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They are identified as Bill Davy, Harvey Mock, Bob Butler, Vic Porius, and George Herrick. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/news/2021/10/5/whitings-chicago-fire-in-1871 monthly 0.5 2021-10-05 https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/news/2021/2/8/story-of-whiting-refinery-disaster-now-available-as-an-audio-book monthly 0.5 2021-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1612815002631-NV32SNE8RZ0WTU889MVA/Audio+Book+QR+Code.jpg News - Story of Whiting Refinery disaster now available as an audio book https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/news/2020/8/25/flashback-friday monthly 0.5 2025-07-09 https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/news/2020/2/28/robertsdale-native-bob-chapek-named-new-disney-ceo monthly 0.5 2020-02-28 https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/news/2020/2/6/coronavirus-revives-memoires-of-worst-epidemic-to-hit-whiting monthly 0.5 2020-02-06 https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/news/2020/1/9/immaculate-conception-memorial-park monthly 0.5 2020-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1578583264331-QKIUKVEIEY8LDD1JZJE1/DSCN4597.JPG News - Immaculate Conception Memorial Park https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/news/2019/11/21/clark-amp-gavit-high-schools-to-close monthly 0.5 2019-11-22 https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/news/2019/11/16/an-historic-gift-of-note monthly 0.5 2019-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1573928073733-4INTOSRLGBU5WT7WMTVA/note+card.jpg News - An Historic Gift of Note https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/news/2019/11/15/1st-district-news monthly 0.5 2019-11-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1573848983658-TC5VOZHGYNYUFH26KMOQ/Mark+Kalwinski.jpg News - 1st District News https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/news/2019/11/15/across-the-mayors-desk monthly 0.5 2019-11-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1573848339045-IAMDOFPP7I37CE1O615M/Mayor-Joe-Cropped.jpg News - Across the Mayor's Desk https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/news/2019/9/30/community-center-historic-tours-a-success monthly 0.5 2019-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1569871698297-TIUU8BIBWUILJY7X4TKJ/doc00984320190928132313_001.jpg News - Community Center Historic Tours A Success https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1569871701595-62FQY9AYV97LME3ZCWSL/doc00984520190928132343_001.jpg News - Community Center Historic Tours A Success https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1569871706339-KPF5HJQWRJUAC4USW9M5/doc00984420190928132328_001.jpg News - Community Center Historic Tours A Success https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1569871713625-SP9S3GFFCJ97BTY3TL45/doc00984620190928132358_001.jpg News - Community Center Historic Tours A Success https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1569871769349-4AJUSY7KXQTB1OD6Y4KT/doc00984920190928132451_001.jpg News - Community Center Historic Tours A Success https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1569871710981-JLZ584BLN4NZQD3M3EU9/doc00984720190928132414_001.jpg News - Community Center Historic Tours A Success https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1569871773898-FT6PTE1TRPSYGZ67S031/doc00985020190928132509_001.jpg News - Community Center Historic Tours A Success https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1569871724553-6ECY6VFS08AY26E5YC0F/doc00984820190928132433_001.jpg News - Community Center Historic Tours A Success https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/news/2019/9/24/the-community-center-on-119th-street monthly 0.5 2019-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1569334964962-7W54PM7X909N66LCD6OA/TG+-+9-15-1955+-+Community+Center+Bowling.jpg News - The Community Center on 119th Street? A 1955 photo from the Times-Grafic, which shows the bowling alley that was once in the Community Center. You can hear stories of the bowling alley from Al Koch, a former pin setter at the alley, on the tour of the Community Center on Saturday, September 28. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1569335400099-R7MSJVSWGRLP9E5R8M3J/Community+Center+-+Memorial+Room.jpg News - The Community Center on 119th Street? The Memorial Room is one of the least used rooms in the Community Center, and one of the best preserved. It will be open for this Saturday’s guided tour of the building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1569334720397-KUE0RUUU5BUQ9JNZIHTB/Community+Center+-+Short+Street.jpg News - The Community Center on 119th Street? This is the site where the Whiting Community Center now stands. There were twenty small cottages here in 1923, on what was then called Short Street. All were torn down to make room for the Community Center. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/news/2019/9/21/schrage-family-history-is-early-whiting-history monthly 0.5 2019-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1569110395387-YH4NBVJU6HSN1UZA2Q44/Schrage+-+Post+Card.jpg News - Schrage Family History is Early Whiting History https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1569110012385-4CREQFQUL3Q5KOOK98EQ/2018-06-148+-+Schrage+Home+-+Whiting%2C+Indiana.jpg News - Schrage Family History is Early Whiting History The Schrage Mansion is in the background. In the foreground is the lot where Immaculate Conception Church once stood. But before the church was built in the 1920s, Henry Schrage used this lot next to his home to raise chickens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1569110253584-UQTJ2W9ZQDW9W2GOSHU0/Schrage+-+Henry+Schrage.bmp.jpg News - Schrage Family History is Early Whiting History As the owner of the community’s first general store, a postmaster, a town official, a township official, and a banker, Henry Schrage was a major figure in the early history of Whiting. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/news/2019/9/18/northwest-indianas-connection-to-country-music monthly 0.5 2019-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1568820581906-EKUYNXV199GP7NRWFHIX/Monroe+-+Sinclair.jpg News - Northwest Indiana's Connection to Country Music. The Sinclair Oil Refinery, seen here in 1920, was in East Chicago, just south of the Standard Oil Refinery in Whiting. Bill Monroe worked here, cleaning barrels and steel drums, while developing his musical talents by performing with a band at night. Photo courtesy of the Indiana State Library Photography Collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1568820324173-JSM88D1XJ274SYK19TQJ/Monroe+-+Brothers+-+1936.jpg News - Northwest Indiana's Connection to Country Music. Bill Monroe lived in Northwest from 1929 to 1934. With his brother Charlie, pictured here in 1936 (Bill on left), he left his job at the Sinclair Oil Refinery in East Chicago to pursue an opportunity for a regular radio show. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1568820889462-ZXJTQ7BRSG2BWMAZF3ET/Monroe+-+WWAE+Program.bmp.jpg News - Northwest Indiana's Connection to Country Music. WWAE was a Hammond radio station which later changed its call letters to WJOB. In its early days, it featured live performances by local musicians. The Monroe Brothers made regular appearances in the early 1930s. It was Bill Monroe’s first regular opportunity to perform live on radio, a road that eventually led him to the Grand Ole Opry and fame as a bluegrass musician. This ad is from 1933. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1568821215572-82I3VD8TXK2TUM26YG7O/Monroe+-+Vaudeville+Ad.bmp.jpg News - Northwest Indiana's Connection to Country Music. After gaining popularity by playing at dances, in churches, at birthday parties, and for events sponsored by local organizations, the Monroe Brothers spread out beyond Northwest Indiana and started appearing in Chicago. That included appearances on the vaudeville stage, at a time when they were still near the bottom of the bill. This ad is from 1934. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1568845294879-YEJMBM3OI9FOOFVDVYH5/Monroe+-+Older.jpg News - Northwest Indiana's Connection to Country Music. The public lost interest in Monroe’s music in the 1950s. But as folk music caught on in the 1960s, Monroe was suddenly popular again. Starting in 1967, Monroe held an annual bluegrass festival in Bean Blossom, Indiana, in Brown County, east of Bloomington. The festival’s popularity brought Monroe and his music to new generations of bluegrass fans. He passed away in 1996. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/news/2019/9/5/the-top-ten-landmarks-of-whiting-robertsdale monthly 0.5 2019-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1567796746035-7TIUO9X3AJY509P27MV5/library+1906.jpg News - The Top Ten Landmarks of Whiting-Robertsdale The Whiting Public Library was an attractive building when it was built in 1906, even before the landscaping around it matured and added to its beauty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1567796933974-UT59RB7ER78RSH12HT30/cc+postcard.jpg News - The Top Ten Landmarks of Whiting-Robertsdale The Whiting Community Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1567797269157-5DA5DGT6N5OZ3C8FV637/Hoosier+Theater.jpg News - The Top Ten Landmarks of Whiting-Robertsdale Even if the movie is boring, look up and look around inside the theater to appreciate how nice movie houses used to be. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1567798669096-UHNR0Q2Q9JPWQTIPRS8R/2018-06-057+-+St.+John+the+Baptist+Church+-+Hammond%2C+Indiana.+John+the+Baptist+Church+-+Hammond%2C+Indiana.jpg News - The Top Ten Landmarks of Whiting-Robertsdale St. John Church, 190-feet tall, has been a Whiting landmark since 1930. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1567821536248-CQRZEK7L5098AIM7GEPW/st+mary.jpg News - The Top Ten Landmarks of Whiting-Robertsdale St. Mary’s is located across from the Community Center; which is across from the Methodist Church; which is next door to the Masonic Temple; which is next door to the Slovak Dom; which is across the street form the Hoosier Theater. It is a part of downtown Whiting that is rich in local landmarks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1567821734692-3VB7AHDNXGSJRSNCLCPQ/sacred+heart.jpg News - The Top Ten Landmarks of Whiting-Robertsdale Sacred Heart Church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1567821826487-67VWYVIVCV163XXF2HF7/methodist+no+trees.jpg News - The Top Ten Landmarks of Whiting-Robertsdale This photo, taken shortly after the Methodist Church was built. By contrast, the photo below shows the church today, with rich, mature landscaping. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1567821979296-9OIET7FFVEQ2B51KG9W8/20190906_121211.jpg News - The Top Ten Landmarks of Whiting-Robertsdale https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1567822180492-VI5OENDK503HNPSMLE9D/Bank+-+1957+Pocket+Calendar.bmp.jpg News - The Top Ten Landmarks of Whiting-Robertsdale The State Banks of Whiting often used its building as an image in its promotional pieces, as can be seen in this pocket calendar from 1957. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1567798280897-60NYHB9W8PG25YJSW1DN/20190906_120959.jpg News - The Top Ten Landmarks of Whiting-Robertsdale One of the things that makes the Masonic Temple interesting, is the angle at which it is built. While the front faces the street, the sides extend along the alley, and along the opposite side, giving it an almost pie-shaped appearance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1567797889495-LANCB9LGHWJINSBNMPLQ/119th+-+slovak+dom.jpg News - The Top Ten Landmarks of Whiting-Robertsdale This is how the Slovak Dom looked before the second floor was removed. Numerous wedding receptions and other Slovak parties and meetings were held upstairs. Before any other gymnasium was built in town, basketball games were also played here. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/news/2019/6/18/history-is-made-in-whiting monthly 0.5 2019-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1560871362337-H5HJTVK91SSUFN0K25YK/2019-06-034+-+KC+Wolf+-+Mascot+Hall+of+Fame+Induction+Parade+-+Whiting%2C+Indiana.jpg News - History Is Made in Whiting KC Wolf, the mascot of the Kansas City Chiefs, gives a young spectator along the parade route a big hug during the first-ever Mascot Parade in Whiting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1560871593203-QE7HLVZKXM2ZCRWPSSRE/2019-06-032+-+Slider%2C+Brutus+Buckeye%2C+KC+Wolf+-+Mascot+Hall+of+Fame+Induction+Parade+-+Whiting%2C+Indiana.jpg News - History Is Made in Whiting KC Wolf of the Kansas City Chiefs, Brutus Buckeye from Ohio State University, and Slider of the Cleveland Indians walk down 119th Street as part of the Hall-of-Fame induction weekend fun at the Mascot Museum in Whiting. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/news/2019/5/28/whiting-amp-hammond-drop-in-population monthly 0.5 2019-05-29 https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/news/2019/5/27/historical-society-begins-a-new-year monthly 0.5 2019-05-27 https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/news/2019/5/10/attend-the-historical-societys-annual-dinner monthly 0.5 2019-05-10 https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/news/2019/5/10/crown-point-luncheon-features-whiting-refinery-fire-story monthly 0.5 2019-05-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1557498694626-JDM5MPNYHGFMVO54GN2Y/Delinck+2+NO.jpg News - Crown Point Luncheon Features Whiting Refinery Fire Story https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/news/2019/3/27/whiting-april-fools-day-news-from-1899 monthly 0.5 2019-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1553720679360-1BOHCOO286D3N8ROPIXX/April+Fools+1.bmp.jpg News - Whiting April Fools Day News from 1899 https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/news/2019/3/17/what-was-the-triangle-club-and-other-photo-mysteries monthly 0.5 2019-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552854544646-KXJM8KNV6GXDOV80BSP6/ID+-+Triangle+Club.bmp.jpg News - What Was the Triangle Club? And Other Photo Mysteries. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/news/2019/1/29/if-you-like-cold-you-should-have-seen-the-1980s monthly 0.5 2019-01-30 https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/news/2019/1/22/where-to-buy-one-minute-after-sunrise monthly 0.5 2019-01-22 https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/news/2019/1/21/tell-us-your-story monthly 0.5 2019-01-21 https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/news/2018/12/19/what-made-phil-smidts-perch-the-best monthly 0.5 2018-12-20 https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/news/2018/12/17/federated-metals-was-a-pollution-problem-from-the-start monthly 0.5 2019-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1545100028027-JT94PTDZ9W4A0TP3DJIY/federated+aerial.jpg News - Federated Metals was a Pollution Problem from the Start To the right in this photo are the nearest homes to the Federated Metals plant, which went into operation in early 1939. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1545100204685-42DNUUSKNVJMBVHF1UBJ/2018-06-152+-+Federated+Metals+Contamination+Site+-+Hammond%2C+Indiana.jpg News - Federated Metals was a Pollution Problem from the Start Some of the land near the old Federated Metals site was taped off with warning signs while the land was being cleaned up for lead contamination earlier in 2018. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/news/2018/12/12/mascot-hall-of-fame-opening-is-a-nose-away monthly 0.5 2018-12-12 https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/news/2018/11/16/house-of-david-is-topic-at-november-meeting monthly 0.5 2018-11-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1542404205233-L6C9MQDPK6LRXIEK3R2F/Kevin+Clutter.JPG News - House of David is Topic at November Meeting The guest speaker at the November meeting of the Whiting-Robertsdale Historical Society was Kevin Clutter of the Hammond Historical Society. He spoke about the research he has done on the House of David, a religious group that was based in nearby Benton Harbor, Michigan. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/news/2018/10/31/october-whiting-robertsdale-historical-meeting monthly 0.5 2018-11-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1541083167379-7FMC79CVEWYE2XSYHV4Y/2018-10-090+-+Ruth+Mores+%26+Priscilla+McCarty-Reed+-+Whiting%2C+Indiana.bmp.jpg News - October Whiting-Robertsdale Historical Meeting Ruth Mores (left) of the Hammond Historical Society was the guest speaker at the October 2018 meeting of the Whiting-Robertsdale Historical Society. With her in this photo is Priscilla McCarty-Reed, president of the Whiting-Robertsdale Historical Society. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/news/2018/10/23/world-war-i-and-whiting-display-at-the-library monthly 0.5 2018-10-23 https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/news/2018/10/15/halloween-has-always-brought-out-the-wickedly-in-whiting monthly 0.5 2018-10-15 https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/news/2018/10/8/rudy-filmed-in-whiting-25-years-ago monthly 0.5 2018-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1539025996048-NB9V4N0NCG00K4TDG6TY/Rudy+-+Standard+Avenue.jpg News - "Rudy": Filmed in Whiting 25 Years Ago This area of Whiting was just south of the houses on Standard Avenue. It was used in the film “Rudy” in a scene where Rudy and friends are playing football. Both the tracks and many of the houses on Standard Avenue are gone. Today the area of the tracks is a parking lot just to the east of Oil City Stadium. For more images of Whiting locations used in “Rudy,” go to itsfilmedthere.com. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/news/2018/10/2/whitingrobertsdale-historical-society-meets monthly 0.5 2018-10-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1538513700231-HSXDQ4PLI2IQLJNZG0YF/Joe+Stahura+-+WRHS+Meeting.bmp.jpg News - Whiting-Robertsdale Historical Society Meets Whiting Mayor Joseph Stahura welcomes the Whiting-Robertsdale Historical Society to the Mascot Hall of Fame Museum. 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Just associate the person's name with the number they are tagged with by answering on in the comments on our Facebook page. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/bookshelf daily 0.75 2022-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1526067087701-FZ40F9RQI54ZH8W7LLP9/WRHS+Bldg+3-green.jpg The Whiting Bookshelf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1530030102923-R1GRMNAYZAA3T4GX0XIR/One+Minute+After+Sunrise.bmp.jpg The Whiting Bookshelf - One Minute After Sunrise By John Hmurovic (2017) One Minute After Sunrise By John Hmurovic (2017) An account of the 1955 Standard Oil Refinery explosion and fire, as told by people who lived through it. The oil refinery in Whiting has had numerous explosions and accidents over its 100-plus years of operation, but none of them matched the power of this explosion and intensity of the fire it produced. This was also the only explosion that destroyed one of Whiting’s residential neighborhoods, and which killed someone outside of the refinery. Proceeds from the sale of this book go to the Whiting-Robertsdale Historical Society. Available for Purchase in Our Store https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1580749265248-J0MQNIZ2HB86PUWG9LUC/Koch%27s+Choice.bmp.jpg The Whiting Bookshelf Koch’s Choice by Al Koch (2019) An alphabetical menu of essays about growing up in Whiting during the atomic age, becoming a high school teacher, and embracing the geriatric adventure, among other subjects. Available for Purchase in Our Store. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1550023647500-MOM31KIP0QQROC7L4ESW/Help+Mom+with+the+Dishes.bmp.jpg The Whiting Bookshelf Help Mom with the Dishes Albert R. Koch 2006 Born and raised in this “industrial Mayberry,” Al Koch relives his experiences in Whiting and beyond through a collection of essays. Help Mom with the Dishes is a journey through Koch’s life. Over that time, he’s learned an important lesson: The triumph over sadness is not easy. It requires an unflinching belief in the goodness of people, a positive sense of humor, and a little faith and reverence for things we cannot see. Available for Purchase in Our Store. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1530029450667-VVAAZLFB7S2PI6HTIFX0/Fr.+Lach%27s+Boys+Band.bmp.jpg The Whiting Bookshelf - Father Lach’s Slovak Boys Band 1937 European Tour Father Lach’s Slovak Boys Band 1937 European Tour by May Coleman Lesinsky, Adam P. Lesinsky and Harold E. Kosanke; Tanya Lesinsky Carey, editor (2016) Father John Lach was known as a respected leader in the Slovak community throughout America. Here in Whiting, as pastor of Immaculate Concepcion parish, he helped Slovak immigrants adjust to life in the United States. And through the band that he organized, he also showed their children what could be achieved with hard work. This is the story of his band of Whiting school boys who went on a tour of Europe playing 70 concerts in 80 days, just a few years before the start of the Second World War. Available for Purchase in Our Store. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1530029450616-ZITR24DARNK63CTWNAKH/Seasons+of+My+Childhood.bmp.jpg The Whiting Bookshelf - Seasons of My Childhood by Rudolph F. Kapitan, 2000 Seasons of My Childhood by Rudolph F. Kapitan 2000 In the years before World War Two, Whiting had a higher percentage of people born in Slovakia, and children of parents from Slovakia, than any city in the United States. Rudy Kapitan was one of those. This book is a collection of his memories of what it was like to be a young, Slovak, Catholic boy in Whiting from 1938 to the start of the war in 1941. 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Dabertin (2011) The sub-title says this is “A Field Guide to the Most Interesting Community in America.” If you are skeptical that we are “The Most Interesting,” hold off on a final decision until you’ve read some of the stories by Robertsdale native Dave Dabertin. The book takes you to neighborhoods that have faded from living memory, such as vice-ridden and corrupt Roby, to wild and lawless Oklahoma. Even if you remain unconvinced that we deserve the “Most Interesting” title, you will certainly come away from this book learning something about Whiting-Robertsdale that you didn’t know before. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1595526145299-VI7DKJT847J2ZEHA4S42/Lost+Hammond.BMP.jpg The Whiting Bookshelf Lost Hammond, Indiana by Joseph S. Pete (2020) Hammond-born journalist Joseph Pete takes a look back at some of the bygone landmarks of the city, including such Robertsdale sites as Phil Smidt’s, Vogel’s, ice harvests on Wolf Lake, the Roby racetracks, and the five points intersection. The book features numerous photos of the many Hammond landmarks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1578003595104-8PMT4ZREUF8SRAGXK8D9/Over+the+Line.bmp.jpg The Whiting Bookshelf Over the Line By Michael L. Boos (2019) About half of Wolf Lake is in Indiana, the other half in Illinois. This is the story of the Association for the Wolf Lake Initiative (AWLI), and its twenty year effort to get the two states to work together on solutions to protect Wolf Lake and repair the damage caused by years of environmental abuse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1530029995191-JPIGWH9G0B5UIA543YIA/Reejin.bmp.jpg The Whiting Bookshelf - Reejin Archetypes by Archibald McKinlay (1996) Reejin Archetypes By Archibald McKinlay (1996) From 1981 to 2014, Archibald McKinlay told stories about the Calumet Region and its people. He told his stories in a weekly column called “Calumet Roots,” which appeared in the Times of Northwest Indiana. He also presented some of them in this book, which is a collection of short tales about some of the more interesting people and unusual stories he came across in his many years as a local historian and writer, and many of those stories are about Whiting people. Available for Purchase in Our Store. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1530030102570-S0NQUZK6UZKMJOYVIPAG/Esther.bmp.jpg The Whiting Bookshelf - Esther: A Child Alone By Paul Grothouse (1994) Esther: A Child Alone By Paul Grothouse (1994) Whiting native Paul Grothouse tells the story of a girl abandoned by her widowed father, adopted by a wealthy Chicago attorney and his alcoholic wife, and then passed on again to another family. “From luxury to penury, from working class to upper class and back again, Esther retains an enviable sense of self.” The novel is based on the life of his mother, who was a teacher at St. John the Baptist School in the 1960s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1545958512403-UVRCYK389YU2JVPO1DO5/blob The Whiting Bookshelf 1234 5th Avenue By Nina Lourik (1999) It’s fiction, but the story tracks closely to the life of author Nina Lourik, who grew up in the Depression years in the Roby section of Hammond, a part of town better known these days as the “area around Wal-mart.” She writes about a Russian immigrant family living in poverty in an area surrounded by slag heaps, dumps, and a corn processing plant next to a lake. In her 2012 obituary, the book is described as “a touching coming of age story that explores themes of determination, resilience, strength, hardship, loss, and laughter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1530029530396-3KRRTRKQ79A7BKOA2G59/Stieglitz+Park.jpg The Whiting Bookshelf - Out of Stieglitz Park by Andrew Jefchak, 2011 Out of Stieglitz Park Andrew Jefchak 2011 Andrew Jefchak grew up in Whiting’s Stieglitz Park neighborhood. He had a long and distinguished career as a professor of English at Aquinas College in Michigan. He was also a film critic for the newspaper in Grand Rapids. Stieglitz Park plays a central role in this novel, which is set just before and after the 1955 refinery explosion that destroyed the neighborhood. Jefchak relies heavily on his memories of growing up in Stieglitz Park. In doing so, he provides the best portrait ever created of a long gone Whiting neighborhood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1551809585296-HLFPAJJD8WGCBNVZPOYD/rock2.jpg The Whiting Bookshelf Rock by David Wagoner (1958) With this book Wagoner somehow seems to shift his focus from the plug-uglies of The Man in the Middle and Money, Money, Money to the generation Kerouac has named the ""beat generation"". It is a grim picture of the teen age rock-and-roll gang, in the outskirts of South Chicago. Max Fallon, at loose ends after a divorce and loss of job and roots, comes home again, thinking to find himself. Instead, he is simply a symbol of an adult who harks back to youth- and a youth rejected by the others who push him back across the adult fringe. Whiting Park is featured prominently, among other Whiting locations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1530030104522-Y5QTCHONSVCTHWSEMWIZ/The+Last+Hot+Time.bmp.jpg The Whiting Bookshelf - The Last Hot Time By John M. Ford (2000) The Last Hot Time By John M. Ford (2000) John M. Ford (1957-2006) was a Whiting native who had an award-winning career as a science fiction and fantasy writer, game designer, and poet. This novel takes readers to a near-future Chicago, and a world on the Levee, “a shadowy, lawless region between the two worlds, where elf and human gangsters skirmish with sorcery and submachine guns and where anything can be sold, smuggled, or stolen.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1530029529805-SVFAFHMZ7J48LA3EGHT3/Danger.jpg The Whiting Bookshelf - Danger! Keep Out by Edward J. Nichols, 1943 Danger! Keep Out Edward J. Nichols 1943 Born in 1900, author Edward J. Nichols spent most of his first 26 years in Whiting, graduated from Whiting High School in 1918, and worked in the Whiting Refinery for several years before going on to a long career as an English professor at Penn State University. Although Standard Oil or Whiting are not mentioned in this work of fiction, a refinery is at the core of this story, and based on Nichols’ background it’s a safe bet that the refinery he describes is the one in Whiting. His story gives us an excellent peek into what it was like to work in the Whiting Refinery in the early 1910s and 1920s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1531580534870-XZWRII3FFGZH8RHKMB7S/Twenty+Years.bmp.jpg The Whiting Bookshelf - Twenty Years of Husling by J.P. Johnston (1887) This is the story of a drifter and a hustler from Ohio who roamed the Midwest in the late 1800s. He was also a talented writer who tells a series of colorful stories about his adventures. One of the places he drifted was Whiting, where he worked as a telegraph operator at the train depot. He only devotes two pages to describe his stay here, but by doing so he becomes the first person to mention Whiting in a book. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1649633394323-53YN4V0PVPZNK8WH66GP/Father+Tom+of+Connemara.jpg The Whiting Bookshelf Father Tom of Connemara Elizabeth O’Reilly Neville (1902) Elizabeth O’Reilly Neville lived on Roberts Avenue when she wrote this novel, which is a series of humorous stories featuring a cast of characters in the Irish region of Connemara. While living in Whiting, she wrote plays which were performed in the city, and poems. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1536256568842-U7S6O87QRHA8UVZ688X7/Working+Against+Time.bmp.jpg The Whiting Bookshelf - Working Against Time By David Wagoner (1970) Nearly three dozen poems are in this collection by David Wagoner, who was born in Ohio, grew up in Robertsdale, but has spent most of his life in Washington state. A Clark High School graduate, Wagoner has been called the leading poet of the Pacific Northwest. He wrote one of the poems in this collection, A Valedictory to Standard Oil of Indiana, during a period of massive layoffs at the Whiting refinery. “Standard Oil is canning my high school classmates…” it reads. And it ends with this advice to those who remained: “Get out of town.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1530029529387-UI3QAFAZR8VO8MECACSF/New+Year.jpg The Whiting Bookshelf - New Year’s Eve in Whiting, Indiana by James Hazard, 1985 New Year’s Eve in Whiting, Indiana James Hazard 1985 “I’ve always felt a continuity in myself,” James Hazard writes in the beginning of his book of poetry, “that reaches straight back to Whiting.” A native of Robertsdale, Hazard mentions Whiting in most of the 25 poems in this book, and the spirit of the city is in the rest. For much of his life he worked as a creative writing teacher at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and…he wrote. At his passing in 2012 at the age of 76, a colleague called Hazard “the most important poet in the Midwest.” His family said it would keep most of his ashes, but would spread some of them in Whiting, the city that he loved. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1603058713505-DZQLGEZIWHICBIXWWHKP/When+God+Looked+the+Other+Way.jpg The Whiting Bookshelf When God Looked the Other Way by Wesley Adamczyk (2004) A very well written first-hand account of the Soviet atrocities committed against Poland during World War Two. Wesley Adamczyk’s happy childhood was ripped apart when Russian invaders shipped him, his mother, and siblings deep into the Soviet Union. His mother sacrificed her life to protect her children, while his father was tossed into a mass grave along with over 20,000 other Polish officers and leaders who the Soviets murdered. Wesley later came to America, and lived in Robertsdale during the 1960s and early 1970s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1553549647984-I0IMA37C59R9FOUQGOIQ/Nellie+Baldwin+Rudser+-+1958.jpg The Whiting Bookshelf - Beyond Our Horizons and Dreams Beyond Our Horizons and Dreams By Nellie Baldwin Rudser (1958) Born in North Dakota, Nellie Baldwin Rudser lived in the state of Washington until moving to Whiting later in her life. It was where her son, Dr. William H. Rudser, practiced medicine. She won many awards for her poetry and was named Poet Laureate of Indiana in 1955. Many of the poems in this collection were initially published by the United Nations and follow her theme of unity in the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1530029503426-DYUCIA73JD7BOQWL8OBC/Book+-+Madura+Danceland.bmp.jpg The Whiting Bookshelf - Madura’s Danceland by Patrice Madura Ward-Steinman, 2010 Madura’s Danceland By Patrice Madura Ward-Steinman 2010 From its opening in 1929 until it was destroyed by fire in 1967, Madura’s Danceland in Robertsdale drew hundreds of thousands of couples to its ballroom. In those years, dances were the place where people met and romances began. This photo collection takes you to that era of live music, from the Big Bands to Rock n’ Roll. Patrice Madura Ward-Steinman draws from a rich collection of Madura family photos and documents to tell the story of a lively and fun Whiting-Robertsdale establishment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1530029503518-2V004WR73R8O752RG23L/Book+-+Slovaks+of+++Chicagoland.bmp.jpg The Whiting Bookshelf - Slovak of Chicagoland by Robert M. Fasiang & Robert Magruder, 2014 Slovak of Chicagoland By Robert M. Fasiang & Robert Magruder 2014 The book covers topics such as Slovak churches, schools, organizations, festivals, arts and sports in the Chicagoland area, as well as items on the Old Country and Notable Slovaks. This is primarily a collection of photographs, but it has plenty of them, including numerous ones of Whiting. Both authors grew up in Whiting with first-hand knowledge of the emigrants who came to this area from Slovakia “with little to their names,” but who “succeeded beyond their highest hopes.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1530029505625-KDGIKG7SNPEW1KVWV8VK/Book+-+Whiting-Robertsdale.bmp.jpg The Whiting Bookshelf - Whiting and Robertsdale by Kimberly Eck & Jennifer Linko, 2013 Whiting and Robertsdale By Kimberly Eck & Jennifer Linko 2013 The name says it all. The book contains nearly 130 pages of photos, photo captions, and some text, gathered together by two authors who call Whiting-Robertsdale their home. There are photos of the history, the social lives, work worlds, the churches, celebrations, and more. “This pictorial history,” the book cover says, “is a tribute to the citizens who created a warm and inviting environment amidst the cold, hard steel of the industries that surrounded them.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1530030005887-WVYGFYXI1XDDG6292IOX/Oil+and+Water.bmp.jpg The Whiting Bookshelf - Oil and Water By Archibald McKinlay (2003) Oil and Water By Archibald McKinlay (2003) His earlier book, Reejin Archetypes, was all about stories of saints and sinners throughout Northwest Indiana. In this book, Archibald McKinlay focuses just on Whiting-Robertsdale, and does it primarily with photos. But there is enough text to go along with those photos, to give anyone who picks up this book a basic history of our community, and a lot of nice photos to look at. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1531580536810-3T6LP5PE5GZ7B6XIT44R/Powell+Moore.bmp.jpg The Whiting Bookshelf - The Calumet Region: Indiana’s Last Frontier by Powell A. Moore (1959) There is no better overall history of the Calumet Region than the massive book compiled by historian Powell A. Moore. There are chapters devoted to Whiting and Hammond. There are also chapters which put our community into the broader story of the Calumet Region. If you want the history of Northwest Indiana at your fingertips, this is the book you want on your bookshelf. But, the book only takes us as far as 1933, which Powell regarded as the formative period of the Calumet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1545958896638-LVXQS5GZ4GM9XEZIBB21/Land+of+the+Millrats.bmp.jpg The Whiting Bookshelf Land of the Millrats By Richard M. Dorson (1981) Richard Dorson spent a lifetime collecting tales and legends. He was a folklorist at Indiana University. In this book, he explores some of the stories handed down by people living in Northwest Indiana. He devotes about a dozen pages to Whiting-Robertsdale, based on a tour of the city given to him by Calumet College professor Ed Zivich who passed along some of his stories about living in an ethnic community within one of the most heavily industrialized parts of the United States. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1533837684801-21FO66XG2FY1S4SVNDGV/Calumet+Beginnings.bmp.jpg The Whiting Bookshelf - Calumet Beginnings by Kenneth J. Schoon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1536256568439-H3JRE8LY7FYFXS42G5AC/Peopling+Indiana.bmp.jpg The Whiting Bookshelf - Peopling Indiana: The Ethnic Experience Edited by Robert M. Taylor Jr. and Connie A. McBirney (1996) A book containing profiles of thirty different ethnic groups in Indiana would could not legitimately exist without a Whiting connection. It shows up in several places in this 700-page book that weighs close to six pounds, but most prominently in the chapter on Slovaks, written by Monsignor Joseph Semancik. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1531580541452-HK2X8KT6TOCYCYMKVGJH/WPA+Historical+Guide.bmp.jpg The Whiting Bookshelf - The Calumet Region Historical Guide by The Work Project Administration (1939) In the midst of the great economic Depression of the 1930s, The Works Project Administration (WPA) hired a team of writers to put together a book on the history of the Calumet Region. They did a nice job. There is a full chapter on the history of Whiting, and a sizeable portion of the chapter on Hammond is devoted to Robertsdale. The book is no longer under copyright, so if you are searching for this book you will see different covers. The content, however, is the same. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1530029451991-R1J4UFT2C5479V62DKMM/Titan.bmp.jpg The Whiting Bookshelf - Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. by Ron Chernow, 1998 Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. by Ron Chernow (1998) If the birth of Whiting is the year that Standard Oil built its refinery here (1889), then themost important man in the birth of our city is John D. Rockefeller, Sr. Whiting is only mentioned briefly in two parts of this massive book by one of America’s top biographers, but by telling the story of Rockefeller’s life, Ron Chernow gives the reader an idea of how the oil industry developed. And from that we can get a better understanding of just how important Whiting was in that industry’s phenomenal growth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1545958970201-XCFB8R5FB4X7ZNKYOPYB/The+Calumet+Region.bmp.jpg The Whiting Bookshelf The Calumet Region: An American Place Photos by Gary Cialdella (2009) A collection of black and white photographs that show the industrial/residential landscape of the Calumet Region. The Whiting-Robertsdale area receives significant attention in the 115 photo collection from photographer Gary Cialdella. 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These 31 donors’ names are inscribed on the back. On the front it is inscribed “To Father Lach’s Slovak Boys’ Symphony Band in Commemoration of Their European Tour” and is dated August 21, 1937. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1532192901785-9LSKCQ0C29UKXG2FIOR1/Arithmometer.JPG Objects - THE TASCO SLIDE ADDER The Tasco Slide Adder This chrome finished handheld instrument is called the Arithmometer and is able to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and more. It not only has the original stylist but comes with the instruction pamphlet. The pamphlet reads “Let the little wonder add your bills and invoices, check your accounts, save time and worry.” This calculator is from the 1940’s. It originally belonged to Whiting dentist B. W. Avery who graduated from the Indiana Dental School, Class of 1911. Avery’s office in 1915 was in the First National Bank Building (corner of Oliver and 119th Street). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1530027029108-OF1YRSG3BRRYYCXEPYGG/IMG_6101.JPG Objects - SOUVENIR FROM 1893 Souvenir from 1893 This onyx bud vase was a souvenir bought at the Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago. The vase is 4 inches high with a raised floral design on front. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1530026961573-5MZS46PSIDZ0T6BCZZWX/IMG_6102.JPG Objects - LUTHERAN PRAYER BOOK AND CUP Lutheran Prayer Book and Cup This prayer book belonged to Elizabeth Fauth whose named appears on the front cover with the date 1903. The prayers are all in German and were printed in accordance with the Lutheran synod. Elizabeth was a student at the Lutheran School which was located in Berry Lake. (Elizabeth is seen in the accompanying photo with other classmates. She is marked with an X.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1530026920679-2ZMJGM2SP4V8IGHG00G8/IMG_6104+again.JPG Objects - NOVELTY CANDLE Novelty Candle This is an example of the novelty candles made by the Whiting Candle Factory which began in 1893. “Wayside Candles” is seen as a sticker on the bottom of this altar boy candle. Wayside candles were the factory’s novelty holiday products. This 3 inch high altar boy is just one example of the factory’s Christmas candles which included reindeer, carolers, snowmen, trees and Santas of various sizes. These were particularly popular and can still be found in Whiting homes today. The candle factory itself closed in May of 1956. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1530026851466-X2GJKF76UGXVH9TGWIVW/IMG_6109.JPG Objects - BEADED EVENING PURSE Beaded Evening Purse This beaded evening bag from the flapper era is made of tiny multi-colored beads and has an Egyptian flavor to it. Note the top of the purse shows two Egyptian figures. The decorative top and the button in the center are made of celluloid and are somewhat unique as the lady would just press the button on the top and the purse would pop open. This purse was donated by Betty Bauer Desjardins and belonged to her mother Elizabeth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1549900377952-YZN5R7C2KK8B8CN4WEJZ/First+Communion+Veil.jpg Objects - FIRST COMMUNION VEIL First Communion Veil This First Communion veil was worn around the early 1930's for a first communion at St. John the Baptist. The top is a cap that fits around the little girl's head with a satin ribbon to tighten it and let the rest of the veil flow down. The veil is from the estate of Dolores McCampbell and may well have been Dolores' veil. