gordon. Looking at Photographs: A Guide to Teaching Technical Terms. Malibu: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1991. Conservation Dept.: TR9 .B35 1991
Mace, O. Henry. Collector’s Guide to Early Photographs. Second edition. Iola, Wisc.: Krause Publications, 1999. General Collection: TR15 .M24 1999
Newhall, Beaumont. The History of Photography. Fifth edition. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1986.
Ritzenthaler, Mary Lynn, Gerald J. Munoff, and Margery S. Long. Archives & Manuscripts: Administration of Photographic Collections. Chicago: The Society of American Archivists, 1999.
Welling, William. Collector’s Guide to Nineteenth-Century Photographs. New York: Collier Books, 1976. General Collection: TR6.5 .W44 1975b
This collection consists of cabinet cards dating from ca. 1870s to ca. 1905. The great majority are portraits, either of individuals or groups. These include babies, children, and adults. Almost half of the individual portraits are identified. Most of the portraits were taken in a studio setting, but some were taken outdoors, usually at residences or places of business. In addition to portraits of ordinary citizens, there are also some of well-known authors and politicians. Non-portrait subjects include buildings, monuments, oil and gas wells, and street scenes.
Series 1, Identified Portraits: This series includes mostly individual portraits, with a few of couples and families. They are arranged alphabetically by last name of the subject. In the series contents below, the town of the photographer’s studio is listed in parentheses, as is the date, if known, after the subject’s name. Slightly oversized cards are in a separate box.
Series 2, Unidentified Portraits: This series also consists of portraits of individuals or small family groups. The arrangement is alphabetical by name of the city or town of the photographer or studio. Slightly oversized cards are in a separate box.
Series 3, Portraits of Groups: This series is comprised of photos of school groups, social organizations, business associates, pall bearers, a reading group, some crowd scenes, and other groupings of unknown affiliation. Some individuals are identified. These are listed in the series contents alphabetically by name of the city or town of the photographer.
Series 4, Portraits Depicting Occupations: This series consists of portraits depicting the following categories of occupations: apron-wearing (e.g., nurse, bakers); authors; baseball players; businessmen and merchants; entertainers, performers, and lecturers; inventor; laborers; photographers and painters; physicians and pharmacists; police; politicians; and telegraph operator. Some individuals are identified. In the series contents below, the town of the photographer’s studio is listed in parentheses, as is the date, if known, after the description of the photo. Slightly oversized cards are in a separate box.
Series 5, Non-portraits: This series consists of photos of buildings, a casket with flowers, a union membership certificate, oil and gas wells, parks and monuments, street scenes, a historic tree, a wooden baby stroller, and some multi-view cards. In the series contents below, the town of the photographer’s studio is listed in parentheses, as is the date, if known, after the description of the photo.
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A: Ella Axtell (Washington, 1887). |
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B: Hon. William Baird (taken from a painting made in Salem, 1827-28). Jesse Blough (Warsaw, n.d.). Jim Boswell (Indianapolis, n.d.). Gus Broadie (Greencastle, n.d.). John Brown (son of Robert A.) (Indianapolis, n.d.). Robert A. Brown and wife (Indianapolis, ca. 1875) [see also P 0411 for photos of blacksmith shop]. Clarence Bullard (Terre Haute, n.d.). Lulu Burgett Manhart (see Manhart). Adam Burton and family (West Baden Springs, ca. 1890–95?). |
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C: Annie Eliza Creswell (Logansport, n.d.). |
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D: Eleanor C. Davis (New Albany, 1881). |
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E: W.O. Eskew(?) (Indianapolis, n.d.). |
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F: May Faust (Crawfordsville, n.d.; photographer’s sample card). |
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G: George Gastil(?) (Plymouth, n.d.). John George Giezendanner in Knights of Pythias regalia (Indianapolis, n.d.) [see also photo of Giezendanner building in box 8]. Zelie Constance Simon Grisard (Vevay, n.d.). Mr. Joseph Grunwald, about 25 years old (Indianapolis, ca. 1890) [see also photo of Grunwald standing with others in front of his liquor store, in box 8]. Casimir Gunther (Indianapolis, n.d.). |
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H: Roy (or Ray?) Harlan or Harlon (Terre Haute, n.d.). (Charlie Hauck(?) (Evansville, n.d.). |
