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1. Studio portrait of the Downhomers, Indiana, circa 1945 - ia-0001-1532

   On the back is written "Down Homers." The Downhomers (also known as the Down-Homers or Down Homers) were a cowboy musical group who had a daily show on WOWO radio in Fort Wayne in the mid-1940s. They also performed on the Hoosier Hop Barn Dance on NBC Radio. The man front left is Everett "Shorty" Cook (1914-2002).

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2. William and Lela Mason with children, Allen County, Indiana, circa 1907 - ia-0343-0040

   William Spencer (1874-1952) and Lela (Spaulding) Mason (1882-1945) of Fort Wayne pose behind a cartoon cutout studio prop of a wagon with their children Lela Ruth (1904-1973) and William Allen (1907-1977). The wagon is hitched to a cartoon mule or donkey who is about to kick it with both hind feet. Handwritten on back "W.S. & Lela Mason & children Ruth & Allen"

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3. Norfolk southern freight yard, New Haven, Indiana, 2005 - ia-0353-c001-0009

   Steam locomotive 765 on Edgerton Road east of New Haven. Freight train has "N.Y.C. AND ST. L. on the side, indicating it belonged to the New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad...better known as the "Nickel Plate Road." The locomotive had been restored prior to the photo. It sat on North Clinton and 4th Street in Fort Wayne near the Martin Luther King Bridge.

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4. Norfolk southern freight yard, New Haven, Indiana, 2005 - ia-0353-c001-0010

   Steam locomotive 765 on Edgerton Road east of New Haven. Freight train has "N.Y.C. AND ST. L. on the side, indicating it belonged to the New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad...better known as the "Nickel Plate Road." The locomotive had been restored prior to the photo. It sat on North Clinton and 4th Street in Fort Wayne near the Martin Luther King Bridge.

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5. Norfolk southern freight yard, New Haven, Indiana, 2005 - ia-0353-c001-0011

   Steam locomotive 765 on Edgerton Road east of New Haven. Freight train has "N.Y.C. AND ST. L. on the side, indicating it belonged to the New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad...better known as the "Nickel Plate Road." The locomotive had been restored prior to the photo. It sat on North Clinton and 4th Street in Fort Wayne near the Martin Luther King Bridge.

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6. Norfolk southern freight yard, New Haven, Indiana, 2005 - ia-0353-c001-0007

   Steam locomotive 765 on Edgerton Road east of New Haven. Freight train has "N.Y.C. AND ST. L. on the side, indicating it belonged to the New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad...better known as the "Nickel Plate Road." The locomotive had been restored prior to the photo. It sat on North Clinton and 4th Street in Fort Wayne near the Martin Luther King Bridge.

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7. Elizabeth H. Mason portrait, probably Huntington County, Indiana, 1918 - ia-0343-0008

   Studio portrait of identified on back as "Elizabeth H. Mason / Mar. 29 - 1908." The young woman wears a pigeon breast blouse or dress and has a large bow in her pulled-back hair. Elizabeth (Mason) Reed (1891-1965) was the daughter of Alice (Duncan) (1853-1927) and Samuel Coale Mason (1842-1929) of Huntington County. She married Lloyd Reed in 1909 and the couple later moved to Fort Wayne.

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8. Corn Shuckers, Harlan, Indiana, 1913 - ia-0352-0029

   Written on back: "In front center: Sam Roberts, man over his right right shoulder- Del Boston (Barber), Flora Ella Star Roberts is the 4th from the left in the 3rd row." Flora Ella (Starr) Fett (1881-1967) of Fort Wayne married her first husband Samuel Roberts (1875-1924) in 1897, who worked as a janitor. They were married until his death and had one child together, Carl W. Roberts (1897-1967).

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9. Houses and two cars on East Jackson Boulevard, Elkhart, Indiana, 1919 - ia-0102-0039

   Some of the houses in the addition in the distance are under construction and a developer's sign is in front. The name on the sign begins with an S. Visible houses identified via maps include 8 Saint Joseph Manor. According to the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, 28 Apr. 1918, p. 7A, the Saint Joseph Manor was a high-end, restricted sub-division on the Saint Joseph River. Construction began in 1918.

