This is part of my history and guide to my adopted home - Terre Haute, Indiana.
More postcards from my collection...
Black's House
Black's House
This postcard, posted in Terre Haute on May 16th, 1910, has no other printed text but a CYKD stamp box.
The written message on the postcard is interesting, it says...
Dear Miss Alice,
This is a picture of our home, am as surprised to to have it as your are to get it, as it was taken without our knowledge but we purchased a dozen ????? were handed in to us and I am sending them out to friends.
In July 2024, I received an email from Ken Feckete, who has managed to identify the house. It is located at 1108 S. 6th Street in the historic Farrington Grove district of Terre Haute, and was built in 1899. It has undergone some serious changes but still stands. It is now being used as apartments, probably likely Indiana State University students as they seem to rent a lot of the homes in that area. The home next door no longer exists.
Mr. Feckete was also kind enough to send me an exrtract of the 1910 census records. Mr. James H. Black, a merchant, his wife Evelyn, sons, Lee and James Jr.,and daughter also named Evelyn lived at the house along with a servant named Edith.
Black family 1910 census record
Like many other houses in the area, the house has been nominated to be put on the National Register of Historic Places. The nomination from 1986 reads,
Built around 1890, this two-and-one-half story Queen Anne style structure has a varied roofline with several gables and a tall brick chimney. The main level is covered with bevel siding and the upper levels with shingles; a deatiled wood molding extends around the structure between the first and second levels. Most windows are double-hung sash with entablature heads. The gables have cutaway corners and brackets. A number of porches and a pergola are supported by turned posts.
Bomber Bar
Bomber Bar
This is a matchbook, not a postcard. The Bomber Bar was owned by Robert H. McKinney and stood at 20 South Seventh Street, Terre Haute. During WWII, barrels were placed outside of the bar of the collection of aluminium to help the war effort. The Indiana Digital Image Library has several fine photos of the premises.
Some of these matchbooks had the text "Keep 'Em Flying" printed on the reverse...