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J: Mr. W.W. Jennings (Aurora, n.d.). Mrs. W.W. Jennings (Aurora, n.d.). Depphia and Charlie Johnson (children) (Akron, n.d.). Ernest and Inez Jones (toddler and baby) (unknown photographer, n.d.). |
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K: Frank Kizer in fraternal lodge uniform (Winchester, n.d.). |
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L: Max Leckner, piano teacher (Indianapolis, n.d.). Eli J. Long (Indianapolis, n.d.) [see also carte-de-visite in P 0415]. |
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M: (African-American female, first name unreadable) Maggard (Indianapolis, 11 October 1892). Lulu Burgett Manhart (Terre Haute, 1899). George McClelen(?) (Indianapolis, n.d.). Martha Emily McIntyre (Farmland, n.d.). Uncle McIntyre (Farmland, n.d.). Blanche McNees (Parker City, n.d.). Mama Meyer (Indianapolis, n.d.). Blanche Meyers (Terre Haute, n.d.). Edna Jean Montague (Aurora, n.d.). Chauncey Morlan, “Indiana’s Fat Boy” (Indianapolis, n.d.). |
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N: Ben, Jude(?), Ida, and Orville Nibarger (Anderson, n.d.). |
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O: Fannie O’Brian (Washington, 1888). |
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P: Charles Powner (unknown photographer, n.d.) [see also carte-de-visite in P 0415]. |
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S: Hattie Sadenwater (Michigan City, n.d.). W.J. Sampson (Indianapolis, signed 25 December 1884). A.R. Smith and wife (Columbus, n.d.). George Weaver Snyder (Crawfordsville, n.d.). Mrs. George W. Snyder (Crawfordsville, 1883). Lizzie Sweet (Indianapolis, 27 January 1883). |
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U: C.L. Urmston or Urniston(?) (Greencastle, n.d.). |
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W: Marrie(?) Watson (Bluffton, n.d.). Fannie Wright and children Clarence and Vanessa(?) (Loogootee, 1893). |
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Oversized: Civil War veteran James K. Collins and wife, Sarah (Hastings, signed 2 November 1902). Tom and Ivy Coy (Goshen, n.d.). |
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Cities and Towns A: Albion—child’s memorial flowers with image of child superimposed. Anderson—seated woman reading newspaper, on back is written “Merry Christmas” and is signed by Emily in 1888. Auburn—woman with bow at neck. Aurora—two young girls; older woman. |
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Cities and Towns B: Bloomington—old man, two women, and little girl standing by gate. Bluffton—older couple. |
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Cities and Towns C: Chesterton—young man standing. Crawfordsville—young woman looking upward. Crown Point—man dressed as cowboy. |
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Cities and Towns D: Deming—young man in suit and bowtie. |
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Cities and Towns E: Elwood—baby lying in fancy buggy. Evansville—woman in hat and gloves. |
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Cities and Towns H: Hobart—young woman standing. Hudson—two women; two young children and a baby. |
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Cities and Towns I: Indianapolis—woman standing with fan, 2 June 1880; profile of woman facing right; man looking toward left; woman looking toward left; woman in lacy dress; man with handlebar mustache; older woman; a boy leaning on a gate, identified as “Arthur” on the back. |
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Cities and Towns L: Lafayette—woman with bow on left shoulder; man facing left. |
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Cities and Towns M: Michigan City—young woman (“Aunt Gustie” is written on front); woman and man; duplicate photos of baby, woman, and man. Milford— woman wearing a brooch with small chain attached. |
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Cities and Towns N: New Castle—older man with beard; same portrait with memorial flowers. Noblesville—boy with cow. |
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Cities and Towns R: Roanoke—young woman wearing earrings, message written by her on back. Russiaville—woman standing, wearing a sash. |
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Cities and Towns S: Shelbyville—young man facing toward right; baby seated on fur. South Bend—woman in dark dress with puffed sleeves. South Whitley—young woman seated with book; young couple; young man with printed tie; young man with drooping eyes; young man with mustache; young child; young woman with dark hair. Spencer—woman standing, wearing a hat with feathers. |
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Cities and Towns T: Terre Haute—African-American man. |
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Cities and Towns V: Valparaiso—woman in light frilly dress; baby in long (christening?) gown. Veedersburg— little girl by man in wheelchair. |
