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Street-railroads

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Albert J. Beveridge collection

 Collection
Identifier: L016
Scope and Contents The collection consists largely of Beveridge’s correspondence with John C. Shaffer, publisher of the Chicago Evening Post and the Indianapolis Star and president of a syndicate owning the Indianapolis street railways. Included are letters from Beveridge as Shaffer’s lawyer handling the dissolution of the Indianapolis street railways syndicate (1893) and letters on personal and political matters (1897-1914). The collection also includes Beveridge’s manuscript for...
Dates: 1893-1926, bulk 1893-1914

Bass Photo Company photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P034
Scope and Contents This collection includes photographs from the Bass Photo Company in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from circa 1850 to 1975 and undated regarding people, buildings, street scenes, illustrations, and events such as Foch Day (November 4, 1921) in Indianapolis, as well as a few shots taken around Indiana.
Dates: circa 1850-1975, undated

George T. Bryant papers

 Collection — Folder S186
Identifier: S0186
Scope and Contents This collection includes a typed document from George T. Bryant in New York ranging from 1904-1910 regarding his teen-age years in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Dates: 1904-1910

Greenfield Rapid Transit Company collection

 Collection — Folder S1982
Identifier: S1982
Scope and Contents This collection includes a commercially printed ticket from Indianapolis and Greenfield Rapid Transit Company in Indianapolis and Greenfield ranging from 1902/07/16 to 1903/07/16 regarding rail travel.
Dates: 1902

Helen Hollingsworth papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0672
Scope and Contents This collection includes photocopies of and original typed documents from Helen Hollingsworth in Indiana ranging from 1970 to 1973 regarding recollections of New Year's Eve, 1899 (also photocopies of street car routes, address listings and a map and brochures from Dennison Manufacturing Company) and a tribute to Mary Quinn Sullivan, with a copy of the sale catalog from her collection in 1939 and photocopies of her obituaries and sale results.
Dates: 1899/12/31-1973/03/01

Indianapolis Railways photograph album

 Collection — Folder SP010
Identifier: SP010
Scope and Contents This collection consists of a photograph album with 37 black-and-white photographs pertaining to Indianapolis Railways, Inc. Included are photographs of company buildings and work areas, street cars and trackless trolleys, and several street intersections. Also included and photos of monotobe poles and trolley wires. The album appears to be a compilation of several photographers' photos.
Dates: circa 1930

Indianapolis Star-News photographs

 Collection — Folder SP036
Identifier: SP036
Scope and Contents This collection includes photographs from the Indianapolis Star-News in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from circa 1890 to 1948 regarding architecture and street scenes in Indianapolis.
Dates: circa 1890-1948

Lucille Lipps Gaynor photograph collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SP013
Scope and Contents This collection includes photographs from Lucille Lipps Gaynor in Indiana and Illinois ranging from circa 1850 to 1944, including snapshots Lucille with friends including Bert Forrest, portraits of soldiers from World War I and family members, group portraits of schoolmates, a memorial composite of the Knightstown firemen who died in the masonic temple fire on October 13, 1899, an image of a streetcar with war bonds advertisements, and a group portrait from the Red Cross Ambulance Company No....
Dates: circa 1850-1944

Wabash Carnegie Public Library oral history transcripts

 Collection
Identifier: OH033
Scope and Contents This collection contains oral history transcripts of interviews with 45 individuals, conducted by George Dingledy for the Wabash Carnegie Public Library Oral History Project ranging from 1971 to 1986, regarding their lives and the history of Wabash, Indiana and the surrounding area.
Dates: 1971-1986