Processed by
Brian Hartley, and Laurie Randall
March 2007
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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VOLUME OF |
1 folder of photographs |
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COLLECTION |
Ca. 1880–ca. 1900 |
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PROVENANCE: |
Earl G. Hedder, New Albany, Indiana 1980 |
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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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ALTERNATE |
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RELATED |
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ACCESSION |
1980.0003 |
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NOTES: |
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Floyd County was organized in 1819 and was probably named for Davis Floyd who was a member of the Territorial Legislature and later a judge in Indiana and Florida. However, some historians believe the county to be named for John Floyd who was an outstanding Indian fighter. New Albany, the county seat of Floyd County, is located on the Ohio River in the southeastern region of Indiana. It was first laid out in July 1813 by brothers Joel, Abner, and Nathaniel Scribner who named it New Albany in honor of Albany, New York, which had been their former home. In 1850, New Albany was the largest city in Indiana.
Due to its closeness to the Ohio River and coal fields of southern Indiana, New Albany was a very important city for industrial development. The Kentucky-Indiana Bridge connecting New Albany and Louisville was another key factor. Steamboat building, glass manufacturing, and plywood and veneer plants were some of the most important products manufactured there. In 1920, for example, New Albany produced more plywood than any other community in the world.
At the turn of the twentieth century, there were around twenty churches, twelve school buildings, eight movie houses, a public library, and fifty social organizations active in New Albany. One of the schools, the De Pauw College for Young Ladies had been formed from the Asbury Female College in 1867. It was named for Washington Charles De Pauw who had contributed financially to get the city of New Albany off and running. The college lasted until around the year 1900. It was about this time also that New Albany saw its population fall from 21,059 to 20,628. While it had always been an important manufacturing center, the discovery of natural gas in north central Indiana caused many residents of the city to move northward for new jobs.
New Albany has dealt with severe flooding during the years of 1883, 1884, and 1913. In 1917, a tornado caused major problems for the city.
Sources:
Amster, Betty Lou. New Albany on the Ohio : historical review, 1813-1863. New Albany, IN : Sesquicentennial Committee, c1963. General Collection: F534.N41 A5 1963.
Biographical and historical
souvenir for the counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson,
Jennings, Scott and Washington, Indiana. Compiled and published by John M.
Gresham and Co. Evansville, Ind. : Unigraphic, 1969.
Reference Room Collection: F532.C5 B56 1969.
Kramer, Carl E. Brief history : Jeffersonville, Clarksville, New Albany, Corydon. Jeffersonville, Ind.: Southern Indiana, Clark-Floyd-Harrison Counties Convention and Tourism Bureau, [1991?]. Pamphlet Collection: F534.J45 K72 1991.
Scribner, William Augustus. Early days in New Albany. [New Albany, Ind.: s.n.], 1962. Pamphlet Collection: F534.N41 S38 1962.
Strassweg, Elsa. A brief history of New Albany and Floyd County, Indiana. New Albany, Ind. : Floyd County Historical Society, 1951. Pamphlet Collection: F534.N41 S87 1951.
Taylor, Robert M. Indiana : a new historical guide. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 1989. General Collection: F527 .I538 1989.
This is our community. New Albany, Ind. : Floyd County Historical Society, [1995?]. Pamphlet Q Collection: F534.N41 T44 1995.
The collection contains 39 photographs printed on 10 contact sheets. The photographs show residences, street scenes, railway lines, DePauw College, and the interior and exterior of the New Albany Hosiery Mills in New Albany, Indiana between ca. 1880 and ca. 1900.
The contact prints have been numbered 1–10 with three to four images on each print. On the verso of the contact sheets the images are described with a copy negative number for each image listed. The descriptions with their copy negative numbers have been transcribed in the Contents section of the collection guide.
Many of the original images were taken by C. Heimberger & Son Photographers of New Albany. The photographs were copied by the Indiana Historical Society in 1980 from items loaned by Earl G. Hedden of New Albany, Indiana.
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CONTENTS |
CONTAINER |
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Terminal R.R. Bridge in New
Albany, erected 1881, replaced 1913, Neg. # C507 |
Photograph 1, |
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Capt. Conner, Ben Jackson, Dewey
Heights residence in New Albany, Neg. # C511 |
Photograph 2, |
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The Paulsen Band marching in
downtown New Albany in 1903, Neg. #C515 |
Photograph 3, |
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[Peter R. Stoy household] W. 3rd
& market, New Albany, Neg. # 519 |
Photograph 4, |
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10th and Main
residence, New Albany, Neg. #C523 |
Photograph 5, |
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New Albany Hosiery Mill interior,
Neg. #C539 |
Photograph 6, |
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“Footers”,New Albany Hosiery
Mills interior view, |
Photograph 7, |
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[Jesse Brown Household, First VP
of the 1st National Bank, New Albany Neg. # C531 |
Photograph 8, |
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[The Howk Household], E. 6th
& Main, New Albany, Neg. # C535 |
Photograph 9, |
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Scribner House, built in 1814,
Oldest house in New Albany, Neg. # C540 |
Photograph 10, |
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