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Events
Armistice Day
Float decorated for parade; photo dated 1918 (Center City 26)
Aviation Show
Tri-State Fairgrounds; June 1911 (Deeds 69)
Benjamin Bosse Funeral
Lutheran Cemetery; photo dated April 1922 (Knecht 3443)
Benjamin Bosse Funeral
Crowd attending Mayor Bosse's funeral at Trinity Lutheran Church on W. Illinois St.; photo dated April 7, 1922 (Knecht 1068)
Bingo Riot
Mobs gathering at Main and First Sts. as police officers arrive to raid a bingo game on June 11, 1945 (Knecht 541)
Bingo Riot
Mob turns over a police car after a raid on a bingo game on Main St. on June 11, 1945 (Knecht 542)
Blizzard
Second St., between Main and Locust Sts., following the "great snow" of 1917 (Knecht 2375)
Blizzard of 1918
200 block of Main St. (Deeds 55)
Blizzard of 1918
Mulberry St. at Riverside Dr. (Knecht 4802)
Brookhaven Subdivision
East of Bosse High School (Flood 8)
Budweiser Horse Show
Lawndale parking lot; photo dated June 18, 1981 (Courier 993)
Centennial Parade
Float depicting the Evansville-Henderson bridge riding down Main Street during festivities commemorating Evansville's incorporation in 1847; photo taken in May 1947 (Gaisser 28)
Centennial Parade
Parade float; photo dated 1917 (Misc. 70)
Centennial Parade
Spectators admiring Chamber of Commerce float on Main St.; May 1947 (Gaisser 21)
Christmas Parade
NW Fourth St. (Coliseum in background); c. late 1930s (VC 28)
Corn Harvest
McCutchanville, IN; photo dated 1921 (Knecht 4218)
Douglas Fairbanks
The actor visits Evansville to sell Liberty Loan war bonds; standing with him on the steps of the McCurdy Hotel are a Courier reporter (center) and Mrs. Karl K. Knecht (right); photo dated April 14, 1918 (Knecht 2372)
Election Day
Baptisttown; c. 1920s (Knecht 3698)
Election of 1920
Evansville women voting in their first election after the 19th Amendment was passed (Knecht 579)
Election of 1920
Evansville Mayor Benjamin Bosse (far right) campaigning in Princeton, IN, for Democratic presidential candidate James M. Cox (second man from left); at Cox's right is Indiana Governor Tom Taggart (Knecht 3442)
Election of 1936
Voters waiting to cast their ballots (Knecht 3694)
Fair on Reitz Hill
Photo dated 1937 (Knecht 4768)
Fountain Dedication
Dedication of the horse fountain by the National Humane Alliance at First Ave. and Pennsylvania St.; Willard Library is in the background; c. 1910 (Allyn 1)
Funeral
Services for Francis P. Ryves, pastor of Assumption Church; photo dated January 18, 1937 (Knecht 2970)
George Wallace Rally
Presidential candidate George Wallace waves to supporters from the steps of the old Vanderburgh County Courthouse; photo dated October 10, 1968 (21PC 14)
German Day Parade
C. early 1900s (Schindler 1)
Golden Raintree Festival
"Father George Rapp," founder of New Harmony (white beard), speaks during a pageant in the annual festival during the 1930s (Knecht 3970)
Graham Day Parade
The Graham brothers in a Graham-Paige automobile during a parade on November 20, 1928 (Bolin 4)
Graham Day Parade
The Evansville Courier and Journal float in parade on November 20, 1928 (Bolin 23)
Graham Day Parade
Photographed on SE Riverside Dr.; identified men in the float are Matt Foster, William D. Ruston, John Stark, Henry W. Ruston (small boy), and Louis Kirby; parade took place on November 20, 1928 (Ruston 14)
Grand Soldiers' Reunion
Possibly the Evansville fairgrounds or Oakland City, IN; c. 1900 (Riggs 11)
Inauguration Day
Mayor Benjamin Bosse (standing at table in background) delivering his second inaugural speech in January 1918 (Knecht 1868)
Inauguration Day Parade
