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Anderson Street

Looking South on Anderson Street from Main Street; circa 1900.

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First National Bank

First National Bank on northwest corner of Main and Anderson Streets;circa 1910.

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Opera House and Kute and Conner Drug Store

The Opera House and Kute and Conner Drug Store on Anderson Street; circa 1900.

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Elwood Electric Railway Company Power and Light Station after the explosion.

The explosion of natural gas took place on November 29, 1893 at 4:20 PM.

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Elwood Fire Department No. 1

Elwood Fire Department No. 1, organized 1892, located at 1411 Main Street.

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Christmas card from Commonwealth Loan Company

Business oriented Christmas card.

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Elwood Redmens Lodge roller polo team

Elwood Redmens Lodge roller polo team; 1900-1901; (original photo oversize).

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Inter-Urban Traction Station

Looking East on Main Street from 16th Street; Inter-Urban Traction Station; circa 1912; site of Elwood Public Library as of January 1997.

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Flatiron Building

Looking west on North A Street; Flatiron Building at the end of North A Street on Anderson Street.

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Inter-Urban Traction Station

Inter-Urban Traction Station; circa 1902; present site of Elwood Public Library.

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Anderson Street

Looing North on Anderson Street from South B Street; circa 1910.

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Inter-Urban Traction Station

Inter-Urban Traction Station on Northeast corner of 16th and Main Streets; present site of Elwood Public Library.

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Dr. Julia Sigfried

Dr. Julia Sigfried; circa 1908; her office located at 1531 Main Street, upstairs, across from the City Building; present site of City Building parking lot.

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Anderson Street

South Anderson Street decorated for Tin Plate Day; September 13, 1912.

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Elwood Post Office

Digging basement foundation Elwood U.S. Post Office; June 1, 1912.

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Elwood Post Office

Elwood U.S.Post Office under construction, August 1, 1912; Thomas W. Cissel, from Washington D.C., contractor and builder.

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Elwood Post Office

Laying foundation of Elwood U.S. Post Office; July 1, 1912.

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Elwood Post Office

Elwood U.S. Post Office nearing completion; November 1,1912.

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Elwood Post Office

Elwood U.S. Post Office completed; July 1, 1913.

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Elwood Post Office

Elwood U.S. Post Office; April 19, 1915.

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John Markley grocery

John Markley in his grocery store on South J Street near Jenkens Avenue, with his sister Barbara Markley and his dog, Gyp; the store operated from 1922-1940.

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American Sheet and Tin Plate Company

American Sheet and Tin Plate Company.

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1st Baptist Church

1st Baptist Church, 420 South Anderson Street; circa 1915.

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1st Methodist Church

1st Methodist Episcopal Church, Northeast corner of North A and Anderson Streets; circa 1900.

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Schlosser Bros. Creamery

Schlosser Bros. Creamery of Frankfort, Indiana showing Elwood routes on the side of the wagon.

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Harmony Christian Church

Harmony Christian Church at Leisure, Indiana; circa 1936.

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Elwood, Indiana

Aerial photo of Elwood, Indiana; circa 1937; Don Orbaugh, pilot.

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G.I. Sellers & Sons

G.I. Sellers & Sons factory at 217 North 13th Street; August, 1935. The display room south of the boiler plant had not yet been built.

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1939 Tomato Festival Parade

1939 Tomato Festival Parade of Seven-Up bottles in front of Leesons Department Store.

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1939 Tomato Festival Parade

1939 Tomato Festival Parade; corner of South A and Anderson Streets; looking Northeast.

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1939 Tomato Crop

Trucks lined up on the street awaiting unloading at Fraziers north plant in the 600 block of North 12th Street.

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1939 Tomato Crop

Lining up to unload at Fraziers north plant; 1939

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Canning Tomatoes

Conveyer of cans for canning tomatoes.

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Canning Tomatoes

Women workers cutting tomatoes for canning.

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Canning Tomatoes

Cooking tomatoes at Fraziers south plant.

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Canning Tomatoes

Cooking catsup at Fraziers north plant.

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Canning Tomatoes

Making adjustments on catsup bottling machine; note the cigarette in workers mouth.

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Canning Tomatoes

Another view of catsup bottling machine.

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Canning Tomatoes

Loading cans of tomatoes into racks.

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Canning Tomatoes

Stacks of canned tomato products reach ceiling height.

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Canning Tomatoes

Trucks at Continental Can Corporation loading dock, 900 North D Street, are recieving boxed tomato products; 1939.

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Anderson Street

Looking North on Anderson Street from Main Street; January, 1949.

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Anderson Street

Northeast corner of Main and Anderson Streets; January, 1949.

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Mercy Hospital

Mercy Hospital; circa 1940; (from photo postcard folder).

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Linwood School

Linwood School; January, 1928; Carrie House, teacher. Elwood Public Schools.

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Convenience Store

Carl Stieglits grocery and gas station located on State Road 28 on west side of Elwood,Indiana; circa 1940.

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Elwood Public Library

Elwood Public Library where Wendell L. Willkies mother was the librarian before she was married; circa 1940; (notice the original steps).

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Willkie Day Parade

Willkie day; August 17, 1940.

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Willkie Day Parade

Wendell L. Willkie in convertible during Willkie Day Parade; August 17, 1940.

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Linwood School

Linwood School; February 10, 1029; Carrie House, teacher. Elwood Public Schools.

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