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10. Group viewing flood damage to the Big four railroad bridge, Lafayette, Indiana, 1913 - ia-0214-1010

    A group of people stand near a railroad bridge viewing flood damage. The word "ferry" has been printed on the upper left. Taken from the Main Street bridge looking south at the Big Four railroad bridge over the Wabsh River. The smokestack behind the bridge is the Fort Wayne and Northern Indiana Traction Company power house. The Big Four railroad bridge was saved by parking coal-filled hopper cars on the bridge during the flood (pictured here)...

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11. Five military officers holding pistols, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1898 - ia-0005-0022

    These Spanish-American War soldiers pose at Camp Mount in 1898. The camp, named after Indiana Governor James A. Mount, was located on the Indiana State Fairgrounds at 38th Street. Many trainees lived in barns, but moved to tents east of the racetrack so the State Fair could begin in July, 1898. Note the iron bridge, presumably over Fall Creek, to the left. Names on a sign indicate that this is the 28th Light Artillery from Fort Wayne.

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12. Greetings from Indiana, The Hoosier State, Indiana, circa 1955 - ia-0001-2743

    The back identifies the many scenes around Indiana as: General Lew Wallace Study and Monument in Crawfordsville, covered bridge over Sugar Creek in Montgomery County, Lanier State Memorial in Madison, S. S. Delta Queen on the Ohio River, Sacred Heart Church at the University of Notre Dame, Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in Indianapolis, Gary Steel Works, Purdue University, Tippecanoe Battleground Monument, Indiana State House, Lincoln Tower in F...

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13. Old Log Jail, Nashville, Indiana, circa 1949 - ia-0344-0036

    The title mistakenly states that the jail was built in 1837. This two-story log structure was built in 1879 and replaced the earlier jail. Postcard from Edmund "Ed" Krock (1909-1989) to his mother Catherine (Buchtman) Krock (1872-1944) who lived at 632 Hendricks Street in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Written on back, "Dear Mother, June is swell country down here we arrived here at 11:30 Sat. morning. It is about 96 degrees here today. Take care of yo...

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14. Ambrotype portrait of Peter Ladig (possibly), New Haven, Indiana, circa 1860 - ia-0349-0004

    The lender stated that this tintype was from the French side of her family, possibly Peter Ladig from France. He was connected with the Besancon Church in New Haven, Indiana. Peter Ladig (1825-1877) was born in the Alsace region between France and Germany. In 1850 he married Mary Madeline Kline in Allen County. He lived near New Haven in Jefferson Township, Allen County, where was listed in the 1860 and 1870 census as a farmer and in the 1869-...

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15. Eagle and Son grocery store, Indianapolis, Indiana, circa 1895 - ia-0001-0517

    John H. Eagle on the right (born Eagal, 1817-1905), wife Margaret "Kate" Drum (1820-1897), and probably son William Owens Eagle on the left (1851-1904) pose in front of the Eagle and Son grocery on the southwest corner of North Delaware Street and Fort Wayne Avenue (then about 340 North Delaware Street, later 620-624 North Delaware Street or 625 Fort Wayne Avenue). The two-story flatiron (wedge-shaped) brick building had a roof extending over the...

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16. Queen Anne house at 1620 North Pennsylvania, Indianapolis, Indiana, circa 1911 - ia-0021-0451

    Real photo postcard of a girl standing in front of a two-story Queen Anne-style frame house. Handwritten in ink is "1620 N. Penna, Indianapolis." Postmarked September 25, 1911, it is from Nellie M. Ellingham to J. A. M. Adair of Portland, Indiana. According to the 1912 and 1913 Indianapolis city directories, the house was occupied by Indiana Secretary of State Lew G. Ellingham and his wife Margaret Ellen (nee Miller). Lewis Glendale "L. G." El...

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