Marchers near Sixth and Main Sts. celebrating the inauguration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt; the sign held by the marcher in the first row reads "Uncle Sam is prescribing a New Deal"; photo dated 1933 (Knecht 761)
James Bethel Gresham Funeral
Gresham's body carried by sailors into the Coliseum to lie in state before burial at Locust Hill Cemetery (Gresham was the first American casualty of World War I); photo dated July 15, 1921 (Knecht 387)
Kay the Elephant Parade
Parade on SE Riverside Dr. heralding the arrival of Kay, one of the first inhabitants of Mesker Zoo; dated June 14, 1929 (Knecht 3385)
Labor Day Parade
400 block of Main St.; dated 1920 (Knecht 2361)
Livestock Show
Blue prize winner purchased by Servel; photo dated 1952 (Servel 118)
Military Exhibition
Held at the Coliseum during World War I (Knecht 4436)
Mine Cave-In
Epworth Mine in Warrick County; photo dated December 6, 1912 (Riggs 19)
Miss Evansville Pageant
Newly-crowned "queen" Kathy Rosborough (center), flanked by Nancy Fischer (left), Miss Evansville of 1960, and Tommye Lou Glaze (right), Miss Indiana of 1960; photo dated 1961 (Knecht 949)
New Harmony Bridge
Opening of the new toll bridge connecting New Harmony, Indiana, to Illinois; photo taken by Homer Fauntleroy in 1930 (Knecht 3171)
Parade
Celebrating visit of George Cox, candidate for U. S. president, to Princeton, IN; 1920 (Knecht 4935)
Park Dedication
A group of mothers dedicates park triangle at the intersection of Third, Parrett, and Blackford streets to World War I soldiers; photo dated 1927 (Knecht 187)
Prohibition
Lettie Payne, Women's Christian Temperance Union member, destroying liquor; c. 1920 (Knecht 363)
Red Cross Parade
Assumption School students marching in 100 block of Main St. during World War I; Hermann's Candy Store is at the left (Knecht 383)
Red Cross Parade
Marchers on Riverside Dr. at Walnut St.; c. 1918 (Knecht 4069)
Ribeyre Funeral
Funeral procession for Captain Alfred Ribeyre in New Harmony, IN; photo dated April 8, 1924 (Knecht 3976)
Rose Bowl Fire
100 block of NW First St.; destroyed by fire in mid-1960s (Seiler 3)
Soap Box Derby
Three of the boys identified are Percy Connor, Selmann Schultz, and Howard Butler; photo dated 1921 (Knecht 638)
Soaper Warehouse Fire
Tobacco warehouse in Henderson, Kentucky, in ruins after fire in September 1956; in the background is the damaged Argue plant (Knecht 657)
Spanish-American War Parade
Soldiers marching in 200 block of Main St.; 1898 (Payne 35)
St. George Hotel Demolition
Razing of the hotel in late 1916-1917 to make room for the new McCurdy Hotel (Knecht 3921)
Standard Gasoline Station
Northwest corner of Washington and Kentucky avenues (Flood 4)
Thunder on the Ohio
Bill Muncey racing the "Atlas Van Lines" in 1977 (Knecht 752)
Tornado of 1925
Evansville militia at Griffin, IN, following the tornado in March; one man identified in the group is Howard Roosa, Jr. (Knecht 3582)
Veteran's Day Service
Ceremony at the Four Freedoms monument in Sunset Park; c. 1996 (17PC 118)
War Mothers Parade
Vanderburgh County Chapter of War Mothers parades on NW Fourth St. near Coliseum and Jail; c. 1918 (Knecht 434)
West Side Fall Festival
Unidentified entrants in a contest at the festival in 1936 (Knecht 621)
World War I Parade
Horse-drawn wagon pulling "old time artillery" on Main St.; c. 1918 (Knecht 3191)
World War I Parade
Main St.; c. 1918 (Winterman 3)
World War I Parade
Street unidentified; c. 1918 (Knecht 1956)
World War II Parade
Republic Aviation float in front of Loew's Theater and the Hotel Sonntag on Main St.; photo dated October 31, 1943 (Center City 40)
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