Terre Haute Postcards - Big Four Station

More postcards from my collection...

Big Four Station

This unused postcard has the following text...

Made in Germany
Published by Bundy, Terre Haute, Ind.

Big Four Station Depot

This postcard, stamped in Terre Haute on May 24th, 1912, has the following text...

A-16073
The Model
Unico Registered Trade Mark

Big Four Station and Great Northern Hotel

This unused postcard has the following text...

U.S. 444
Printed in Germany

Behind the station can be seen the Great Northern Hotel. The hotel was originally called the Northern Hotel when it opened in 1899. It was renamed the Great Northern Hotel in 1907.

Big Four Station and Great Northern Hotel

This postcard, stamped in Cincinnati, Indiana on December 3rd, 1909, has the following text...

No. D3940
Published by the Indiana News Company, Indianapolis, Ind.
Dresden - Leipzig - Berlin
Made in Germany
Leipzig - Berlin - Dresden
ANC NY Litho-Chrome Trade Mark
UNCO Trade Mark

I have another copy of this postcard, stamped in Terre Haute on January 3rd, 1910, that has the same text as the above but does not have the UNCO trade mark.

Big Four Station Depot

This postcard, stamped in Terre Haute on November 2nd, 1915, has the following text...

10771
Levin Bros.
Acmegraph Co., Chicago logo

The Big Four was named after the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway, who opened this depot in 1899. Situated at Seventh and Tippecanoe Streets it later serviced the New York Central Lines and later still Amtrak's National Limited. The last passenger train to run through the city was in 1879 and this station was demolished in 1986. The site is now part of Indiana State University campus.

For a short history of the railroads in Terre Haute see Mike McCormick's article, "Terre Haute Known as Railroad Hub" in the Tribune Star.

This page created 7th March 2005, last modified 17th August 2008