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Transportation (Non-aviation)
Automobile
Unidentified family on an outing in rural area; c. 1910 (Meyer-Schlamp 297)
Automobile
Unidentified Evansville automobile dealership with signs for Studebaker and Ford in windows; c. 1910 (Knecht Collection)
Automobile Accident
C. 1920s-1930s (Knecht 4791)
Big Four Railroad
View of the crossing over Sweizer pond; photo dated "1912 or so" (Knecht 4469)
Bookmobile
Model introduced by the Evansville-Vanderburgh Public Library in 1956 (Knecht 3355)
Bookmobile
Vanderburgh County Library Service vehicle parked in front of the Coliseum in 1923 (Willard Library 18)
Bridge -- Columbia Street
View of Pigeon Creek from new Maryland St. bridge; photo dated October 19, 1984 (6PC 165)
Bridge -- Maryland Street
Razing of the old bridge (looking east); photo dated July 20, 1984 (6PC 134)
Bridge -- Maryland Street
Reconstruction of the bridge over Pigeon Creek (looking west); photo dated August 6, 1984 (6PC 136)
Bridge -- Ohio Street
Railroad bridge spanning Pigeon Creek; photo dated December 1984 (7PC 32)
Bridge -- Ohio Street
Houseboats on Pigeon creek where it empties into the Ohio River; photo dated April 30, 1957 (Koch 71a)
Bridge -- West Franklin Street
Photo dated 1925 (Knecht 4466)
Bus
A Red Star Transportation Line bus picks up riders; c. 1920s (Knecht 4633)
Bus Depot
SIGECO buses inside Riverside garage; photo dated April 1941 (Meyer-Schlamp 33)
Cable Ferry
Possibly the Green River; c. early 1900s (Kaylor 15)
Cable Ferry
Ferry crossing what may be the Green River; early 1900s (Kaylor 15)
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Engine 1022
Early 1900s (Winterman 60)
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Engine 1801
Early 1900s (Winterman 50)
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Engine 72
Early 1900s (Winterman 28)
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railway Depot
SE Eighth St.; c. 1920s (Meyer-Schlamp 13)
Department of Public Works
Garage and vehicles (car at right belongs to Dog Pound); photo dated 1939 (VC 16)
Department of Public Works
City officials stand in front of new garbage collection trucks; in the background is the McCurdy Hotel; c. 1940s (VC 5)
Department of Public Works
Street cleaner; c. 1940s (VC 7)
E S & N Railway Station
Workers preparing site for the new E S & N station in Newburgh, IN; photo dated December 15, 1911 (Riggs 5)
E S & N Railway Traction Car
Workers loading an E S & N railway car on Water Street in Newburgh, IN; early 1900s (Riggs 15)
Electric Car
New car for the Princeton Traction Line; photo dated January 27, 1927 (Meyer-Schlamp 3)
Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad Engine 107
(Winterman 19)
Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad Engine 427
Early 1900s (Winterman 83)
Evansville-Princeton Railroad Line
(Meyer-Schlamp 6)
Ferry
Transported railroad or traction cars across the Ohio River; photo dated 1920 (Knecht 676)
Ferry Boat
Rockport, IN; photo dated 1926 (Knecht 2194)
Fire Department Horses
The last horses used by the Evansville Fire Department; c. 1920s (Knecht 4445)
Fire Truck
In the 100 block of SE Third St.; c. 1930s (VC 96)
Fulton Ave. Steam and Dry Cleaner Wagon
Early 1900s (Meyer-Schlamp 300)
Green River
