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Photography Gallery

Businesses/Industries: Q-Z

Red Spot Company
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Red Spot Company

Young girl gazes at Christmas window display; photo dated 1951 (Center City 22)

Republic Aviation
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Republic Aviation

Plant under construction on Highway 41 North (now Whirlpool); c. 1942 (Marchand 12)

Rose Bowl Lanes
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Rose Bowl Lanes

C. 1950s-early 1960s (Seiler 1)

S. S. Kresge Company
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S. S. Kresge Company

Main St.; c. 1948 (Gaisser 3)

S. S. Kresge Company
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S. S. Kresge Company

C. 1948 (Gaisser 2)

Saloon
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Saloon

NW Third St.; operated by Peter H. Hammerstein; c. 1905 (Aldrich 3)

Sargeant Coal Company (Newburgh, IN)
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Sargeant Coal Company (Newburgh, IN)

Caption: "Coal delivered to Charles Lee by T. B. Anderson from Sargeant Coal Co.;" early 1900s (Riggs 18)

Sawmill
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Sawmill

Probably the West Side; c. late 1800s - early 1900s (Payne 56)

Schear's Department Store
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Schear's Department Store

21 SE Fourth St.; c. 1940s (Knecht 799)

Schmitz & Fendrich
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Schmitz & Fendrich

C. 1880 (Center City 41)

Sears, Roebuck and Company
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Sears, Roebuck and Company

Washington Square location, which opened in the early 1960s; photo dated 1972 (Sears Collection)

Sears, Roebuck and Company
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Sears, Roebuck and Company

Downtown location at Fourth and Sycamore; large sign at corner commemorates the store's 38th anniversary in Evansville; photo dated 1964 (Sears Collection)

Servel Inc.
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Servel Inc.

Servel Concert Band; c. 1946

Servel Inc.
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Servel Inc.

Refrigeration plant; c. 1946

Servel Inc.
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Servel Inc.

Company executives introducing "The First Servel Water Heaters;" photo dated May 7, 1946 (Servel 120)

Servel Inc.
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Servel Inc.

Robinette Wood (left) and Lula Forston clean and examine compressor parts; photo dated April 4, 1956 (Knecht 209)

Servel Inc.
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Servel Inc.

Company executives attending the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the gas refriferation sales campaign; c. 1946 (Servel 127)

Servel Inc.
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Servel Inc.

Sign reads: "Just arrived in Bismarck first carload of 1937...Servel Electrolux the gas refrigerator" (Servel 181)

Servel Inc.
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Servel Inc.

Group of men standing in front of the company's main office; c. 1930s-1940s (Servel 182)

Servel Inc.
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Servel Inc.

Unidentified women showing off new refrigerator; c. 1950s (Servel 11)

Single Center Spring Company
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Single Center Spring Company

Fifth and Locust Sts.; c. 1905 (Knecht 894)

Snow & Wheaton, Inc.
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Snow & Wheaton, Inc.

Automobile dealership at 25 NW Riverside Dr.; c. 1940s (Mesker Steel Collection)

Snow & Wheaton, Inc.
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Snow & Wheaton, Inc.

Construction of Ford dealership in downtown Evansville; c. 1930s (Mesker Steel Collection)

Southern Indiana Gas & Electric Company
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Southern Indiana Gas & Electric Company

Photo dated August 25, 1988 (10PC-31)

Southern Indiana Gas & Electric Company
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Southern Indiana Gas & Electric Company

Employees in office; photo dated 1910 (Center City 42)

Southern Indiana Gas & Electric Company
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Southern Indiana Gas & Electric Company

C. 1930s (Meyer-Schlamp 131)

St. George Hotel
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St. George Hotel

SE First St. (later, the site of the McCurdy Hotel); at left is Elks Club; photo dated 1910 (Knecht 4047)

St. George Hotel
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St. George Hotel

Photo taken c. 1915, shortly before the building was razed to make room for the McCurdy Hotel on SE First St. (Knecht 528)

St. George Transfer Company
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St. George Transfer Company

Riverside and Locust St.; razed by 1916 (Knecht 3241)

Standard Brick Company
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Standard Brick Company

C. 1915 (Knecht 3246)

Sterling Brewers, Inc.
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Sterling Brewers, Inc.

Photo dated August 10, 1983 (5PC 188)

Sterling Brewery
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Sterling Brewery

Fulton and Pennsylvania Sts.; photo dated September 1985 (7PC 31)

Sunbeam Electric Manufacturing Company
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Sunbeam Electric Manufacturing Company

Machine shop employees; photo dated April 3, 1933 (Kirsch 2)

Sunbeam Electric Manufacturing Company
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Sunbeam Electric Manufacturing Company

New plan on Morgan Ave. near Read St.; c. 1937 (Knecht 781)

Tennessean Restaurant
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Tennessean Restaurant

313 Locust st.; 1990s (20PC 21)

The Oaks
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The Oaks

C. 1950s (John Koch 196)

Towerlite Restaurant
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Towerlite Restaurant

N. St. Joseph Ave.; photo dated 1984 (6PC 77)

Triangle Overall Company
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Triangle Overall Company

106 Fulton Ave.; c. 1920 (Knecht 3296)

Unidentified Store
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Unidentified Store

Photo dated 1911 (Knecht 4784)

Unidentified Store
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Unidentified Store

Photo taken by Evansville Press photographer on December 9, 1937 (Newman 4)

Union Coal and Feed Company
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Union Coal and Feed Company

Photo dated 1936 (Knecht 2019)

Vendome Hotel
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Vendome Hotel

24-30 NW Third St.; photo dated c. 1908-1909 (Knecht 421)

Vendome Hotel
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Vendome Hotel

Lounge in lobby; photo dated 1937 (Knecht 2021)

Vendome Hotel
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Vendome Hotel

Lobby; c. 1920 (Knecht 3932)

Vendome Hotel
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Vendome Hotel

Photo dated April 30, 1972 (18PC 60)

Vulcan Plow Company
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Vulcan Plow Company

C. 1920s (Knecht 3299)

Vulcan Plow Works
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Vulcan Plow Works

Photo taken shortly before the building was razed; dated May 23, 1957 (Knecht 543)

Walk-Over Boot Shop
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Walk-Over Boot Shop

Main Street; c. 1930 (Knecht 548)

Walsh Baking Company
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Walsh Baking Company

400 N. Main St.; early 1900s (Knecht 28)

Weil Packing Company
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Weil Packing Company

New boiler house; n.d. (Mesker Steel Collection)

West Side Bank
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West Side Bank

W. Franklin St. at Eleventh Ave.; c. 1915 (Knecht 3208)

West Side Lumber Company
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West Side Lumber Company

Early 1900s (Knecht 3302)

Wittekindt Brewing Company
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Wittekindt Brewing Company

Caption on back of photo: "Evansville's newest and third brewery;" photo dated November 1937 (Knecht 809)

Woolworth's
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Woolworth's

Main St. entrance; dated May 19, 1982 (18PC 48)

Ye Old Virginia Tavern
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Ye Old Virginia Tavern

200 E. Virginia St.; c. 1950s (John Koch 189)

Ziliak & Schafer Milling Company
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Ziliak & Schafer Milling Company

900 Walnut St.; c. 1910 (Knecht 3306)

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