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Cities and Towns W: Warsaw—Indiana soldier (illegible writing on back) [see also tintype of same soldier in P 0416]. Winchester—seated man reading newspaper. |
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Oversized: Crawfordsville—smiling baby. Sunman—couple standing. Valparaiso—baby seated on fur. |
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Cities and Towns D: Danville—Mill Creek School in Hendricks County, Anna Lewellen(?) (principal), Susannah Cox (primary)—names written on back include Mary Pinson, Ella Pinson, Mary Stanley Hadley, Emma Bodenhammer Carter, Lena Haworth(?) Hunnicut, Alice Haworth(?) Thomas, Alton Haworth(?), Mary Carter Gentry, Elmer Bodenhammer, Chas. F. Hinshaw, Marvin Stanley, Arthur Stanley, John Stanley, Roan Bodenhammer, Sylvester Stanley, Ed Pinson, Elva Bodenhammer Dosier, Dova Stanley (taken winter 1896). Decatur—large group with caption, “First Annual Convention of the Auglaize Conference Branch Y.P.C.U. Decatur, Ind. Oct. 31st & Nov. 1st 1893.” |
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Cities and Towns E: Evansville—one man and eight women in an Evansville cemetery on Memorial Day; seven boys with stringed musical instruments and teacher. |
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Cities and Towns F: Fairmount—schoolchildren with teacher, class no. 9, Friends’ S.S., 27 June 1891. Fort Wayne—fiftieth anniversary montage of Concordia (Lutheran) College in Fort Wayne, showing some buildings and faculty, 1889. |
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Cities and Towns I: Indianapolis—New Year’s greeting with photo of J.W. Lanman, Milton Lentz, Charles Rusch, and Theo. C. Hoffmann. |
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Cities and Towns L: Lebanon—wheelbarrow race and band with crowd. Loogootee—H.H. Braxtau, R.R. Braxtau, D.D.S., and Hattie Butler of Bedford; Epworth Leaguers of Loogootee—Effie Messick, Minnie Baker, Lottie E. Bell, Lulie Masten, Lavida Braxtau, Annie Masten, Ethel Campbell, and Hattie Sove, August 1893. |
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Cities and Towns N: New Albany—twenty-one people by a gazebo with a sign that says “Proserpine.” |
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Cities and Towns S: South Whitley—six female pallbearers wearing sashes and hats. |
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Cities and Towns T: Terre Haute—six women reading. |
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Apron-wearing: Nurse in apron and cap, holding a tray (Indianapolis, n.d.). Two mustachioed men in aprons over vests and bowties (Indianapolis, n.d.). Two bakers: Charlie Frump and George Rupley in aprons with pans (South Whitley, n.d.). |
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Authors: Card showing “Five Famous Authors. 1894. Bowen-Merrill Souvenir”: Mrs. Humphrey, James Whitcomb Riley, R.W. Thompson, A. Conan Doyle, and Geo. DuMaurier. Edward Eggleston (photographer’s name obscured; distributed by H.W. Fay, DeKalb, Illinois, 1891). Duplicate photos of James Whitcomb Riley, “Compliments of the Bowen-Merrill Company” (Indianapolis, signed October 1892). |
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Baseball players: Team portrait with caption “Champions of Indiana” (South Bend, 1887). Claypool player posing with baseball (North Manchester, n.d.). Evansville players, 1889: Calhoun (catcher); LaTouche (pitcher); Willie McGill (pitcher). Two players: one with glove, the other holding a baseball and wearing a shirt that says “Monarch” (Wolcott, n.d.). |
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Baseball players—oversized card: First champions, I.I.I. League—Wm. F. Krieg (manager), Mordecai Brown (pitcher), Lewis Walters (second base and captain), James J. Hackett (pitcher), Bobby Carter (left field), Geo. Wilkinson (right field), Wm. H. Richardson (first base), Geo. Starnagle (catcher), A.A. Swaim (pitcher), Jim Baird (third base), Teddy McGrew (shortstop), and Geo. Brady (center field and pitcher) (Terre Haute, 1901). |
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Businessmen and merchants: Two men sitting on stoves with pots and pans in front of store (Indianapolis, ca. 1879). Three men standing in doorway of Schrader & Wilson insurance, real estate, and loan office (Fort Wayne, n.d.). Salesman sitting with samples of his wares from Hulman & Co. (Terre Haute, n.d.). |
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Entertainers, performers, lecturers: Two vaudevillians in false noses and mustaches with musical instruments (Martinsville, n.d.). Ashbury Ben, “The Original Leopard Boy” in boxer’s pose (Indianapolis, n.d.). Walter Howe Jones (DePauw music professor) at the piano (Greencastle, signed 11 February 1893). Lillie May Bentley, child lecturer (Shelbyville, n.d.). |
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Inventor: Man standing, pointing to a press with patent label dated 1890 (Hammond, ca. 1890). |