Boats "Evansville" and "Bowling Green" meet at draw bridge beneath passing train; hearse in foreground probably awaits one of the boats; early 1900s (Kaylor 38)
Greyhound Bus Terminal
NW Third and Sycamore Sts.; c. 1980 (2PC 31)
Greyhound Bus Terminal
C. 1980 (Marchand 2776)
Greyhound Bus Terminal
C. 1940 (Harms Collection)
Hearse
The man is probably E. A. Lowe, director of a mortuary on SE Sixth St.; c. 1920 (uncataloged photo)
Highway 41 at Princeton, Indiana
Dated 1937 (Knecht 4936)
Howell Railroad Yard
C. 1910 (Castner 4)
Illinois Central Freight Depot
1400 block of W. Franklin St.; c. 1983 (5PC-98)
Interurban (Traction) Car
Second and Locust Sts.; early 1900s (Knecht 4631)
L & N Railroad Company
Train yard and shops; c. 1894 (photo from "Souvenir of Evansville, Ind." booklet)
L & N Railroad Company Bridge
Spanning across the Ohio River to Henderson, KY; photo dated 1940s (Castner 3)
L & N Railroad Company Depot
300 Fulton Ave.; c. 1950s (Meyer-Schlamp 521)
L & N Railroad Company Depot
Fulton Ave.; c. 1960s (Meyer-Schlamp 518)
L & N Railroad Company Depot
Rear view of passenger depot; photo dated February 1985 (Historic 5)
L & N Railroad Company Depot
Fulton Ave.; photo dated 1978 (Historic 6)
L & N Railroad Company Depot
Demolition of the depot begins; photo dated February 1985 (Historic 11)
L & N Railroad Company Depot
View from Ohio Street; photo dated December 1985 (7PC 2)
L & N Railroad Company Depot
C. 1980 (Marchand 309)
L & N Railroad Company Freight Station
Fulton Ave.; c. 1975 (15PC 18)
L & N Railway Company Depot
Architectural remnants being salvaged during demolition of the depot; photo dated March 9, 1985 (16PC 33)
Mule Car
St. Joseph Ave. and W. Franklin St.; early 1900s (Meyer-Schlamp 92)
New Harmony Bridge
Opening of bridge over the Wabash River from New Harmony, Indiana, to Illinois; photo dated December 30, 1930 (Knecht 3171)
Police Emergency Vehicle
C. 1930s (VC 93)
Police Vehicle
"Accident Investigation" team on Dress Plaza in 1940 (VC 83)
Police Vehicle
"First motor patrol" (Old Vanderburgh County Courthouse in background); c. 1920 (Knecht 760)
Police Vehicles
New Evansville Police Department vehicles at Dress Plaza; dated January 1939 (Knecht 2143)
Southern Railway System
Photo undated (Knecht 706)
Southern Railway System Depot
1 N. Elsas; c. 1982 (4PC-39)
Street Car No. 408
The new "George Rogers Clark" car; photo dated October 15, 1926 (Meyer-Schlamp 74)
Streetcar
Advertising movie at the Strand Theatre; c. 1924 (Meyer-Schlamp 87)
Streetcar Accident
Fulton Ave. car after jumping the tracks in 1912 (Knecht 733)
Streetcar Accident
Walnut and Eighth Sts.; photo dated May 17, 1907 (Knecht 731)
Streetcar Accident
Car No. 210 after an accident at Governor St. and Bellemeade Ave. on September 19, 1938 (Meyer-Schlamp 66)
Streetcar near the Coliseum
Photo dated 1917 (Knecht 688)
Streetcar No. 55
Photo dated May 11, 1929 (Meyer-Schlamp 57)
Streetcar No. 72
First electric streetcar, with Henry Barbro and A. L. Rose, conductor; photo dated 1892 (Meyer-Schlamp 88)
Streetcar No. 81
On fire; photo dated March 28, 1927 (Meyer-Schlamp 61)
Tower Wagon
Property of the Evansville Electric Railway Co.; photo dated July 30, 1936 (Meyer-Schlamp 36)
Traffic Squad
Officers posing with new motorcycles; c. 1940s (VC 92)
Union Depot
C. 1894 (photo from "Souvenir of Evansville, Ind." booklet)
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