Terre Haute - A history and a guide

This is my history and guide to my adopted home - Terre Haute, Indiana.

Old Postcards - 33

More postcards from my collection...

Memorial Stadium

This postcard, posted in Terre Haute on January 21st, 1924 has the printed text...

27872N
E. C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee

Memorial Stadium

This lined-faced postcard, posted in Terre Haute on July 15th, 195? has the printed text...

3B-H1553 [1943]
Wabash Valley News Agency, Inc., Terre Haute, Ind.
Genuine Curteich-Chicago "C.T. American Art" Post Card (Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.)

Memorial Stadium

This unused postcard has the text...

20107 N
Pub. by Levin Bros., Terre Haute, Ind.

The Memorial Stadium was built in 1924, in memory of the "boys who served in the World War." It was built on the site of the former fairgrounds and four-cornered race track on East Wabash Avenue. It was leased to Indiana State University in 1966.

Cabinet Card by Mersing? Morning? Studio, Ohio Street, Terre Haute

This is not a postcard but a cabinet card, because of the double gold rules and sepia tone of the photograph I think this was made in the late 19th century.

Midtown Motel

This unused postcard has the text...

400 So. 3rd St. - Terre Haute, Ind.
70 Rooms - Color TV - Dial Phones - Air Conditioning
Nearest to Downtown - Phone (812) 232-0383
When passing through we'll be glad to see you.

Butler Enterprises, Inc., Winston-Salem, N.C. 27102
153.869

The motel is virtually unchanged but in 2007 changed it's name to the Regency Inn and Suites.

Ohio Boulevard

This postcard image come from the Levin Brother's 20 postcard "Beautiful Terre Haute" compendium pack

This page created 15th March 2008, last modified 2nd May 2008