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Laborers: scenes of man and machinery at Atlas Engine Works (Indianapolis, n.d.). Men and boys by train and tower (Warsaw, n.d.). Three men with picks and shovel (Delphi, n.d.). Bricklayers at construction site (Logansport, n.d.). |
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Photographers and painters: Club-footed photographer with camera on tripod (Mulberry, n.d.). Man with moving-picture projector (Lebanon, n.d.). Man using pedal-operated airbrush (Franklin, n.d.). Man posing with album (South Whitley, n.d.). |
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Physicians and Pharmacists: Dr. Thomas B. Harvey (Medical College of Indiana professor of gynecology (Indianapolis, n.d.). Pharmacist with mortar, pestle, and beakers (Kendallville, n.d.). |
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Police: Police sergeant with beard (South Bend, n.d.). Policeman with numeral four on his hat (South Bend, n.d.). Full-length portrait of policeman with number 93 on his hat (Indianapolis, n.d.). |
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Politicians: Drawings of John Badolet and Col. Vigo (Vincennes, n.d.). Eugene V. Debs (photographer unknown, n.d.). Drawing of John Dunn (photo printed in Chicago, n.d.). Gov. Isaac P. Gray (Indianapolis, 1885). Thomas A. Hendricks (Washington, D.C., n.d.). Representative William S. Holman (Washington, D.C., n.d.). General Alvin Peterson Hovey (Washington, D.C., n.d.). Portrait of three brothers: Joseph K., Lycurgus, and Alfred P. Edgerton of Fort Wayne (Hicksville, Ohio, n.d.). |
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Telegraph operator: Man seated at desk with telegraph (Wanatah, n.d.). |
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Buildings: Farmland Methodist Church (Farmland, n.d.). People standing in front of E. Williamson’s restaurant with sign advertising boarding and lodging (Indianapolis, n.d.). People standing in front of a store with clothing hanging out front (Indianapolis, n.d.). Men standing outside wine and beer hall with street address “251” (Indianapolis, n.d.). Triplicate photos of Marion County Seminary (Indianapolis, n.d.). Old Chandler home, Seminary Kadel house (Rushville, n.d.). Drawing of the H.R. Allen National Surgical Institute (Indianapolis, n.d.). The Oriental Room of Eastman, Schleicher & Lee (carpet, wall paper, and drapery house) (Indianapolis, n.d.). Two-story Italianate house (Mentone, n.d.). Giezendanner Building at intersection of Vermont, Senate, and Indiana Avenue, including bakery and Lewis Meier store (top floor was Odd Fellows lodge) (Indianapolis, n.d.) [see also portrait of John George Giezendanner in box 1]. Mr. J. Grunwald standing with others in front of his liquor store (Indianapolis, ca. 1905) [see also portrait of Joseph Grunwald in box 1]. Bank of Logansport (Logansport, n.d.). Ridgeville Bank (two of the people pictured in front of it are identified as “Dad” and “Rollo”) (Ridgeville, n.d.). Church of All Saints (church in San Pierre, but photographer’s studio in Winamac, n.d.). “Y.M.C.A. and R.R. Building” (Union City, n.d.). |
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Casket and flowers: “Mother” written among flowers with casket (Indianapolis, n.d.). |
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Certificate: George McKeown’s certificate of membership in the Evansville Typographical Union (Anderson, certificate dated 31 July 1869). |
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Multi-view scenes: Synod buildings and other scenes, with German text on verso (Fort Wayne, 1896). Hanover College, river scenes, and views of Madison, advertising Spaulding’s Gallery (Madison, n.d.). |
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Oil and gas wells: Crowd standing by oil well (Greenfield, n.d.). Gas well with gas cloud (Marion, n.d.). |
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Parks and monuments: Soldiers’ Monument and Sherman Primley’s drugstore (Elkhart, ca. 1890s). Bethany Park, with people gathered outside Standard Pub Co. (Indianapolis, n.d.). Construction of Soldiers’ Monument (Indianapolis, 1889). Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument (Logansport, n.d.). Soldiers’ Monument (Winchester, n.d.). |
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Street scenes: West Washington Street at Meridian, showing Oak Hall Clothing, L.S. Ayres & Co., Spiegel, Thoms & Co. Furniture, and horse-drawn carriages (Indianapolis, n.d.). Crowd gathered as firefighters tend to fire in area of Meridian, Illinois, Georgia, and Louisiana streets (Indianapolis, 13-14 January 1888). |
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Tree: Historic tree in Corydon under which legislature held a meeting (New Albany, 1891). |
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Wooden baby stroller with advertisement written in pencil on verso (Fort Wayne, n.d.). |
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