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1549900555166-HLV8YAOHTSLIL1WQWIBC/Knights+of+Columbus+Lighter.jpg Objects - KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS LIGHTER Knights of Columbus Lighter This plastic lighter has the Knights of Columbus logo on the front and could easily have been a gift to its many members. It is probably from the 1960's when smoking was still in style. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1549900595393-02JRGFSDLN9RCI6LIDA0/Kozacik+1925+White+Oak+%26+119th+Ad.jpg Objects - KOZACIK HARDWARE STORE ADVERTISEMENT Kozacik's Hardware Store (Advertisement from 1925) This is an advertisment from 1925 for the Kozacik Hardware Company that was located on the corner of 119th Street and White Oak. Kozacik's was open until the early 1980's. It next became an antique store and then a number of coffee shops. Today it houses the Indy Café. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1549901045003-5KTMDMH8UWT3RY3W48H5/SAUSAGE+STUFFER.jpg Objects - ENTERPRISE SAUSAGE/FRUIT & LARD PRESS Enterprise Sausage Stuffer Seen here is an antique cast iron Sausage Stuffer from 1888 made by the Enterprise Manufacturing Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The company name and where it was made is imprinted right across the top of the press. In addition to stuffing sausage casings, it was also used as a fruit and a lard press. The cylinder is about 9 inches tall and 9 inches wide and can hold up to almost 8 quarts. It weighs about 26 pounds. These types of presses were common from the late 1800’s through the 1940’s and were meant to be used on a tabletop or counter. We believe this one was patented on April 10, 1888. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1549901195143-OAUII2Q120TA4SHAFZQZ/Senchak+Dairy+Bottle+Opener.jpg Objects - SENCHAK DAIRY BOTTLE OPENER Senchak Diary Bottle Opener This metal bottle opener was a gift to customers from the Senchak Dairy which was located at 1441 John Street. The building still exists today and is owned by the City. As seen on their ad, Senchak Dairy provided the milk products served at the popular Chocolate Shop Restaurant in Whiting. Senchak's was just one of the many dairies located in Whiting. Others included B.J. Harris at the Center Depot back in 1886, the Friary Dairy at 117th and Atchison back in 1925, The National Dairy owned by Kusbel and Smolen located at 1537 Steiber Street, and C. Matson's Sanitary Dairy at 536 Fischrupp back in 1913. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1549901251771-FCT0UIJXMNCCI5LRKMMS/Senchak%27s+Dairy+Products+1441+John+Street+-+Ad.jpg Objects - SENCHAK DAIRY ADVERTISEMENT Senchak Diary Bottle Opener This advertisement was from the Senchak Dairy which was located at 1441 John Street. The building still exists today and is owned by the City. As seen on their ad, Senchak Dairy provided the milk products served at the popular Chocolate Shop Restaurant in Whiting. Senchak's was just one of the many dairies located in Whiting. Others included B.J. Harris at the Center Depot back in 1886, the Friary Dairy at 117th and Atchison back in 1925, The National Dairy owned by Kusbel and Smolen located at 1537 Steiber Street, and C. Matson's Sanitary Dairy at 536 Fischrupp back in 1913. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1549901344665-MR51VBTKPOCRO8UUDD0F/whiting+photo+studio+pocket+mirror.jpg Objects - WHITING PHOTO STUDIO POCKET MIRROR Whiting Photo Studio The museum has a number of these small Photo Pocket Mirrors that were taken by local photographer Joseph Ondrejka at his Whiting Photo Studio. The studio was located at 532 Indianapolis Blvd. next door to Ciesar's car dealership. Years later the studio was bought by photographer Joseph Bezan. These Photo Pocket Mirrors are made out of celluloid with a coating on top of the photo with a mirror back. Photos were often take of children as well as men and women or of a bride and groom. Each has the address of the Whiting Photo Studio printed at the bottom and the telephone number 556M either at the top or with the address. Most of the photos in our collection are unidentified. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1549909467169-U9WBTWIK85WCDVOSHW65/grenchik+advertisement+print.jpg Objects - Grenchik Advertisement Print This picture is an example of the Art Deco 1930’s business advertising piece that was very popular at the time. Many of these framed prints were either displayed as a calendar or a thermometer on the background and were given away as gifts to their customers. This one is from Joseph Grenchik’s Grocery & Meat Market which was located at 1719-119th Street. 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Whiting: Railroad Accident Photo Caption: Grand Crossing in Chicago around 1900, site of a major train accident in 1853. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/gansingers-jeweler daily 0.75 2018-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1529440075669-W7O6T6TT3J53EKTWG4EL/Gansinger+store+in+Harbor.JPG Gansinger's Jeweler https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1529439956526-2Q7H7VL90SWQWYC8MSWU/Gansinger+store+in+Harbor.JPG Gansinger's Jeweler https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1529439987028-L6SPYEHHQZKAJT9GFQKC/marguerite+gansinger.JPG Gansinger's Jeweler https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/railroad-comes-to-whiting daily 0.75 2018-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1529440327579-UI9XEDK3JKHXBHIBKPST/East+End+-+Standard+Oil+Company+-+++1909.jpg Railroad Comes to Whiting 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1918. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1531580267183-S3EK40EITN60Y4QXYYZZ/Walter+Kleiber.bmp.jpg Whiting's First Casualities of WWI Walter Kleiber https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1531580241131-84SCTES0EGL6IBDU88HH/image-asset.jpeg Whiting's First Casualities of WWI John Santa https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/how-to-make-a-pierogi daily 0.75 2018-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1531937171291-6Z4O0RAC10YBWUJA1EEL/Favorite+Recipes+of+St.+John%27s++Rosary+Society.bmp.jpg How to Make Pierogi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1531937141061-VGQD9MOV8CKYSG47RGMU/Favorite+Recipes+of+St.+John%27s++Rosary+Society.bmp.jpg How to Make Pierogi https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/memories-grocery-stores-in-whiting daily 0.75 2021-05-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1531941873268-F5AM389C7TYP3ZXPPGAM/ostrowski.jpg Memories: Grocery Stores in Whiting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1531941947945-QCAHXRR82PH5X9PF8W8J/ostrowski.jpg Memories: Grocery Stores in Whiting Joseph Ostrowski started his grocery store at what is today 2062 Indianapolis Boulevard in 1904. This photo was taken in 1916, and shows driver Casimi Kroop delivering groceries in the 2600 block of Schrage Avenue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1531941993159-5FXLRRGOA126KA9AJZNM/kresac+grocery.jpg Memories: Grocery Stores in Whiting John and Mary Kresac operated their grocery store on Schrage Avenue. This photo is believed to be from around 1912. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1531942185493-RSJHJ7MM44APWY6D3IEC/tapajna.jpg Memories: Grocery Stores in Whiting The Tapajna was located at what today is 2110 Schrage Avenue. This photo was taken around 1915-16. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1531942233622-MMO05B36HHIZYAO486G5/image-asset.jpeg Memories: Grocery Stores in Whiting November 1926 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1531942321013-0XA792EMOFEUBMXLJ5P1/Tharp+%26+Shields+Ad+-+May+1925.bmp.jpg Memories: Grocery Stores in Whiting May 1925 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1531942355222-VDKL2I6EF7DEHMI0MXOD/Oscar+Galles%2C+Tillie+%26+Irene++Spanier+%26+Evelyn+Hazel+-+September+1934.bmp.jpg Memories: Grocery Stores in Whiting Grocery store owner Oscar Gallas is with customers Tillie and Irene Spanier, and Evelyn Hazel in this 1934 photograph. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/grocery-stores-in-whiting-in-1937 daily 0.75 2018-07-18 https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/ferid-murad daily 0.75 2018-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1531942619408-71P5RYBKHRRFCMNK39C1/Ferid+Murad+-+1954.tif.jpg Ferid Murad https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/maduras-danceland-part-i daily 0.75 2018-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1532479501440-8WXH0FSXSD4RVOMCIYM1/Madura%27s+cropped.jpg Madura's Danceland Part I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1532479444736-0H7Y2X8GJT2BTUMV2KYX/Madura%2C+Mike+2+%282%29.jpg Madura's Danceland Part I Mike Madura, the creator of Danceland https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/maduras-danceland-part-ii daily 0.75 2018-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1532479671882-AVH8SR8GRCDAS6UMLRJM/Madura%27s+cropped.jpg Madura's Danceland Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1532479611933-XECQE5NXAECPOO7197F4/Madura%27s+cropped.jpg Madura's Danceland Part II Madura's with its lights and its spring dance floor. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/maduras-danceland-part-iii daily 0.75 2018-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1532480097121-606TO4JR5OXHJOVBNF0T/Madura%27s+cropped.jpg Madura's Danceland Part III https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1532479835796-S0C4JNPPYGPN5LEB5Y2K/12439473_142309279498454_463789401757557456_n.jpg Madura's Danceland Part III https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1532479861027-PEZUYQR3L986GTRZ2B9B/Image+%2830%29+-+Copy+-+Copy+-+Copy.jpg Madura's Danceland Part III https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/pierogi-fest-whitings-biggest-event daily 0.75 2018-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1533836323196-D0YQEKBE0SLY3EX5B0HN/20180727_191530.jpg Pierogi Fest: Whiting's Biggest Event https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1533836268212-TY1CG08NQE2IICU0SBKO/image-asset.jpeg Pierogi Fest: Whiting's Biggest Event https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/one-hundred-years-ago-whiting-starts-paying-the-price-of-war daily 0.75 2018-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1533837283817-3HCUF49QVPXN3RK97XOO/world+war+one+vets+1920.jpg One Hundred Years Ago: Whiting Starts Paying the Price of War https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1533837225258-FH4EEYHKKVXV54ANZIFG/world+war+one+vets+1920.jpg One Hundred Years Ago: Whiting Starts Paying the Price of War https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1533837251907-631GOSGX23F4TUF5F1UF/Thomas+Muldoon.jpg One Hundred Years Ago: Whiting Starts Paying the Price of War https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/bert-ingraham daily 0.75 2019-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1534093375945-NO2SMT3TS930ZMFYOIMB/B-Bert+Ingram%27s+music+cover.jpg Bert Ingraham https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1534093278231-11Q0L28U6R1W5FDDCCCU/B-Bert+Ingram%27s+music+cover.jpg Bert Ingraham https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1534093303468-B2DCVEMV9ZGG0XGKKI7V/Herbert+Ingraham+music.jpg Bert Ingraham https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1534093709772-VRY4QB2XXP5MOGJSR9UK/Ingraham%2C+Herbert.JPG Bert Ingraham https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/memories-new-york-ave daily 0.75 2018-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1534095172947-2YMS4705X1LDAS3A3D01/biesen+home.jpg Memories: New York Ave https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1534093878197-9M7OQQ7X4HQ4EK58O1YU/bartlett+%26+lee.jpg Memories: New York Ave The Bartlett & Lee grocery store was on New York Avenue between 119th Street and Fischrupp Avenue, on the east side of New York. This photo from the early 1900s shows the interior of the store. Those pictured are Frank Bartlett, Ernie Howard, Joe Ann Spansburg, and Mrs. Frank Bartlett. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1534093878146-BLW3ZTU2TGHE47QS0WTL/biesen+home.jpg Memories: New York Ave This is the yard at the Biesen Home, a building which still stands at the northwest corner of New York Avenue and Fred Street. This photo from the early 1900s shows Dr. Chauncey M. Gillespie and Alexis Biesen Gillespie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1534093879120-OZ9CMLI4BTD2JPW2B0PJ/chrustowski.jpg Memories: New York Ave Chrustowski Goods and Clothing Store was at the northeast corner of New York Avenue and Fischrupp Avenue. Most of the Chrustowski family are standing in front of their business in this photo: Anna Chrustowski, her children Frances, John Steve and Marie, and their father Joseph Chrustowski. The family lived upstairs. The photo is from about 1920. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1534093879109-HR5MHV0DZWVG83PTC79K/new+york+confections.jpg Memories: New York Ave New York Confections in 1936. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1534093879905-J8GHO20WSEDK1ANIYKYC/whiting+garage.jpg Memories: New York Ave A group of drivers pose with their cars outside of the Whiting Garage at the northwest corner of New York and Fischrupp Avenues. The garage was a part of the Paul Scholz Wagons & Buggies Company. Paul Scholz's flour and grain store also operated at this site. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/a-tribute-to-a-teacher-bernard-j-vesely daily 0.75 2019-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1538515624439-G6U6RNR8FVNT6FR7Y2YX/B.J.+Vesely+-+1932.bmp.jpg A Tribute to a Teacher - Bernard J. Vesely Bernard J. Vesely, from the 1932 Reflector, the yearbook of Whiting High School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1538515533163-773PVKXLUWGX36SHRYB3/Print+Shop+-+1931.bmp.jpg A Tribute to a Teacher - Bernard J. Vesely The Whiting High School Print Shop in 1931. Those pictured, left to right: Steve Kompier, Andrew Trgovich, Mike Pawlus, Richard Brown, Steve Mihalso, John Dobrowolski, Mike Evanich, Mike Bondra, Walter Muvich, John Muvich, Dennis Soos, John Hegedus, Myron Springer, B.J. Vesely, Anthony Juriga, Grant Dalton, John Kovak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1538518992773-EJOZ0H67XNMUUJN7RV9A/The+Tattler+-+1930.bmp.jpg A Tribute to a Teacher - Bernard J. Vesely The February 14, 1930 edition of The Tattler, the Whiting High School newspaper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1538518624094-217PGW8RXIVZ4X0C4ZKE/Vesely+Engraving+-+1932.bmp.jpg A Tribute to a Teacher - Bernard J. Vesely A woodcut engraved by Bernard J. Vesely showing the entrance to Whiting High School. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/new-page daily 0.75 2019-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1538592500866-J08MVEINV7JDQ16IMF9N/Theodore+Schaefer.bmp.jpg Whiting Was No Spared in the Flu Epidemic of 1918 21-year-old Theodore Schaefer of Sheridan Avenue was one of Whiting’s first fatalities in the influenza epidemic. He was serving in the Navy at the time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1538592751141-H4063PUG4AN85K79T85Y/Julian+Truth.bmp.jpg Whiting Was No Spared in the Flu Epidemic of 1918 Julian Truth was a Whiting barber before joining the Army to help in the war effort. He died from influenza while home on leave to visit family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1538593044480-82MWV2TX03FBJTQ06130/Irtell+Williams.bmp.jpg Whiting Was No Spared in the Flu Epidemic of 1918 Irtell Williams of Whiting left behind a family which included a wife and three sons when he died from influenza. He was in the military at the time. His commander wrote to his family saying Irtell had an excellent service record, and “gained the friendship and goodwill of all his companions.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1538593421393-C241CC2TCX42LF5OYRYU/red+cross.jpg Whiting Was No Spared in the Flu Epidemic of 1918 A large number of Whiting women responded to pleas for help by joining the efforts of the Red Cross to combat the deadly influenza in Whiting and Robertsdale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1538592122534-4TPPAMUWWDOHHN93IYXG/Influenza+Ad+-+November+1918+-+Lake+County+Times.bmp.jpg Whiting Was No Spared in the Flu Epidemic of 1918 An ad that appeared in the Lake County Times in 1918 warned readers about the dangers of spreading influenza. In fact, more Whiting residents died of influenza in the last three months of 1918, than died in combat in World War One. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/new-page-2 daily 0.75 2019-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1538667846512-8Y4W13TEIMEZ5IUGVXMQ/american-troops-in-world-war-i.jpg Letters Brought Joy and Sadness to Whiting in World War One American soldiers in the trenches during World War One. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1538667354061-4NCM4VJVPCJLBRVI280H/Albert+Gavit.jpg Letters Brought Joy and Sadness to Whiting in World War One Albert Gavit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1538667253432-YZNLPE5RZM0SDWEG3GGQ/Dickson+Woodward.jpg Letters Brought Joy and Sadness to Whiting in World War One Dickson Woodward https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/the-early-years-of-the-whiting-halloween-parade daily 0.75 2019-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1540234440039-CP9WBYP7NC7VEPV7E12B/halloween+1.jpg The Early Years of the Whiting Halloween Parade https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1540233867116-LA6O2BP0P7VEXP6IEF93/halloween+1.jpg The Early Years of the Whiting Halloween Parade One of the entries in a Whiting Halloween Parade in the 1930s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1540234010985-DOHJYFNKRNT4BNZTINPL/halloween+4.jpg The Early Years of the Whiting Halloween Parade A committee responsible for the Whiting Halloween Parade, from the late 1950s or early 1960s. In the front row, left to right: Mrs. W.C. Hubbard, Laura Siebert, Mary E. Bercik, Mrs. Frank Phillippe, Mary McCord. Standing in the back row, left to right: John Petro, Fred Rader, Whiting Police Capt. Mike Skavara, John Glasheen of the Whiting Moose, Fire Chief John John J. Kostolnik, and Andy Yanas of the Community Center. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/whitings-foreignborn-suspected-terrorists-patriots-and-potential-soldiers-during-world-war-one daily 0.75 2019-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1540423808302-PGSCJKENKA5GOVW3I3AT/Joseph+Hmurovich+%282nd+row+from+top%2C+4th+from+left%29+-+Czechoslovak+Army.jpg Whiting’s Foreign-Born: Suspected Terrorists, Patriots and Potential Soldiers During World War One https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1540423505634-IY75V5YS6KHLYXS7UAJC/Proclamation.bmp.jpg Whiting’s Foreign-Born: Suspected Terrorists, Patriots and Potential Soldiers During World War One https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1540423123037-WEG3XE710M1RMJRV2GV3/Rev.+Skrzypinski.bmp.jpg Whiting’s Foreign-Born: Suspected Terrorists, Patriots and Potential Soldiers During World War One Rev. Julian Skrzypinski was an outspoken leader in mobilizing the Polish community of Whiting to come to the aid of the United States in the World War. He was the pastor of St. Adalbert in Whiting from 1911 to 1923, and then served as pastor of St. Stanislaus in East Chicago for over 40 years before his death in 1973 at the age of 92. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1540422670206-VEW9CMFZWBC3MGZYCFHX/Masaryk.bmp.jpg Whiting’s Foreign-Born: Suspected Terrorists, Patriots and Potential Soldiers During World War One Tomas Masaryk led the effort to recruit Slovaks and Czechs into an army that would fight alongside America and it allies in the World War. After the war he became the first president of the new nation of Czecho-Slovakia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1540422853868-L0YZZAW0B6CBWTHD41KF/Battle+of+Zborov.jpg Whiting’s Foreign-Born: Suspected Terrorists, Patriots and Potential Soldiers During World War One The Battle of Zborov, fought in what is today the Ukraine, played an important role in the fight to make Czecho-Slovakia an independent country. It was celebrated in this postage stamp in 1937. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1540423633056-ROVR03JQ00ZXNALK0UAV/Battle+of+Zborov+soldiers.jpg Whiting’s Foreign-Born: Suspected Terrorists, Patriots and Potential Soldiers During World War One Czech and Slovak soldiers in the trenches at the Battle of Zborov in the Ukraine. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/fighting-a-world-war-from-the-shores-of-lake-michigan daily 0.75 2019-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1541029882330-QBTKVZSYUMZ55DR8JT8Z/refinery+women.jpg Fighting a War from the Shores of Lake Michigan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1541028802237-LF7Q8D38SMXV321Q6OKZ/Peach+Stone+Barrell.bmp.jpg Fighting a War from the Shores of Lake Michigan This drawing appeared in the Lake County Times in 1918, encouraging area residents to collect peach stones, pits from other fruit, and shells from some nuts. These food items contained carbon, which could be used in gas masks that protected soldiers from poisonous gas attacks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1541029045861-AW9UDFDLGCP63ZTC9EJD/refinery+women.jpg Fighting a War from the Shores of Lake Michigan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1541029203552-YDEFTD0I79T40HJVXKW3/Lucky+Strike+Ad+-+Whiting+Call+-+February+8%2C+1918.bmp.jpg Fighting a War from the Shores of Lake Michigan War creates opportunities in a free market economy. Cigarette companies hoped to profit. Along with this ad which appeared in the Whiting Call newspaper was an article which said the war “had made cigarettes a necessity.” Thousands of packs were sent to soldiers in France “to cheer our boys.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1541029618815-NBSFLAO5I7BQLQM3RPNE/WWI+Ad.jpg Fighting a War from the Shores of Lake Michigan An ad to contribute money to pay our war expenses that appeared in the Whiting Call after the end of the war. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/a-history-of-whiting-high-school-football-before-1958 daily 0.75 2019-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1541454142260-PMCMDG11YFOI67ZWTC6F/1954+Champs.bmp.jpg A History of Whiting High School Football Before 1958 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1541463822979-QBVS18EZ6JDHCWCRNKQT/1954+Champs.bmp.jpg A History of Whiting High School Football Before 1958 Two pages from the 1955 Reflector, the Whiting High School Yearbook, celebrating the championship 1954 football team. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1541449463165-698DIEOQRMJVSCJT9KAR/L.B.+Hart+-+19.tif.jpg A History of Whiting High School Football Before 1958 L.B. Hart, Whiting’s first football coach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1541449566872-LG3ZP4G6GBGDNH0T4YC8/Ray+Gallivan+-+1931.tif.jpg A History of Whiting High School Football Before 1958 A 1931 photo of Whiting football coach Raymond P. Gallivan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1541450189362-TOEP2UQ9S8YKR8JMAFZM/WHS+Football+Team+-+1935.bmp.jpg A History of Whiting High School Football Before 1958 The 1934 Whiting Oilers went 10-1, losing only the state title game against South Bend Central. The players on that team were: Front Row, left to right: Roy Heyden, P. Demas, , Irvin Hamlin, Vincent Oliver, S. Justak, Albert Wajvoda, George Kovacich, J. Grdina, Paul Michna, Joseph Waclawik. Middle Row: M. Kinek, F. Progar, B. Dostatni, Joe Bercik, Peter Kovachic, A. Puhek, Heppy Michna. Back Row: S. Gurevitz, S. Hatzel, P. Demas, J. Kubacki, C. Vater, E. Michna, Norris Wonnacott, A. Wisch, C. Grant, George Kinnane, S. Nagy, J. Dedinsky, R. Greenburg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1541451319890-KG2284XPRGOUBV9V94L2/WHS+Football+Team+1948.bmp.jpg A History of Whiting High School Football Before 1958 The 1948 Whiting Oilers were 10-0, including a state championship victory over South Bend Central. Front Row; John Vetroczky, George Nastav, Gerald Blastic, M. Beno, John Berna, W. Kalmus, T. Carter, Morris DeBarge, J. Mordus, Richard Fortner. Middle Row: Robert Walters, Philip Mateja, Alfred Kovalcik, Robert Desatnick, R. Dvorscak, E. Urbanik, George Tobias, T. Davenport, A. Derbis, R. Ford. Back Row: Raymond Linko, Robert Gacsko, L. Bratcher, J. Vacendak, J. Curtin, Edward Dulla, J. Miller, Neil Boyle, R. Wilson, Richard Pramuk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1541453118973-NMZ4556R0QEOII34FZ2W/WHS+Football+Team+-+1954.bmp.jpg A History of Whiting High School Football Before 1958 The 1954 Whiting Oilers were 8-1, winning the state championship against South Bend Riley. On this team were: Front Row, left to right: Don Turich, Roger Wargo, Carl Herakovich, Louie Lee, Jim Kamradt, Burnell Sell, Phil Grenchik, Darrel Hunt. Second Row: Richard Headley, Loye Bechtold, Jerry Prager, Don Hough, Nick Plesha, Ron Rosin, Jerry Ward, Wayne Barnes. Third Row: LeRoy Satterlee, Ray Zubeck, Walt Campbell, Bob Bercik, David Sharp, Ed Fritz, Wayne Baran. Top Row: John Murad, Managers Jack Jaros and Carl Kristoff, Coaches Peter Kovachic, Ray P. Gallivan and Henry Kosalko, Manager George Ostrowski, Ed Christiansen. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/whiting-celebrates-the-end-of-the-war daily 0.75 2019-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1542063239400-MW9S28OJJF459UKDKXI5/War+is+Over+2.jpg Whiting Celebrates the End of the War https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1542062841524-500MADW0HOM09BL5ZSH8/WWI+Stamp.jpg Whiting Celebrates the End of the War https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1542061257311-O54C268MMD6ZTVIY5TJO/War+is+Over+2.jpg Whiting Celebrates the End of the War The front page of the Chicago Herald-Examiner on November 11, 1918. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1542062049188-PPHTNXUKK5OP68I0RT5C/doughboy.jpg Whiting Celebrates the End of the War A Whiting soldier from World War One. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1542062627621-59CLAF90TB5B5S8WD5I6/soldier+in+whiting+park.jpg Whiting Celebrates the End of the War A soldier, back from the war, sits on a wall in Whiting Park. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/abraham-lincoln-swam-here daily 0.75 2019-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1542316287869-R5J3WOPY9TNVOFS4BS4F/Rower+on+Wolf+Lake.jpg Abraham Lincoln Swam Here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1542316862485-MBPAS3K9OUYHA1PZ0W7X/Abraham+%26+Tad+Lincoln.jpg Abraham Lincoln Swam Here Abraham Lincoln and his son, Tad Lincoln. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1542316546191-C4RYQWJH6QOU5VSXVB8D/Minnie+Lightfoot%2C+Anna+Neubeiser%2C+Mrs.+Konyvesy+-+Wolf+Lake.bmp.jpg Abraham Lincoln Swam Here Standing is Minnie Neubeiser Lightfoot. Seated to her right is her mother, Anna Konyvesy Neubeiser. To Minnie’s left is her grandmother, the wife of Joseph Konyvesy, who according to family lore, saved the life of Mary Todd Lincoln at Wolf Lake. This photo is from the Lightfoot family collection and shows them on the porch of the family home, on Wolf Lake in Hegewisch, before it was demolished in 1947. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1542316462994-1C5WHOTOB15PFSK6N88Q/Mary+Todd+Lincoln.png Abraham Lincoln Swam Here Mary Todd Lincoln https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/street-names daily 0.75 2021-06-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1542664184141-LV70O5NV0URKLTDEEPNJ/2018-07-038+-+Dedelow+Parkway+-+Hammond%2C+Indiana.jpg The Stories Behind (Some) Whiting-Robertsdale Street Names https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/whitings-christmas-stars daily 0.75 2019-11-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1543356326589-M1LHZNB4710WN7J7TEFB/Christmas+Star+-+3.bmp.jpg Whiting's Christmas Star(s) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1543355968785-EUSAUXI1N4PEZBP9VHAT/Christmas+Star+-+2.bmp.jpg Whiting's Christmas Star(s) The article above was published in the Whiting Refinery News on November 26, 1955. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1543356179327-RIE5IDPM6H6ZM7G0ZO7S/Christmas+Star+-+4.bmp.jpg Whiting's Christmas Star(s) Card #12 in the Life of Whiting Series by artist Mitch Markovitz shows the stars on top of the refinery’s cat cracker. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/franklin-school daily 0.75 2019-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1543789142251-4HP76JWPC4OD074P7FEM/Franklin+School+original.jpg Franklin School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1543789280888-BXGY8JMWGCSKJDXE3L97/Franklin+kids+1930.jpg Franklin School Franklin School students from 1930. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1543789429117-9V37N3ZDRQQKRARL1UTR/Franklin+school+1929+Dorothy++Stross.jpg Franklin School Franklin School music students in 1929. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1543789527433-MHZSG5THMWUB201JXAQJ/playground.jpeg Franklin School The playground at Franklin School. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/ice-skating daily 0.75 2019-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1544058590863-A0Y090DR3ZIISLWJPI70/Ice+Skating+-+betty+long+%26+father+1921.jpg Ice Skating Ten-Year-old Betty Long skates on the Whiting Park lagoon with her father, Frank Long, in 1921. A few years later she met Clarence Gehrke on the ice rink, and a few years after that they married. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1544058797359-OGTM1PFRILN86GUZUGRI/Ice+Skating+-+Al+Odlivak+Lagoon.jpg Ice Skating Ice skating on the Whiting Park lagoon is the subject of this painting by Whiting artist Al Odlivak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1544059389378-0LX0CDZXQ5NPQXUZLPOQ/Ice+Skating+-+Ice+Races.jpg Ice Skating Skaters round one of the turns in an Ice Carnival race on the Whiting Park lagoon in the 1920s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1544058957798-B6ZQPWR8983E5UMJ8EQK/Ice+Skating+-+Ice+Carnival+1926.jpg Ice Skating Starting in 1924 the city of Whiting held an Ice Carnival on the lagoon in Whiting Park. Skating races were the main attraction for many, but the event was also popular for those who just liked to get outside and skate, as can be seen by the crowd in this 1926 photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1544059865075-AG323RM1B771QW4MXV0B/Ice+Skating+-+Whiting+Skating+Rink.bmp.jpg Ice Skating One of ice skating’s main competitors in the early 1900s was roller skating. Mike Madura operated the very popular Whiting Skating Rink, which he promotes in this 1911 ad. It was a roller skating rink located at 1865 Indianapolis Boulevard. Roller skating had the advantage of being year-round, and in the winter it was easily the warmer option. But, in a time when most people didn’t have a lot of extra cash to spend, ice skating was free. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/vogels daily 0.75 2019-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1544740589558-WCHHVXDCTW1FSROLRP5Y/Vogels+-+Ida+wedding+photo.JPG Vogel's Fred and Ida Vogel were married in 1910. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1544740876639-K4HUY2KM9I2362YMO7EE/Vogels+-+Fred+%26+Ida%27s+Saloon+in+Board++house.JPG Vogel's The Vogel’s owned a boardinghouse, which contained a saloon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1544740316944-3BAXEUD3DHF5JRNG61ET/Vogel+-+beer+guy.jpg Vogel's Fred Vogel driving his Vogel & Son beer delivery wagon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1544741130463-5HPWRVSPGBY3SKDE3CGA/Vogels+-+wait+staff.JPG Vogel's The wait staff pose outside of Vogel’s restaurant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1544741264040-68UM7IM4O3OL1ILCVJGI/Vogels+-+Jan+and+berother+paul.JPG Vogel's Paul Vogel and sister Jan Vogel Hahn took over operation of the restaurant in 1993. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/christmas-a-century-ago daily 0.75 2019-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1545182109486-TEZUVOHV26803J4DAVPE/xmas-416.jpg Christmas a Century Ago https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1545182169877-H9IADRT806548XYW2N1M/b64ab823-9255-4f72-b8fe-21dceb64c164-738x1020.jpeg Christmas a Century Ago https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1545182233925-37W55IBJ6IYL3RH4PD9J/12105962_1103089086369808_4958661007211914278_n.jpg Christmas a Century Ago https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1545182300287-VGWDHUJMILWDPTDULULE/12144733_1103089133036470_8310944752350111464_n.jpg Christmas a Century Ago https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/phil-smidts daily 0.75 2019-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1546030011899-9Y49F928UFI9KSYOAHE1/Phil+Smidts.jpg Phil Smidts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1546030176628-JXVIEK3SIC5LQYL9LIUL/Phil+Smidts+-+Smidts-IreneandPete1938.JPG Phil Smidts Pete and Irene Smidt, 1938. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1546030303003-2XLYS1R9OB9J3DA3YJSM/Phil+Smidts+-+James_Cagney_%28far_left%29_and_Whiting_Mayor_James_T%5B1%5D._McNamara_%28far_right%29_at_Phil_Smidt%27s.jpg Phil Smidts Actor James Cagney is on the left, and Whiting Mayor James T. McNamara is on the right during Cagney’s visit to Phil Smidt’s to raise money for war bonds during World War Two. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1546030442547-BY699IGFPG2EMOWXQHS5/Phil+Smidts+-+Waitress+Phil+Smidt.jpg Phil Smidts Waitresses at Phil Smidt’s in 1951. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1546032240529-RLB1CM3OTEGHDZWVLQLO/Phil+Smidts+5.jpg Phil Smidts Phil Smidt’s stood at the far north end of Calumet Avenue, across from the railroad tracks. This photo was from October 2013, six years after the restaurant closed. The building was demolished in 2014. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/water-gardens daily 0.75 2019-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1547154971607-7PXTA9UQ85LWHQUQWHWX/Water+Gardens+-+Map.bmp.jpg Water Gardens A map showing Davidson’s plan for the Water Gardens. At the top center, where 119th Street reaches its western end, is the planned Beaumont Park. Note the lagoon envisioned at the left center of the map. It was named Moylan’s Lagoon, and ran along Hamann Court. Another lagoon is drawn in along Stewart Court, which is located to the right of center on this map. It was called Gavit’s Lagoon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1547152965462-UVVBX89IN8IDUVMNOB7P/Water+Gardens+-+Henry+S.+Davidson.bmp.jpg Water Gardens Water Gardens founder Henry S. Davidson regularly met with homeowner groups in the Water Gardens, encouraging them to set building standards for homes in their neighborhood in order to improve the quality of the homes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1547154580330-EC00AI7BNNGZWA67C8L7/water+gardens+aerial.jpg Water Gardens This aerial shot shows Wolf Lake in the bottom right part of the photo. and the Water Gardens to its left. The white swath just below the center of the photo is where Moylan’s Lagoon was located, and the smaller white patch at the left end of it is Forsythe Square. This photo was probably taken in the early 1960s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1547154242606-TRUEZW66MBE6DES6BPML/Water+Gardens+-+Roosevelt+Drive+Map.bmp.jpg Water Gardens This map appeared in an 1920 ad placed by Henry S. Davidson to promote the Water Gardens. It shows his thoughts on Roosevelt Drive crossing Wolf Lake and connecting with 116th Street in Chicago. It also shows the Water Gardens as the only development on the west side of Calumet Avenue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1547155324681-QHQAE6YRNZB1LOROJQ8J/Water+Gardens+-+Ad.bmp.jpg Water Gardens Henry S. Davidson’s father was a newspaper editor in Monticello, Iowa, and when Henry came to Whiting one of his first ventures was to run a newspaper called The Whiting News. As a real estate agent he frequently used newspapers to promote his projects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1547153440998-8PTG5ANLF1ZFG08M1KMK/2018-04-054+-+Former+site+of+Morganthaler%27s+Grocery+-+Warwick+Avenue+%26+117th+Place+-+Hammond%2C+Indiana.jpg Water Gardens George Morganthaler opened one of the first grocery stores in the Water Gardens at 1723 Parkview Avenue, which was on the northern edge of the development. The building that housed his grocery still stands along Parkview and 117th Place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1547153269111-W5XDWPGBSZHOAG9O5P2U/Water+Gardens+-+609+roosevelt+drive+-+mae+%26+dick%27s+first+home.jpg Water Gardens 609 Roosevelt Drive was the first home for young couple Richard and Mary Emerson, and a place for them to raise their family. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/whats-new-in-whiting-1929-1 daily 0.75 2019-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1547223355156-P552A1ZBXYRLZLY19ZWX/whiting1920s.jpg What's New in Whiting, 1929 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1547223538063-QBKHXAWG2ECBGZ16EPTW/kopcha_joseph_9-10.jpg What's New in Whiting, 1929 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1547223633902-HHNQZIBL5VDPX2MC72ZC/GRC+1930s.jpg What's New in Whiting, 1929 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1547223745201-8N1LCQ0MLYGDJKNX4ZCE/119th%2BStreet%2B1980.jpg What's New in Whiting, 1929 https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/white-castle daily 0.75 2019-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1547862478746-2TIUBPANRQDGQ7JMM08O/White+Castle+place+mat+2.JPG White Castle The first White Castle building in Whiting looked like a small castle. As this placemat explains, the inspiration for that look came from Chicago’s Water Tower. The Whiting White Castle was one of just over fifty that was built in that style. Known as Chicago No. 30, the Whiting restaurant is shown in the upper right hand corner of this placemat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1547861769863-WDR7WH8T8S12VYCTXPV4/White+Castle+1.JPG White Castle White Castle came to Whiting in 1935. This is the crew that worked in the Whiting White Castle on its first day. They are identified as Bill Davy, Harvey Mock, Bob Butler, Vic Porius, and George Herrick. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1547862783527-ITGLBRIUUJZD6E1PBQ3P/White+Castle+-+ladies+in+the+30%27s.jpg White Castle Three young women sit at the counter in the Whiting White Castle in the 1930s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1547862927046-7IGQ07E6WZ1CGZGCPN50/white+castle+box.BMP.jpg White Castle This 1995 hamburger box celebrated the 75th year of White Castle hamburgers. Besides the drawing of the old castle design, the box has a couple of features that were on many of the old boxes, such as the list of cities served by White Castle and instructions (still valid) on how to reheat a White Castle sandwich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1547861554342-M4752XQLJFFQENYTI9YG/White+Castle+-+Yanas%2C+Phyllis.jpg White Castle Phyllis Yanas in her White Castle uniform. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1547862188408-Y3FRL6OFL2RR8FBY2MOV/White+Castle+card.jpg White Castle The Whiting-Robertsdale Historical Society is selling a limited number of these special postcards which show Whiting’s original White Castle. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/trivia-questions daily 0.75 2019-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1550005056991-B7U3U4MSAM6UV0F0B6ES/Trivia+-+jpg+4th+of+July+1950s.jpg Trivia Questions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1549058331123-VXRILWBJTHEGCZ9WD719/Trivia+-+Madura.jpg Trivia Questions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1549058423026-PLVWCXFN5DYY2XPB3MLT/Trivia+-+central+state+bank+building.jpg Trivia Questions The six-story structure at 119th Street and Indianapolis boulevard was once Whiting’s tallest building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1549058604661-7JAJTMOQDH9O1PLDEQCN/Trivia+-+Accordian.bmp.jpg Trivia Questions A young Whiting accordion student. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1549058694874-IOJ0L7STFM1AGHGMENXL/Trivia+-+Globe+Roofing.bmp.jpg Trivia Questions An artist drew this sketch of the Globe Roofing plant before it opened in 1937. Notice the street cars running on White Oak Avenue, in front of the Globe plant. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/trivia-answers daily 0.75 2019-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1549059230034-H7D110KVYTQ5TFZUYOGP/Trivia+-+Swarthout.jpg Trivia Answers Swarthout Chevrolet in 1952, on Indianapolis Boulevard at Benedict Place, where the McDonald’s now stands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1549074122040-ZCFJF5VNVL776JMUYYX6/Trivia+-+Baran.jpg Trivia Answers Baran Funeral Home before it was expanded and remodeled. You can still see some of the old building in the one which now stands on the same site on 119th Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1549059504366-MF12NSZ2WGASVS8JFKXN/Trivia+-+A%26P.bmp.jpg Trivia Answers A&P Whiting employees accept an award for all employees for outstanding courtesy and customer service in 1958. From left to right are F. Kettles, district superintendent; Donald Utterback, assistant store manager; Clarence Goranowski, head of meat department; Mary White, cashier; Steve Krajnik, produce department; Mike Yaros, store manager; and K. Stitzer, Southside general superintendent of the A&P Company, Chicago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1549059434473-77B3WGNJ2D3BR0CGN9WI/Trivia+-+Sherman%27s.jpg Trivia Answers Sherman’s was located in the present location of Beggar’s Pizza on 119th Street in downtown Whiting. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/the-origin-of-the-oilers daily 0.75 2019-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1549121193379-HEUQ6HFZI90ILNZEWSZU/whs.jpg The Origin of the Oilers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1549121240203-VL3RP9M0S5KAI3RX6XBW/oil+ca.jpg The Origin of the Oilers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1549121309806-7RAKQN6ULCZN0T7695P3/ar124123403161677.jpg The Origin of the Oilers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1549121371338-O16QF2VORTH50FW0CGKE/s13-760x456.jpg The Origin of the Oilers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1549121471358-M882PS0CC5ZY6XLSRCI7/oilers-1924-first+appearance.jpg The Origin of the Oilers The first time the word Oilers appears in the Reflector, 1924 https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/blizzard-of-67 daily 0.75 2019-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1549482839034-V8KRAV8H6XU0AY6Q9N5N/Blizzard+of+%2767+-+119th+Street+Walkers.bmp.jpg Blizzard of '67 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1549481112131-EYMS95BGZAU2EL5631WI/Blizzard+of+%2767+-+Forecast.bmp.jpg Blizzard of '67 The forecast which appeared in The Hammond Times, just before the storm hit, called for snow in the afternoon, and said nothing about large accumulations. The snow actually started in the morning, and the 23 inches which fell set a new local record. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1549482087128-IQ6B2M2HXB2H3GYKSMMC/Blizzard+of+%2767+-+Drifts.bmp.jpg Blizzard of '67 Drifts piled up alongside cars on all Whiting-Robertsdale streets, burying them for several days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1549482429877-BVMK4184FP626Q41AHL1/Blizzard+of+%2767+-+Indianapolis+Boulevard.bmp.jpg Blizzard of '67 The intersection of 119th Street and Indianapolis Boulevard was not easy to navigate after the snow fell, which is why a group of pedestrians, in the distance, felt comfortable walking down the center of the Boulevard. Closer to the camera, a motorist digs out his car, stuck in the snow on the street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1549480882146-OGZVZNRLH4YAGZ8NNQI0/Blizzard+of+%2767+-+Whiting+Clinic.bmp.jpg Blizzard of '67 Snow drifts piled up nearly to the roof of the Whiting Clinic on Indianapolis Boulevard, which Dr. Donald H. Rudser kept open to deal with any local emergencies during and after the blizzard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1549481402184-58GCETH3LE0G9I7FOOJJ/Blizzard+of+%2767+-+Fire+Truck+%26+Middle+Store.bmp.jpg Blizzard of '67 A Whiting fire truck deals with the snow on 121st Street, just east of Indianapolis Boulevard, while snow clings to the façade of the shops behind it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1549480388708-IZCIXR1VHSJL5HEPOBBN/Blizzard+of+%2767+-+Hans+Lund.bmp.jpg Blizzard of '67 Hans Lund traveled 16 miles on his skis to get to his job after the storm hit. He was the captain of the Amoco Wisconsin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1549480659176-MRF6LYX9AWLVDFOQTQCE/Blizzard+of+%2767+-+Post+Office.bmp.jpg Blizzard of '67 Snow piled up at 119th Street and New York Avenue, with the Whiting Post Office in the background, a stranded car to the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1549481793139-8XL3D2KXLMIN6W4V9OJI/Blizzard+of+%2767+-+New+York+Avenue.bmp.jpg Blizzard of '67 A lone pedestrian navigates his way south on New York Avenue, which is otherwise deserted after the snow fell. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/a-history-of-st-valentines-day daily 0.75 2019-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1549582858128-NBJZST5NJ04A0CKB1IVR/feast-of-lupercalia-andrea-camassei.jpg A History of St. Valentine's Day The Roman Feast of Lupercalia 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Valentine's Day https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/the-telephone-comes-to-whiting daily 0.75 2019-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1550775594992-82WS6HGC3SSWHW21KML3/tele1.jpg The Telephone Comes to Whiting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1550775706075-XVVM2EVS6UV8VYHZUCXD/220px-Robert_Todd_Lincoln_-_Harris_and_Ewing.jpg The Telephone Comes to Whiting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1550775796504-F6PL5NB5RB8QCYKPU3XU/tel4.jpg The Telephone Comes to Whiting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1550775836355-01CEP4SDE7X7HDRF7F6M/tele.jpg The Telephone Comes to Whiting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1550776331853-GRRYYW7W8C63KYIVZ1L5/cover_9410621.jpg The Telephone Comes to Whiting 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https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/119th-street-list daily 0.75 2026-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1615583776440-M2JHUI0JSZK324MNPXO1/2018-10-051+-+Experience+Whiting+Sign+-+Whiting%2C+Indiana+-+b%26w.jpg 119th Street List https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1644278582477-1G8RQ0224R5CDBVLPLVL/20220119_105225.jpg 119th Street List - Make it stand out It was often described as one of the busiest intersections in the nation, which is why a traffic cop was often posted at 119th and Indianapolis Boulevard. In the days before Interstate highways, the intersection was on the main route into Chicago from the east. This photo is believed to be from the late 1930s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552064777853-7QKP58EC7TIB8SS4UYWX/119th+-+gas+station+on+boulevard.jpg 119th Street List Bercik’s Service Station at the corner of 119th and Indianapolis Boulevard was one of several automotive related businesses on 119th Street. In the past there were repair shops, auto dealerships, auto parts, and other gas stations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1551992191149-UDZITJBZEZWMCSYGOGIP/119th+-+William+Curosh+%26+John+Gazda+-+1970.bmp.jpg 119th Street List In 1945, Bill Curosh (left) bought Lipay’s clothing store and opened Curosh’s on 119th Street. He sold his business in 1970 to John Gazda (right), who earlier owned an upholstery shop, a delicatessen, and who managed the St. John Parochial Center for 12 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1551987236464-JB9OBYJG1S7TDSBZBVCP/Whiting+Times-August+4%2C+1939-Lipay%27s.bmp.jpg 119th Street List A 1939 ad for Lipay’s Women’s Furnishings. Downtown Whiting had a dozen clothing stores in the 1940s and 1950s, but the number began to diminish in the decades which followed. “The 1970s were rough,” said Gerry Michaels of the Jack and Jill Store (1240 119th Street) in a 1989 interview. “They were starting to develop the discount stores, and that’s where the heavy trade was.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552065474644-CDUTY90KQ6696QTYYBSS/119th+-+Burton%27s+-+1956.bmp.jpg 119th Street List Mr. Burton, the owner of Burton’s Men’s Shop presents a gift certificate to Anna Mika of Euclid Avenue in a 1956 Whiting Merchants Good Will Promotion. (Times-Grafic Photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552066259692-VBM1QWGNWGO6A9FA2AR5/119th+-+taxi+stand+-+1991.jpg 119th Street List The Taxi Stand, or Whiting Cab, in this 1991 photograph, was located at 1310 119th Street, next door to the Center Lounge. You could get more than a taxi there. Newspapers, magazines, candy, cigarettes and more were on sale inside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552066572405-HKJ0OE5CLCCQ2KIINCFE/119th+-+Charles+Perel.bmp.jpg 119th Street List Charles Perel had his law office at 1312 119th Street, above McHale’s Tavern. He started his legal practice in Whiting in 1915 and served as Whiting City Judge for a time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552066916781-AW8X5KHNL4YHLMN70T0E/119th+-+McHale%27s+-+1978.bmp.jpg 119th Street List Ginny and Jim McHale chat with regular customer Larry Williams shortly before retiring from their bar. McHale’s Tavern was a three-generation family business, originally at Fischrupp and New York Avenues. That was when it was established in the 1880s. It later moved to 1312 119th Street and remained in operation (except for the Prohibition years) until it was sold in 1978 and became the Center Lounge. (The Calumet Day photograph) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1644280150127-RK0TABXCF41N4TZJL8LR/20220119_105212.jpg 119th Street List - Make it stand out This photo from 1939 gives you a view of downtown Whiting from the front seat of a car headed east. The Hoosier Theater is ahead, to the left. The Capitol Theater is across from it on the right. Straight down the middle of the street are the tracks for the streetcars. There’s a banner hanging over road ahead. It’s advertising You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man, a film that was showing at the Hoosier in late May 1939. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1615580975749-GPM3SQNKSGGOKJ30639I/119th+Street+at+Temple+Court+-+1920s.jpg 119th Street List Brick pavement and street car tracks are a part of the scene on 119th Street in this photo from around 1920. The intersecting street to the right is now called Temple Court. It was called Short Street then. The building on the corner, with the light-colored awning, is the Slovak Dom. The ground floor was occupied by a “Men’s Furnishings” store, as the words on the awning indicate. Further down the street, on the right side and just about in the center of the frame, there is a sign on the side of a building. It says, “Whiting Savings and Loan Association.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552068276278-51JD3AANZ0MUG76HQAG7/119th+-+slovak+dom.jpg 119th Street List The American Slovak Club has been located at 1324 119th Street for decades. But it looks different than it looked in this 1930s era post card. Today, the top floor is gone. The building was also known as the Slovak Dom, “dom” being a Slovak word for “home.” The upstairs is where Slovak immigrants and their families gathered for wedding celebrations and for special events. But in the 1960s, the upstairs hall was shut down. By 1982, damage caused by leaks led to the roof collapsing at the exact moment a meeting was being held on the ground floor to discuss bids for removing the top floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/3f0e7a8a-9bce-496d-9854-14423c4ceef0/Ciesar+Blacksmith+-+abt+1911.bmp.jpg 119th Street List - Make it stand out Today, we wouldn’t say that the Ciesar Horse Shoeing and Blacksmith was on 119th Street. It appears it was located at what is today the alley between the Slovak Dom building and the Masonic Lodge on Temple Street. But in the late 1800s and early 1900s, before the Slovak Dom was built, there was nothing on that part of 119th Street. So, there were no buildings between the blacksmith shop and 119th Street. An ad for the shop said it was located just south of 119th Street between Clark and Short Street (an earlier name for Temple Court and Community Court). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/43ecf7e6-8d2c-4a99-9591-8a59449d9682/Pete+Hays+Blacksmith+Shop.bmp.jpg 119th Street List - Make it stand out Pete & Jim Hays (sometimes spelled Hayes) appear to be the first to operate a blacksmith shop near the corner of 119th Street and Temple Court. This illustration of “Pete Hayes at work” appeared in a Whiting newspaper in 1907. The shop was sold to John Ciesar in 1911. Ciesar moved into the automobile business when horses gave way to cars, and opened the city’s first auto garage. He later branched out into auto sales. But before cars, this was one of the places Whiting residents could bring their horses to get shoed. There were other blacksmiths offering the same service in town in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Nelson Erickson shoed horses at his shop near White Oak and Steiber, and later the Bunta Brothers had their blacksmith shop at the same location. George Baier had one at White Oak and 128th in and around 1907. Besides shoeing horses, all the shops repaired the wagons that horses often pulled. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552068994729-BE3ESH543E2CWKTB7DFE/119th+-+sherman%27s+-+theater.jpg 119th Street List Beggar’s Pizza is the current occupant of 1326 119th Street. But this is how that area looked in the early 1950s, after the Capitol Theatre closed down. The overhang on the front of the building (to the right in this photo) was the theatre entrance. Next door, toward the center of the photo, was Sam Sing Laundry, still visible in this picture. Sherman’s Indiana Supply Store is on the left. It soon took over the space which had been occupied by the theatre and laundry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552070114770-8O8WJZX17SYI9HQLHGQN/119th+-+shermans+%26+whiting+5%2610+-+1969+-+lovasko.jpg 119th Street List Sherman’s was at 1326 119th Street, while the Whiting Five & Ten was at 1334 119th, currently the home of Levin Eye Care Center. In earlier years, that was the location of an F.W. Woolworth, America’s first “five and dime” store chain, which is pretty much the same as today’s “dollar stores.” (Lovasko Studio photograph) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/03341bfb-27ce-498e-ab0d-abff51b571cc/Kenneth+Neal%2C+FW+Woolworth+manager%2C+1929.jpg 119th Street List - Make it stand out Kenneth Neal poses for this photo inside the F.W. Woolworth store in Whiting. He was the store manager in 1929, when the photo was taken. (Photo courtesy of the Calumet Regional Archives, Indiana University Northwest, Archibald McKinlay Collection). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552070616043-RV8JIEQQDPOJ07DYJRMW/119th+-+Recht%27s+Department+Store+-+119th+%26+Clark+-+1904.bmp.jpg 119th Street List Sunrise Restaurant is the successor to Dmitri’s and Drabek’s as restaurants operating at 1342 119th Street, but the original occupant of that building was Recht’s Department Store. There are many changes to the building on the ground level, but if you look at the upper level of today’s building you can see the resemblance to how the building looked in this 1904 sketch of Recht’s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552071330244-H6A5KNK1KNT6DY2T42OQ/119th-+Aronberg+Jewelers+-+1981.bmp.jpg 119th Street List Aronberg Jewelers became a part of Whiting in 1905. In this 1981 photo, which appeared in The Calumet Day, the caption said the store (at 1348 119th Street) employed two watch makers, does engravings, sells engagement rings and other jewelry, as well as silver and Lenox China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1585696343147-KF5D15KFES4EAKDG795K/119th+-+woolworth+-+1925.jpg 119th Street List A 1925 photo of 119th Street, looking east from LaPorte Avenue. The F.W. Woolworth store is at 1334 119th Street, which is the location of the Levin Eye Center today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552072203529-7TJZP23B14O1FT644AZA/119th+-+Seifer+-+Whiting.bmp.jpg 119th Street List Seifer’s Furniture was a major part of downtown Whiting from the early 20th century. It’s first store, founded in 1908, was at the corner of 119th and New York Avenue. In 1920, it opened its new, larger store just up the street at 1406 119th Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552072660660-N3Q2DFSO2QI005X3U70J/119th+-+newberry%27s+-+1969+-+lovasko+studio.jpg 119th Street List The J.J. Newberry Store, 1410 119th Street, in 1969. Next door is the Big Ben Shoe-Per Market at 1418 119th Street. And next to it is Indiana Red Hots at 1418 1/2. The hot dog stand was one of America’s smallest restaurants. It was 45 feet long, but only seven feet wide, which was just enough room for the grill, the counter, the stools along the counter, and a small aisle to get from front to back. (Lovasko Studio photograph) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552073245074-O1SR8DP2ICRPIWZ5VG77/119th+-+newberry%27s+on+fire+-+1980.jpg 119th Street List No single event shaped the face of downtown Whiting more than the July 1980 fire which started in the J.J. Newberry store. It destroyed six businesses, which were in the vicinity of today’s Dollar Tree store at 1410 119th Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552073659419-B4SI0A0W2WZQ2C3GXZ1Y/119th+-+international+sewing+shop+-+1980+-+susan+hmurovic.jpg 119th Street List Inside the International Sewing Shop in 1980, located at 1422 119th Street. (Susan K. Hmurovic photograph) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1551990360806-ORG8YSCYALBQ99VB8IJH/119th+-+From+Oliver%2C+looking+west+-+early+1930s.bmp.jpg 119th Street List This early 1930s post card shows 119th Street from Oliver Street, looking west. The Jennings-Mattern Drug Store is to the left. Further down the streets are signs for the Hoosier Theatre and Seifer’s Furniture. The Chocolate Shop sign to the right is the recent location of Comfort Roast coffee shop, and Hen House Charcoal Chicken. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/d48a81c2-8073-4fb0-9cf5-f5550f5fd714/Mattern%27s+Pharmacy+%26+Smith+%26+Bader+Insurance+-+1890s.bmp.jpg 119th Street List - Make it stand out Lemuel Hallman Mattern was Whiting’s first pharmacist. This photo was taken in the 1890s, showing him standing outside his drug store. The Smith-Bader Real Estate & Insurance Company shared the building. Maybe they are the ones sitting in the upstairs windows, posing for this photo. (Photo courtesy of Susan Zelenack Danielson) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552074625605-S302WAM1R0PTGTT02KPP/119th+-+Orr%27s.bmp.jpg 119th Street List Television was still in its infancy when this 1952 ad for Orr’s Radio & Television, 1442 119th Street, appeared in the newspaper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552075482632-0W4FYY00E1MEPK0GMSJZ/119th+-+Barton%27s+-+1977.bmp.jpg 119th Street List While downtown Whiting had many restaurants over the years, it has had few pizzerias. Barton’s was one of the exceptions. This ad was from 1977. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552074991535-MK0UWHVSHINCU4UF40UI/119th+-+pate%2C+belshaw%2C+danko%2C+keckich+-+1968.jpg 119th Street List Downtown Whiting was home to numerous attorneys from its earliest days through the 1970s. All four in this 1968 photo had their offices downtown. They are, left to right, George Pate (1522 119th Street), William Belshaw and Ben Danko (both at 1450 119th Street), and Walter Keckich (1449 119th Street). (Times-Grafic photograph) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552075699360-ITAAKKJYNBBN9ZWZ91YS/119th+-+central+drug+-at+new+york.jpg 119th Street List Central Drug was located at 1452 119th Street. On the second floor of this building was the law office of Green, Powers, Belshaw and Danko. The second floor of numerous downtown building were often residential apartments or offices. It was common for lawyers, doctors, dentists, music teachers, and others who needed office space, to operate on the upper floors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552076020581-U4M2GOD46WBAYFSTBQQZ/119th+-+Saylor+Ad+-+1926.bmp.jpg 119th Street List Home improvement shops were another common sight in downtown Whiting. There were awning shops, hardware stores, paint stores, plumbers and more. Saylor’s was a paint shop at 1504 119th Street, but its history in Whiting went much further back. This is an ad from 1926. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552076709528-9G1UHHHAWUDQCGXFYV09/119th+-+Whiting+Plumbing+-+1939.bmp.jpg 119th Street List A 1939 ad for Whiting Plumbing & Heating, 1510 119th Street. Before moving to 119th Street, they were located on New York Avenue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552077021008-SFY4IV0OZGC9SK6Q438S/119th+-+joseph+dernay.jpg 119th Street List Joseph Dernay operated a tailor shop at 1518 119th Street. The building no longer exists, but it was located where the City Place Apartments are now located. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552077692356-E464SOLCMNLTUEJ3E6BV/119th+-+merchants+and+industrial+exposition+-+1957+-+elsie+bon.jpg 119th Street List In 1957, the Whiting Community Center hosted the Merchants and Industrial Exposition. There were fashion shows and other performances, as well as displays by area merchants, both those with shops on 119th Street and other parts of Whiting-Robertsdale. (Elsie Boness photograph) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552077948510-0BHWAZN7KE5XOCPX2VY0/Ferid+Murad+-+1954.tif.jpg 119th Street List Murad’s Restaurant, 1528 119th Street, was operated by the family of Ferid Murad, who worked there while attending Whiting High School. Murad graduated in 1954, and went on to become a respected researcher, winning the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552078422780-CZVU8WI5FFCBL1E8BV4R/119th+-+Beisal.bmp.jpg 119th Street List This 1946 newspaper article gives the details on an expansion by Fred Beisal’s Department Store, 1534 119th Street, which includes making room to display cars for sale, and a service department for automobiles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1551986723332-6ZBS2MJVIXT4XI2K0M48/119th+%3D+Radio+Center+-+1963.bmp.jpg 119th Street List In November 1963, the game between the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers was blacked out in the Chicago area. So, John Kiraly, of the Radio Center (1542 119th Street) pulled in a signal from a South Bend television station and displayed it on a TV screen in the front window of his shop, drawing a crowd of football fans to watch. (Times-Grafic photograph) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552078911430-6Y69L2JCWX5FVTG6WIHQ/119th+-+moose+club+-+1970.jpg 119th Street List Members of the Moose Club gather for an event in their lodge at 1548 119th Street in 1970. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552079160712-6G5WPKJNWOU38K2XOH98/119th+-+whiting+hardware+-+1980+-+susan+hmurovic.jpg 119th Street List Whiting Hardware, 1600 119th Street in 1980, currently the home of Grindhouse Cafe. (Susan K. Hmurovic photograph) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/47e4b17c-1756-4409-8235-26604768536f/White+Oak+Cafe+%281%29+-+2013.jpg 119th Street List - Make it stand out The front window of the White Oak Cafe reflects its surroundings, pictured in 2013, at 1600 119th Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552079446221-YC4XT7PHEFSCUSB6XEEM/119th+-+standard+hotel+-+1940s.jpg 119th Street List The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is located on the site where the Standard Hotel once stood. This photo is from the 1940s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1644347110243-3V890UIFPUIAHOT6HIDN/119th+Street+-+Street+Cars+-+at+Schrage.jpg 119th Street List - Make it stand out A streetcar gets ready to make the turn from 119th Street to Schrage Avenue in a photo probably from the 1930s. The Standard Hotel is on the left. To the right, across the street from the hotel, is a service station. The Vietnam War Memorial is now on the site of the hotel, while a parking lot is on the site of the gas station. The dark specks that appear to be in the sky are actually a part of the cables that ran along the streetcar line, which supplied the electric power by which the cars operated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552079828706-LMWYAFLH2B60HS4PPWSO/119th+-+Chris+Dohoff+-+Shocaroff+Confectionary.bmp.jpg 119th Street List “Whiting Confectionary (1620 119th Street) was a hangout,” wrote Nina Lourik from conversations she had with Chris Dohoff, pictured above, son-in-law of founder Andy Shocaroff. “The five stool soda fountain attracted couples new and old. The old brought their kids to show them where their parents had first dated…The shakes were thick, the Black Cow was popular, and Cherry Coke was a favorite…” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552080365673-VGSIHOYLYQEG4JNUNH0M/119th+-+Filtration+Plant.bmp.jpg 119th Street List Whiting’s Water Pumping Station and Filtration plant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552080598527-0T5MKZ1NK0NO5J1ULWBP/119th+-+sramek%27s+tavern+-+1920s.jpg 119th Street List The 1700 block of 119th Street, a building which once housed Sramek’s Tavern https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552159304868-3CAAU7MUV39OK49H7CML/Trivia+-+Baran.jpg 119th Street List Baran & Son Funeral Home has been a constant sight for decades on 119th Street. But, it does look different. This is how it looked before its remodeling and expansion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1551989353334-L7V1XLG3P2XHMIRIJ3IV/119th+-+hoosier+drugs+-+1969.jpg 119th Street List 1301 119th Street is the home of CVS Pharmacy today, after being Fagen Pharmacy in recent years. But before that, it was Hoosier Drugs, and even further back, some can remember it as the National Tea grocery store. This photo is from 1969. (Lovasko Studio photograph) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552161604314-346UCDM6F6F9RAMENJS9/119th+-+neal+price+-+1957.jpg 119th Street List Neal Price’s Firestone Store sold tires for your car, garden tools, bicycles, phonography records, and much more at its location ay 1309 119th Street. This photo is from 1957. (Elsie Boness photograph) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552160221398-JD1UIM7RKKH9VG2TSE1X/119th+-+frontier+days+-+1969.jpg 119th Street List Shoppers are out for “Frontier Days,” a downtown shopping promotion, in 1969. Looking west on 119th Street, the State Farm Insurance office is at 1319 119th Street, with Lewin-Wolf clothing store at 1315, and the NIPSCO office at 1311. (Lovasko Studio photograph) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552160896322-EZYZYFONOXHCWSK7VICX/119th+-+Freel%27s+-+1939.bmp.jpg 119th Street List Many of the downtown stores were owned and operated by women, even in the early years of Whiting. Agnes Freel opened a millinery shop in 1918 at 1421 119th Street, currently the home of Burrito Stop. She was so successful that in 1937 she had a new building constructed at 1319 119th Street so she could have a larger shop. This ad is from 1939, and appeared in a special edition of a newspaper celebrating the 50th anniversary of Standard Oil’s presence in Whiting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552162018217-765OEHUYHC8OYBE4SXB4/119th+-+American+Trust.bmp.jpg 119th Street List American Trust & Savings Bank started in 1920 at the site of what is today the American Slovak Club. In 1925, it built a new structure across the street, at the corner of 119th and LaPorte Avenue (1321 119th Street), at a cost of $100,000. The ground floor was for banking, while the upper floor was rented out as offices and apartments. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552162547172-NDNUG3XR1684VRC12Y6A/119th+-+hoosier+theatre.jpg 119th Street List To promote the movie comedy “You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man,” the Hoosier Theatre had a W.C. Fields look-alike on the sidewalk outside. Fields starred in the 1939 film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552163092803-T4OQHSZLK172G1FRTXP5/119th+-+Winsberg%27s.bmp.jpg 119th Street List Winsberg’s Store for Men goes back to at least 1902 in Whiting. In those years, founder Abe Winsberg had his store at 121st and Schrage, a location passed every day by the thousands of men going to and from the main gate of the Standard Oil refinery. He moved his store to 119th Street in 1923. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552163445347-WY219J8PH4S707QY0YUM/119th+-+Fashion+Shop.bmp.jpg 119th Street List The 1300-block of 119th between LaPorte and Sheridan, on the north side, was a prime area for clothes shopping https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552163995860-JC1TI509P75ECMFIQIK0/119th+-+Whiting+Flower.bmp.jpg 119th Street List The Whiting Flower Shop is one of the city’s oldest businesses. It began in the first decade of the 20th century when Louis Klemm sold flowers out of a horse-drawn cart. It moved to 119th Street, and during the Depression it sold bread and penny candy to help make ends meet. The photo above is from 1957 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552164397754-271JUOQUXAQJI1QD0W18/119th+-+sheridan+-+1912.jpg 119th Street List 119th Street at Sheridan Avenue in 1912, currently the location of Simply You Studios, 1347 119th Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552164821015-3TT4H5A664SGBHUP6KLP/119th+-+whiting+news+-+1976.jpg 119th Street List The Whiting News Company, 1417 119th Street, on a night in 1976. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552241853173-KAKQRDPKDXEFM7MP4T2G/119th+-+whiting+news+-+2009.jpg 119th Street List The interior of Whiting News in 2009, shortly before it closed its doors for good. “As an adult you paid bills there, bought greeting cards, rosaries and statues there for gifts,” wrote Gayle Faulkner Kosalko. “As a kid you went in at least once a day for penny candy.” Whiting News goes back to the 1890s, but moved to 1417 119th Street in 1929. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1644347482630-RIAN9DG993URKF7389EH/119th+Street+-+1926+-+at+Oliver.jpg 119th Street List - Make it stand out This is the corner of 119th Street and Oliver, looking west, and as indicated on the photo it is from 1926. The police officer is directing traffic and making sure school children make it across the street safely. Besides the danger of cars, anyone crossing the street on foot also had to deal with the presence of streetcars, as can be seen from the tracks near the feet of the police officer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552166937823-XYW89URCYNSWD3ZIX5DK/119th+-+Anne+Daniele+-+1994.bmp.jpg 119th Street List Anne’s Linens (1419 119th Street) had been on 119th Street for 39 years when owner Anne Daniele posed for this 1994 photo, making it one of the oldest businesses on the street at the time. (Linda Rich photograph) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1551988470232-EQ5BH9NW6RYXE1L178HA/119th+-+armory+%26+bank+-+1931.jpg 119th Street List The State Bank of Whiting (1449 119th Street) is on the right, with the National Guard Armory (currently City Hall) next to it at 1443 119th Street) in this 1931 photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552419232464-9H041NEH6CA58467J1PL/119th+-+Post+Office+-+October+1932.bmp.jpg 119th Street List The New York Avenue side of the Whiting Post Office, under construction in October 1932. Prior to its move to 1501 119th Street, the Whiting Post Office had been at the corner of Clark Street and Fischrupp Avenue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1585696753179-KITYPABXOOENN3OFNJBO/2019-03-001+-+Cool+Creations%2C+Whiting%2C+Indiana+-+Copy.jpg 119th Street List Cool Creations, an ice cream shop, stood next to the post office until it was demolished a few moths after this March 2019 photo. A laundromat was also housed in the building. It was called Very Fine Wash. That name, or more specifically the first letter of every word in that name, was something of a tribute to a previous occupant of that site, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, or V.F.W. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1615580658282-52SO9BCOAD4244NCC8WS/119th+in+1908+-+looking+east+toward+Ohio+Street.jpg 119th Street List We are looking east on 119th Street in this photo. To the left of the frame are houses which once stood on what is now the Whiting Baptist Church property. Just beyond that, more toward the upper left, is an angled street. That is Ohio Avenue, lined then, as it is now, with houses. The building in the lower right side of this image has a sign hanging from it. The sign says “Hardware.” The building is the current site of Grindhouse Cafe. This photo was taken for a postcard in 1908. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552420779150-BPOKEZV8B5AZUFRU65EN/119th+-+West+from+Schrage.jpg 119th Street List A view of 119th Street looking west from Schrage Avenue, probably in the early 1900s. The building on the left housed a pharmacy on the ground floor. Note the housing on the north side of 119th, in the vicinity of what is today the Whiting Baptist Church (1547 119th Street). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552239771456-724RRBK98GOQ4TU3JVLM/119th+-+baloff%27s+sugar+bowl+-+1951.jpg 119th Street List A 4th of July entry, made to look like a train engine, passes by Baloff’s Sugar Bowl on the northeast corner of 119th and Ohio Street. It was directly across 119th Street from the Whiting Confectionary. “The two stores,” wrote Nina Lourick, “were essentially identical” She said that surprised no one, because “their owners had been partners in the Whiting Confectionary before a falling out led them to compete for the sweet tooth of Whiting.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552240226698-EPRPY4N6MKLWMNH3IBN7/119th+-+Roosevelt.jpg 119th Street List The Roosevelt-Garner Club was a political organization supporting President Franklin Roosevelt in his run for re-election in 1936, as well as his running mate, Vice-President John Nance Garner, and other Democrats. When Roosevelt ran for a third term in 1940, Garner was not his running mate, so the name of the club was shortened to just the Roosevelt Club. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552420400071-ZPW1WJ8GZCMXP7KZWA62/119th+-+Standard+Oil+Offices+-+1922.jpg 119th Street List At the eastern end of 119th Street was Front Street, and on Front Street (approximately where the Mascot Museum now sits) was the Standard Oil Refinery Main Office, seen here in 1922. By the 1940s it was clear that this old structure was inadequate to handle the needs of the growing refinery. In fact, because of the space problem, Standard Oil had to rent offices in at least two 119th Street buildings to house some of its business operations. The company had a drafting department office at 1738 119th Street in the 1940s, and housed some of its Engineering Department in the bank building at 1449 119th. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1552239699319-CMEQ3AYVKEXY749JA7F8/119th+-+front+%26+119th+-+1910s.jpg 119th Street List The intersection of 119th Street and Front Street, the eastern end of 119th. This is how it looked in the 1910s or 1920s. 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1554420820742-GK220V51M5V88GJ4DCTX/Jacob+the+father.jpg Gruener’s Grove Jacob Gruener https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1554421036976-AO7IPKPTOD0PCXDC6Q48/Swift+%26+Co.+Ice+House.JPG Gruener’s Grove Swift & Company Ice House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1554420893594-S8TUFXESJ3EQ4B6JH630/Fredericke+Greuner+wife+of+Jacob.JPG Gruener’s Grove Friedericke Gruener https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1554421105619-5OZXSAQRTMZ9273E861U/Ed+Greuner+Sr.+during+WW1.JPG Gruener’s Grove Edward Gruener, Sr. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1554421253176-SR1ETW2O2LNTPJIGFS7Y/Picnic+Grove+Lake+George.jpg Gruener’s Grove https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1554421447780-KXTRDN8CQKKP397KSJNU/inland.jpg Gruener’s Grove https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1554422290042-KO2NES0VNP0B61ERK2HM/Greuner%2527s%2Bwith%2BGerman%2Bstuff.jpg Gruener’s Grove https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/whitings-skyscraper daily 0.75 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1554919114996-9R0I6IIOQLF6DKY60Y0E/Bank+Building+-+Deposit+Book.jpg Whiting's Skyscraper A deposit book for a Central State Bank savings account. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1554919229255-9JNIN6K9BOOW5B35CXQF/Bank+Building+-+Davidson+Ad.bmp.jpg Whiting's Skyscraper In this 1926 newspaper ad, Whiting Real Estate Agent Henry S. Davidson encouraged others to follow the lead of J.J. Kelly, who turned a $1,400 investment in a lot at the corner of 119th Street and Indianapolis Boulevard into $40,000. Kelly did it by selling the lot to the Central State Bank for the site of the bank’s new building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1554919497082-BE3QXGXBNNZD6I9KVL9W/Bank+Building+-+Lobby.bmp.jpg Whiting's Skyscraper The lobby of the Central State Bank in its building at 119th Street and Indianapolis Boulevard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1554919609476-SQCHEWZX4H4BHLCI2QKK/Bank+Building+-+Odlivak.jpg Whiting's Skyscraper During its prime, the Central State Bank was Whiting’s most impressive building, shown here in a painting by Whiting artist Al Odlivak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1554919961111-GF8H1IIB9L3L0FG66P06/bank+building+-+view+from+top+-+1930s.jpg Whiting's Skyscraper The Central State Bank Building offered birds eye views of Indianapolis Boulevard and 119th Street. This is how 119th Street looked from the top floor of the bank building, probably in the early 1930s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1554920207953-KNYKLG55OXKLHZZ47ENC/bank+building+-+standard+drug+box.jpg Whiting's Skyscraper The Standard Drug Company was a long-time occupant of the Central State Bank Building. This is a pill box from the pharmacy from 1941. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1554920333720-6SJ2UIQLR5DCQXPHMEL5/bank+building+-+night+-+abt+1939.jpg Whiting's Skyscraper A Christmas tree sat on top of the Central State Bank Building in this nighttime photo from around 1939. Notice the illuminated sign for the Illiana Hotel, located beyond the bank building, on 119th Street at the corner of Atchison Avenue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1554920645808-ZS12F9F52BX02TSWCUB1/bank+building+-+peter+stecy.jpg Whiting's Skyscraper Dr. Peter Stecy was just one of several physicians who had his office in the Central State Bank Building. He was the last to leave when the building was shut down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1554920895202-9TAXPAJ0ZQ95QZOSGCAG/bank+building+-+demolition+-+4.jpg Whiting's Skyscraper After all the businesses moved out, the once grand Central State Bank Building became an eyesore on the southwest corner of Indianapolis Boulevard and 119th Street, with its windows boarded up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1554921149206-8STSI87GOLFAZSS2WCZZ/bank+building+-+interion+-+1986+-+2.jpg Whiting's Skyscraper An interior staircase inside the Central State Bank Building in 1986, shortly before the building was demolished. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1554921423020-AFFT72EW686ETRVBV0PN/bank+building+-+demolition+-+1986+-+3.jpg Whiting's Skyscraper A demolition crane sits on top of the remaining floors of the Central State Bank Building as the building comes down in 1986. 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Thousands of citizens spoke up and fought the effort, which was led politically by Illinois U.S. Senator Paul Douglas. The mayors along Lake Michigan also supported the Save the Dunes campaign. In this photo, the mayors of Lake County’s major industrial cities joined Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley in a late 1950s rally to save the dunes. On the right is Gary Mayor George Chacharis, next to him is Chicago Mayor Daley. Whiting Mayor Mary Bercik is in the center, with Hammond Mayor Edward Dowling next to her. East Chicago Mayor Walter Jeorse is next to Dowling. Dorothy Buell, founder of the Save the Dunes group, is on the left. (Photo courtesy Calumet Regional Archives, Indiana University Northwest) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1559839540285-T5CGZ3WHRB28WACA5ULX/Dunes+-+Five+Lakes+Map+-+1890s.bmp.jpg Dunes & Swales This map, probably from the 1890s, shows all five of the small lakes which were in the Whiting-Robertsdale area. “Wolfe Lake” is to the left of center, with George Lake adjacent to it, and Hyde Lake just off of Wolf Lake’s western shore. Lake Calumet is further left, and Berry Lake is to the right of George Lake. Both Berry Lake and Hyde Lake were filled in many years ago to make room for industrial expansion. Hyde Lake would have been in today’s Hegewisch neighborhood of Chicago, while Berry Lake was mostly in an area that is now a part of the BP Refinery, in the part close to the Marktown neighborhood of East Chicago.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1559840055787-SW39QFB5W9YJI40Y3K1P/Dunes+-+indiana+boulevard+circa+1900.jpg Dunes & Swales Growth changed the landscape of Whiting-Robertsdale. Wolf Lake, for instance, once flowed directly into Lake Michigan. Today, Indianapolis Boulevard crosses the arm of water at the northern end of Wolf Lake, taking thousands of motorists daily to and from Chicago. This photo shows one of the earliest bridges to cross that section of Wolf Lake. The photo was taken around 1900. The track in the middle of the bridge was for the street cars that connected Whiting-Robertsdale to Chicago, which was the primary way people from this area got to and from Chicago in the years before automobiles became common. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1559840502178-5OVFDRM8X3B9YCLM2BSH/Dunes+-+Berry+Lake+Homes.bmp.jpg Dunes & Swales The Eggers family owned property along Berry Lake, which was located on Whiting’s far east side on land that is now largely a part of the BP Refinery. The Eggers operated a business on Berry Lake which sold ice that they cut from the lake in the winter months. When Standard Oil arrived in 1889, they used some of the money they made from the sale of their land to the refinery, to build seventeen houses on their remaining land on Berry Lake. Henry Eggers Sr., who was born around 1817 in Germany, is in the center of this photo in front of the houses he had built. To his side is believed to be Henry Eggers Jr., in a photo from the 1890s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1559843058666-M3C7QVWAQLZYQ6J8VUT7/Dunes+-+Dune+%26+Swale+Map+Before+Industry.jpg Dunes & Swales Geocaching.com created this map which shows what the terrain of Northwest Indiana looked like before the arrival of industry to the area. The website also has a good description of the dunes and swales in this area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1559843382519-5GJR0PNRM14PBQPY8QGE/Seidner+Dune+%26+Swale+Tour+-+Calumet+River+3.JPG Dunes & Swales Industrial and residential growth obliterated most of the dune and swale terrain that covered the Whiting area before Standard Oil’s arrival in 1889. But if you want to get some idea of what it looked like, Seidner Dune & Swale Nature Preserve in Hammond is one of the few remaining examples. Seidner Dune & Swale is a 43-acre property along the Grand Calumet River in Hammond. The Shirley Heinze Land Trust preserved the site, which is open for the public to explore. It is located off of Kennedy Avenue, just north of the Indiana Toll Road. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/new-page-1 daily 0.75 2019-06-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1560608901908-6Z2DIU19URNGWN55536Q/DancelandChoice.jpg New Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1560609293295-F7FK6EHW263249ISGMPP/news.jpg New Page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1560609599346-VRG7W90VHNWQ45H2P16B/Lockey.jpg New Page D. D. 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Charles Thiele https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/roby-horse-racing daily 0.75 2019-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1562198244977-EVEBB6WXE50Y6S02UCSG/Horse+Racing+-+Jimmy+Winkfield.jpg Roby Horse Racing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1562198466909-3SWZ3UJR61TKQEN7JBYL/John+Condon+-+Chicago+Tribune+-+June+9%2C+1901.jpg Roby Horse Racing “Blind John” Condon, as he was known to friends and foes, was a native of Logansport, Indiana who was a major part of organized gambling in Chicago in the late 1800s and into the early 1900s. By establishing the first horse racing track in the Roby section of Hammond in 1892, he was also the first person to bring organized gambling to Northwest Indiana. He was called, “Blind John,” because in the politically incorrect era of the late 1800s, that’s how some referred to those, like Condon, who were losing their eyesight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1562421376305-JMAZW0SK36LQ2S2PYH8A/Site+of+Roby+Racetrack+near+State+Line+Avenue.jpg Roby Horse Racing The view of the site where the Roby race track once stood, looking at it from its southern end on 112th Street. The houses on the left side are on State Line Road in Chicago, but everything else in the photo is in Indiana. The horse track’s stables stood on the southern end, near 112th Street, in the foreground of this photo, while the track would have been in the background, where the power lines now stand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1562422065484-HSKHFDXV0YLZANGG0CF0/Horse+Racing+-+Location+Map.bmp.jpg Roby Horse Racing This map, from an 1892 edition of the Chicago Inter-Ocean newspaper isn’t precisely drawn. Wolf Lake, for instance, is in both Illinois and Indiana. But it gives a rough idea of not only where the race track was located, but also for some of the plans the developers of the track initially talked about, such as the hotel and club house. Hyde Lake no longer exists, filled in many years ago, but the woods south of the track remain as the Cook County Forest Preserve. The land where the track stood was very sandy, with numerous small oak trees on it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1562422647140-0LH1NFTKMOCZJAMARL1S/Horse+Racing+-+Paddock.bmp.jpg Roby Horse Racing A photo in a 1901 edition of the Chicago Tribune shows us what the paddock at the Roby race track looked like. The paddock was an area to hold and exercise horses. The track had stables to accommodate as many as 500 horses at a time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1562423567541-F7ECC20LC3SGWNOEZDMG/Horse+Racing+-+Grandstand.bmp.jpg Roby Horse Racing Initially, the horse racing track was called the Roby track. But after two other tracks were opened nearby, the Roby track became known as the Lakeside track. Horse racing in Roby was during the winter months, so the grandstand was enclosed. Spectators could watch the races through the glass windows. Still, judging from the 1901 headline, the Chicago Tribune was not a fan of the grandstand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1562423952337-43I3BDZ4AJVW5IN1ZQ1Y/Horse+Racing+-+Pool+Room.bmp.jpg Roby Horse Racing A pool room, in the late 1800s, was a place where bookies would pool the money of gamblers for the purpose of making bets. This is what the pool room looked like in Roby, drawn by an artist for the Chicago Inter-Ocean newspaper in 1899. Near the top of the drawing are the words “New Orleans” and “Ingleside.” Those are names of tracks where races were being held on that day. Below those names are blackboards, staffed by men writing the names of the horses and jockeys in those races, the odds for each horse, weather conditions at the track, and other information gamblers needed to make their bets. In the language of the time, betting on races held outside your own track was called betting on “foreign” races. Today it is called “off-track” betting. Notice the furnace on the right side of the image, providing heat for the gamblers, since the races at Roby were held in the winter months. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1562424726196-FX1X7VJ2SYBVLNO49MRZ/Jim+McLaughlin.jpg Roby Horse Racing The horse races in Roby drew regular people, as well as celebrities of the era, both in the grandstand and on the track. James McLaughlin was one of the greatest jockeys of the 1880s, and a future hall-of-fame inductee. His most famous race may have been onboard Hindoo, a hall-of-fame horse, in the 1881 Kentucky Derby. McLaughlin was retired from riding by time the Roby track opened in 1892, but he served in the key role as the race starter in the first season at Roby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1562425515154-V8GQUH2TV93ZVBH88UMM/Horse+Racing++-+Illinois+Central.bmp.jpg Roby Horse Racing The railroads ran special trains to the Roby track, the fare was usually 25 cents, round-trip. Ads, such as this one from 1896, ran regularly in the Chicago newspapers. The trains were often full, with 1,500 people on-board from Chicago to Roby. On a handful of occasions, they didn’t bother to stop along the way, because there was no more room for passengers. A platform was built along the rail tracks at Roby, which were just north of the race course, and a raised wooden sidewalk led from that platform to the gate of the race track. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1562426171487-Z8O4MOH9TQV1OMADN9ZR/Jimmy+Winkfield.jpg Roby Horse Racing In many parts of early America, black slaves were often the ones to care for horses. In the post-slave era, the children and grandchildren of those slaves learned the skills developed by their ancestors. As a result, by the late 1800s, some of the best horse trainers and jockeys in America were African-Americans. Jimmy Winkfield was one of those. He raced at the Roby track early in his career. By 1900 he was already considered one of the best, and he won the Kentucky Derby in 1901 and 1902. But racial prejudice against blacks grew in the early 1900s, and Winkfield and other black jockeys and trainers were often unable to find work on American race tracks. Winkfield had to go to Russia to do the work he loved, and in which he excelled. There, he was treated as a celebrity. He stayed in Russia until the Russian Revolution of 1917, then moved to France where he continued to work until the outbreak of World War Two. With over 2,600 career wins, he is a member of the horse racing hall-of-fame. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1562427583937-0KCWZA9PPK23R2W7TTU5/Horse+Racing+-+race+tracks.jpg Roby Horse Racing North is to the right in this map of the far Northwest corner of Indiana, which means Lake Michigan is to the right. The Roby race track was built in 1892, and can be seen on this map at the line which shows the east limits of Chicago. In an attempt to shut down the Roby track, the Indiana Legislature passed a law limiting tracks to a 15-day period of racing, to be followed by 60 with no racing permitted on that track. The race track owners skirted that law by simply building two more tracks in the same area. One would run for 15 days and shut down, as required by law. Then one of the others would open, run for 15 days, and shut down. Then the third track would run, until the 60 days were up on the first track. The other two tracks were called Forsythe and Sheffield. Based on this map, Forsythe was in the vicinity of today’s Unilever plant at the intersection of Indianapolis Boulevard and Calumet Avenue. Sheffield, based on this map, was located just north of 119th Street, south of Indianapolis Boulevard, east of Calumet, and west of today’s Lake Avenue. 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That is where the Oklahoma neighborhood was located. It was just a little east of Front Street. At that time, the Standard Oil refinery was to its north, south, and east, and Standard was wanting to expand. In just a few years, the refinery would buy up all the land that was Oklahoma. Today, all of what was Oklahoma is within the refinery’s boundaries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1564604223707-BRCAFVA9HK6IVF8M80RP/Oklahoma+-+Land+Rush.jpg Oklahoma All of America read about the Land Rush of 1889, when the federal government said “first come, first served” to those who wanted free land in what was the Indian Territory of Oklahoma. Thousands rushed into the state on horse or in wagons, and the word “Oklahoma” became synonymous with “chaotic.” So when a wild, chaotic area grew up outside the western gate of the newly built Whiting Refinery in 1889, naturally, people called it “Oklahoma.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1564607143893-E5FGXKIPEDCTNL1ZRJ93/Oklahoma+-+Map+2.bmp-001.jpg Oklahoma This 1896 map was drawn by the Sanborn-Perris, a company which drew maps in 12,000 U.S. communities to help fire insurance companies assess their liability. They drew this map of Whiting’s Oklahoma neighborhood in 1896. The rectangular images on the map are buildings. Those marked with a “D” were dwellings, and those with an “S” were stores, or shops, of some sort. Most of the dwellings in Oklahoma were boarding houses, and many of the shops were saloons. On the far left of this map, just below center, is where the school was located. To get your bearings, the right end of this map is north. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1564607633431-MTU579RMQ2Q274IF4M8S/Oklahoma+-+Workers.jpg Oklahoma In the 1890s, work in the Standard Oil Refinery was hard. Immigrants, in particular, had to work the hardest and dirtiest jobs in the refinery, jobs that many native-born Americans of the time didn’t want. Two-thirds of the men who lived in the Oklahoma neighborhood of Whiting were foreign born, most were single, and most were young. For them, one of the few places they could socialize and relax were the numerous saloons in Oklahoma. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1564606777369-7SAN8TK9OQY6N4Y68SQU/Oklahoma+-+Headlines.bmp-004.jpg Oklahoma In 1896, newspapers across America ran stories about the shooting at the Maovitik Saloon in Whiting’s Oklahoma neighborhood. Martha Maovitik, the wife of the bar owner, drew most of the attention. In this set of headlines, the Inter-Ocean, a Chicago newspaper, called the young woman a “Pretty Terror,” and compared her skills with a gun to those of Annie Oakley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1564606394123-TK5JPPCOC6EOIQDQG5PZ/Oklahoma+-+Steiber+Street.jpg Oklahoma The southern side of Steiber Street, and parts of New York Avenue and Indianapolis Boulevard, consisted of lots which Standard Oil bought to lure property owners away from the Oklahoma neighborhood. In exchange for their land in Oklahoma, located on the western edge of the refinery, the company gave these lots, on Steiber and adjacent streets, to those property owners. They called this area New Oklahoma. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1564604801854-A5EEPDKNMREL6P4R8IKK/Oklahoma+-+Harry+Gordon.bmp.jpg Oklahoma Harry Gordon was one of Whiting’s most successful early businessmen. The sign on front of his 119th Street store read: “H. Gordon & Sons - Whiting’s Leading Department Store.” But before that store opened, Gordon was a tavern owner in the Oklahoma neighborhood of Whiting. He is said to be the last resident of Oklahoma. When he finally accepted Standard Oil’s offer to buy his tavern and land, he declared, “We’re going from wet goods to dry goods.” He used the money from Standard Oil to open his first store on New York Avenue, south of Fischrupp. In 1914, he built a new store on 119th Street, and expanded it in 1920. His building later became Newberry’s, one of the buildings that burned down in a huge 1980 fire. Gordon, born in Lithuania, also opened a store in downtown Gary. 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The electric lamps on both sides of the bank were an uncommon sight in those years in Whiting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1567180758211-7WSKLVCGOOTMA9NUT8YJ/Bank+-+Interior.bmp.jpg Chase Bank Building The original interior of the bank featured a good deal of marble and stained glass. At a time when most public buildings were not well lit, the First National Bank had good lighting from its many windows, as well as from the chandeliers hanging from the ceiling. Notice the spittoon for tobacco chewers, located on the floor, next to one of the marble desks for customers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1567181085331-EV65PF7QO8GYIYAHLGM8/Bank+-+First+National+Bank+Original+Location.bmp.jpg Chase Bank Building A dentist, Dr. G.S. Hilliard, built the structure which still stands on the northwest corner of 119th Street and Oliver. His offices occupied the upstairs. In the back part of the ground floor was a doctor’s office, while the front part was the first home of the First National Bank of Whiting. The bank operated in this building from 1902 until its official opening in 1915 in its new building, at the northwest corner of 119th and New York. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1567180018669-HWT2JQI99L6X5L17XRAA/Bank+-+Gallus+Bader.bmp.jpg Chase Bank Building Gallus Bader was a major figure in early 20th century Whiting. His parents were born in Germany, but he was born in LaPorte in 1864. He came to Whiting in 1889, with the arrival of Standard Oil, and opened a bakery with Fred Smith. Smith went on to become mayor of Whiting, but continued to be a business partner with Bader. They organized the city’s first electric light company, and founded the Smith-Bader real estate company, which was responsible for much of the residential development in the city’s early years. They also established the First National Bank of Whiting, and helped start the Whiting Lumber and Coal Company. Bader died in 1938. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1567178436863-0FDAUYJIHSK46OZEE6XB/Bank+-+Clock.bmp.jpg Chase Bank Building An ad in a 1915 edition of the Whiting Call newspapers shows what the clock on the front of the First National Bank building looked like. The words on the lower part of the ad are a prayer associated with the Westminster Quarters, a melody which sounds every quarter of an hour. That is the same melody that can be heard from one of the world’s most famous clocks: Big Ben in London. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1567179432947-T8N5PLGZXUU9SYKCCY2O/bank+-+building+%26+green+area.jpg Chase Bank Building This photo is probably from 1915, after Lasser Brothers moved into the building on the southwest corner of 119th and New York Avenue, across from the bank. To the left is Plymouth Congregational Church, which was located on the site of today’s Whiting City Hall. Notice the small open space between the church and the bank. That area was intentionally left open as a green space, and remains open today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1567179688771-QIL8K0SQBGZLP2J5QTY6/Bank+-+Edward+Seubert.bmp.jpg Chase Bank Building Edward Seubert was president of Standard Oil of Indiana. He was instrumental in saving the First National Bank of Whiting from collapse during the Depression. In 1931, Standard Oil took over the bank, an act which let depositors know that the power and money of the giant oil company would keep their money safe. In the deal, First National was merged with another failing bank, and was renamed the State Bank of Whiting, with Seubert as its president. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1567181516334-FQW8Y9D2E6USGERXVY1L/bank+-+american+legion+salute.jpg Chase Bank Building An early 1950s group of American Legion Post 80 members conduct a ceremony in front of the Whiting Post Office, with the State Bank of Whiting in the background. In its prime location at the corner of 119th and New York, the bank building has been the backdrop for numerous ceremonies, parades and other community events over the years. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/about-us daily 0.75 2025-06-24 https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/whiting-in-1959 daily 0.75 2019-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1568305853239-2M15CGAUMXLQ77JPQICL/image-asset.jpeg Whiting in 1959 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1568306020431-GSJX0U9JR0L36AOYB9ML/sput.jpg Whiting in 1959 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1568306154398-X9VCR0K2SZWMUKVXH9F6/wein.jpg Whiting in 1959 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1568306475549-XPAAFLHOIYACYTF2ZE9W/Aronbergs_1952.jpg Whiting in 1959 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1568306356983-RUXOKU49U19EFQFH49CU/119th%2B-%2Bneal%2Bprice%2B-%2B1957.jpg Whiting in 1959 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1568306416867-GZCL6ME7LUXGD2AASNE8/Swarthout+Chevrolet+Dealership.jpg Whiting in 1959 https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/life-magazine daily 0.75 2019-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1568659159219-7LI92J4IYP698G913WAW/Life_November101941.jpg Life Magazine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1568659309798-DVPZMDBICNNJUBQ5XM2N/1.jpg Life Magazine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1568659331989-HAPRCBIILQF1ZQR8YTEE/2.jpg Life Magazine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1568659384385-LQ3L6IJGKV9SH1AIHHZ1/6.jpg Life Magazine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1568659415750-6PQFTI5GIA9ULIBOBC07/7.jpg Life Magazine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1568659439291-Z2E7N9X21AFZL91LROYG/image-asset.jpeg Life Magazine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1568659479805-D8H4HOLPFSK42520ZV5C/4.jpg Life Magazine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1568659518518-GQW83QKFN9JYDK5F9JEC/5.jpg Life Magazine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1568659799803-WXIYSWVTL12Y6ZXESMC1/9.jpg Life Magazine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1568659806634-IL9TW7D8NOMPHR5YX2VD/10.jpg Life Magazine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1568659815586-TYI99XF2JB7GUE4FT6ML/11.jpg Life Magazine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1568659825550-KBFKWH91VUVF1EXMM6RO/12.jpg Life Magazine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1568741794752-DV3N9DI13SC9T9NE5R6R/14.jpg Life Magazine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1568659833416-BK79AQH4H93XLJYFAL9V/13.jpg Life Magazine https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/whiting-a-pioneer-land-of-plenty daily 0.75 2019-10-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1570125713967-17GRYRY7ILM3VLTJ4LQ5/image-asset.jpeg Whiting: A Pioneer Land of Plenty Eggers homestead on Berry Lake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1570125839522-2275CZN2R5QTDYXOQO0U/Eggers+take+on+Wolf+Lake.jpg Whiting: A Pioneer Land of Plenty Wolf Lake catch of fur for the day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1570125860353-GL26V3UZIEU3IHUP6076/image-asset.jpeg Whiting: A Pioneer Land of Plenty Fred Eggers hunting license from 1900 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1570125893621-3ZYWD79JZCZI3VJ1EXJ5/image-asset.jpeg Whiting: A Pioneer Land of Plenty Clarence Eggers and son with hunting dog https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/roby daily 0.75 2019-10-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1570633465901-K3JXO04RQ4Y7YWNPB91H/Roby+-+Ripley.bmp.jpg Roby Post Office Robert Ripley was gaining fame as a cartoonist and writer in 1925, when he declared in one of his cartoons that the smallest post office in the world was in Roby, Indiana. Ripley went on to become a nationally syndicated newspaper cartoonist, the producer of a popular radio show, and was establishing himself on television before he died in 1949, at the age of 59. His name lives on, however, with Ripley museums and other attractions, still featuring stories of unusual people, places, and facts. This image of him appeared m the Boston Globe in 1925. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1570634071948-HJOPLXRSJIXV9SROF4XD/Roby+Post+Office+3.jpg Roby Post Office The front gate to the Amaizo plant, located on Indianapolis Boulevard, is just to the right of Roby post office in this photo. To the left of the building, in the background, you might be able to see a little of the channel on Wolf Lake. This was how the post office appeared in 1937. A 1952 addition made the building slightly larger. Photo courtesy of the Calumet Regional Archives, Indiana University Northwest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1570634890769-BY2BQW9MC0X46G56M0D7/Roby+PO+-+Lobby.jpg Roby Post Office This 1964 photo from the Hammond Times, shows postal clerk Virginia Harding at the window of the Roby post office. The tiny lobby of the post office could handle no more than two or three people at a time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1570635518462-LCCBLAGICOG5DJTS4A2I/Roby+PO+-+Ripley+Cartoon.bmp.jpg Roby Post Office While other post offices claimed to be the smallest, Ripley would occasionally add to the debate. In this 1939 cartoon, which appeared in newspapers across America, he declared that the smallest post office in the United States was in Wheeler Springs, California. This image is from the Palladium-Item of Richmond, Indiana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1570638245399-2FMHL80CJSAIONPOPYOP/105.JPG Roby Post Office The post office claiming to be the smallest in the United States today, is in Ochopee, Florida. It is 8x7.5-feet in size, which is larger than the Roby post office was in its earlier days. The post office in Ochopee is a tourist attraction, and its postmark celebrates its status as the nation’s smallest post office. Photo by John Hmurovic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1570635774743-K35909NASEUHKKJDRHAJ/Roby+Post+Office+2.jpg Roby Post Office James Farley, the Postmaster General of the United States came to the Roby Post Office in 1937 and 1938. Here, Farley (second from left), greets Ray Austgen, the Roby postmaster (on the left). Raymond E. Daly, an executive of the Amaizo plant in Roby, and a friend of Farley’s, is on the right. Photo courtesy of the Calumet Regional Archives, Indiana University Northwest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1570636207049-R3B3ZT86BA8Z4FNJN3I4/Roby+PO+-+1965.jpg Roby Post Office This 1965 photo from the Hammond Times shows how the Roby post office looked in the years before it closed. This is its western side, the side that drivers on Indianapolis Boulevard would see as they were coming into Whiting-Robertsdale. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/gypsies-in-whiting daily 0.75 2019-10-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1571073737254-T2FMQJYA14APG4OX5DWS/download.jpg Gypsies in Whiting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1571073997024-G5U6M9QKUQT9KV6HUB2M/image-asset.jpeg Gypsies in Whiting Marshall Maslin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1571074161032-K28P139657MR21ZFRD1L/camp.jpg Gypsies in Whiting Terre Haute Gypsy Camp circa 1914 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1571074539184-NWRB9LN9RX306Q0PVMZS/fortune.jpg Gypsies in Whiting Gypsy Fortune Teller from the 1940s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1571074636770-U7L2Q8D816KM3PFBHJRT/camp2.jpg Gypsies in Whiting Sketch of a Gypsy Camp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1571074840005-Y8551HJIP3KO1Y1HDBCH/women.jpg Gypsies in Whiting Gypsy women circa 1900s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1571074924041-95NE3GA8QTBIVYIZ81US/women2.jpg Gypsies in Whiting Romani Gypsy Women https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1571074966942-YEDSQ2Z42UHFWGI00SE4/image-asset.jpeg Gypsies in Whiting A Gypsy Wagon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1571075027716-AILOCQYBOC94JW6GOXFQ/1.jpg Gypsies in Whiting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1571075409881-QBQE6VBS7CSQH18KIVXF/doc01002220191014114651_001.jpg Gypsies in Whiting Sam Evans https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/joe-kopcha daily 0.75 2019-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1572452800123-FMU2NPHG6XZRRQY94R08/kopcha1.jpg Joe Kopcha Joe Kopcha - center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1572452940586-FPVJIG9U47L147VCGEUF/chat.jpg Joe Kopcha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1572453111193-64OSGPNO3OS5K2RDNRC1/image-asset.jpeg Joe Kopcha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1572453178464-D7XL58WL5Z4U2WIUZ135/rush.jpg Joe Kopcha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1572453312791-CVG5CPVRAT35CQC8OYVR/pads.jpg Joe Kopcha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1572453407566-QK696FUB5ZUU6KMJ36SC/lions.jpg Joe Kopcha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1572453583592-H9FJSML2N1ZFZGLRVICH/gary.jpg Joe Kopcha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1572453636217-YGQHE9UHF40D96YEYTDY/kopcha2.jpg Joe Kopcha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1572453733120-GIUNEV80IONZBS4YX8BC/joe.jpg Joe Kopcha https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/clubs-and-organizations daily 0.75 2019-11-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1573582961200-S5HCFV0DTKFN94RM1P0W/clubs.png Clubs and Organizations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1573582981740-7J2GHRLFOPLFAOBKZ1Z0/image-asset.jpeg Clubs and Organizations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1573583038641-RX0QT11KAYI36JX7H4RU/Take+Block.jpg Clubs and Organizations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1573583196903-6GW5OHPZQXQXCMACN91O/download.jpg Clubs and Organizations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1573583342033-6G2S0BOW6LG2F7K4ETRE/bike.jpg Clubs and Organizations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1573583431548-11U6L0VVVOECS7USIOVC/th2NBE1220.jpg Clubs and Organizations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1573583453710-0UR1INEA30JASTCQQYC8/il_570xN_511556261_crlr.jpg Clubs and Organizations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1573583628613-0B0ZZO62S2TPPF1WF1EG/image-asset.jpeg Clubs and Organizations https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/lady-elgin daily 0.75 2019-11-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1573770056441-Q2FPXHKWXV6FYKRFVJY0/Lady+Elgin+-+Crown+Point+Register.bmp.jpg Lady Elgin Word of the bodies found on the shore of Whiting-Robertsdale appeared in the Crown Point Register on November 1, 1860. Mention was also made in the Valparaiso Republic. There were no newspapers published in Whiting, Hammond, or other areas of northern Lake County, because none existed. This area was still largely uninhabited. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1573769279960-RIWKXGBSCJ1SRP411WCS/Lady+Elgin+-+At+Her+Wharf+in+Chicago.jpg Lady Elgin The Lady Elgin was built in 1851, and was a popular choice for passengers who wanted to travel on the Great Lakes. She was named after the wife of Lord Elgin, who served as the Governor General of Canada. It operated in various parts of the Great Lakes, but Chicago was one of its primary ports. This picture shows it docked at its port of Chicago in the late 1850s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1573770359796-5DCQCLWXRCFEWZSC2L13/Lady+Elgin+-+Stephen_A_Douglas_-_headshot.jpg Lady Elgin In 1858, Stephen Douglas ran for re-election to the U.S. Senate in Illinois. His campaign debates with Abraham Lincoln, his opponent in that election, were national news at a time when the entire country was debating the issue of slavery. Douglas won that election, but two years later he was again on the ballot, facing Abraham Lincoln. This time, though, they were both running for president. Lincoln won that election. As for Douglas, he died just a year later at the age of 48. If you drive into Chicago, or take the South Shore, an obelisk to the left of the track and of Lake Shore Drive, on 35th Street, marks the burial site of Douglas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1573771042726-KZLZSEFXQL98N872DB5W/Lady+Elgin+-+Collision.jpg Lady Elgin Superstitious sailors of the 19th century believed it was foolish to start a journey on a Friday. They point to the collision of the Augusta into the Lady Elgin as proof of their point. This depiction of the collision appeared in Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, which used artists to provide its illustrations in the days before newspaper photography. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1573771443574-01TTRQ06R14PX236GN58/Lady+Elgin+-+John+Wilson.jpg Lady Elgin Jack, or John Wilson, the captain of the Lady Elgin, was generally praised for his attempts to save the passengers of his ill-fated ship. One report said he was spotted, along with about fifty other survivors of the wreck, hanging to part of the ship’s deck in the early morning light of September 8, 1860. But just 300 feet from shore, the deck broke apart. While thirty in the group made it to shore, Wilson did not survive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1573771818552-D9FYQU3675EP2TE2K7B3/Lady+Elgin+-+Mr+%26+Mrs+Evison+cling+to+the+pilot+house.jpg Lady Elgin Passengers clung to anything that floated, as depicted in this drawing, which is captioned, “Mr. and Mrs. Evison clinging to the pilot-house of the Lady Elgin.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1573772168991-0Q6W4GXLZTHTLFHP0M9X/Lady+Elgin+-+Edward+Spencer.jpg Lady Elgin Edward Spencer and a fellow student of the Garrett Biblical Institute named Combs, were the most heroic figures in the Lady Elgin story. With a rope tied around his waist, Spencer repeatedly dove into the water to save passengers of the ship. There were men on the beach, on the other end of the rope, who pulled Spencer ashore each time he found a passenger needing help. Then, he’d dive back in to rescue someone else. Seventeen people are said to have been saved by him. But the trauma affected him for the rest of his life. He was never the same. He became a semi-invalid until his death at the age of 81. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1573772744164-PO8BRKCDWGLLG4MTY5Y6/Lady+Elgin+-+Augusta+in+Port+after+collision.jpg Lady Elgin The Augusta, pictured here in port in Chicago after its collision with the Lady Elgin. Many faulted its captain, D.M. Malott, for the accident, and for sailing away after the two boats collided. He is reported to have asked the captain of the Lady Elgin if he needed help, only to be told that none was needed. Others say Malott never heard a reply from the Lady Elgin, and decided to simply sail away. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/students-strike-at-whs daily 0.75 2019-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1574365432196-HC90YIWMV256WVBDZH0O/Dolores+Biser.jpg Students Strike at WHS Dolores Biser https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1574365458753-QN7L5YDLLT6OFKLX6C8X/riordan3.jpg Students Strike at WHS E. L. Riordan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1574365514637-55DL8U4LTGSRP2CR9Y34/William+White.jpg Students Strike at WHS William White https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1574365549894-J949LOWKQ4KP3DJIH354/Robert+Symanski.jpg Students Strike at WHS Robert Symanski https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1574365592829-P5CS94MYEAHKPEFZLV6P/Joseph+Kresach2.jpg Students Strike at WHS Robert Kresach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1574365643314-M8R7XAUSM0MNO88DSNST/Charles+ODrobinak_David+Paskwietz_Phillip+Krauel.jpg Students Strike at WHS Board Members Charles J. O’Drobinak, secretary; David J. Paskwietz, president; Philip L. Krauel, treasurer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1574365828151-0E2RQ5ZBRPVWIPPDWF67/Grubb.jpg Students Strike at WHS L. C. Grubb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1574365859205-OWY66R59ANBYRO5JR051/grave.jpg Students Strike at WHS https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/fire-department-1 daily 0.75 2019-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1576324302356-EQ4A52VON6ZGIVDY4NKT/Fire%2BDepartment%2B-%2B1900.bmp.jpg Fire Department Whiting Fire Department circa 1900 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1576324391428-S1NUESR691QGYBMWRVZ7/Fire%2BDepartment%2B-%2BWhiting%2BFire%2BAlarm%2BBoxes%2B-%2B1899.bmp.jpg Fire Department In the days before cell phones, or even before phones in most houses, people called the fire department by using the nearest alarm box. This 1899 newspaper notice shows where the alarm boxes were located in Whiting, and how they worked. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1576324473361-EDNCBZJXN5QTWL0YTR1V/Fire%2BDepartment%2B-%2BFire%2BTruck.bmp.jpg Fire Department One of Whiting’s early motorized fire trucks is seen in this undated photograph. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1576324510840-Q1XJMI2NOG5XK3SPTEUL/Fire%2BDepartment%2B-%2BStation%2Bon%2BWhite%2BOak.jpg Fire Department Four firefighters pose, snow shovels in hand, outside the Town Hall at White Oak and Fischrupp. The building served as Whiting’s fire station from 1899 to 1963. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1576324570262-B9PU52D5I9RS7P1H4KSV/Fire%2BDepartment%2B-%2BJames%2BMcNamara%2B-%2BCity%2BHall%2BSketch%2B-%2B1937%2B-%2BHammond%2BTimes.bmp.jpg Fire Department The Hammond Times published this photo of Whiting Mayor James McNamara looking at a sketch for a new city hall building. The hope was to build it on the corner of 119th Street and New York Avenue, the current site of the Post Office, but the plans fell through. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1576324610397-RZVUTLH7G7401A2IO1MB/image-asset.jpeg Fire Department A plaque, located inside the front entrance to the police station, lists the city officials at the time the police-fire station was built in 1962. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1576324659503-3Y8BK4DD9CDW9HG64FMF/image-asset.jpeg Fire Department The bell which now sits at the corner of Schrage Avenue and Fischrupp Avenue once hung in the tower of the old Town Hall, which was just a block away at White Oak Avenue and Fischrupp. The bell was made, and the old Town Hall was built, in 1899. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/joseph-brenkus daily 0.75 2019-12-19 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Besides listing the names and addresses of everyone who was living in the United States at the time, the census data will supply more information about each person, including their age, marital status, state or country of birth, and what kind of work the person did. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1579192273492-C3N1NJWUR49TJDC4RRXY/Commerce+Building+Fire.jpg 1894 Census Fragments of the 1890 census survived the 1921 fire that destroyed the Commerce Building in Washington, where the records were stored. For the most part, though, there was very little left of the records from 1890. Among the records that were destroyed in that fire was the first list of names of who lived in Whiting after the 1889 arrival of Standard Oil’s refinery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1579193043294-VMTS8ERVEW08E2EPKNDT/Whiting+Census+-+Page+19.bmp.jpg 1894 Census This is a sample page of the 1894 special census that was taken in Whiting. The only names listed are those who are “heads of families” The only women listed are generally those who ran boarding houses. The census also included information on how many people were in each family, and the number of voters. At that time, the right to vote was limited to U.S. citizens who were men, and age 21 and older. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1579193535990-HZWUHJ7LJAPCCRKWVZJ3/August+Wuestenfeldt+-+1923.bmp.jpg 1894 Census Standard Oil laborers and managers made up much of Whiting’s population in 1894. August Wuestenfeld, pictured above, was born in Whiting on December 4, 1867, well before the refinery arrived in 1889. But when Standard Oil came to town, he was one of its earliest employees, starting work with the company on June 6, 1889. Wuestenfeld worked his way up in the company. This photo was taken in 1923, when he worked as superintendent of the stills at Standard Oil’s Wood River, Illinois refinery, just north of St. Louis. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/whiting-court-is-now-adjourned daily 0.75 2020-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1579360831098-VT7AC0C29WPXV2XTSEC4/gavel.jpg Whiting Court is Now Adjourned https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1579360873617-FVDE8B9L019F6SRE8S4J/Judge-142x150.jpg Whiting Court is Now Adjourned Judge Likens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1579361041462-A6M1JKXZZB9DSOVXGGJ4/hall.jpg Whiting Court is Now Adjourned https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1579361166958-BJAD508J2DPQMUC3LDZ1/IMG_8095+-+Copy.JPG Whiting Court is Now Adjourned Wanda Unate closes the books after 20+ years of service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1579361215193-W8V4YMCUXALFBXSQOZB1/art.JPG Whiting Court is Now Adjourned Bailiff Art Okerstrum was with the court for over two decades https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/world-war-ii-service-plaques daily 0.75 2020-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1580586118877-9H6XFEO8RHREG6W2PK7J/image.jpg WORLD WAR II SERVICE PLAQUES Corner of John Street and Schrage Avenue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1580586189916-5DZKOVX72AD5J2DEONR9/image.jpg WORLD WAR II SERVICE PLAQUES 1238 West Fred Street https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1580427512725-YJ1OG9GGD7HDX2THSUPR/3.jpg WORLD WAR II SERVICE PLAQUES https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1580586255434-LARBUF3EUSZ0WR1OGXMR/4.jpg WORLD WAR II SERVICE PLAQUES Community Court and Indianapolis Blvd. 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Her brother was George W. Clark, a civil engineer in Chicago. Clark worked with the railroads, and knew that as the tracks were being laid to connect Chicago to the east coast in the 1850s, the value of land near those tracks would grow in value. Over the period of a few years, he purchased close to 20,000 acres of land near the first railroad tracks that crossed the northern part of Lake County. He owned almost everything that is now Whiting, Robertsdale, East Chicago, and the northern part of Gary. When he died in 1866, he left control of it to Jacob Forsythe, his sister’s husband. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1582231373525-MVXL50PXRYPLXTBZ0ZIX/Whiting-Robertsdale+Split+-+hose+team+-+1909.jpg Whiting-Robertsdale Split In the early 1900s, volunteer fire departments in the area often engaged in various competitions, such as which team was quickest at unwinding a hose from a hose cart. This team from Robertsdale was one of the best. In this 1909 photo, the man standing to the left of center is William Timm. His hand is in the air, firing off a shot to signal the start of a match. After shooting two men fatally and injuring two others when they attacked him at the hunting lodge he owned in Robertsdale in 1893, Timm became well known in the area for how well he handled guns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1582231838611-BLI4EF4YNH4JKV6RUEUX/Whiting-Robertsdale+Split+-+Thomas+Hammond.bmp.jpg Whiting-Robertsdale Split Thomas Hammond, a Democrat, served as mayor of Hammond from 1888 to 1893, and also represented the area in Congress from 1893 to 1895. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1582232685876-LDE2KFL1CVXZ6R6P3K3U/Whiting-Robertsdale+Split+-+U.G.+Swartz+.bmp.jpg Whiting-Robertsdale Split Ulysses G. Swartz founded the Whiting Democrat and later the Whiting Sun, two of the city’s earliest newspapers. He also served as the city’s postmaster for four years, and had a 41-year career at Standard Oil, retiring as the refinery’s superintendent of transportation. In 1923, he wrote a six-part history of Whiting’s early days, which appeared in the Stanolind Record, the company’s employee magazine. It is one of the best accounts we have of Whiting’s earliest years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1582234960737-W31YWS1ZOO4I3ZHDXWYS/Whiting-Robertsdale+Split+-+Rheem.jpg Whiting-Robertsdale Split William S. Rheem supervised the construction of Standard Oil’s Whiting refinery in 1889. In 1895 he became Whiting’s first political leader, elected to head the town board. But he achieved widespread fame when he was named president of Standard Oil of California. Two of his sons founded Rheem Manufacturing, still a leader in the production of water heaters, boilers, and heating and air conditioning systems. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1582235478907-JU52NEC5FLNBCYEFZP3D/Whiting-Robertsdale+Split+-+Edgar+D.+Crumpacker+-+photo.jpg Whiting-Robertsdale Split Edgar Crumpacker served eight terms in Congress, representing Northwest Indiana until 1912. His son was elected to one term in Congress from Oregon, and a cousin represented Indiana in Congress in the 1950s. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/crime-and-punishment-in-whitings-earliest-days daily 0.75 2020-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1582561471876-MOX1P3TP3RRDXHH1QVDG/train2.jpg Crime and Punishment in Whiting's Earliest Days Many a person was fined for cutting off an impending streetcar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1582562163834-M2D6P2PHO78MC8ISCVZJ/Thoroughbred+Bend+Or.jpg Crime and Punishment in Whiting's Earliest Days The speed of your horse could lead you being fined by the courts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1582564914865-P8JUPJ83FG7PSHSAI86O/Mattern%27s+Drug+Store.jpg Crime and Punishment in Whiting's Earliest Days It was here in front of Mattern's Drug Store that speed demon Murray Flautt lost his saddle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1582562801462-4BMVOHZ3O4BCERTYQVGH/119th+1918.jpg Crime and Punishment in Whiting's Earliest Days https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1582562930876-ION6GKSOB8YXFR9A5JP0/whiting+police+sargeant2.jpg Crime and Punishment in Whiting's Earliest Days An early Whiting police sargeant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1582563095555-OXO33K1GCQ54LU7CYLIE/TJosephSullivan.jpg Crime and Punishment in Whiting's Earliest Days T. 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Nelson Service Plaque on the Corner of Superior Avenue and 121st Street https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1583954465463-WVYAP074SV0GZCDZUKL4/image-asset.jpeg Robertsdale World War II Service Plaques Service Plaque Listing Soldiers from the 1600 Blocks of Myrtle and Atchison Avenues https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1583954750657-5Y2HTHG1C6VPJFL83W4V/5a.jpg Robertsdale World War II Service Plaques Honor Roll located at the Southeast corner of Kelly Place and 121st Street https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1583954866074-DGJ3M7ZXTP1MAF4AREJ9/1a.jpg Robertsdale World War II Service Plaques https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1583954899865-AACJOKTUK9K91SXQSRA0/9a.jpg Robertsdale World War II Service Plaques https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/standard-oils-whiting-refinery-100-years-ago daily 0.75 2020-03-31 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The banana rack at the Strack & Van Til grocery in Whiting-Robertsdale was quickly emptied by buyers. The demand for bananas seemed to stabilize in the weeks that followed, but nearly a month later it is still difficult to find toilet paper, due to consumer panic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1586710996657-2JIN4C7J7Z03MJQ0I3U1/2020-03-046+-+Coronavirus+-+Post+Office+Precautions+-+Whiting%2C+Indiana.jpg Coronavirus Some adjustments were made in the lobby of the Whiting Post Office to protect workers and customers. The “x’s” on the ground indicate where customers should stand when transacting business at the window. A plastic sheet covers the upper part of the window, to help prevent the virus from passing between the customer and the clerk. A stack of boxes serve as the table on which the credit card readers sit. They would normally sit on the counter. Many stores, during the pandemic, are only accepting credit cards, due to the fear that the virus could be transmitted via coins and paper bills. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1586711355945-8F57UBX67PBE3IUSXBO8/2020-04-017+-+Coronavirus+-+Wal-Mart+Lines+-+Hammond%2C+Indiana.jpg Coronavirus The line to get into the Wal-Mart in Robertsdale is long at the start of the day, but it appears even longer, wrapping around the corner and down the street, because people in it are practicing proper social distancing. The advice is to remain at least six feet apart. You may also be able to see that many of the customers are wearing face masks as they wait in line, protecting themselves and others from the airborne transmission of the virus. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/whiting-post-office daily 0.75 2020-04-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1586954243469-PK8Y5XHCFXEKH1GMYZEK/postoffice3.jpg Whiting Post Office https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1586954268408-FKRIB98YJ1BU30BXYXID/henryschrage.jpg Whiting Post Office Henry Schrage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1586954322318-R3AGZBISGM5FID8Z45V9/post+office.jpg Whiting Post Office Whiting’s first official post office https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1586954389627-T05RWGG0XHZ7T9CIGUXB/postoffice4.jpg Whiting Post Office https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1586954487783-J3MVUTJCIBOVQ64NEAR6/post+office2.jpg 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1587575582495-Z53PC0N6GF5NPK8JOITG/image-asset.jpeg Clubs and Organizations - Part Two Bicycle riders setting off for a Sunday ride https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1587575888216-DGAN34DI601EYTT0SW26/image-asset.jpeg Clubs and Organizations - Part Two Frankowski's Hall was home to meetings of the First Hungarian Brotherhood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1587576323463-SHRDAO8EQP1UJWXABVWW/Mattern.jpg Clubs and Organizations - Part Two Henry Mattern in his drugstore at 504 New York Avenue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1587576379562-9PW1IJACP8CDACTVE0WN/The+Pleasure+Club+brought+pleasure+to+the+Whiting+community.jpg Clubs and Organizations - Part Two The Pleasure Club brought pleasure to the Whiting community https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1587576557564-OL1ZKMATSD0XX2RXXJJ3/Fourth+Ward+Progressive+Club+met+at+West+Park+School+seen+here+in+background.jpg Clubs and Organizations - Part Two Fourth Ward Progressive Club met at West Park School seen here in background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1587575724738-JE078D8F3YHQRGBV3SPV/image-asset.jpeg Clubs and Organizations - Part Two She was a member of the Magazine Club and the Old Settlers Club https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/129th-street daily 0.75 2020-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1588784994522-URE9XGGJJXBVKJXYCJV5/129th+Street+4.BMP.jpg 129th Street In the late 1950s, this sign stood near 129th and White Oak, warning motorists about the dangers of traveling on 129th Street. “Protect your life and the lives of others,” the sign ominously warned. This is a 1959 photo from the Hammond Times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1588785428130-IWE9XG8TFVV7OJ1FMBNE/129th+Street+6.BMP.jpg 129th Street The 41 Outdoor Theater was located on the northwest corner of 129th and Calumet Avenue. This is an ad from late 1960. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1588786417830-0NCVS6GAET32BVV2KA06/129th+Street+9.BMP.jpg 129th Street Despite the fact that the road was a mile-plus of potholes, 129th Street was frequently used. Motorists were lured to it because they didn’t want to travel the extra miles, and extra time, it took to get to 121st Street, the closest street that could get them between Calumet Avenue and Indianapolis Boulevard, the major north-south routes in Whiting-Robertsdale. This photo from the Hammond Times was taken in 1966. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1588787248959-X0ZO9K4X2GKKBXBOUSTL/129th+Street+10.bmp.jpg 129th Street Turning lanes are commonplace these days, but in 1941 they were an innovative traffic control idea. The first in Whiting-Robertsdale was installed that year at 129th and Indianapolis Boulevard to help relieve the huge traffic mess at that intersection. Also new was the left turn traffic signal. This Hammond Times photo looks south on Indianapolis Boulevard to the intersection of 129th Street. The houses on the right were in the Stiglitz Park neighborhood of Whiting, which were destroyed by the massive 1955 explosion at the Standard Oil refinery, just across the street from these homes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1588787665130-DCV5B4FFQ9FBGH9UXZUN/129th+Street+3.BMP.jpg 129th Street Because traffic was so bad at 129th Street and Indianapolis Boulevard, people looked for shortcuts. Larry Little of Schererville tried to cut through Standard Oil property near that intersection. It was a bad idea. His car got stuck in a sea of tar. This Hammond Times photo is from 1949. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1588788257019-NECQ50RQFPF2QLETT12A/129th+Street+1.BMP.jpg 129th Street In 1954, representatives of five major property owners on 129th Street agreed to grant a right-of-way to the city of Hammond so that 129th Street could be improved. They are, from left to right: Alex Manta, Hammond 41 Outdoor Theater; Bud Bairstow, H. Bairstow Company; J.J. Haines, the Shedd family estate; Hammond Mayor Vernon Anderson; Dean Mitchell, NIPSCO; and Arthur Endres, Standard Oil Company. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1588789102975-9WOT7KDO3CX7X8C1S3JA/129th+Street+-+11.bmp.jpg 129th Street Late in 1953, the plan was to extend 129th Street into Illinois and create a super-industrial highway that would put the Ford Assembly plant and the Lake Calumet Harbor on the Illinois side, on the same road as the oil refineries and steel mills of Whiting and East Chicago. In Illinois, the super-highway would connect to what is now the Bishop Ford Freeway at 130th Street. The 1950s and 60s was a time of grand road plans, and the 129th Street project was a piece of that plan. The Indiana Toll Road is also on this map. Its eventual route at Wolf Lake changed, but the road was built. Other parts of the plan also became reality, such as the road which is now known as the Borman Expressway, and the Cline Avenue extension into East Chicago. But the 129th Street project never materialized. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1588790062994-9O6N4R0H0BQEQFT7G6WX/129th+Street+7.BMP.jpg 129th Street The “same old axel-buster,” is how 129th Street was described in the caption of this 1974 photo in The Times. If the road’s condition changed at all in the 1950s, 1960s, and the first half of the 1970s, it changed for the worse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1588790550234-VYN21GAR87M3FUD02IRW/2019-03-033+-+BP+Tank+Farm+-+129th+Street+-+Hammond%2C+Indiana.jpg 129th Street A view from the Lost Marsh golf course of 129th Street today, a paved four-lane road with storage tanks from the BP Refinery across the street . https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/whiting-park-a-look-back daily 0.75 2020-05-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1589552924703-L7BZKQJSFRYPBLBFKLB1/wparksign.jpg Whiting Park a Look Back https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1589552983902-AYIG58CQRYI95C5WY7D2/A+-+Park+Site+1909+Frank+Long+Councilman.jpg Whiting Park a Look Back Councilman Frank Long on the Whiting Beach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1589553105721-I5YL2A1IFODAU9L6FXKK/2+gentleman+in+park.jpg Whiting Park a Look Back Enjoyable time in the new park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1589553420280-3W0A0J1HEMSBT2S2SAS1/C+-+Bath+house+1919.jpg Whiting Park a Look Back https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1589553427462-18LNV73CBWATOZRLOTHJ/bath+house+odlivak.jpg Whiting Park a Look Back https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1589553448472-5RURNRNFG1QBQEOYU3K6/pier+w+slides+1920.jpg Whiting Park a Look Back https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1589553466981-BG7EZBXCR21E7CAM3IZH/w+park+west+pier+1929.jpg Whiting Park a Look Back https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1589553482049-KOVF2909BPEWFA4M4RHB/bathing+beach.jpg Whiting Park a Look Back https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1589553861269-2Y275CR7630HX2YMU4U9/Bathing%2BBeach%2BPostcard.tif.jpg Whiting Park a Look Back https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1589553680682-BORFTQ2EFQCR9RFZK1PC/w+park+road.jpg Whiting Park a Look Back Whiting Park Sunset by Al Odlivak https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1589554012813-51XDQB0FW9M7W56DX289/Whiting+Park+Dance+Pavilion_1910.jpg Whiting Park a Look Back The Old Band & Dance Pavilion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1589554077032-VAXKL80OECRR1NG75PEE/gun+cluv.jpg Whiting Park a Look Back Whiting Gun Club Building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1589554157812-UWLZ6C4ANG8CSZ1RORTF/K+-+WP+Little+Stone+Houses+-+Bridge.jpg Whiting Park a Look Back https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1589554166166-YOWM4VYNHV3UO362ZIT9/stone+houses.jpg Whiting Park a Look Back https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1589554211309-KW9CCL6YCFDPPWMRTIZ9/Fairy+House+Whiting+Park.jpg Whiting Park a Look Back https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1589554254567-EC4LS5WBBZN76NKS8R01/M+-+Whiting+Park+New+Stone+Lighthouse.jpg Whiting Park a Look Back New lighthouse near Gazebo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1589554379922-Q2US7RUHOEA8HC2VD4MQ/N+-+New+Stone+House.jpg Whiting Park a Look Back New stone house - 2015 https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/obermiller-william daily 0.75 2020-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590165576149-0RYGVI65RSPW1QRNEP2K/judgeobermiller.jpg Obermiller, William https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590165638302-5P0H0EEQX8DUU9E3593Y/Beach+cleanup.jpg Obermiller, William https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590165688491-Q1UIN8JONUS4TLA98HYE/image-asset.jpeg Obermiller, William https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590165785133-DMU96VUUGXFE6WVKX3ZR/Beach%2Bcleanup2.jpg Obermiller, William https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590165823799-U2W35N64LX4NSXODZX4N/image-asset.jpeg Obermiller, William https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590166599436-GDB7KKXEPBQLQ87UIX58/ob.jpg Obermiller, William https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590166078767-2BYFY7QPH90VKPRJ6JGL/judgeobermiller4.jpg Obermiller, William https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/the-fourth daily 0.75 2020-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590857240147-GP1WSCOGENA4DDMIMKHX/John+5-1-18+031a.gif The Fourth Whiting’s Fourth of July parade was the subject of this drawing by artist Mitch Markovitz. Although the parade of 1919 is called the city’s first Fourth of July parade, the city had earlier celebrations of the holiday which included less organized parades. In its earliest days, Whiting people often traveled to LaPorte for the area’s biggest Independence Day celebration. In 1897, for instance, an estimated 1,500 people traveled from Whiting to LaPorte on the 4th of July. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591369360726-77M65R5YU84PIOQ1UYJX/The+Fourth+-+2010.7524.bmp.jpg The Fourth In 1979, the organizing committee for the Fourth of July parade claimed that Whiting had been unofficially labeled as the ‘Parade Capitol of Indiana.’ The year before, according to the parade committee, over 150,000 people viewed the parade. Whiting’s population at the time was around 6,000. If you add in the population of Robertsdale, the size of the crowd for the parade was about ten times larger than the total population of the Whiting-Robertsdale community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591207460779-VZEFL5C2SJ2CYQYGQCSW/The+Fourth+-+2010.1796.bmp.jpg The Fourth In the late 1800s and early 1900s, LaPorte was the place to go for an enjoyable Fourth of July celebration in Northwest Indiana. Starting in the 1920s, Whiting became one of the top destinations. Schools, organizations, and businesses from other cities in the area joined the parade, while residents of their communities helped to line the street with spectators. This float from 1959 was from the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company, one of East Chicago’s largest employers. (photo by Vrabel Studio) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591472013465-DR5HDNAOUR91YJ8TH7M9/The+Fourth+-+1987+-+The+Calumet+Day+-+Joe+Swisher.bmp.jpg The Fourth Whiting’s Fourth of July has always been a time for old friends and family to get together, and that includes high school classmates from years ago. The Whiting High School class of 1942, not only got together for their 45th reunion in 1987, but some of them also marched in the parade. (photo by Joe Swisher, The Calumet Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591369326645-292WH5XJ6AW9DDFJUT0C/The+Fourth+-+2010.5329.bmp.jpg The Fourth In 1985, the Whiting-Robertsdale Historical Society invited its members to reminisce about past Fourth of July celebrations. Many of them talked about how the holiday brought friends and family together. “Meeting old friends and maybe making new friends,” said Pat Fett, “seeing that special person you had been wanting to meet for so long and casually becoming acquainted. Cross-town friendships thrived.” Ann Habzansky Keightley had similar memories: “Everyone came home on the Fourth. Mom made a pot of halupki, potato salad, and cakes. The flag flew proudly.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591366792783-MIRMM76N2RF30MHBI5I7/Whiting+4th+of+July+Parade+1.jpg The Fourth Whether it’s waving a flag, taking a photo, or watching what may be your first parade with your mother explaining it all to you, the parade usually has something of interest to all generations. This is from the 2015 parade. (photo by John Hmurovic) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590958207626-Y8PPUV8MO6C4QFJ23ZYJ/The+Fourth+-+2010.907.bmp.jpg The Fourth Whiting became fiercely patriotic during World War One. Its large foreign-born population strongly backed the war, as did its native-born residents. When the war ended, the patriotism did not die down. It was in that environment that Whiting’s American Legion Post 80 organized a large Independence Day celebration in 1919 with the parade as the centerpiece. The Post 80 marching band was a part of many early parades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590794654718-TFOBS1BJI6FT2K4JOJJS/The+Fourth+-+1924.bmp.jpg The Fourth “In 1919 and thereafter, the lads of Post 80 of the American Legion (veterans of World War One) marched proudly, in their khaki uniforms with the high-buttoned collars and roll puttees. Swinging along, all in step (or almost all in step) were such stalwarts as Cap McNeil, Leo Mulva, Chet Schlatter, Arnold Exton-Porter, Mel Abraham, Montie Markert, Charlie Perel, Scotty McNeill, Herb Brown, John Sharp, Ernest Hein, Frank Lauer, Bill Gilman, Paul Mihalso, Jim McCarthy and Don Spurrier.” - - -Austin Boyle, June 1985. This photo is from 1924. (donated by Lou Kovach) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591369255496-U7OPGJF97VDU1AUJIEFD/The+Fourth+-+2010.475.bmp.jpg The Fourth The American Legion made sure that those who lost their lives in war were remembered, and the parades always included tributes to those who died for their country, as in this float from the 1930s. In the years between the two world wars, “In Flanders Fields” was the most recognized poem in America. It was written by Canadian John McCrae to remember those who died in World War One, and refers to the battle at Flanders, which is in present day Belgium. This float by the American Legion, uses the familiarity of that poem to pay tribute to the Whiting men who died in that war. “Take up our quarrel with the foe: - - To you from falling hands we throw - - The torch; be yours to hold it high - - If ye break faith with us who die - - We shall not sleep, though poppies grow - - in Flanders fields.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590786268633-HNH2TKBFFZL6RZUNNBZE/image-asset.jpeg The Fourth For decades, a huge American flag has been carried in the Whiting parade to raise money for local organizations, as it was in this photo, believed to be from the 1930s. The large flag has been a favorite of parade-goers, or at least most parade-goers. Edward Kory of Griffith, though, registered a complaint about it after the 1959 parade: “A certain club carried a flag, a huge flag of our country, down the street so people could throw money on it.” Kory complained that the weight of the coins caused the flag to touch the ground. “What disrespect we have for the flag of our country! I would think any club would have more respect for our flag. Or are they money happy? If they are, why not have monkeys with tin cups?” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590525260374-E1DMTPIKW31OVZ2O12SL/John+1-2-18+026a.png The Fourth The early Whiting parades were after the First World War, but in 1942, for the first time, a parade was held while a war was underway. Once again, Whiting residents responded with patriotic fervor. This float featured a large “V,” for “Victory,” a nationwide symbol during the Second World War. Even the photo processing company included a frame around the photo which featured the “V,” as well as other war time symbols. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590789016869-74M3STLAKR7QRTHXE2ZM/The+Fourth+-+2010.15.bmp.jpg The Fourth As the Second World War waged on, Whiting residents were reminded of ways to help. This photo, encouraging residents to buy bonds to help finance the war, was probably taken in 1942. By 1943, the parade was limited to marching groups in order to conform to national gasoline and rubber conservation guidelines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591129208219-T8LASMSXJ8ZUH8ZXOWNX/The+Fourth+-+2010.4932.bmp.jpg The Fourth Whiting’s Fourth of July parade has almost always been a morning event, but one of the exceptions to that was during World War Two. The war time parades began at 1 P.M. They also took a different route than parades in more recent years. The 1944 parade, for instance, started at Clark Street and Indianapolis Boulevard, north to Roberts Avenue and 117th Street. They turned south at Central and then east on 119th Street. From there, the route took the parade participants to Front Street and Whiting Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590691228803-LZWDO60PL7YNPCPQ19DJ/The+Fourth+-+2010.10.1.bmp.jpg The Fourth This photo shows the Fourth of July parade going down 117th Street. The location of this photo is just west of Central Avenue. The house on the northwest corner of that intersection was owned by Dr. Robert Humphreys, the chief chemist for the Standard Oil Company. He can be seen in this photo, standing on the porch of his house with his wife, watching the parade go past. (photo from George Johnson Estate) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591369182860-RRDCU8R1JAMNFSAITJQQ/The+Fourth+-+2010.13.1.bmp.jpg The Fourth Just like the years which followed World War One, the parades which followed World War Two honored those who served and those who died in the war. “In the 1945 parade, Marines rode a float depicting the famous flag raising on Iwo Jima,” wrote Austin Boyle in the Whiting-Robertsdale Historical Society newsletter in June 1985. “Mayor Jim McNamara and other city officials took them to lunch after the parade at Phil Smidt’s.” Iwo Jima is a small island in the South Pacific where the Marines fought a battle against Japan in World War Two. It became famous because of a Pulitzer Prize photo taken by Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press of six Marines planting the flag on the island’s highest piece of land. After the war, that image was used for a statue in Arlington, Virginia, which serves as a monument to all U.S. Marines who have lost their lives in defense of the United States. First National Bank sponsored the float in the Whiting parade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590691677124-LPUJUTSRO4TTLL79MM5M/The+Fourth+-+2010.26.bmp.jpg The Fourth Veterans of every war have always been a part of the Fourth of July parade in Whiting, such as these men who served during the Korean War. This photo is from the early 2000s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591129123344-4BSPYU4Q78FIIOGEH4LD/The+Fourth+-+2010.546a.bmp.jpg The Fourth Those who died in wars continue to be honored in the Whiting Fourth of July parade, as seen in this photo from the mid-2000s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591283748641-X6KL0ZNB1D33US36882G/The+Fourth+-+2010.894.bmp.jpg The Fourth Active duty military have also played a role in many Whiting Fourth of July parades, whether it’s jets doing a fly over, or groups like these sailors, who marched in the 1989 parade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590854969388-TVJQCWVFWDCOJ96O87HI/John+3-21-18+035.bmp.jpg The Fourth Twenty-one uniformed men silenced a crowd of one thousand people when they stopped in front of the reviewing stand during the 1979 parade. They were the United States Air Force Drill Team, and according to Rich Wheetley of The Calumet Day, their “complex shifts and alignments of a flight formation and precise execution of the Manual-of-Arms made the USAF Drill Team the stunning attraction in the parade.” (photo by The Calumet Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590958238633-PR0RQUBNCS8SR8YDJGTT/The+Fourth+-+2010.913.bmp.jpg The Fourth Ex-Marine Jack Duffy marches down 119th Street in the 1924 parade. Besides the Hoosier Theater, some of the businesses in the background include Glenn Shoes, next door to the theater. Another shoe store, Sam Kaplan Shoes, is on the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590537378514-BDO275PZMPR6TEQ75E8U/2018-07-011+-+4th+of+July+Parade+Reserved+Seating+-+Whiting%2C+Indiana+.jpg The Fourth Before the parade begins, sometimes many hours before the parade begins, some parade-goers reserve their seats along the curbs by putting out their lawn chairs. Staking a claim in this manner, has become as traditional a part of the Fourth of July in Whiting as fireworks, cookouts and the red, white and blue. This photo was taken at 7 A.M. on the day of the parade in 2018, at the corner of 119th Street and Oliver. (photo by John Hmurovic) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591471904065-7GI610A1RSKNQU1C53UI/The+Fourth+-+1980+-+The+Times.bmp.jpg The Fourth From a distance, the sound of the police and fire sirens signal that the parade is approaching. Until then, you wait, and stare down the street for the first glimpse, as these parade-goers did in 1980. (photo from The Times) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591472105947-R4BV3TD41WQR1ZPDUJGC/The+Fourth+-+1989+-+Tom+Holoubek+-+Calumet+Day.bmp.jpg The Fourth Lined up on Indianapolis Boulevard in 1989, ready for the parade to start so they could wave their flags, are Dean Bolz, 4; Jessica Bolz, 5; Joy Rios, 2; and Katie Rios, 4. The number of flags in the parade was actually a controversy for a couple of years in the late 1970s. “There was no flag in evidence to lead the parade,” complained American Legion Post 80 Commander Charles Greskovich after the 1977 parade. The American Legion had responsibility for the parade until 1971, when the Chamber of Commerce took over. The Legion took its complaints about the flag to the Whiting City Council in 1977. The Council responded by making the very politically wise move of supporting more flags at future parades. (photo by Tom Holoubek, The Calumet Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591471943757-PK9EB5DOTKEHGPIBZD4C/The+Fourth+-+1981+-+The+Times.bmp.jpg The Fourth Any outdoor event runs the risk of bad weather. In early July, in Northwest Indiana, the bad weather is usually heat and humidity. But, sometimes it rains, as it did in 1981. Not everyone minded. There were plenty of puddles for those who enjoy splashing in them. (photo by The Times) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591471859192-Y2514XTCQ7D8KKM0ZWSU/The+Fourth+-+1977+-+The+Calumet+Day.bmp.jpg The Fourth It was so hot in early July 1977, that everyone cranked up their air conditioning. That caused a spike in electrical consumption, and a plea to the local steel mills by NIPSCO, asking them to temporarily cut back on their electrical consumption. It was in the mid-to-upper 90s on the Fourth of July. About 40 parade-goers were treated for heat exhaustion. Fortunately, large ducks apparently adapt well to the heat. (photo by The Calumet Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591129050081-LBEJSF01H4TRQHZKAY6P/The+Fourth+-+2010.421.bmp.jpg The Fourth Whiting Police Officer Paul Mihalso is looking in the same direction as the large crowd behind him, waiting for the parade to arrive, at the intersection of 119th Street and New York Avenue in 1941. Considering the size of the crowds, Whiting has had relatively few incidents during its Fourth of July festivities. “With 18 special policemen and every regular man on duty throughout the day,” the Whiting News reported in 1926, “little disorder was seen in the city during the Fourth of July celebration. About a dozen arrests, however, for drunkenness, disorderly conduct, speeding and reckless driving were recorded.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591129081584-JYK3TAWCC64CNQG1HPIA/The+Fourth+-+2010.545.bmp.jpg The Fourth With their sirens wailing, fire trucks are often the first sign for most spectators that the beginning of the parade is approaching. Firefighter Gus Danielides waves to the crowd in this photo from the early 2000s. While the sirens get everyone’s attention, not everyone loves them. Someone from Hammond named V. Jones, wrote to The Times in 1973 with his/her complaints about the parade. “I thought the time of starting the parade was too long…Then all the fire, police, ambulance units, and Civil Defense units for the next half-hour with blaring sirens was too much.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591285812668-4AA8P1X98CK2VWW3EELX/2018-07-016a+-+4th+of+July+Parade+-+Whiting%2C+Indiana.jpg The Fourth Politics is a part of America, and certainly a part of Northwest Indiana. So it’s fitting that it’s also a part of the Fourth of July celebration in Whiting. Area Congressman Pete Visclosky marched with his supporters in the 2018 parade. He is to the right in this photo, wearing a long-sleeved blue shirt, walking just in front of the “Pete Visclosky U.S. Congress” banner. (photo by John Hmurovic) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591207359948-T4G0H4IBN3MYMLWX5O7H/The+Fourth+-+2010.890.bmp.jpg The Fourth Local political leaders are often at the front of the parade. In Whiting’s Centennial year of 1989, Mayor Robert Bercik and his wife, Jackie, rode in a horse-drawn carriage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591283811550-ORH2Q7E8MOY5GQ5BFRWI/The+Fourth+-+2010.3283.bmp.jpg The Fourth Political leaders, parade dignitaries, and the parade planning committee are among those seated on the judging platform. Parade chairman Lambert Novak is seated left of center, wearing sunglasses, and local Congressman Ray Madden is to the far right in this photo from the early 1970s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590786340026-K9YWOJ15IZPBRDI6VM5E/The+Fourth+-+2010.7144.bmp.jpg The Fourth The judges’ viewing platform has long been located on the north side of 119th Street, in front of Whiting City Hall. But for a time, as this photo from the 1950s shows, it was located on the opposite side of the street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591472053301-UW2VKMAQD8WGWYXTK3NA/The+Fourth+-+1988+-+The+Times+-+Gregory+Johnson.bmp.jpg The Fourth Among the dignitaries at the Fourth of July parade is the grand marshal. The grand marshal for the 1988 parade was Bozo the Clown. “The World’s Greatest Clown.” Bozo was a familiar character to children who watched him on WGN-TV in Chicago from 1960 to 2001. (photo by Gregory Johnson, The Times) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590957997007-A7OZ2CBS1YA3CI80RGIQ/The+Fourth+-+2010.443.bmp.jpg The Fourth The grand marshal in 2006, was Mary Skavara of Whiting. She was that year’s recipient of the Carl Binhammer Award for Community Service. Among her many contributions to the city was her involvement in helping to establish the Whiting-Robertsdale Historical Society museum on 119th Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591207430216-Z8BFQUP2T293AGIHD8L4/The+Fourth+-+2010.906.bmp.jpg The Fourth Every parade needs marching bands, such as this one from the late 1930s. But in 1938, the Whiting parade had a band controversy that resulted in fewer bands than had been planned. The musicians union believed that its members should get paid to play in the Fourth of July parade. The parade committee which organized the event in 1938, felt otherwise, and was labeled by the union as a group that was “unfair to organized labor.” The union did not join the parade, and the Clark High School band also did not perform. The Clark band was told not to take part by the Hammond School Board, which declared itself in sympathy with the union. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590787945028-TU4WAOO41M10JOWNGYIK/PICT0003.JPG The Fourth The George Rogers Clark High School Marching Pioneers in the 1982 parade. From an earlier time, Gay Gehrke Liesse said she remembers marching with the Clark band. “It was a rare heat wave when Curly Snider let us parade without our heavy wool uniform jackets.” (photo by Susan Hmurovic) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590787019331-2BAC9SN0J8PLKM684213/The+Fourth+-+2010.845.bmp.jpg The Fourth A large marching band is in almost perfect step as they pass the judges’ stand in a parade around 1970. As an example of how big a role bands have played in the Whiting parade, in 1983, twelve of them participated. They were from: Whiting High School; Musicians Guild; Lake Central High School; Grimmer Middle School; Lowell High School; St. Casimir School; Clark High School; Washington High School; Wirt High School; Edison Middle School; Roosevelt High School; St. John the Baptist School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591369144857-L1E4ZBD3SCU5OSYGVAOY/The+Fourth+-+2010.6.bmp.jpg The Fourth Over the years, some bands have come from outside Northwest Indiana to perform in Whiting. This is a band composed of Chinese-Americans from Chicago who marched in the 1934 parade. Those are trolley tracks on 119th Street, from the days when trolley cars operated on Whiting streets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591369285405-VYZAPF9RTGQDS6M5OW8I/The+Fourth+-+2010.554.bmp.jpg The Fourth While they may not be the largest, local bands probably have the most fans in the crowd of spectators. Among those at the top of that list is the Whiting High School band, shown here from the early-to-mid 2000s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591283668958-2CR9YBCZEX3BS46NQGGG/The+Fourth+-+2010.37.bmp.jpg The Fourth Another local band is from St. John the Baptist School, also from around the year 2000. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590958297691-V70PCDDQOGZUQ1XBH0R7/The+Fourth+-+2010.1562.bmp.jpg The Fourth Drum majorettes are the band members who probably come under the closest individual scrutiny from the crowd. Will the baton that they hurled high in the sky land in their hand when it comes down, or will it fall to the ground? More often than not, the drum majorettes made the catch. This drum majorette marched in the 1939 parade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590857673118-58FJY3OJVHLGXR6KJZWW/John+7-4-18+019.bmp.jpg The Fourth It’s possible that the late 1950s and early 1960s were the high point in the number of baton twirlers in the Fourth of July parade. Thee of them in the 1964 parade were Lorraine Serafin, Laura Parker, and Laurie Dvorchak. (photo from the Hammond Times) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590958037762-AM6ETFOG66JW3J4URBDN/The+Fourth+-+2010.446.bmp.jpg The Fourth Over the years, some parade participants have become crowd favorites simply because they are different, or hard to miss. Bagpipers fit both of those categories. These marched in the 2006 parade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590958066732-WW4I353KO90F5OP9DBYL/The+Fourth+-+2010.556.bmp.jpg The Fourth Another crowd favorite are the Shriners, a fraternal organization committed to community service. They are known for the children’s hospitals they fund. They raise awareness of their efforts by driving their miniature cars in parades, while many of their drivers wear the traditional Shriners’ fez on top of their heads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590958100841-I8GPNURIEGJ22D0DMQKA/The+Fourth+-+2010.559.bmp.jpg The Fourth Jesse White was a top athlete in college who went on to become a long-time public servant in Chicago and the Illinois Secretary of State. One of the many projects he developed to help inner-city kids was the Jesse White Tumblers. Team members, as young as the age of six, pledge to stay away from gangs, drugs, alcohol, and stay in school, where they have to meet certain academic levels. Once those conditions are met, they learn to be acrobats. They give 1,500 performances a year, and have been a crowd favorite in the Whiting Fourth of July parade for many years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591471816865-TT065OT4ENXCPTVV6TQ5/The+Fourth+-+1970+-+Times+Grafic.bmp.jpg The Fourth The Lake County Sheriff’s Posse were an impressive sight in Whiting parades, including this group of sheriff’s deputies and their horses, who took part in the 1970 parade. The men wore brown and tan uniforms with yellow patches and neckerchiefs, as well as a tan western-style hat. They also carried their rifles on their saddles, in the true western fashion. (photo from the Times-Grafic) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590692458625-14LZ8B83YEV7G610J8U4/The+Fourth+-+2010.5682-1.bmp.jpg The Fourth The Spirit of ‘76 was celebrated by these three young men, who marched in the 1922 parade, and then posed for this photo in Whiting Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590691932501-H960CJ68NWHUZQTX3RON/The+Fourth+-+2010.3789.3789.bmp.jpg The Fourth For car lovers, there’s usually plenty to love in the Fourth of July parade. Schlatter Motor Sales showed off one of its convertible cars in the parade in the early 1950s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591804496942-AFCZMJNLL6APXECMS45U/The+Fourth+-+2010.1799.bmp.jpg The Fourth Today, it’s classic car. But in 1959, it was just a station wagon pulling a float past the corner of Indianapolis Boulevard and 119th Street in Whiting’s Fourth of July parade. (photo by Vrabel Studio) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591471776427-V7BZGFJ2O4MLPM8MJ2DV/The+Fourth+-+1920+-+Times-Grafic+-+Mrs.+Bert+Kerner.bmp.jpg The Fourth Automobiles were a part of the Fourth of July parade from the start. This was an entry in the 1920 parade, the second in Whiting’s 100 year string of Independence Day parades. It was the entry from H. Gordon and Sons, one of Whiting’s leading retail stores. (photo from Mrs. Bert Kerner) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590855509661-3CCCVXV4UPODDGM330YO/John+4-3-18+005a.png The Fourth Flowers and other coverings adorn many of the cars that serve as floats in the parade. For the 1985 parade, Whiting High School’s cheerleaders decorated this VW bug. The marching band followed close behind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590691735614-U5QBDP2RGW1JXKWDRQGB/The+Fourth+-+2010.857.bmp.jpg The Fourth In the early days of the parade, especially in the less organized parades that took place before 1919, horses played a significant role. We don’t know the year this photo was taken, but besides the people and flags on the parade float, this group is carrying a sign for the White Eagle Bakery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591283914437-GKKA3Z7NBPY9DMUKGN3S/The+Fourth+-+2010.4951.bmp.jpg The Fourth Waiting for the parade to start allowed these participants to pose for photos at the corner of Indianapolis Boulevard and Euclid Avenue in the 1920s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590859603255-IPXG0G6Z8G4HGBGZW2W3/PICT0010.JPG The Fourth Though less numerous than cars, bikes are another popular means of transportation for those in the parade. This bike from the Haluska Oil Company is from the 1954. (photo by Bob Faising) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590693321140-Y8G49P83G08FFX7E196T/2019-07-015+-+Oscar+Mayer+Wienermobile+-+Fourth+of+July+Parade+-+Whiting%2C+Indiana.jpg The Fourth Besides cars, horses, bicycles, and trucks, the parade has had its share of unusual vehicles. The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile, a favorite of several generations, was one of those. The 27-foot-long hot dog made its way down Indianapolis Boulevard in the 2019 parade. (photo by John Hmurovic) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590794016271-26RBK6LVUMHN1F6UBLEX/The+Fourth+-+July+4%2C+1920.bmp.jpg The Fourth City trolley cars regularly operated on the tracks that ran down the center of 119th Street, but in this 1920 photo a trolley car was a part of the Fourth of July parade. This photo was just west of the intersection of 119th and New York Avenue, in front of the First National Bank building. “By 1936, the glamour of the street car was gone. We were even irritated by the road space the tracks took, and many of us remember the sorry condition of the track road bed…” - - - Merwyn L. Mullins, December 1984. (photo donated by Lou Kovach) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590958142718-GJ4E6SDXUZE75HT62TXE/The+Fourth+-+2010.824.bmp.jpg The Fourth A spectator steps out onto the street to get a better photo of an approaching float in the 1942 parade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590787332503-DU00JT6V4QN65XICHM1X/The+Fourth+-+2010.433.bmp.jpg The Fourth The first floats were decorated river barges, thus the name “float.” They date back to the Middle Ages, when they were primarily used in religious processions. The modern versions are usually on truck beds, such as this one which carried the Whiting High School cheerleaders in a parade in the early-to-mid 2000s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590691838011-38MKNUVNYPAL19853A2C/The+Fourth+-+2010.2203.bmp.jpg The Fourth McNamara Brothers and their Berghoff Beer parade float, probably from the 1930s, after the end of Prohibition. Berghoff was the first beer brewed and served in the Chicago area after Prohibition was repealed in 1933. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590958378618-8J4G51WPWGROD3N43S2B/The+Fourth+-+2010.6175.bmp.jpg The Fourth A good number of Fourth of July floats come from the retail business community, such as this float from Brown’s, a women’s clothing store, in the 1949 parade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591207231915-INR48VR683EOWLWMQW5N/The+Fourth+-+2010.34.bmp.jpg The Fourth Whiting’s Dairy Queen had a giant dish of ice cream on top of their vehicle as they rode down the parade route in the 2000s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591369396531-HVJ0TPK31J1QNQPWASZX/The+Fourth+-+2010.7581.bmp.jpg The Fourth Chrislove, located at the corner of 119th and New York Avenue for many years, sold Precious Moments figurines. In this float from 1989, much larger versions of those figurines were on display. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591382923176-BVI4P3F5TNE7U682DAUY/The+Fourth+-+2010.480.bmp.jpg The Fourth Bercik Service Station was located at the corner of 119th and Indianapolis Boulevard. In this photo, its entry in the 1955 parade passes the corner of Indianapolis and Roberts Avenue, where Jansen’s Michigan Fruit Market was located. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591283725265-4TT4A4A4XK42EWGYY4AW/The+Fourth+-+2010.884.bmp.jpg The Fourth With the possible exception of Halloween, no holiday provides a bigger stash of candy for children than the Fourth of July parade. In this 1989 photo, Karen Krull tosses out a handful to parade-going-kids, courtesy of the Whiting Refinery Federal Credit Union float. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591803807498-DLH1X22HPGMW0C4AWS41/The+Fourth+-+Bank+of+Whiting+Float+-+2010.7144.jpg The Fourth Floats can be simple, or they can be portable works of art. A good deal of work must have gone into the Bank of Whiting’s entry in the 1960 parade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591129026063-VOXUQQVI5PV7FUG7PVWV/The+Fourth+-+2010.32.bmp.jpg The Fourth Whiting’s biggest employer has always been a part of the city’s biggest parade. One of Standard Oil’s fire trucks was decorated with red crowns, the name of its most familiar brand of gasoline at the time of the 1938 parade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591803843123-ZTHVHKWEUKTDO0LX109X/The+Fourth+-+SOCO+Band+-+2010-920-1.jpg The Fourth The Standard Oil Band was a part of the 1924 Fourth of July parade in Whiting. The band would usually perform in the parade, and then put on another performance at Whiting Park later in the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591129156146-4USAOFIQXXWWT6VVSQOY/The+Fourth+-+2010.886.bmp.jpg The Fourth It was 1889 when Standard Oil built its refinery in Whiting. Up until then, Whiting was not much more than a stop on the rail line to and from Chicago. Standard’s arrival turned Whiting into a boom town for much of the early 20th century. Because of the importance of the refinery’s place in the city, the year of its arrival is considered the year of Whiting’s birth. In the 1989 parade, Amoco, then the owner of the refinery, honored the 100th anniversary with its float in the Fourth of July parade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591207391671-V7K4GVTRV3198NAE0MIH/The+Fourth+-+2010.847.bmp.jpg The Fourth Civic and fraternal organizations are a major part of each parade. This is the Knights of Columbus float in 1959. (photo by Vrabel Studio) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591285438980-JES3FNDRFVVD10ZZQZK8/2019-07-011+-+Bonnie+Midkiff+-+Historical+Society+Float+-+Fourth+of+July+Parade+-+Whiting%2C+Indiana.jpg The Fourth Whiting-Robertsdale Historical Society volunteer Bonnie Midkiff stands in front of the Historical Society float in 2019 parade. The float celebrated clothing fashions in the community over the decades, including the traditional clothing that early Whiting residents from Slovakia brought with them from the old country. (photo by John Hmurovic) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591207502037-OZN76O02YYLGG2KZBA07/The+Fourth+-+2010.1795.bmp.jpg The Fourth These Cub Scouts stand near the corner of 119th Street and Indianapolis Boulevard in 1959. In 1994, Ray Burch remembered a much earlier time when he was in the Scouts: “I joined Boy Scout Troop 2 in 1924, and for several years I marched with the Troop…I believe we had a full enrollment of 32 boys, plus leaders. The Troop had a food stand in the park, and after the parade we all found our way there…” (photo by Vrabel Studio). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591283779089-SHR6RMTLVMUO8G99EOGY/The+Fourth+-+2010.932.bmp.jpg The Fourth A group of Camp Fire Girls are dressed as Native Americans in this parade entry in the 1910s. In a later parade, Gay Gehrke Liesse said she remembered riding on the Camp Fire Girls’ float, and suffering the consequences. “I wore my cousin’s strapless white formal and got one of the worst sunburns of my life.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591283879797-4ZSLNN2HTK1Z3QGNJ9YY/The+Fourth+-+2010.4940+-+Miss+Whiting.bmp.jpg The Fourth The Hoosier Theater sponsored a Miss Whiting contest in 1935. Shortly after taking part in the parade that year, one of the 14 contestants was chosen for the title. The winner was Marie Mantonovich, with Julia Dobrowsky finishing a close second. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591283852424-2M5A7QBBX1NOARRCB6IZ/The+Fourth+-+2010.4584.bmp.jpg The Fourth Joining the 2002 Fourth of July parade were some of the big stars of Whiting’s other major parade. The Pierogi Fest parade is in late July, and includes appearances by the Mr. Pierogi, seen here on the left, and the Pierogettes, seated in the center of this float. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591129182057-MAIGZTH55XG95G14CE23/The+Fourth+-+2010.1236.bmp.jpg The Fourth This photo of the Sacred Heart School float is believed to be from around 1955. “I remember when all the churches in town took part in the parade every year. All competed for the first prize - - as the largest group, best dressed, most school children, mothers and fathers. Those were great parades to watch.” - - Marge Skundrich, June 1985. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591283696035-U4VQ13XO81FY4VHICSD9/The+Fourth+-+2010.881.bmp.jpg The Fourth This parade entry from St. Paul Lutheran Church is believed to be from the 1980s. While churches were generally strong supporters of the holiday festivities, there were some issues in the details. In 1976, the parade’s start time was moved from its usual morning time to a 1 P.M. start. The Fourth of July was on a Sunday that year, and most church services are held in the morning. “I commend those in charge who have shown consideration for the churches of the area,” wrote Robert Allen, minister of the First Church of Christ. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591803770168-EQC3ZM4NQAVP6BXFLW0I/The+Fourth+-+IC+Float.jpg The Fourth For their entry in one of the parades of the 1970s, Immaculate Conception parish recreated their grotto. Students on the float were dressed as priests and nuns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590958182123-5UDI6830S2O7T774VUK0/The+Fourth+-+2010.849.bmp.jpg The Fourth Theatre groups have often used the parade as a chance to promote upcoming performances. This float from the Marian Theatre Guild is probably from the 1970s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591383266070-SO4F0C2QO62G8WDM6MDR/PICT0006.JPG The Fourth The theatre group from Clark High School promoted its performances of “Godspell” in the 1982 Whiting Fourth of July parade. (photo by Susan Hmurovic) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591382953112-BUWC8D897T4C791DA0I4/The+Fourth+-+2010.4940+turks.bmp.jpg The Fourth Some of the most enthusiastic participants in Whiting’s Fourth of July parades have been members of the city’s many ethnic groups. Whiting once had a strong Turkish community. Their entry in the 1935 parade shows them proudly carrying the Turkish flag on their float, as well as the flag of the United States, their adopted home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590692971658-982H2ECUQK0D7CHWC9Y2/The+Fourth+-+2010.2366+-+1.png The Fourth The First Catholic Slovak Ladies Union Girls Drill Team march at the corner of 119th and Indianapolis Boulevard, probably in the 1930s or 1940s. “I remember back in the 1930s seeing the July 4th parade that very large group of teenage girls, all in fancy costumes, marching in interesting formations and figures. It was extremely impressive. I am told that this group of girls was sponsored by the Catholic Slovak Ladies Union. Over the years I have remembered a few of the girls - - who are now grandmothers.” - - - M.L. Mullins, June 1985. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590861726556-TFZJ3ODVN7RCBO4EU7ZC/PICT0039.JPG The Fourth During the Cold War years of the 1950s, the message delivered by the Polish American Congress was probably effective in reaching the many Polish-Americans who lived in Whiting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591285841780-OG6JRHOF4RIN49FKXVIP/2018-07-026+-+Naturalization+Ceremony+-+Wolf+Lake+Pavilion+-+Hammond%2C+Indiana+.jpg The Fourth Maybe the best Fourth of July tradition is one of the newest. In recent years, people who came to America from many different lands have gathered in Wolf Lake Park to be sworn in as new citizens of the United States. It serves as a reminder of the national motto of “E Pluribus Unum,” or “Out of many, One.” Whiting-Robertsdale has always had multiple ethnic groups, coming together to form one community. The tradition continues. This photo is from 2018. (photo by John Hmurovic) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591129254559-XYTGDAZVQO3IUE255RHG/The+Fourth+-+2010.4940.bmp.jpg The Fourth One thing that makes photos of the Fourth of July parade interesting to look at, is getting to see how 119th Street has changed over the years. This photo is from around 1935, and it shows the buildings which lined the north side of 119th Street just west of Front Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590525744680-HA4K32DDSWQ3XHVLHPDT/John+3-13-18+005a.png The Fourth The Bank of Whiting float in 1955 celebrates their “60 solid years of service,” as it passes by the 1300 block of 119th Street. The American Trust Insurance office is now in the building that was occupied by Mojay’s Coffee Shop in 1955. The people under the awning at Mojay’s were trying to get some shade from the oppressive heat. 1955 was one of the hottest years on record in Whiting, and on the Fourth of July it was in the mid-90s with high humidity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590958337030-G3YK0VW2SB44L7VUB4K6/The+Fourth+-+2010.2200.bmp.jpg The Fourth A band marches by Miner Dunn Hamburgers, which was located in the building which houses the Comfort Roast coffee shop today. The Hoosier Radio Shop is next door, operated by Vic & Mary Orr. Burrito Stop is the current occupant of that building. This photo is from the 1930s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590524375632-DBJPSDKBSD4GLZ0YCOGV/John+1-2-18+014.tif.jpg The Fourth 119th Street was crowded with spectators as this marching band passed the Hoosier Theater in 1940. Look closely at the Hoosier marquee, by the American flag. A few spectators are standing on top of the marquee to get a good view of the parade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591129379631-25XU90KVZJO5O6A55122/The+Fourth+-+2010.5338.bmp.jpg The Fourth This photo from 1949, shows what the area of 119th Street and Schrage Avenue looked like. This is the south side of 119th. The three-story building in the background is the Standard Hotel. It sat on the southwest corner of 119th and Schrage, where the Vietnam memorial now sits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591369213363-7F50F8LGXZBQXPQV9YA7/The+Fourth+-+2010.460.jpg The Fourth A band marches past Venetian Grill, Liberty Lunch, and Whiting Hardware, which are located just past White Oak Avenue in the 1600-block of 119th Street in the 1942 parade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591471980685-H7P9V9C7K7DOBNREEFQR/The+Fourth+-+1983+Ad.bmp.jpg The Fourth There were 154 entries in the 1983 parade, and the celebration continued at the carnival held on the shores of Lake Michigan in Whiting Park. For many Whiting residents, the carnival was the highlight of the Fourth of July. “My earliest remembrance of the Fourth of July celebration dates back to the 1920s,” wrote Clair Vater in 1985. “We lived on Sheridan Avenue, and on the morning of the Fourth my mother was busy preparing potato salad, baking a ham, making lemonade, and about 11 A.M. we all walked to Whiting Park. My dad pulled me in a wagon, with the food, and once in the park we would find a table, and then the fun would begin.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591207566525-EFZUTLQMLELMB1JMK449/The+Fourth+-+2010.5682.bmp.jpg The Fourth The games were the fun part of the carnival for many Whiting residents who competed, and those who watched. Athletic events, such as the high jump in this 1922 photo, headed the list. There were boxing and wrestling matches, baseball and softball games, tennis matches, swimming competitions, gymnastic exhibitions by the Slovak Sokols, as well as numerous foot races of all kinds, involving things like eggs, shoes, sacks and blindfolds, for the younger age groups. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590530129663-ZKQ7UAZAE8U4EZI0K1PF/Captain+Von+Fendrick+-+1938b.png The Fourth The carnivals often featured special attractions, such as air shows and water shows. In 1927, three men wrestled a bear, and there was Topsy and Topsy, a clown, dog, and monkey act. In 1938, the special attraction was Captain Von Fendrick, billed as Germany’s flying ace. After taking part in the parade, the Captain gave two performances at Whiting Park. There, at 4:30 P.M., and again at 6:30 P.M., he loaded himself into this canon, and was shot into the air. The “Human Meteor” flew 200 feet before crashing into a net set up at the baseball field in the park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590692034342-DQU2TG7CGK4Y3AJTS3DR/The+Fourth+-+2010.5269.bmp.jpg The Fourth Festival planners made an attempt to provide some kind of activity for everyone. A line of young women and girls took part in a tug-of-war in 1949, against a group of boys and men. The girls won. Thanks to Judy Jancosek Kauchak, who donated this photo to the Historical Society, we know who some of the competitors were. She wrote the names on their skirts. They include Judy Jancosek, Bernice Jancosek, Janice Grayson, and Pat Pustek. The event was held on the baseball field that was at the east end of Whiting Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590692576863-4LY94EYHGC6P8X7219T2/The+Fourth+-+2010.5682-2.bmp.jpg The Fourth Music was also a major part of the carnival at the park. There were singers, dancers, and even Spanish Troubadours roaming the grounds. There was a huge variety of musical entertainment. As Gayle Faulkner Kosalko wrote in 2009, “What one finds most impressive and unusual in a celebration where catching a pig is part of the day’s events, is that the city actually hired Mrs. Lydia Wolter Van Gilder of the Boston Grand Opera Company to perform.” But for many years, one of the most popular musical acts was the Standard Oil Band. “The day in Whiting Park was exhilarating and exhausting,” wrote Austin Boyle in 1985, remembering earlier days. “You had to get there early for a picnic table. The beach was jammed with sunbathers and swimmers. Kids ran up and down the hills. There was dancing in the pavilion, to such tunes as ‘Margie,’ ‘Toot, Toot, Tootsie, Goodbye.’ There were carnival games, boxing bouts, and baseball games. And the Standard Oil Band, under the direction of Morgan Eastman.” In this 1922 photo, the Standard Oil band performs in the area where the old tennis courts are now located. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591128996297-TFGBK0TQRV25YVEYH4AW/The+Fourth+-+2010.9.1.bmp.jpg The Fourth Booths were set up in Whiting Park to offer items for sale, or to give people a chance to win a stuffed doll, or other prizes, at games of skill and chance. “All the booths,” wrote Gertrude Brown Sandrick in June 1985, “were run by local organizations and churches, and you knew or recognized almost everyone in the park.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590859673081-UW9T4E3DIZWRT9LX21FB/PICT0011.JPG The Fourth Besides providing enough space for the events, rides, and other amusements, Whiting Park provided a scenic location on Lake Michigan for the Fourth of July Carnival. This photo is from 1954. (photo by Bob Faising) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591383038823-MAIUT8I7DOUK3JUVJK0V/The+Fourth+-+2010.7758.bmp.jpg The Fourth It cost nothing to go to the parade, and much of the fun at the park was also free, but the Fourth of July festival at Whiting Park did bring in some revenue to help finance Whiting’s Fourth of July festivities. Rides, such as the Ferris wheel in this 1950 photo, provided one source of cash. There were also ongoing events throughout the year to bring in money. In 1925, for instance, a series of dances brought in a good amount of revenue. The dances often included some top Chicago musicians, such as the Charles Pierce Orchestra in 1925. According to one jazz expert, Pierce’s recording of China Boy is perfect at “capturing the tight, almost shuffling groove characteristic of the Chicago style of jazz'“ that was popular in the 1920s. (photo by the Times-Grafic) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591369428096-ZCOLKGF2Q2RQI76WJ1WY/The+Fourth+-+2010.7831+-+tilt.7831.bmp.jpg The Fourth The tilt-a-whirl has been around since 1926, and although it’s not known when it first came to Whiting’s Fourth of July Festival, it has been a favorite for several generations. This photo is from 1954. Preparing for the festival, the parade and the fireworks is a massive job, one which involves many people. Even close to a hundred years ago, the American Legion recruited numerous people to help with the planning. In 1929, for instance, there were nine committees, with anywhere from three to fourteen members. They were: Executive, Parade, Athletic, Safety, Decorating, Finance, Entertainment, Fireworks, and Publicity and Programs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591283967453-JFZFH6XYH1S1P595K9U4/The+Fourth+-+2010.7663.bmp.jpg The Fourth The crowd was always large at the Whiting Park festival, as in this 1939 photo, especially in the years before other entertainment drew people away. But even back then, some people were content to stay home and enjoy the excitement of fireworks. Fran Donham Van Winkle remembers growing up in those years. “My brothers and I would be up early that morning waiting impatiently for my Dad to get up and take us to the fireworks stand. We were each allowed a small amount of money to pick out the fireworks of our choice. My father might then supplement our choices with a few Roman Candles or Vesuvius Fountains…We would then rush home so we could shoot off some of the firecrackers while waiting for the parade to start.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1591471740305-EU973B8QHQE9SCQDARDV/4thOfJuly.jpg The Fourth Large firework displays are nothing new to Whiting’s Fourth of July celebrations. In 1927, for instance, the fireworks display lasted for about an hour. “An American flag and Niagara Falls pyrotechnic set pieces were displayed,” a newspaper account said, “and rockets, roman candles, and colored lights were displayed. The display closed with a ‘Good Night’ set piece.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1590787479759-1NB7GSKXAM4S2P4L0AU0/2019-07-020+-+Fireworks+-+Wolf+Lake+-+Hammond%2C+Indiana.jpg The Fourth In recent years, fans of Fourth of July fireworks have enjoyed a double treat. Whiting has its fireworks display one day, and the next day there is another one just down the road in Robertsdale, on the shores of Wolf Lake. This is a photo from that show in 2019. 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Shipwrecks Among the machines in the boiler shop were these 32-foot bending rolls that the Emergency Fleet Corporation put to good use. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1593718015466-4H0NBY210DZYS7PP2W2N/WWI+Machine+Shop+Photo+03.jpg Shops, Submarines and Shipwrecks A view of the machine shop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1593718038483-X2B3B13GH0P9QD4PK8WE/WWI+Machine+Shop+Photo+01.jpg Shops, Submarines and Shipwrecks This view of the machine shop shows part of its overhead monorail system. It handled castings from storage space outside the building to all the machines inside, and from the machines to the erecting floor where all the machined parts were put together, then shipped. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1593719008872-RDOVYET2S0YCL5VF4AMV/Eastland+01.JPG Shops, Submarines and Shipwrecks The Great Lakes excursion boat, S.S. Eastland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1593718693452-1KGSN6JOU3VG5XT0LMM1/Eastland%2B02.jpg Shops, Submarines and Shipwrecks The capsized S.S. Eastland in the Chicago River, 1915. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1593719385958-15IA60VMROBFMX2WXJEL/1920s+Wilmette+Gunboat+02.jpg Shops, Submarines and Shipwrecks The U.S.S Wilmette, formerly the Eastland, as a Navy gunboat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1593720135276-YJR6OE39677T267W04Q7/1921+Jul_Wilmette+Sinks+U-Boat+Small.JPG Shops, Submarines and Shipwrecks This newspaper photo’s caption reads, in part, “The first shot at an enemy craft in 117 years on the Great Lakes was fired on Lake Michigan near Chicago when the destroyer Wilmette turned her guns on the German submarine UC-97.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1593720294531-JFNCMWOQDM3JU7HKBLLI/UC-97.jpg Shops, Submarines and Shipwrecks The German submarine UC-97 on its way to Chicago. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/fleming-park-accident daily 0.75 2020-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1594491938825-U7GDN7N48Z2I32OFH4EU/Fleming+Park+Accident+-+7.BMP.jpg Fleming Park Accident A variety of Standard Oil products from the late 1890s or early 1900s are on display aboard this wagon, including Standard Oil Pure Spirits of Turpentine, Standard Oil Stove Gasoline, and Standard Oil Renown Engine Oil. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1594492095508-CVTLZO6U3PH9JDFVXFFC/Fleming+Park+Accident+-+8.BMP.jpg Fleming Park Accident Ads for Standard Oil’s Eureka Harness Oil ran in such publications as the Farmers Almanac in the early 1900s, when horses still greatly outnumbered automobiles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1594574143437-SYZG9BW21A302CGQKAGF/Fleming+Park+Accident+-+6.jpg Fleming Park Accident A common sight in the 1880s on the tracks which passed through Whiting, were these tank cars carrying oil from Standard Oil’s fields in Lima, Ohio, to the company’s storage facility at 100th Street in Chicago. Standard Oil created Consolidated Tank Lines in 1878 to ship oil from Lima to its western markets in the years before the Whiting refinery was built. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1594575045920-1VI9U4EMSDQW6TH9WCKE/Fleming+Park+Accident+-+5.jpg Fleming Park Accident In this early 20th century postcard of the Whiting refinery, there are sand embankments built around the storage tanks to prevent spills from spreading. The storage tanks at Standard’s 100th Street facility did not have embankments, even though building them around tanks was a common Standard Oil practice at the time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1594574721429-646FAQDT1IIV0IOLNK31/Fleming+Park+Accident+-+1.BMP.jpg Fleming Park Accident This sketch of Whiting in the early days of the Standard Oil Refinery shows what storage tanks of the 1880s looked like, and probably what the ones on 100th Street in Chicago looked like. This sketch also shows the barren sand terrain of Whiting at the time, and shows how close the refinery was built to the waters of Lake Michigan, seen in the top right corner of this sketch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1594575736915-DDIM9UREGACJ33CH4FPT/Lima-refinery-sweetening-stills.jpg Fleming Park Accident This old photo of the sweetening still at Standard Oil’s refinery in Lima, Ohio, appeared in a 2011 article in the Toledo Blade, celebrating the 125th year of oil production in northeastern Ohio. Lima and Whiting had a close connection in the 1880s. Standard’s refinery there was the westernmost Standard Oil facility before the Whiting refinery was built in 1889. The oil that was first processed by the new Whiting refinery came from the oil fields around Lima, and was known as Lima crude oil. In its article, the Blade gives a brief history of the oil industry in that part of Ohio: “Lima paper mill owner Ben Faurot was first to drill for oil after hearing of discoveries of natural gas in Findlay. His strike in 1885 attracted the attention of John D. Rockefeller, co-founder of Standard Oil Co. Mr. Rockefeller soon bought or leased much of the Lima oil field. Between the time of Mr. Faurot's strike and 1900, the Lima oil field was the leading producer of oil in the world, producing 190 million barrels. In 1886, Mr. Rockefeller's company began building what he named the Solar Refinery in Lima. Its main product in those early years was kerosene, which was replacing whale oil as a reliable fuel for lamps.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1594576680700-026IG605VWZAGCKR6CWD/Berry+Lake+-+Colonel+Lamereaux%2C+Fred+Weller%2C+William+Curtis+-+abt+1890s.BMP.jpg Fleming Park Accident One of the many reasons Whiting appealed to Standard Oil as a site for its refinery was the abundance of undeveloped land. Standard not only purchased all the available land to handle the refinery’s expected growth, but it created land where there was none. Berry Lake once existed on what is now the eastern side of the refinery, in the area of Marktown in East Chicago. Before the company filled it in, the lake was a popular leisure spot for its employees. 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Alex Lakotisch took the city title to West Park School for the first time, winning a trip to his choice of either an American or National League baseball game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1597075634527-9J5TY92FPJFTHAUQQLVB/1933+World%27s+Fair+Poster.jpg Mass Shooting in Whiting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1597009168035-H7FNOFDNXL8MAYMQ6XV3/Babe+Ruth+Baseball+Reduced.jpg Mass Shooting in Whiting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1597009547495-65AVLW9LD0FQM49FJ3V2/Joe+Ihnat+Trophy+01+Reduced.jpg Mass Shooting in Whiting Loving cup awarded to Joe “Steiny” Ihnat, 1937 Lake County marbles champion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1597011011593-HMY7EDO04FWVU19EEZ6U/Marble+Assortment_Agates.jpg Mass Shooting in Whiting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1597011186360-85G1HH3RC3IKM9EOAYML/Old+Clay+Marbles.jpg Mass Shooting in Whiting Clay marbles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1597011625602-ZQUA679RTOLMT4PJK1B0/Marble+Assortment_Cat%27s+Eyes.jpg Mass Shooting in Whiting https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/ron-plewniak daily 0.75 2020-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1597945630082-LHRD01CJS84NYJ51MQJB/57+-+Ron+Plewniak.jpg Ron Plewniak Ron Plewniak was born in 1947, and was just eight-years-old when he lost his leg in the Standard Oil Refinery explosion of 1955. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1597946113176-SYJRKKG6B8TCC0G6UKQE/39+-+fire+-+52.jpg Ron Plewniak The power of the explosion and the damage caused by falling debris destroyed numerous homes in Stieglitz Park, a neighborhood just across the street from the refinery. The Haluska family, for instance, lived just 500 feet from the explosion. “We thought it was the end of the world,” Ann Haluska said. Her husband was already gone to work, and she was home with five children. “The house shook violently. Plaster fell, and I could hear the sound of breaking glass as the house rocked.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1597947784309-4D8GJXPSA7KUTM5W5SI6/55+-+Plewniak.jpg Ron Plewniak Frank and Joan Plewniak with Ron, their first child. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1597948044412-C060TAUV209L15DV41KS/63+-+Ricky+Plewniak.jpg Ron Plewniak Ricky Plewniak, celebrating his third birthday on June 5, 1955. Less than three months later, while sleeping in his bed, he would be killed by an explosion at the nearby Standard Oil Refinery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1597948947310-VPTD9MSJOFAB890DGRY8/2-26.jpg Ron Plewniak Helicopter pilot Peter Cranford of Chicago piloted a helicopter chartered by the Chicago Tribune so the newspaper could get photos of the refinery fire. He estimated that the flames were leaping 1,100 feet into the sky, and said the heat was “terrific.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1597949596463-3MIWXWO1U6CB8X2Z1LY7/fire+-+60.jpg Ron Plewniak The bedroom where Ron and Ricky Plewniak slept was destroyed by a pipe, a piece of the hydroformer that exploded at the nearby refinery. The pipe is in at the right center in this photo. Neighbors who rushed over to help, stuffed debris into the end of the pipe in their attempt to create a jack to lift it. In the center, and left center, are the mattresses from the two beds where the boys slept. Notice the “God Bless This Home” framed picture that hung on the wall of their room, located in the upper left corner in this picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1597950828183-U03K5LWYUVS6WIS1WW8I/54+-+Plewniak+Family.BMP-001.jpg Ron Plewniak The Plewniak family during the Christmas season of 1954. Joan is on the left, Frank on the right. Ron is in front of his mother and Ricky is by his dad, holding a stuffed animal in his hand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1597951285095-D2EHBR2KCGQVYLMKHZA5/Plewniak+Cousins+-+1956.jpg Ron Plewniak Ron Plewniak’s cousins played a major role in helping him readjust after the accident that changed his life, simply by being his friends and playmates. From left to right are Jim Hajduk, Ron, Jerry Hajduk, Deb Dickey, and Claudia Dickey in this 1956 photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1597951687774-PP10GXCETQYBY5YNV1SY/Ron+Plewniak+-+Christmas+1955.jpg Ron Plewniak This photo of Ron Plewniak appeared in the Hammond Times just four months after he lost his leg in the refinery explosion, and not long after his release from the hospital. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1597952656567-RH94HA7D8CQF7JE6WY2E/Plewniak+-+WHS.jpg Ron Plewniak Ron Plewniak was physically unable to play competitive sports in high school, but he remained active by being the team manager in football and swimming. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1597953152721-S1EVIJMB490BAP1JAD93/Debbie+%26+Ron+Plewniak+-+1970.jpg Ron Plewniak Debbie Kosior and Ron Plewniak married in 1970. Ron was finishing his senior year at Purdue University at the time of the wedding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1597953363473-549F3MKZO5VVR7GV7IML/One+Minute+After+Sunrise.bmp.jpg Ron Plewniak The 1955 explosion and fire at the Standard Oil Refinery in Whiting remains as the most spectacular industrial accident in the plant’s history of more than 120 years. The whole story is told in One Minute After Sunrise. The Whiting-Robertsdale Historical Society created the book and a video about the incident. 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Rockefeller, Sr. (seated) with son https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1600888749881-EKE2IBI6V77F8QJNR3MN/Mar_8_1925_NY+Times+Stewart+Missing.jpg “Battle of the Century” In Whiting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1600889206960-0WUKIJECGORU9I4HDIT8/Colonel+Robert+W+Stewart+resized.jpg “Battle of the Century” In Whiting Standard’s CEO, Robert W. 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It is on Indianapolis Boulevard, just to the north of 119th Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1602623750195-AUKOAZVM0FQ54UVNWGPB/hornec2.jpg Hornecker George Hornecker was only 33 years old when he started to manufacture motorcycles, but he was already a successful businessman in Whiting. He was a tall, slender man, with dark hair and blue eyes, and a very active member of the community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1602623979652-LKO9UAUWWOQBZI5Q50FL/Hornecker+-+Rambler+Ad+-+1906.jpg Hornecker The Hornecker Motor Manufacturing Company was the place Whiting residents went if they wanted to buy a Rambler in 1906. It was also a garage to fix cars. But the main business of the Hornecker Company was to build Torpedo motorcycles. This ad appeared in the Lake County Times in June 1906. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1602705768564-6DJU7JOIIP6E81BUVHOM/Hornecker+-+1909+-+Indianapolis.png Hornecker The first races to ever run on the track of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway were motorcycle races. It was in 1909, during a week full of racing. The races on the Speedway track were second to an endurance run that week. That race was between 103 competitors, riding 19 different makes of bicycles from Cleveland to Indianapolis in the days when the only roads were made for horse travel. At the time, it was called “The most notable motorcycle contest ever held in the United States.” The Torpedo was one of the contestants. Many bikes dropped out along the way, but the Torpedo completed the race in 14th position. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1602625179652-OZ6DRWJ90H9919R2EM6Q/Hornecker+-+Examiner+Cup.jpg Hornecker The Examiners Cup was on display in a downtown Whiting business window after the Torpedo won a motorcycle race in Chicago. The Hornecker Torpedo won numerous trophies. In 1908, it was one of twenty bikes entered into a strenuous 1,112 mile race, and the only bike to make it without any repairs or adjustments. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1602707089866-QC4T7CYC9DLVC3I2BTCH/Torpedo+-+Geneseo+Public+Library.jpg Hornecker A man displays his Hornecker Torpedo in Geneseo, Illinois, around 1909. After George Hornecker moved from Whiting, he set up his motorcycle manufacturing business in Geneseo. 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1607532171464-KP4F38L2SWTPD50HL5RO/1929+State+Line+Rotary+Car+Dumper.jpg The State Line Generating Station The rotary dumper overturns a gondola full of coal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1607532699562-H0WQACOY0LIQP96VWFW9/1929%2BBreaker%2BHouse%2Band%2BConveyor%2BHousing.jpg The State Line Generating Station The breaker house and conveyor housing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1607537708557-9NHD7X4FRC7Y9AK6AZ72/Digital+Crossroad+Render.jpg The State Line Generating Station Rendering of Digital Crossroad project https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/christmas-in-whiting-then-and-now daily 0.75 2020-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1608132769980-5DFJCAPKKIAZKS1D6OMP/12-December++xmas+Stanrd+Oil+-+Copy.JPG Christmas in Whiting Then and Now 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1608133528804-Q4NO929B5V2HX9OAHOGC/Elks+Snowman.JPG Christmas in Whiting Then and Now https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1608133557713-4VG9OC4L38F2RUGXQ6OU/Santa+with+Mask+2+2020.JPG Christmas in Whiting Then and Now https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/the-grand-arch-mural daily 0.75 2020-12-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1608749917253-304BSI2TJ8DP99YS11KT/the+arch+-+church+interior.jpg The Grand Arch Mural https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1608750252954-G2D1FVP3LOPCCSEQNVRN/the+arch+-+hoppes+service+station.jpg The Grand Arch Mural The steeple of St. John Church is probably the most recognized landmark in Whiting-Robertsdale due to its height. At 190 feet, it is the tallest building in the community. It sits in the background in this 1940s era photo of Hoppe’s Service Station, which was on the corner of Indianapolis Boulevard and Atchison Avenue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1608750547997-UAYC06HBROLIORZVCEX9/The+Arch+-+Scheuerle%27s+Tombstone.jpg The Grand Arch Mural Ludwig Scheuerle, the man who painted the grand arch mural in Whiting’s St. John the Baptist Church is buried in Bohemian National Cemetery in Chicago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1608751054678-X6VD1JK146T2E5ZDTG8K/The+Arch+-+Scheuerle+1920s+Landscape.jpg The Grand Arch Mural Scheuerle painted this landscape image in the 1920s, prior to his work at St. John Church in Whiting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1608756506975-AUWL9M1NUMOQ2E8VT1AC/The+Arch+-+The+Grand+Arch.jpg The Grand Arch Mural https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1608751514800-A43OBJEBP4ZSKEWLMEAY/The+Arch+7.jpg The Grand Arch Mural The Lamb of God is in the center of this image, located at the very top of the arch. To the right is Saint John the Baptist, to the left is Saint Andrew. Behind the Lamb of God is the Tree of Life, and below it is the Fount of Life. Its waters flow from the base of the tree down both sides of the arch, forming the lower edge of the entire mural. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1608751799402-GQCHIVK7DV7OPMBNXEJB/The+Arch+4.jpg The Grand Arch Mural Saint Methodius preaches to some of the Slovak faithful in this image. The man kneeling is supposed to be Monsignor Andrej Hlinka. While Methodius lived in the 9th century, Hlinka lived most of his life in the early 20th century. He was a strong advocate for the Catholic Church in Slovak politics. Methodius and his brother, Saint Cyril, brought Christianity to Slovakia. The presence of Hlinka in this painting is meant to show that, centuries later, the Catholic faith remains strong among the Slovak people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1608752775940-YRN0CJ0QHZYILO1JX1AJ/The+Arch+3.jpg The Grand Arch Mural Slovakia was a land without a strong central government when Saint Cyril, along with his brother Saint Methodius, brought the Christian faith to the Slovak people. But the area had many areas controlled by men who ruled from castles, such as the one in the background of this image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1608753273293-Q7IKF3HEZZK9FF1VAIJ9/The+Arch+2.jpg The Grand Arch Mural Saint Gaspar del Bufalo, founder of the Society of the Precious Blood, the community of priests who have served St. John Parish for over 90 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1608753346403-0XH1OWL12Y1MRFUR7U8Q/The+Arch+1.jpg The Grand Arch Mural Saint Cyril, in the gold robe on the right, preaches to the crowd, including the man standing facing him near the center of this image. He is Prince Pribina, the first Slovak leader who accepted the faith, and built the first Christian church in Slovakia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1608755618543-FXHZ77R3UXTE8CUDH9KZ/The+Arch+8.jpg The Grand Arch Mural Father Jacques Marquette is believed to have camped on the southern tip of Lake Michigan in 1675. Marquette Park in Gary is named for him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1608755775388-44L92GEUKNH9C4EILRXY/The+Arch+9.jpg The Grand Arch Mural Father Francis de Sales Brunner brought the Society of the Precious Blood to America, where their mission eventually included St. John Church in Whiting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1608755895166-YU4BU0X9X82PPDAGIL9F/The+Arch+10.jpg The Grand Arch Mural Father Stephen Furdek was a strong advocate for Slovak Americans, and devoted much of his life to making their lives in America better for themselves and their children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1608755949397-M80GC68FFDNPORGSFJHI/The+Arch+11.jpg The Grand Arch Mural Father Benedict Rajcany was a Whiting pioneer who led what became the city’s largest religious congregation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1608822880250-HP3F2LWBOGUMDJSMGOHR/the+arch+-+fr+rajcany+1914.jpg The Grand Arch Mural Father Benedict Rajcany is on the right in this photo of some of the 1914 graduates of St. John School. The boys in the photo are John Bodney, Mike Gerba, Andy Fedorko, John Kostolnik, George Kaminsky, Charles Osajan, Frank Semancik, and George Vargo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1608755355020-FBABF43YRUSL926AIYQ2/the+arch+-+1927+-+fr.jpg The Grand Arch Mural The first priest to be assigned to serve the parishioners of St. John the Baptist Church in Whiting were Father Benedict Rajcany, the man seated to the left of center in this photo. The second was Father John Kostik, seated to the right of center. Father Benedict, as he was known, was at St. John from its start in 1897. Father Kostik came to assist him in 1925. They are posed here with the eight grade graduating class of St. John School in 1927. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1608756034112-INF8F29DCVQZAK80JOJZ/the+arch+-+fcsla+junior+drill+team.jpg The Grand Arch Mural Whiting’s Slovak immigrants, for the most part, wanted their children to embrace their Slovak roots and Catholic faith. That is why, for many years, organizations like the First Catholic Slovak Ladies Association prospered in Whiting. One of the goals of the organization was to engage girls in activities, such as these in the Junior Order of the Slovak Girls’ Drill Team. The hope was, to get the girls involved and active when they were young so that as they became adults, the Slovak culture and Catholic faith would remain an important part of their lives. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/the-deadly-train-wreck-of-1893 daily 0.75 2021-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1610573815765-YXVO654EVPK3VWCX6AMV/1893+Sep+14+Milford+Mail.jpg The Deadly Train Wreck Of 1893 An artist’s conception fro the Milford, Indiana Mail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1610574415949-ARVL48374OY4FTUPLM5A/1893+Oct+20_Galena+Gazette_Another+RR+Horror.jpg The Deadly Train Wreck Of 1893 A column from the Galena, Illinois Gazette https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1610574830752-1Z7HISV7WRA4C89U8ZY8/WorldsFairMapDetail.jpg The Deadly Train Wreck Of 1893 This image was clipped from a newspaper-sized promotional circular published in 1889, as Congress debated which American city would host the 1893 World’s Fair. It boasted that, with thirty-seven railroads serving Chicago, no other city “can be found more convenient, more accessible, or more suitable in every way”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1610576712388-N03IK8U3OJX3KB5G72U7/Pitt_Cinci_Chi_StLouis_aka+Panhandle+RR_bond_1920.png The Deadly Train Wreck Of 1893 The PCC&SL, also known as The Panhandle Line https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1610577029320-U40U5YUEH68RJL4C5UF9/LS_MS+Exposition+Locomotive+Cropped.jpg The Deadly Train Wreck Of 1893 A typical steam locomotive and its tender of that era. This one was used in regular, daily service from New York to Chicago’s World’s Fair. It pulled the “Exposition Flyer”, operated by the Lakeshore, Michigan and Southern Railroad, an extension of the New York Central line, and was just one of many such trains passing through Hammond and Whiting in the summer of 1893. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1610577419466-8SFAWW7QLMOQ8D4E8P7H/1893+Sep+8+Rock+Isl+Daily+Argus_Train+Wreck+Headline.jpg The Deadly Train Wreck Of 1893 Headlines from the Rock Island, Illinois Daily Argus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1610577849252-G80YMIWOTE10A0TLR93D/1893+Sep+7+Logansport+Reporter+Headlines.jpg The Deadly Train Wreck Of 1893 Headlines in the Logansport Reporter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1610578079888-GN9OAAPL5AOKJ0V95OOW/1893+Sep+14+Ft+Wayne+Gazette-p-12+Headlines.jpg The Deadly Train Wreck Of 1893 Headlines in the Fort Wayne Gazette https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1610579071911-TPW4VXNUDTBAXZJYIL1W/Indiana+Building.JPG The Deadly Train Wreck Of 1893 The State of Indiana building on the Columbian Exposition fairgrounds, where Carthage, Indiana resident Chester Coffin, killed in the wreck, had been working. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1610578419974-WH47VHXHWEZSTU9LHA60/1893+Sep+8+Kokomo+Trib_Eyewitness+Account+Headlines.jpg The Deadly Train Wreck Of 1893 The Kokomo Tribune carried first person accounts from their Mayor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1610579438047-X6NZMQDQ16NXDKWOU1L8/2020+IN_IL+Stateline+Area+01+Annotated.jpg The Deadly Train Wreck Of 1893 https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/the-bialon-music-studio daily 0.75 2021-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1610726911108-8DCTMPEEEACDQXU1AIJ6/full+-+Copy+%285%29.jpeg The Bialon Music Studio Van and his two octave accordion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1610726934140-IDWE0PKP7JPUVLFR9PUI/full+-+Copy+%285%29.jpeg The Bialon Music Studio Stanley in his days of going door-to-door. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1610727048733-ZQLN06TU3H0NFVCI69ZU/full+-+Copy+%2810%29.jpeg The Bialon Music Studio Stanley and Theresa on their wedding day in East Chicago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1610727149167-UXA2RZN37PCG22X661R8/full+-+Copy+%289%29.jpeg The Bialon Music Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1610727194529-FZT1I1TXUWKGA31D1R2B/Baikon+School+of+Music.jpg The Bialon Music Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1610726842007-IZLP41O5T4ICJO28CSJP/full+-+Copy+%2813%29.jpeg The Bialon Music Studio Stanley Bialon 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1620501125482-ISSMSUOMD36JABXYF4EU/1870s+Chicago+Horsecar.jpg When We All Rode Streetcars An 1870s Chicago horsecar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1620501347710-GXWZ6J96AZTG5B1MSK5F/Steam+Dummy+Ad.JPG When We All Rode Streetcars https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1620501515574-Y3OIXA7UGQQUHUM5KAOB/1893+Cable+and+Horsecars+on+State+St.jpg When We All Rode Streetcars 1893 traffic in Chicago. Here cable cars run alongside a smaller, horse drawn streetcar, while other horses pull wagons and carriages, and pedestrians crowd the same streets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1620501773788-DJY319R6EHT8PCKQPLVW/1892+Hammonds+1st+Streetcar.jpg When We All Rode Streetcars Hammond’s first streetcar at Chicago’s Pullman shops, July, 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1620758605298-RA3LZ6XPT29KG1H3SLQI/1895+Streetcar+Map.jpg When We All Rode Streetcars - Make it stand out 1895 map of the northern portion of the HW&EC Streetcar Railway. The green highlights show the routes that connected the three cities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1620589177248-Y4LA5V3J16JBXGUTXDP4/HWEC+Ry+Barn_Sheffield+at+Gostlin_Old.jpg When We All Rode Streetcars Looking west on Gostlin at Sheffield in North Hammond, this undated photo shows the HW&EC office and car barn (mostly hidden behind the two-story office building) . The tracks that curve to the right lead to the car storage lot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1620589771355-H2R04LTHY170SK72V0UA/Car+Running+On+Sheffield.jpg When We All Rode Streetcars A streetcar runs down Sheffield Avenue in this undated photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1620591408369-EH7B6LMT3Y334W7MKXF2/Streetcar+Transfer+Ticket.jpg When We All Rode Streetcars https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1620591664832-381APA22FAJHFDJWCAGR/Early+1900s+Fare+to+Chicago.jpg When We All Rode Streetcars https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1620590799095-K5S248L2UEYP0K42DCUP/1896+Summer+Car+at+Pullman.JPG When We All Rode Streetcars An HW&EC Railway summer car at the Pullman shops in 1896. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1620592555478-STG78RDTP86LOPDX63KB/1908+May+26+Lake+Cty+Times+Bad+Tracks+Headline.jpg When We All Rode Streetcars https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1620590323692-7M9EF94R4OPU3F63JQR6/1908+May+26+Lake+Cty+Times+Bad+Tracks+Photo.jpg When We All Rode Streetcars https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1620591104462-867ISAMJ8G714MN4MU8X/1910+Brill+Motor+Omnibus+02.jpg When We All Rode Streetcars A 1910 Brill motorbus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1620691353356-CD4N625LBKL2TWUP7D2J/1896+Car+414+at+Pullman.jpg When We All Rode Streetcars - Make it stand out Car 414, one of eight built by the Pullman Company in 1896 for the HW&EC, was a single-truck, 28 foot long model, and was typical during HW&EC’s early years. Over the years, the HW&EC ran passenger cars ranging in length from 28 to 48 feet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1620691471982-FWK8GW8DX0FTEU8D0RNI/1910+Brill+Truck.jpg When We All Rode Streetcars - Make it stand out Trucks are the chassis that carry the wheel sets. On long or heavy streetcars, such as a sprinkler car filled with water, two such trucks were required. The J.G. Brill Company was the largest manufacturer of streetcars in the U.S. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1620691555073-8KFID699P2CCYP34847G/1910+Brill+Sprinkler.jpg When We All Rode Streetcars - Make it stand out Sprinkling cars like this 1910 J.G. Brill model would have held down dust and dirt along the tracks of the Hammond, Whiting and East Chicago Electric Railway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1620691704555-G4YINGNXQF0SU29L1AN1/Streetcar+and+Gasometer+on+Blvd.jpg When We All Rode Streetcars - Make it stand out In this photo are two species of dinosaurs that are now extinct in Whiting and Robertsdale: An electric streetcar headed from Whiting to East Chicago on The Boulevard, and in the background, a pair of gasometers. Are you old enough to remember gasometers? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1620691908408-8M290GEFVNZFG8M7DCIS/Streetcar+On+Schrage+Near+Stieber+at+IHB+Crossing.jpg When We All Rode Streetcars - Make it stand out This undated photo shows a streetcar on Schrage Avenue near Stieber Street. The crossing tracks in front of the car belonged to the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad. Whose grandmother might that be on the sidewalk? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1620692054184-FYTL1IX4JAL6N996WJBN/1935+On+Blvd_Lever+Bros+in+Bkgrd.jpg When We All Rode Streetcars - Make it stand out The Lever Brothers factory with its giant Rinso box is seen in the background of this undated photo taken on Indianapolis Boulevard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1620692137035-0HTLA0461LQ0LXXNLGLK/1940+Indpls+Blvd+at+Schrage.jpg When We All Rode Streetcars - Make it stand out This streetcar has just run through downtown Whiting on 119th Street from The Boulevard, and is about to make a right turn onto Schrage Avenue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1620692235121-1VE6JHM9QYZJT20T3SGG/Streetcar+on+Blvd+at+Calumet.jpg When We All Rode Streetcars - Make it stand out Circa 1940, a streetcar on Indianapolis Boulevard approaches Five Points. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1620745120164-WKG0GLE4O6CCG7UPH9CG/Chi+Surface+Line+Car+In+Hammond.jpg When We All Rode Streetcars - Make it stand out A Chicago Surface Line car (that’s their logo on the side, just below the windows) on an unidentified street in Hammond. Cars from a number of Chicago systems were common sights in Robertsdale and Whiting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1620747082603-F7JUG8LVEP8B62HESCX4/HWEC+Ry+Barn_Sheffield+at+Gostlin_Old_02.jpg When We All Rode Streetcars - Make it stand out This is the original, 1896 car barn and the 1910, two-story office building of the HW&EC Electric Railway, at the corner of Gostlin Street and Sheffield Avenue in North Hammond. It stood there until just recently. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1620745285644-ODYAO30YQSCRTCWJ1TS7/HWEC+Ry+Barn_Sheffied+at+Gostlin_2021.jpg When We All Rode Streetcars - Make it stand out Here is the office and car barn not long before they were demolished to make way for South Shore Line expansion, some eighty years after the streetcar line was put out of service. The facade of the barn changed over the years. It originally had tall doorways with rolling, wooden, barn-style doors. Also, the facade’s extension above the building’s roof line was removed. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/whitings-roman-catholic-churches daily 0.75 2021-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1620742019185-UVZQ1DOR983SU73L38TN/Original+Sacred+Heart+Church+and+Rectory.jpg Whiting's Roman Catholic Churches - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1620742090368-LVBHHPXABTBE5AJS3KSX/St.+Michael%27s+School+Boys.jpg Whiting's Roman Catholic Churches - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1620742171725-WR06FU7V7QOHKH2CWDIE/Sacred+Heart+School+Students.jpg Whiting's Roman Catholic Churches - Make it stand out Sacred Heart School Students https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1620742248920-V89O8CJGGL5FVRBQ8CTD/Sacred+Heart+Church+Interior+circa+1940.jpg Whiting's Roman Catholic Churches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1620742257963-MFWJXI8U4OUQJAZBT65O/Sacred+Heart+Church+circa+1927.jpg Whiting's Roman Catholic Churches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1620742641596-YBPG1SXO50PWGN9VZRBS/Sts.+Peter+and+Paul.jpg Whiting's Roman Catholic Churches - Make it stand out Sts. Peter & Paul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1620742685278-YGVNKPJ3E92ISKIQW2RD/doc01750820210511081434_001.jpg Whiting's Roman Catholic Churches - Make it stand out Sts. Peter & Paul Interior https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1620742722051-ZH9WUIJ73GQ46H1O4PFH/Sts.+Peter+and+Paul+BBQ+Lambs.jpg Whiting's Roman Catholic Churches - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1620742804076-D0AVVOCAXBMDNNMPSAJT/IC+Church-School.jpg Whiting's Roman Catholic Churches - Make it stand out Immaculate Conception Church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1620742847118-GLPQ8PE0HJB1HF493C6F/IC+Dedication+Program.jpg Whiting's Roman Catholic Churches - Make it stand out Immaculate Conception Dedication Program https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1620742892844-DYVT2TIQBO5PUG9E64RK/IC+Church+circa+1926.jpg Whiting's Roman Catholic Churches - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1620742957424-0FWW1XL2TFJ42XGJ7YZG/Rev.+John+J.+Lach.jpg Whiting's Roman Catholic Churches - Make it stand out Reverend John J. Lach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1620743021327-AILOC5PIO4MUXGRSB7UA/IC+1st+Group+Teaching+Nuns+circa+1926.jpg Whiting's Roman Catholic Churches - Make it stand out Immaculate Conception’s First Group of Teaching Nuns circa 1926 https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/visit-to-a-castle daily 0.75 2021-06-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1622730316798-TMLYLEN1PP48CFCB2T0I/White+Castle+Business+Card.jpg Visit to a Castle - Make it stand out This is the front side of a business card used by a White Castle executive, probably from the 1950s. The card itself is not in the customary rectangular shape of a business card. Instead, the edges on the top side of the card follow the turrets and roof of the building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1622730915554-H71BPY4WBVWKW235E45N/White+Castle+1.jpg Visit to a Castle - Make it stand out If you think about this promotional item produced in the early 2000s, you have to believe that White Castle’s marketing team has a sense of humor about their product. This is an air freshener to hang on the rearview mirror of your car. It has not been unwrapped from its package, which makes one wonder: Does the smell it creates in your car resemble the “perfume of grilled beef and onions?” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1622730715001-NDN9084RNQNN0Y09MHK0/20101477.jpg Visit to a Castle - Make it stand out On a late night at White Castle, probably in the early 1950s, customer Emil Matlon enjoys a cigarette in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other as he relaxes at the counter of the Whiting White Castle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1622731518215-VPHLTUP9F8RH5MS723U5/20101460.jpg Visit to a Castle - Make it stand out White Castle worker Gladys Sinsabaugh makes sure the coffee pot is wiped clean for the customers of the Whiting restaurant in the early 1950s. Before World War Two, White Castle had no women in its workforce. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1622732055596-8Y1205Y3HUR43KNIUR1A/white+Castle+-+Bag.jpg Visit to a Castle - Make it stand out Along with Walter Anderson, E.W. Ingram, Sr., was the founder of White Castle. Anderson, a professional cook, created the burger and came up with the slogan, “Buy ‘em by the Sack.” Anderson, a businessman, liked the slogan when he partnered with Anderson, but both of them discovered that if people really did buy a sack full, the burgers at the bottom of the bag would get crushed. So in 1931, they developed a cardboard carton to keep the hamburgers warm, and from getting crushed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1622733348703-DC26R0R9TKLZEXN9MYX0/White+Castle+-+Box.jpg Visit to a Castle - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/1921-explosion daily 0.75 2021-05-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1621008796081-DB01M48IO05CVYH3NNV5/1921+Explosion+-+Stills.jpg 1921 Explosion - Make it stand out A row of pressure stills at the Standard Oil Whiting Refinery. The rail car in the middle brought coal to the stills, where workers could shovel tons of it into the brick furnaces at the base of each still. The men who shoveled the coal were called firemen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1621009271996-50DADLBN52ZGL5JLZONH/1921+Explosion+-+William+Burton.jpg 1921 Explosion - Make it stand out William Burton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1621009368071-ALGCUE2CHNPYZD54OQWA/1921+Explosion+-+Robert+Humphreys.jpg 1921 Explosion - Make it stand out Robert Humphreys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1621014396158-HVJXV7YF7XA20B2Y5I0V/1921+Explosion+-+Smoke+Rising.jpg 1921 Explosion - Make it stand out While there are probably thousands of photographs of the 1955 Whiting Refinery explosion and fire, which was a much more spectacular blaze that took eight days to extinguish, this is the only known photo of the 1921 fire. It appeared in the Lake County Times, and shows the cloud of smoke that rose to the sky after the blast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1621014693813-FR7GUE5RSFCAVYAUPSNL/1921+Explosion+-+Still+Cleaners.jpg 1921 Explosion - Make it stand out One of the most physically difficult jobs in the refinery in the 1920s was the job of still cleaners. It was their job to crawl inside the metal stills and “chip or scrape out the tarry residue left on the still bottoms,” according to author Edward Nichols. When a still was in operation, it was 700 degrees inside the still. When the still cleaners crawled inside, it had cooled down, but only to 275 degrees. “To protect their lungs from heat and the harmful gases,” Nichols wrote, they “covered their mouths and noses with wads of waste which they held to their faces by rags tied over their heads.” This is a 1921 photo of two still cleaners at the Standard Oil Refinery in Wood River, Illinois. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1621016334473-7RUQTISCK45XZYQUALUK/1921+Explosion+-+Harbrecht+Grave.jpg 1921 Explosion - Make it stand out Fred Harbrecht was just two weeks short of his 40th birthday when he was killed in the July 4th explosion at the Whiting Refinery. He is buried in Hammond’s Oak Hill Cemetery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1621016612150-CGKCD6FK0GFKXPVY95FK/1921+Explosion+-+Agnes+Knapp+%26+George+Wildrick.jpg 1921 Explosion - Make it stand out George Wildrick is on the right in this photo, with wife Agnes Knapp. Because he worked on the pressure stills at the refinery he knew the potential was there for a violent explosion. So he often told others that if he was killed on the job, it would be difficult to identify his remains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1621017290631-3JPKDPMII1UQ5V6OFRCO/1921+Explosion+-+Louis+Kovach+4+-+1920.jpg 1921 Explosion - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1621017145944-1FQ2P4OEM309S3L83B5I/1921+Explosion+-+Louis+Kovach+2+-+1920.jpg 1921 Explosion - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1621017015642-XASYQXHT7GGF0U7F5TMF/1921+Explosion+-+Louis+Kovach+5+-+1920.jpg 1921 Explosion - Make it stand out These three scenes show how the refinery looked in 1920, just months before the July 4, 1921 explosion that killed eight men. The photos were donated to the Whiting-Robertsdale Historical Society by Lou Kovach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1621017716097-DOF5R1V3X7R7RFBM9BXH/1921+Explosion+-+Fireman+Mike+Hobolich+-+1921+-+May.jpg 1921 Explosion - Make it stand out Fireman Mike Hobolich looks into the furnace of a still on an overnight shift in early 1921. It was his job, and that of other firemen, to keep the fires burning at the right temperatures in the stills by shoveling coal into their furnaces. The pressure stills required each fireman to shovel about ten tons of coal each day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1621018078008-S735IMWAFWE3QQQBAPH1/1921+Explosion+-+Edward+Nichols.jpg 1921 Explosion - Make it stand out Edward Nichols lived most of the first twenty-six years of his life in Whiting. In 1914, he started working at the refinery. It was a summer job, and he was only 14. He kept working there through high school, and he worked full-time while also getting his college degree from the University of Chicago. His novel, Danger! Keep Out, provides an excellent look into what it was like working in the refinery in the 1910s and early 1920s. He was very familiar with the 1921 explosion, which also figures into the story of his 1943 novel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1621018752250-W22VNIG0G9R54YYS5QWU/1921+Explosion+-+Engine+Crew+No.+6+-+F.+Chioloerio%2C+S.+Hansen%2C+O.+Heyl%2C+E.+Lemert%2C+J.+Peterson++-+June+1921.+Peterson+.jpg 1921 Explosion - Make it stand out Refinery workers in 1921 knew the dangers of the job, but the company still paid an average labor wage of 48 cents an hour, which was better than the 37 cents an hour earned by Northwest Indiana steelworkers. This 1921 photo shows the refinery’s Engine Crew No. 6, from left to right they are: F. Chioloerio, S. Hansen, O. Heyl, E. Lemert, and J. Peterson. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/chautauqua daily 0.75 2021-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1626878025744-ZX3ZEK92D80QFW5Z76GO/clp3660717.jpg Chautauqua - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1626878225306-BG9G42YO6P6Y9CVYPL7D/RooseveltColor.jpg Chautauqua https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1626878232527-NN2FXBDKIPX8WXAUFU1W/portrait-of-woodrow-wilson-sir-william-orpen.jpg Chautauqua https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1626878239004-Q4V0YRHCQTWKVUGPEPGO/NMAH-AHB496481-000001.jpg Chautauqua https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1626878531230-PDCJATJ2URV30U6L90KG/miller%26vincent.jpg Chautauqua - Make it stand out Lewis Miller & John Vincent https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1626878591285-27VXXP1QLEYGO2FZ65FF/tootspaka.jpg Chautauqua - Make it stand out Toots Paka https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1626878782381-8OP0L4MLHXXK6EQZHV70/McGregor%2BSchool.png Chautauqua - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1626878864691-J4R4H2MYUKQ5HXRE88FJ/download.png Chautauqua - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1626879809166-I7RI3N6LT0L2ZV1BEK4F/Untitled.jpg Chautauqua - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1626879927899-YBXJHA4787NVS75VMYG2/Miller_Bell_Tower_Chautauqua_Institution_Chautauqua_NY.jpg Chautauqua - Make it stand out Chautauqua, New York https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/tragedy-at-federated-metals-in-1949 daily 0.75 2021-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1627515365100-S7MPHINQ1032U8Q0NQXU/1940s+Federated+Metals+Postcard.jpg Tragedy At Federated Metals In 1949 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/7aedb76f-9add-43e8-b0a0-c0005252d7d8/Federated+Metals+Map+Annotated.jpg Tragedy At Federated Metals In 1949 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1627515786716-YRF2LH8OY1GMYB2ZSZXD/Terms+of+Art.png Tragedy At Federated Metals In 1949 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1627515922938-8DSQNOKPQJSQX1TQE67G/Pouring+Molten+Metal+with+Dross+On+Top.jpg Tragedy At Federated Metals In 1949 - Make it stand out As molten metal is being poured into molds, a layer of dross can be seen at the very top of this image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1627516158834-NAXA7LO7ANNBURN8EJ66/Arsenic_Arsine+Text.png Tragedy At Federated Metals In 1949 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1627516993587-T2XDD5PBQMB5YSEXY8JL/The+7+Metals+of+Antiquity.png Tragedy At Federated Metals In 1949 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/f7ccbc89-aa90-41c5-b3ab-6ff489b05ef4/1929+Jan_12+Hamd+Times+Inquest+Headline.jpg Tragedy At Federated Metals In 1949 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1627519224164-GU17LVDK1EPP9KP3PNCU/Dr+Callahan.png Tragedy At Federated Metals In 1949 - Make it stand out Dr. Richard H. Callahan, Lake County’s “Crusading Coroner”, appears in this Hammond Times photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1627516769223-BDIVP1VHV79J30E7S2EM/British+Anti+Lewisite.png Tragedy At Federated Metals In 1949 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1627516645052-LLBXJC8QZ9KEQ2PQVO0A/1949+Jan+9+The+Times_Drums+Image+Cropped.jpg Tragedy At Federated Metals In 1949 - Make it stand out A Hammond Times photo of the deadly cargo shipment in the Federated Metals yard, taken after the accident. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/the-founding-and-early-years-of-saint-john-the-baptist-catholic-church daily 0.75 2021-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1628176016100-HERSYYDUIM8W2MEQ635F/SJB+Church+2021.jpg The Founding and Early Years of Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1628176061307-QPIPOA0RLGIPA5JWBHW7/Fr.+Benedict+Rajcany.jpg The Founding and Early Years of Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church - Make it stand out Fr. Benedict Rajcany https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1628176123426-505PETIHEL6NLXPURCN0/SJB+Church+1897.jpg The Founding and Early Years of Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church - Make it stand out St. John the Baptist Church circa 1897 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1628176257686-H1QGXAXVBFRSEOXUVMRN/SJB+Church+1914.jpg The Founding and Early Years of Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church - Make it stand out St. John the Baptist Church circa 1914 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1628176339758-3IZCFY6X6WO7NO6X1820/SJB+Grotto.JPG The Founding and Early Years of Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church - Make it stand out Shrine of our Lady of Lourdes circa 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1628176442496-PPZISQA2TOTCQDHB7S79/Fr.+Benedict+Rajcany+dies.jpg The Founding and Early Years of Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1628176494104-A1O69P1LSGGBUPEUHF1L/Fr.+John+Kostik.jpg The Founding and Early Years of Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1628176535479-W34NFTDWOIH7L27HRLD4/SJB+Church+Framework.jpg The Founding and Early Years of Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church - Make it stand out St. John the Baptist Church Framework https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1628176629315-Z7VE7RUSDXG9CUQWNV8P/SJB+Church+1931.jpg The Founding and Early Years of Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church - Make it stand out St. John the Baptist Church circa 1931 https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/alewife daily 0.75 2021-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1628175936088-R40O5BOJL1TM68QYQOEP/alewife+-+Maine+Lobster+Marketing+Collaborative.jpg Alewife - Make it stand out A carpet of dead alewives covered almost every inch of the lakefront in Whiting and Hammond, as well as every beach in every community on Lake Michigan. The fish are native to the Atlantic, but arrived in the Great Lakes in the 1950s. They died by the millions in the 1960s and washed up on the shoreline. This photo courtesy of the Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1628176463382-0Q5PEDIP20MMWEH59594/Alewife+-+Warren+Maine+1870+fishing+Warren+historical+society.jpg Alewife - Make it stand out This is a photo from 1870, taken in Warren, Maine. It shows men standing along the banks of the St. George River using nets to catch alewives. Alewives were often packed in barrels, pickled, and shipped off to markets such as Haiti, which was one of the few places where some people developed a taste for the fish. Photo from the Warren (Maine) Historical Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1628177376085-A025SIV0NIVE52QTG81X/Alewife+-+Commercial+Fisheries+Review+-+1946.jpg Alewife - Make it stand out The alewife entered the Great Lakes via the St. Lawrence River, which connects to the Atlantic Ocean, and arrived in Lake Ontario at least by the 1870s. They could not get any further, however, due to Niagara Falls, which is at the junction of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. But a canal designed to aid shipping between the Great Lakes and the coast gave the alewife a chance to bypass the falls. By the 1940s, they were in Lake Michigan. This 1946 map is from the Commercial Fisheries Review. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1628273530870-X8OMF53US1VOSKINPUZN/Alewife+-+Calumet+412+-+1967+-+DuSable+Harbor+-+Lake+Point+Tower+in+distance.jpg Alewife - Make it stand out Every part of Lake Michigan shoreline saw dead alewife wash ashore in 1967, but waves and wind influenced how many were deposited in a particular location. Much of the southern and eastern shores, from north of Chicago and east along the Michigan coast, saw carpets of dead alewives, piled up, as far as the eye could see. This was the scene south of downtown Chicago. Lake Pointe Tower is in the backdrop, under construction at the time. Photo from Calumet412.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1628274453799-EV6MTHY5YHFE9YXKCX38/Alewife+-+Inland+Steel+-+The+Times+-+April+1968.jpg Alewife - Make it stand out Dead alewives were easily sucked into water intakes all along the lake. Businesses invested heavily in attempts to keep their intakes alewife free. Inland Steel in East Chicago, installed a giant net to act as a barrier between their water intakes and the dead fish. Photo from The Times, April 1968. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1628274902226-IOX6SMF5NQBW74O0TL55/Alewife+-+Wolf+Lake+-+July+1967+-+Chicago+Tribune.jpg Alewife - Make it stand out Along the water directly across Calumet Avenue from 121st Street, there used to be a beach on Wolf Lake. With alewife piled up on the Lake Michigan beaches, Wolf Lake was probably never more popular than in the summer of 1967. Cheri Whittler of Griffith came to the beach with her two children when a Chicago Tribune took this photo in July 1967. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1628275821152-UZ1LYZ2XSC0T6NAFWWBL/Alewife+-+Pile.jpg Alewife - Make it stand out Beside the takeover of beaches, and beside the smell of dead rotting fish, the alewife also created a problem with flies. “The flies are huge compared to the common house fly and they are in swarms,” the South Bend Tribune reported. “They are also,” the newspaper said, “spreading a half-mile inland.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1628276745486-9AUWGLVLZBIW2989PHBB/Alewife+-+Job+Corps+-+July+1967.jpg Alewife - Make it stand out The federal government’s Job Corps sent 108 young men from Camp Atterbury in southern Indiana, up to the shores of Lake Michigan to help with the cleanup. It was called “Operation Fish,” and among the sixteen-miles of beaches where they worked was the Whiting lakefront. Photo from the Michigan City News-Dispatch, July 1967. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1628277777981-2GA9KC4MSUY2LEAI58XG/Alewife+-+One+Fish+-++South+Bend+Tribune+-+July+1%2C+1969.jpg Alewife - Make it stand out The West Michigan Tourist Association wasted no time to let people know that the alewife die-off was dying-down. A South Haven lifeguard held up one dead alewife in this 1969 photo, a sharp contrast to the thousands of fish that covered the Sleepy Hollow beach in earlier summers. Photo from the South Bend Tribune. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1628278311195-FEDD6YCYIJGXGIQ58TH8/Mussels.jpg Alewife - Make it stand out They are very small and they do not smell anywhere as bad as an alewife, but the shells of zebra and quagga mussels still pile up on Hammond’s lakefront. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/whs-class-of-1958 daily 0.75 2021-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1629671694552-S1KQGOHZS89II592C4UQ/WHS+-+1955+-+Freshmen+1.jpg WHS Class of 1958 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1629671958651-J4Z7YE4CCIG4UVC7JL0L/WHS+-+1955+-+Freshmen+2.jpg WHS Class of 1958 - Make it stand out The Class of 1958 in their freshman year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1629670951471-5C6LU07517ZZSCU5YVK9/WHS+-+1955+-+Dance+-+p.+6+.jpg WHS Class of 1958 - Make it stand out The Homecoming Dance of 1954. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1629671017362-ED5GBNGQ2Q1493NK1DBJ/WHS+-+1955+-+Jack+Taylor+-+p+4.jpg WHS Class of 1958 - Make it stand out First year Spanish class, taught by Mr. Jack Taylor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1629672049223-XH1F6W611G0J683WUEUX/WHS+-+1955+-+Year+book+Cover.jpg WHS Class of 1958 - Make it stand out The cover of the 1955 Reflector, the yearbook of Whiting High School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1629672211114-7FKLXAMS7T3PLOF06M8T/WHS+-+1958+-+Football+Departing.jpg WHS Class of 1958 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1629672271204-Q93Z42S9UU6U273CJ3BI/WHS+-+1958+-+Football+Seniors.jpg WHS Class of 1958 - Make it stand out Seniors on the 1957-58 Whiting High School football team. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1629672655770-FH3AYQ2FSEIOGQ2DLX2F/WHS+-+1958+-+Cheerleaders+p.+37.jpg WHS Class of 1958 - Make it stand out Varsity cheerleaders Gill Ciesar, Diana Mrzlock, Diana Jamrose, and Susanne Doman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1629672894781-V5B2JPGJ2XTAHS3C4ASH/WHS+-+1958+-+Machine+Shop.jpg WHS Class of 1958 - Make it stand out Machine shop students Leroy Girman, John Pohl, and Al Koch in the 1957-58 school year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1629673070494-X3Z5JDRHCPVJ8JU8QDVS/WHS+-+1956+-+Hallway.jpg WHS Class of 1958 - Make it stand out A hallway in Whiting High School in 1955-56. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1629673180022-Z7Z1A29BZXTJAMCNC3T0/WHS+-+1956+-+Spanish+Club+Dance.jpg WHS Class of 1958 - Make it stand out Spanish Club Sponsor Jack Taylor points out the right steps to take to Pat Gallivan & Joyce Mowell on the left, and Karen Sabo & Tom Kujawa on the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1629673700095-D7NR6HSSMVNYCT55WEFZ/WHS+-+1958+-+Ideal.jpg WHS Class of 1958 - Make it stand out Marion Lunde and Mike Adzima, chosen as the Ideal Senior musicians from the Class of 1958. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1629674210982-ZFYHLVNVIOQYCWX5HBEL/WHS+-+1956+-+119th+Street.jpg WHS Class of 1958 - Make it stand out Downtown Whiting, 119th Street, in 1956. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1629674319130-FNHLDSUAG2F3190ZOCO4/WHS+-+1958+-+Senior+at+Game+p.+13.jpg WHS Class of 1958 - Make it stand out Senior girls from the Class of 1958 wear traditional mums at the Homecoming game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1629674701849-1Y16JCWKJMO0698IVSOO/WHS+-+1958+-+Bandstand.jpg WHS Class of 1958 - Make it stand out “Sweet Little Sixteen” by Chuck Berry shot to the top of the charts in 1958, shown here on the board by Dick Clark of American Bandstand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1629674852604-IPS4L4LAY425IEH5AQ1T/WHS+-+1958+-+Senior+Boys+p.+15.jpg WHS Class of 1958 - Make it stand out Whiting High School senior boys dressed in their best for the 1957-58 Homecoming parade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1629674966042-959LRFD5K08DMGN1M6YJ/WHS+-+1958+-+Dance.jpg WHS Class of 1958 - Make it stand out Enjoying the music of the Thortoneers are prom couples Judy Walsko and Tom Justak, and Virginia Gyure and Clyde Buckmaster. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1629675468968-F7VS713FHVBZYNEJSRKK/WHS+-+1958+-+Richard+Bonczyk.+73.jpg WHS Class of 1958 - Make it stand out Less than a week before his graduation form Whiting High School as a member of the Class of 1958, Richard Bonczyk came home from school and complained that he was feeling very tired. 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He was only 17 years old. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1629675101511-A5RHRDNQA04RGUPPPDTE/WHS+-+1958+-+Goodbye.jpg WHS Class of 1958 - Make it stand out From the 1958 yearbook, the Class of 1958 says goodbye. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/whiting-flower-shop-keeps-on-blooming daily 0.75 2021-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1631629758716-1HAR0BA1VJT1HJG5OVZG/download.jpg Whiting Flower Shop Keeps on Blooming - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1631629814191-MQ9Q4N1R25J3ZD22PAO5/Untitled.jpg Whiting Flower Shop Keeps on Blooming - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1631629903491-Q2961BR036RVIPDZF5HB/Copy+of+sheridan+and+119th.jpg Whiting Flower Shop Keeps on Blooming - 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Make it stand out Larry Morris, Bill George and Joe Fortunato https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1633468193124-J07BCJ9B7CDF776GYZBM/Chicago+Bears+Willie+Galimore+%2828%29+and+Mike+Ditka+%2889%29+in+action+against+the+Green+Bay+Packers.jpg When they Black and Blue Division was Blacked Out - Make it stand out Willie Galimore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1633467745475-SB7XGX3SZKG4QOKYJX9Z/templar.jpg When they Black and Blue Division was Blacked Out - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1633467622928-EJVRA7TE0GQ16DHFYS66/1963bears-1.jpg When they Black and Blue Division was Blacked Out - Make it stand out 1963 NFL Champs - Chicago Bears https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/city-of-traverse daily 0.75 2021-11-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1633801276169-587JCXKNQXKR4ENYPIAV/City+of+Traverse.jpg City of Traverse - Make it stand out The City of Traverse was the first ship in American history devoted entirely to gambling. It operated in Indiana waters, just off the shore of Whiting and the Robertsdale section of Hammond, from 1905 to 1907. Everything about its operation was illegal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1633801820779-WP30HA5M8507SMGPZA1V/Betting+Parlor+-+1892.jpg City of Traverse - Make it stand out This was a more upscale poolroom in the late 1890s, but in the more ordinary betting establishments in Chicago the concept was the same. The man facing the board at the top of this image is writing down the odds for upcoming horse races across the nation, while the gamblers mingle to look at and discuss what they see on the board. The telegraph made these betting parlors possible by transmitting horse racing odds and results from tracks across the country. Poolrooms were very common in early 20th century Chicago. The name “poolroom” in this context has nothing to do with billiards. In 1905, a poolroom was a place where gamblers pooled their money on bets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1633802268178-14KECK40WHWZIGV6DOGT/Traverse+-+Railway+Exchange+Building.jpg City of Traverse - Make it stand out This building at 224 S. Michigan was known as the Railway Exchange Building, and later as the Santa Fe Building. Built in 1903-04, it was the building from which the American de Forest Wireless Telegraph Company sent horse race results to the City of Traverse gambling boat that sailed along the shoreline of Lake Michigan. The building still stands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1633802640531-3MNR355LALL3D0KKS0PA/Turf+Exchange+Drawing.jpg City of Traverse - Make it stand out This sketch shows what the Long Beach Turf Exchange looked like. It was operated by Chicago bookmakers in the first decade of the 1900s and was located just feet from the railroad tracks near Buffington Harbor, a little east of Whiting. Special trains (bottom right) would bring gamblers from Chicago. They would get off the train and after getting cleared to enter by guards, walk into the structure, which looked like a stockade complete with double walls and a pack of dogs to keep everyone else away (mostly the police). Inside the fortress, gamblers would bet on horse races being run that day across the country. The operation prospered for a few years, closing only when industry moved into the area and offered a good price for the land. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1633803087881-KTS3ANOF8WBU4Z26L9K5/Indianapolis+News%2C+August+9%2C+1901.jpg City of Traverse - Make it stand out This Indianapolis News cartoon from 1901, shows a tiger, meant to represent danger, with one paw in Indiana. Just to the right of the tiger’s paw is the Long Beach Turf Exchange, an illegal gambling house operated by Chicago bookmakers. On the other side of the tiger’s paw is the community of Whiting. The cartoon is urging Indiana Governor Winfield Durbin to drive the tiger out of the state and back to Illinois. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1633803913956-XEA5OKUJAMENE7B672S3/Mont+Tennes+and+Family.jpg City of Traverse - Make it stand out "The complete life story of one man, were it known in every detail, would disclose practically all there is to know about syndicated gambling as a phase of organized crime in Chicago in the last quarter century. That man is Mont Tennes." This quote is from the Illinois Crime Survey of 1929. Tennes (second from the left in this family photo) was the main rival of the men who ran the City of Traverse, and suspected of being the one behind the attempt to use a foghorn to disrupt the telegraph signal the boat relied on for obtaining race results. In the years which followed, Tennes became the king of Chicago bookmakers. His main operation, located on North Clark Street where the Rock and Roll McDonald’s now stands, was one of numerous bookmaking sites that made him rich. He retired in 1927, as a new group, led by Al Capone and his rivals, took over Chicago’s illegal gambling. He died in 1941, leaving $5-million for his family and charity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1633804800471-49P3SQQX5BQUO2CGF4TD/Traverse+-+George+Shippy.jpg City of Traverse - Make it stand out Like Inspector Javert going after Jean Valjean in the classic book Les Miserables, Chicago Police Chief George Shippy relentlessly searched for ways to hunt down the bookmakers who operated the City of Traverse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1633805461961-PXOYFQFNDWU5IQI769Q5/Chicago+Historical+Society+-+Bud+White+%281%29.jpg City of Traverse - Make it stand out Bud White was involved in numerous gambling operations as one of Chicago’s top bookmakers in the early 1900s, including the City of Traverse. Photo courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1633805860755-COGE16K8L1VWKGHUS0LB/Frank+Hanly.jpg City of Traverse - Make it stand out Indiana Governor J. Frank Hanly was a moral crusader for Christian values. After serving as governor, he made it his mission to eradicate liquor in America as one of the leaders of the prohibition movement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1633806029118-SHOOIE5HKEMHRTC4MUCZ/City+of+Traverse+2.jpg City of Traverse - Make it stand out The City of Traverse. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/three-whiting-players-who-made-the-majors daily 0.75 2021-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/8a5ff28b-d1f4-4024-a087-42f68b2383f9/Comiskey+Park+-+circa+1920s.jpg THREE WHITING PLAYERS WHO MADE THE MAJORS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/19aaf73a-3454-43f8-81af-6201ec891d99/Johnny+Mostil+%231.JPG THREE WHITING PLAYERS WHO MADE THE MAJORS - Make it stand out Johnny Mostil https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/f3a9cfd7-9c36-44c3-8f3e-553d204849be/Johnny+Mostil+-+stats.jpg THREE WHITING PLAYERS WHO MADE THE MAJORS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/6599f4f3-8929-4acf-b0bd-79edbec715c7/Johnny+Mostil+%232.jpg THREE WHITING PLAYERS WHO MADE THE MAJORS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/359a34bb-e52e-4527-9a19-15366c322945/Johnny+Mostil+Poem.jpg THREE WHITING PLAYERS WHO MADE THE MAJORS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/d76b5620-260b-44bb-8aef-63b988387158/Al+Pilarcik+%234.jpg THREE WHITING PLAYERS WHO MADE THE MAJORS - Make it stand out Al Pilarcik https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/909c8730-c4ea-469d-9c46-7276a0caaf4e/Al+Pilarcik+%231.jpg THREE WHITING PLAYERS WHO MADE THE MAJORS - Make it stand out Al Pilarcik https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/a61066a1-a729-4cb0-87a2-f808518cfc2c/Al+Pilarcik+%233.jpg THREE WHITING PLAYERS WHO MADE THE MAJORS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/c21d9a43-acd9-447c-b1ee-c3f705dd0697/Al+Pilarcik+%232.jpg THREE WHITING PLAYERS WHO MADE THE MAJORS - Make it stand out Al Pilarcik https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/aeb63508-8160-47c6-86fa-361afeac5db9/Steve+Kraly+%233.jpg THREE WHITING PLAYERS WHO MADE THE MAJORS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/488ee5bb-d9d2-439f-a907-f123f661888f/WHS+Baseball+Team+1946.jpg THREE WHITING PLAYERS WHO MADE THE MAJORS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/351427fa-83a8-4329-92fd-76910954bb31/Steve+Kraly+%231++-+1953+Topps+front.jpg THREE WHITING PLAYERS WHO MADE THE MAJORS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/b80f9356-3b21-438b-a273-9e6911301dcc/Steve+Kraly+WS+Baseball.JPG THREE WHITING PLAYERS WHO MADE THE MAJORS - Make it stand out World Series Ball https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/594ee52c-a6dc-49ca-b91e-c7bb5e2eff4a/Steve+Kraly%232.jpg THREE WHITING PLAYERS WHO MADE THE MAJORS - Make it stand out Steve Kraly https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/clark-memories daily 0.75 2021-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1637514964416-RVT205ZU082TKQBEZCWJ/Clark+-+Front+of+Building+-+1968.jpg Clark Memories - Make it stand out Students gather outside the 119th Street entrance to George Rogers Clark High School in 1968. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1637515182935-FXTPW6SX1554VW7M8B8I/Clark+-+Neal+Prices+-+1951.jpg Clark Memories - Make it stand out Located at 1309 119th Street, Neal Price’s sold sporting goods, cameras, and television and radio sets. But for many of Whiting and Robertsdale teenagers it was the place to listen to music and buy records. Even more than a decade before the class of 1968, it was a popular destination for the young. This photo is from 1951. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1637515607060-IN77K3QUAOQ77CH99ZP4/Clark+-+Portable+Classroom+-+1968.jpg Clark Memories - Make it stand out There were 240 graduates in the George Rogers Clark class of 1968. At the height of the baby boom generation, with other classes of that era similar in size, the school was not large enough to handle that many, so two portable classrooms were installed on the school property. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1637516730856-P7PSTPXB1BPPZK0NELFH/Clark+-+Hartford+Convention+-+1968.jpg Clark Memories - Make it stand out Wearing outfits similar to popular rock group Paul Revere and the Raiders, the Hartford Convention entertained at many Clark dances in 1968 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1637516866983-KWWEGI6TXQOOHOD8QCMD/Clark+-+Bowling+-+1966.jpg Clark Memories - Make it stand out Clark High School intramural bowling in 1966. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1637516966567-G5CWWKJ81N6RAX8BAYAW/Clark+-+Library+-+1965.jpg Clark Memories - Make it stand out The Clark school library in 1965. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1637517047052-F2PVE2WYFSJGVZO1KJ5S/Clark+-+Audio-Visual+Operators+Club+-+1966.jpg Clark Memories - Make it stand out Film projectors were used in many classrooms in Clark High School, and a group of students in the Audio-Visual Club often operated them. They also operated the tape recorders, microphones, and other classroom technology of the time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1637517213872-Q4WC8LLF5ZUNZ8TX982W/Clark+-+Language+Lab+-+1965.jpg Clark Memories - Make it stand out Members of the class of 1968 were among the first to make use of a new language lab in Clark High School. It came into operation before their freshman year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1637517362423-1NNIICJHK5IPOF80EROG/Clark+-+Reel+to+Reel+-+1965.jpg Clark Memories - Make it stand out The most modern technology for learning in 1968 included reel-to-reel tape recorders. This photo is from 1965. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1637517481329-56L8CMMRLCYVDFA45PVW/Clark+-+Pioneer+News+-+1965.jpg Clark Memories - Make it stand out Typewriters and mimeograph machines were as high tech as the newsroom of the Pioneer News student newspaper was in the freshman year of the class of 1968. This 1965 photo shows Sue Gonsiorowski and Joyce Wagner at the typewriters, Nancy Swiontek behind them, and Janellen Stipulan on the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1637517772687-SA1YHS7H1MRA5SX2ZUBM/Clark+-+Snowfall+-+1967.jpg Clark Memories - Make it stand out One of the biggest memories of the class of 1968 was the record snowstorm that hit the area in 1967. The two feet of snow resulted in five days of unexpected vacation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1637517873974-7C9VCZ2OJT8SF4RONJVB/Clark+-+Student+Council+Cabinet+-+1968.jpg Clark Memories - Make it stand out The 1968 Student Council cabinet included (in the back row, left to right) Steven Hurley, Douglas Guy, Kenneth Kessler and Jerry Banik. And in the front row, Merilee Ogren, Ronald Murzyn, and Susan Hmurovic, the author of this article. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/christmas-tree daily 0.75 2021-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1638489689620-UQJIYPFVO5PYSGWD0CAY/Christmas+Joy+Card.jpg Christmas Tree - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1638489891400-0108K8ZBSQHUQLIUTVYY/Christmas+-+Ornament.jpg Christmas Tree - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1638490026932-6L05CY44N0ZRZNN3CAWP/christmas+-+unidentifed+children.jpg Christmas Tree - Make it stand out A group of Whiting children pose for a photo next to a Christmas tree, probably in 1940s or 50s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1638490202965-S183FLS6ZM34X1RDVV7Q/christmas+-+cc+tree.jpg Christmas Tree - Make it stand out Four women and a little boy with a Christmas tree in the Whiting Community Center, probably in the 1950s. The women are, from left to right, Julia Urlak, Myrtle Soltwedel, Marge Barsich, and Elsie Boness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1638631218821-8PGWWPPG3PPJLPQOTFZM/christmas+-+myron+martin+wasilewski+-+1949.jpg Christmas Tree - Make it stand out Sixteen-month-old Myron Martin Wasilewski next to the Christmas tree at Grandmother Kuhar’s house in Whiting in 1949. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1638631530712-GK609EP12DXWFMMLUQ2W/christmas+-+central+state+bank+bldg.jpg Christmas Tree - Make it stand out A Christmas tree sits on top of the Central State Bank Building in downtown Whiting in the late 1940s. Located at the corner of Indianapolis Boulevard and 119th Street, the six-story tall bank and office building was six stories tall, making it the tallest structure in town when it was built in 1928. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1638637576491-Z2VDM0BRI1W582PP85Y8/Christmas+-+Santa+Letters+-+December+25%2C+1947+-+Whiting+Times.jpg Christmas Tree - Make it stand out Letters to Santa Claus appeared in the Whiting Times in December 1947. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1638631992444-8DJVEPUZ46NO19592MCN/christmas+-+community+center+-+circa+1952.jpg Christmas Tree - Make it stand out A group of children spent an afternoon with Santa at Whiting’s Community Center, as seen in this 1952 photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1638632249584-J2REQHG025AYVBV8KDUP/christmas+-+al+odlivak+1940s.jpg Christmas Tree - Make it stand out Downtown Whiting, 119th Street, decorated for Christmas in the 1940s, was the subject of this painting by Whiting artist Al Odlivak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1638632760195-RFOG3UODX7C2OPHDICXH/Christmas+-+Lewin+%26+Wolf+Ad+-+December+1947.jpg Christmas Tree - Make it stand out An ad for Whiting’s Lewin-Wolf clothing store in December 1947. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1638632655891-0L3861DX9J5N4YXXX6UK/Christmas+-+1947+Sears+Catalog.jpg Christmas Tree - Make it stand out Christmas toys on display in the 1947 Sears Roebuck catalog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1638632932861-RM43VIYT3751OVVSNFYD/Christmas+-+Illiana+Florists+Ad+-+December+4%2C+1947.jpg Christmas Tree - Make it stand out Christmas tree sale lots were spread out across Whiting and Robertsdale in the late 1940s, including at the Illiana Florist shop. It was located just north of 119th Street, behind what today is the Strack & Van Til’s grocery store. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1638633295387-ZMJ3Q1SMHHVP4AI41EHV/christmas+-+a%26p+-+1969.jpg Christmas Tree - Make it stand out The A&P grocery store was located at 119th and Central in downtown Whiting. Its parking lot, to the right in this photo, and the building are still there, but are now the Family Dollar store. This photo is from the Christmas season in 1969. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1638633929817-JB78YQAIN3OZ7CMONJ2F/Christmas+-+Tree+train+in+Wisconsin.jpg Christmas Tree - Make it stand out Christmas trees were often delivered to Whiting by train in the 1940s. This photo shows fresh trees being loaded onto a train in Wisconsin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1638634274900-23XVK103MUVWAG22TSE3/Christmas+-+a-lot-of-christmas-trees-christmas-tree-lot-janet-kruskamp.jpg Christmas Tree - Make it stand out A Lot of Christmas Trees, painted by Janet Kruskamp, shows the excitement and magical feeling of children helping shop for the family Christmas tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1638634457751-Q4CSKAGDSC9F659RMEE6/christmas+-+whiskey.jpg Christmas Tree - Make it stand out Even for adults, the tree and the gifts are a pleasure and a treat, as it appears to have been for this Whiting man who received a bottle of whiskey under his tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1638634747942-QYW0CMPNF8V2ZHJ68BJA/christmas+-+al+odlivak.jpg Christmas Tree - Make it stand out Whiting artist Al Odlivak created numerous Christmas and winter scenes, including this one of the snow-covered intersection of Clark and Fischrupp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1638634980973-WRZHR49372YG70J9AFLI/Christmas+-+Aronberg+Ad+-+December+11%2C+1947.jpg Christmas Tree - Make it stand out A December 1947 ad for Whiting jewelers Aronberg & Kissen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1638633993610-4ZXQWDFDM58ITNTH152B/Christmas+-+it-happened-on-5th-ave-1947.jpg Christmas Tree - Make it stand out A Christmas tree is a central part of this scene from the 1947 movie, It Happened on 5th Avenue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1638635557067-6HTFCMOKIVVL9WBKAK19/Christmas+-+Miracle+on+34th+Street+Poster.jpg Christmas Tree - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1638635786061-1JPJKGBLP8S6YV31ASWN/christmas+-+119th+1940s.jpg Christmas Tree - Make it stand out 119th Street at night with Christmas decorations lighting the street in the 1940s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1638635964442-5EJO0620QLLU7RBP24AZ/Christmas+-+Newberrys+Ad+-+December+25%2C+1947.jpg Christmas Tree - Make it stand out This December 1947, J.J. Newberry ad extends Christmas greetings from all of the employees of their Whiting store, with every employee’s name listed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1638637729321-3PVHL3ZP3DJW348MUJT5/Christmas+-+Newberry+Ad+-+November+27%2C+1947.jpg Christmas Tree - Make it stand out An ad by J.J. Newberry from 1947, announcing the daily appearance of Santa in their downtown Whiting store. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1638636392987-DEAW9Y2Q9PY2WSPQVDXT/Christmas+-+Icicles.jpg Christmas Tree - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1638636495912-O2CMBK7TVTWYSW9GNWXL/Christmas+-+1947+Coca+Cola+Collection.jpg Christmas Tree - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1638636609444-K82KDHOD8LZ89JNJHS13/christmas+-+fire+department.jpg Christmas Tree - Make it stand out The Whiting Fire Department gathered a large collection of gifts to make sure every child in town could enjoy the spirit of Christmas. This photo is from the 1940s. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/the-indiana-harbor-belt-railroad-in-1943 daily 0.75 2023-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/93c272a6-8ef5-435c-868d-1ae8c62f69fc/IHB+Logo.jpg The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad in 1943 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/a1918805-690a-4a3a-ae3e-9aefeb0a1b04/IHB+Ad+and+Map+ca+1910+Cropped.jpg The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad in 1943 - Make it stand out A portion of an IHB print advertisement from 1910. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/d529511a-f396-4fa6-a455-e69137bb1069/1943+IHB+Emblem.jpg The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad in 1943 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/088053de-9efd-47e6-a834-c2756b99b79e/1909+IHB+Whtg-Robtsdl+Routes+Map.jpg The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad in 1943 - Make it stand out A local portion of an IHB map showing two routes through Whiting and Robertsdale in 1909. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/3979a932-2271-4a0e-81ed-93cf9e2e37f0/1909+IHB+Route+Map+Annotated.jpg The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad in 1943 - Make it stand out 1909 map shows local IHB yards and stations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/995ce164-392b-43d1-b0d7-c897b34c2c4d/1943+IHB+Roundhouse+Work+Assignments.jpg The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad in 1943 The clock says it’s twenty ‘til twelve, so this must be the start of the graveyard shift. “The engine crew, engineer and fireman report at the roundhouse office to be assigned their engine and given orders for the day. The cylinder at the left is the pool board; it lists the names of the men and the order and shift in which they will work.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/56f73147-3801-440e-b3aa-3326874e651a/1943+IHB+Conductor+Gets+Waybills.jpg The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad in 1943 “Getting his way bills, Conductor Cunningham telephones his own yard-master the number of cars he has to handle and where the delivery is to be made.” Check out the potbelly stove, the candlestick phone on a wall-mounted scissors extension arm, and the stretcher cabinet, which hopefully didn’t need to be opened much. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/0117e902-32de-4556-93b9-27d62fbcc8da/1943+IHB+Gibson+Yard+YMCA+02.jpg The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad in 1943 - Make it stand out The YMCA had a facility at the Harbor Belt yard in Hammond. Here is “Mr. Timothy H. Fitzpatrick, sixty-eight, who has been living at the railroad YMCA for many years. He has been working on the railroads off and on for over fifty years. He has also been a coal miner, farmer, and is a generator tender at the Gibson shops of the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/6cd9e8f9-5d66-4666-9612-7b3eb5064c79/1943+IHB+Fireman.jpg The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad in 1943 - Make it stand out “Fireman Larry Adams.” Railroads were still in the process of replacing steam locomotives with diesel power in 1943. This steam locomotive used coal fires to boil water to create the steam, and the fireman had to keep the coal coming as needed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/26476ae7-ce82-4c01-a0f7-92625ce12cd2/1943+IHB+Firing+Up+The+Stove.jpg The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad in 1943 - Make it stand out “The crew leaves with instructions to pick up a train. It is a cold winter day and the first thing the brakeman Zerkel does is to build a good fire in the stove.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/d3f8aaca-275d-43ed-8857-07403eea3ace/1943+IHB+Headman+Throws+Switch.jpg The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad in 1943 - Make it stand out “In the background, his train starts to pull out and head-man Lee Hines throws switch to clear the track.” Track 29, perhaps? Many photos in this collection appear to indicate this train made a round trip between Franklin Park, Illinois and Hammond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/bdbab40d-09ac-4809-b2a9-abb76c3e4d9e/1943+IHB+Switchman+Comes+In+To+Warm+Up.jpg The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad in 1943 - Make it stand out “While the train is waiting at Calumet City due to a derailed car somewhere ahead on the line, a switchman drops in for a few minutes to warm up a little.” Notice the one-legged table that folds down from the wall when needed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/871f0d2f-60d0-41b8-aff0-1db077241796/1943+IHB+Dinner+in+Caboose.jpg The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad in 1943 - Make it stand out “Belt Line cabooses never go long distances or at very high speeds and are therefore constructed differently from trunk line cabooses. The crew stops twenty minutes for dinner.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/afa859c8-34c5-4e3d-a4a6-e4c63d817297/1943+IHB+Blue+Island+Icing+Station++and+Yard.jpg The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad in 1943 - Make it stand out “The ice plant, icing platform and yard of the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad at Blue Island.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/987b8cee-8deb-4ad1-a289-0851dd6412a8/1943+IHB+Blue+Island+Cars+Waiting+to+Be+Iced.jpg The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad in 1943 - Make it stand out “Refrigerator cars waiting to be iced at the icing station of the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad. The station could ice up to forty reefer cars simultaneously. The little carts on the platform are used for carrying the crushed ice up and down the platform and dumping it down the chutes into the cars.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/61d72405-568c-495a-bd25-78039d7f02c3/1943+IHB+Blue+Island+Icing+a+Car+02.jpg The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad in 1943 - Make it stand out Dumping ice into a refrigerator car at the icing platform of the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/8349ea02-b536-4472-9079-8ad70d31a932/1943+IHB+Cal+Park+Stockyard+02.jpg The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad in 1943 - Make it stand out The IHB Calumet City yard was also confusingly referred to as the Calumet Park livestock yards. “A stock watering, feeding and resting point. The law requires that stock be watered, fed, and rested every thirty-six hours of a journey.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/154104ca-bd76-4fa9-b2ad-92935b76a705/1943+IHB+Cal+Park+Stockyard+Sheep.jpg The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad in 1943 - Make it stand out “Calumet City, Illinois. Sheep being loaded into a stock car at the Calumet Park stockyards.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/ee3aaf3c-b58f-47ab-bf46-2676ba533bf5/1943+IHB+Lunch+in+a+Shanty.jpg The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad in 1943 - Make it stand out “Daniel Senise at lunch in the work shanty at an Indiana Harbor Belt Line railroad yard. With him are (left) switchman John McCarthy and (right) switchman E.H. Alrecht.” Nothing fancy — a sandwich, a cup o’ joe and newspapers for a tablecloth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/81263134-5540-4aec-be76-5ca8a217d8de/1943+IHB+Releasing+Pin+On+Moving+Car.jpg The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad in 1943 - Make it stand out “Daniel Senise releasing a pin on a moving car at work in an Indiana Harbor Belt Line railroad yard.” It’s unlikely OSHA would approve of this technique today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/8c558598-a0b2-480d-b9a6-0752d492bccf/1943+IHB+Brakeman+Switches+Red+Lanterns.jpg The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad in 1943 - Make it stand out “After the delivery to the Erie railroad, the crew heads back. The caboose will now be going in the opposite direction so rear brakeman Zerkel changes the signal lights to the other end.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/91c9490c-a0c7-417c-8e81-726e69eebb02/1943+IHB+Gibson+Yard+YMCA+01.jpg The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad in 1943 - Make it stand out “Lester Gale (left), signal maintainer on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad, and Charles Cornetta, railroad mail clerk, having dinner in the cafeteria of the railroad YMCA.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/8f0c1013-aff3-4387-b296-2436c83221f5/1943+IHB+Locomotive+and+Crew.jpg The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad in 1943 - Make it stand out “Daniel Senise and his crew with their engine in an Indiana Harbor Belt Line railroad yard. Left to right: Daniel Senise, switchman, conductor and foreman; Edward Kletecka, fireman; F.K. Gwinner, engineer; E.H. Albercht, switchman and John McCarthy, switchman.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/cd1b82b4-aba3-49b9-ae29-e041be0dd64f/1943+IHB+Inspecting+Air+Hose+Connections.jpg The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad in 1943 - Make it stand out “Part of the train inspection consists in seeing that all air hose connections are properly made.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/967bda2f-58e5-4817-b738-fe7f38062791/1943+IHB+Releasing+The+Handbrakes.jpg The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad in 1943 - Make it stand out “Part of the train inspection consists of releasing the hand brakes.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/df30a25e-aa17-46e7-b6bd-d6a1b2cb73ab/1943+IHB+Calumet+City+01.jpg The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad in 1943 - Make it stand out You’ve got to have water if you want to make steam. “Locomotive stopping for water on its way back to Franklin Park, Illinois after having made a delivery at Hammond, Indiana.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/7fbdfc22-92ff-4336-a1aa-ad884a14b75f/1943+IHB+Sandwiches+On+The+Stove.jpg The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad in 1943 - Make it stand out “At lunch time, sandwiches are toasted on the stove.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/83cbf25c-a7fa-4388-b5ba-429bdfa4f0cb/1943+IHB+Blue+Island+Ice+Plant+01.jpg The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad in 1943 - Make it stand out The Blue Island yard had icing facilities for refrigerated shipments. Here’s a look inside the IHB’s Blue Island ice storehouse. It could produce up to 1,000 tons daily. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/437523ef-0bf0-4d61-b7a7-90a330776584/1943+IHB+Blue+Island+Ice+Plant+02.jpg The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad in 1943 - Make it stand out The Blue Island IHB ice storehouse had a storage capacity of almost 15,000 tons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/803df694-b0e0-4738-b667-14bdfd473c6e/1943+IHB+Blue+Island+Ice+Chute+01.jpg The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad in 1943 - Make it stand out The Blue Island icing station. The brick building on the left side of this image sent crushed ice via a chute to carts on the icing platform. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/549e00ed-e987-4c30-9eba-88e256a7304d/1943+IHB+Lend-Lease+Powdered+Eggs+Cold+Storage.jpg The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad in 1943 - Make it stand out During World War II, through the Lend-Lease program, America supplied Allied nations with food, oil, and materiel. These are barrels of powdered eggs in IHB cold storage, awaiting shipment overseas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/580cd011-0d0f-4c22-b9f7-3afcbcb013a7/1943+IHB+Handcar.jpg The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad in 1943 - Make it stand out “Members of a section crew riding a hand car at an Indiana Harbor Belt Line railroad yard.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/e69135e3-1086-41b9-85d9-427affbd3744/1943+IHB+Cal+Park+Stockyard+04+Unloading+Horses.jpg The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad in 1943 - Make it stand out “Calumet City, Illinois. Unloading horses at the Calumet Park stockyards.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/4fb7bcd5-fcc3-499f-801c-2dad9d735831/1943+IHB+Cal+Park+Stockyard+03+Watering+Hogs.jpg The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad in 1943 - Make it stand out “Calumet City, Illinois. 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Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/ec7da393-0b9d-4650-9a83-d2656fca71d6/119th%2B-%2BSeifer%2B-%2BWhiting.bmp.jpg The American Legion Model Homes - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1641658942505-Q2ZYOB1V7ZX6SPTCOZDQ/1521+davisa.jpg The American Legion Model Homes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1641658952691-9PEFK3LBQQ0YKQLMKQXP/1521+davis.jpg The American Legion Model Homes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1641658964475-4FJ69T252VA9KPMIMSEA/1521+davisb.jpg The American Legion Model Homes https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/whitings-first-broadway-and-hollywood-star daily 0.75 2022-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/caac7f22-36be-43f8-942e-3e5944eb477f/%232.jpg Whiting's First Broadway and Hollywood Star - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/f83d1961-7f3b-4e1e-9b4e-76632908a17e/%233.jpg Whiting's First Broadway and Hollywood Star - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/35a33ec4-8aad-4ec7-b904-7b7349e6b745/%234.jpg Whiting's First Broadway and Hollywood Star - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/8bf27d05-9b86-4b37-b812-7b38729d50b3/%235.jpg Whiting's First Broadway and Hollywood Star - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1643317695098-RC6Q9USWZCMX800MVCXE/%236.jpg Whiting's First Broadway and Hollywood Star https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1643317703939-QOMBM2O6730SHG8TH3R3/%237.jpg Whiting's First Broadway and Hollywood Star https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1643317713037-HOZ2EEATJ07R1877MV7L/%238.png Whiting's First Broadway and Hollywood Star https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1643317719984-AC6KVQ6G0CE82VAE2ZCF/%239.jpg Whiting's First Broadway and Hollywood Star https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1643317727313-OYOPPP1QMXFHM7LZVWV3/%2310.jpg Whiting's First Broadway and Hollywood Star https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/379df31d-7003-4a2b-bd80-45a892867f67/%2311.jpg Whiting's First Broadway and Hollywood Star - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/273c148c-3373-4407-8043-4b8be3083e39/%2312.jpg Whiting's First Broadway and Hollywood Star - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/new-page-66 daily 0.75 2023-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1645975577211-7X3OKGFEUXHP5B4KHHFL/Hot+Dog+-+Indiana+Red+Hots+Ad+-+1939.jpg Hot Dog Louies - Make it stand out This 1939 ad in the Whiting High School yearbooks lets ladies know that they are invited to enjoy the sandwiches, chili and soft drinks at Indiana Red Hots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1645656367369-O7O6YIVCC5VBGJ53XAI2/hot+dog+-+1980.jpg Hot Dog Louies - Make it stand out A massive fire destroyed several downtown Whiting businesses in 1980, including the building which housed the original Hot Dog Louie’s. This photo of the fire’s aftermath shows the narrow size of the restaurant. The entire front of the business is shown inside the box that is drawn on the picture. The building was seven feet wide from wall to wall. In that seven-foot space there was a cooking area and space for the workers to move around, a long counter for the customers that ran much of the length of the 45-foot-deep store, a dozen stools for them to sit on, and barely enough room for an aisle behind the stools. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1645658057032-L5I4DBXVGW0VVM2QNA64/Indiana+Red+hots+-+Sign.jpg Hot Dog Louies - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1645658274496-1YZUUOWQPGSCKS02RKNE/hot+dog+-+newberry.jpg Hot Dog Louies - Make it stand out Why was the building which housed Indiana Red Hots so small? Originally, the land on which it sat was a sidewalk between the two buildings on either side of it. It was a popular short-cut for many Whiting residents in the early 1900s. Patrick Sullivan, the owner of the land as well as one of the buildings which sat alongside it, thought about expanding his building to use up the extra seven feet of space. But he determined that would be too costly. So, instead, around 1924, he constructed the narrow building. Louis Marath and John Hanis were the building’s first occupants., Their restaurant instantly became the smallest store in Northwest Indiana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1645657024451-VT8MO9M4AOJILDSW0KI7/Indiana+Red+Hots+-+Louis+Marath+obit+-+April+10%2C+1961.jpg Hot Dog Louies - Make it stand out Louis Marath, Hot Dog Louie, died in 1961. He was born in Greece. John Hanis, his cousin, was his business partner. 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Peter & Paul pose outside their church in this 1935 photo as they celebrate the parish’s 25th anniversary. Sts. Peter & Paul primarily served Whiting’s Croatian community. It was located on Center Street. The first child to be baptized there was Anna Zivich, on July 3, 1910. On that same day, Roko Vodopija and Cita Yelic became the first couple united in marriage at the church. The last Mass was said in the church in 2003. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1650990908408-RKAVUHLOHA27G183EA91/ST.+JOHN%2C+WHITING+INDIANA+_3.jpg Ethnic Churches - Make it stand out The children and some of their teachers gathered for this photo outside the old St. John the Baptist school. The photo is probably from the 1940s. There were once four Catholic schools in Whiting. St. John is the only one that remains.(photo courtesy of the Sisters of Providence Archives, St. Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1650991728350-8NTCVWHLRBTSBX3H6V8M/Immaculate+Conception+Church+2.jpg Ethnic Churches - Make it stand out Immaculate Conception was founded as Whiting’s second Catholic Slovak parish. Located on White Oak Avenue, it was in a part of town where many Slovak immigrants lived. Construction of the church and school was completed in 1924. The building stood until its demolition in 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1650993545432-IMEDKQ653M439M3K1TQF/Sacred+Heart+-+Fr.+Fowerbaugh+-+January+28%2C+1987.jpg Ethnic Churches - Make it stand out Sacred Heart was known as an Irish parish and, in fact, a 1958 religious census of Whiting showed that the Irish were the largest ethnic group. But of the five Catholic parishes in Whiting, Sacred Heart had the most ethnic diversity. That census showed that 21-percent of parishioners were Irish, 15-percent were Slovak, 11-percent were German, and 31-percent were of other or mixed ethnicity. This newspaper photo of Rev. Raymond Fowerbaugh is from 1987. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1650994309250-SZUOW57PVX9R95VX2AUS/20220420_083037.jpg Ethnic Churches - Make it stand out Immigrants from Eastern Europe primarily came to Whiting for the good paying jobs at the Standard Oil refinery. They came from rural parts of Slovakia, Poland, and Croatia, and religion was an important part of their lives. It was not uncommon to see homages to God hanging on the walls of their Whiting homes, such as this one, in Polish, which calls on Jesus, Mary, and Joseph to watch over those living there in their hour of death. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1650994820700-N2AJ6FS2NN4T8KT1MMWT/St.+Adalbert+Church.jpg Ethnic Churches - Make it stand out St. Adalbert still stands on the corner of Indianapolis Boulevard and 121st Street. 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Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/andes-pizza daily 0.75 2022-05-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1653074806086-JL64O0ZPB8UFBJSU9G7V/Ande%27s+-+Serafin+Brothers.jpg Ande's Pizza - Make it stand out The Serafin family lived at 2316 White Oak Avenue when World War Two broke out. Four of the boys in the family were at prime ages for serving in the military, and all four served overseas at the same time. John, on the right, was the oldest, born in 1919. Edward, next to him in the photo, was next in line, born in 1924. Andrew, second from the left, later to become the founder of Ande’s Pizza in Whiting, was born in 1925. The youngest, Joseph, on the left, was born in 1927. Joseph was also the first to pass away. He died in 1980. Andrew lived until 1997. after 17 years as the owner of Ande’s Pizza. Edward died in 2003. John, the oldest, also lived the longest. He died in 2016 at age 96. John, also known as Dutch, had spent 45 years in charge of newspaper distribution at the Whiting News Company. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1653075255280-40G6F1UKPGMVA639H664/April+1963+-+Ande%27s+Pizza.bmp.jpg Ande's Pizza - Make it stand out An Ande’s Pizza ad from April 1963. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1653075484358-876L843PBFUABIPP0UCI/Ande%27s+Pizza+Menu+1.jpg Ande's Pizza - Make it stand out An Ande’s Pizza menu from 1959. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1653075917191-DPV324AT12KVGC6IBVP0/Ande%27s+Pizza+Menu+.jpg Ande's Pizza - Make it stand out Pizza was the main item on the menu at Ande’s, but there were other options. As the menu below shows, chicken and shrimp were also offered. The menu is from 1959. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1653076013171-W4UYHO1YRW8VXA9NLHF7/Ande%27s+Pizza+Menu+2.jpg Ande's Pizza - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1653076195760-OXU6NJ6EEJYKC6GYUPU2/Robertsdale+Little+League.jpg Ande's Pizza - Make it stand out Ande’s Pizza was a major sponsor of sports teams in Whiting from the mid-1950s and into the mid-1970s, including basketball, bowling, and Little League baseball teams. These baseball players from the Robertsdale Little League, from around 1963, are wearing their Ande’s Pizza uniforms. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/a-history-of-the-whiting-news-agency daily 0.75 2022-06-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/21e9e769-7f2b-4b64-ae91-538524ddf7f2/The+Chrustowski+family+lived+above+the+store.jpg A History of the Whiting News Agency - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/3b2eb66c-fed2-44a6-9179-609e7a6bc8e0/John+and+Ida+Clark%2C+original+owners+of+the+Whiting+News+Agency.jpeg A History of the Whiting News Agency - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1878f5ae-5fc9-4f15-b8e7-39beecb00094/John+and+Kitty+Chrustowski.jpg A History of the Whiting News Agency - 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Always From Whiting - Make it stand out Pasteurization Machinery circa 1920s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/d92b42f0-8baa-4e97-9e30-34620e987cb3/HammondIndiana-StMargaretsHospital-1908-SS+%282%29.jpg Once From Whiting - Always From Whiting - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1655232023918-9I9Y92YX6OUWH7IEGV2H/WHS1920_0033.jpg Once From Whiting - Always From Whiting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1655232028920-RSNVNVDDFXWC82PEIRWG/12.jpg Once From Whiting - Always From Whiting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/a295a248-a522-4259-bdde-bbaf7603cca1/3.jpg Once From Whiting - Always From Whiting - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/36b644f2-efe4-49b7-8d44-35fff896c64e/4.jpg Once From Whiting - Always From Whiting - Make it stand out William Genaust https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/e255997c-9fde-4637-a55d-8ee24d64dd36/8.jpg Once From Whiting - Always From Whiting - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/aef17339-f20d-4292-9730-1f01e3c51eb6/10.jpg Once From Whiting - Always From Whiting - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/new-page-86 daily 0.75 2022-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/82b3b422-5ebf-4882-be1f-e52694c30736/Community+Center+Image+1.jpg Building the Standard: the Architecture of the Whiting Memorial Community House - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/7bdd3679-fe93-43b7-a721-5c9e933f9c6a/Community+Center+Image+4.jpg Building the Standard: the Architecture of the Whiting Memorial Community House - Make it stand out Community Center dedication, November 12, 1923 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1656616568161-KMZES46722YGG8GS38PS/Community+Center+Image+2.jpg Building the Standard: the Architecture of the Whiting Memorial Community House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1656616609766-X12L0NFUYL00HSU5HQVM/Auditorium+03.jpg Building the Standard: the Architecture of the Whiting Memorial Community House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1656618247263-HM5ET96A9ANN11E1XEIS/Community+Center+Pool.JPG Building the Standard: the Architecture of the Whiting Memorial Community House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/b6b12039-c681-435c-9021-febf7ffa39c5/Community+Center+Image+5.jpg Building the Standard: the Architecture of the Whiting Memorial Community House - Make it stand out Architects Shattuck & Layer’s Plymouth Congregational Church, 119th Street and Stanton Avenue https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/a-70th-anniversary-tribute-to-the-greatest-baseball-team-of-all-time daily 0.75 2022-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/ab5d1ee7-51a9-4e50-b2f3-f18c2d8e40cf/The+greatest+team+of+all+time+ITAL.jpg A 70th Anniversary Tribute To The Greatest Baseball Team Of All Time - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/4d73b9c9-07ec-47f8-b787-c6930ab5fe8c/The+other+team%27s+box+score.jpg A 70th Anniversary Tribute To The Greatest Baseball Team Of All Time - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/bddfc411-c98c-454c-b81f-9f0e3c7b7eb1/They+couldn%27t+measure+up.jpg A 70th Anniversary Tribute To The Greatest Baseball Team Of All Time - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/49525762-b75f-4862-b6bf-d3e4400a8cee/It+was+a+banner+year.jpg A 70th Anniversary Tribute To The Greatest Baseball Team Of All Time - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/c64c6ba4-289f-4c48-b74c-e6d92f7a656a/They+were+the+best.jpg A 70th Anniversary Tribute To The Greatest Baseball Team Of All Time - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/3cbc7f25-16b8-42f7-800b-ec259009e909/Baseball+-+WLL+1952.jpg A 70th Anniversary Tribute To The Greatest Baseball Team Of All Time - Make it stand out The Whiting Little Leaguers are off to Williamsport, PA after winning the midwest regional tournament. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/f2ea4ad0-c1e6-4d23-ab30-f283fe601fe5/1952+Wmsport+Welcomes+Series.jpg A 70th Anniversary Tribute To The Greatest Baseball Team Of All Time - Make it stand out Williamsport prepares for the arrival of the eight teams who will vie to become World Series champions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/a8e8abc7-cf75-4da5-9c97-56a34f6409bf/1952+Stadium+in+Wmsport+w_Notes.jpg A 70th Anniversary Tribute To The Greatest Baseball Team Of All Time - Make it stand out The 1952 Little League World Series “Field of Dreams”, in a baseball-fever.com photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/e2304af8-b989-4044-bf3c-b99dbfcea9d3/1952+Whtg+vs+Norwalk+CT+w_Notes.jpg A 70th Anniversary Tribute To The Greatest Baseball Team Of All Time - Make it stand out A scene from Whiting versus Norwalk, CT, from baseball-fever.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/9758428f-0562-414a-8734-53d16970bdff/Box+Score.jpg A 70th Anniversary Tribute To The Greatest Baseball Team Of All Time - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/ba0efb8f-64dc-4443-93ef-68f1ad87a1bc/Baseball+-+52+Little+League+Cover.jpg A 70th Anniversary Tribute To The Greatest Baseball Team Of All Time - Make it stand out Standard Oil’s monthly Torch magazine honored the team with this cover photo and story. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/54772ff5-329a-4971-a24b-6401a0ed64a8/1952+Whtg+Team.jpg A 70th Anniversary Tribute To The Greatest Baseball Team Of All Time - Make it stand out First row: Richard Szymanski, Charles “Joe” Elibacher, Marty Jamrose, Tom Justak, John Shields, Richard Gaskey Second row: Bob White, Tom Kujawa, Dan Adzia, Patrick O’Keefe, Joseph Dybel, Jack Duray, Jack Mateja Third row: Coach Walter Muvich, Art Mehuron, Steve Vrlik, Coach Bruno Coppi https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/1920 daily 0.75 2022-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1661376856693-EAIXT98V7LNBZKFWWDPU/1920+-+short+street.jpg 1920 - Make it stand out Before The Community Center, The Slovak Dom Was Whiting’s Community Center Plans were revealed in the spring of 1920 to build a Community Center building in Whiting on land occupied by a line of homes on what was called Short Street (above). There was a smaller building on Clark Street that had been used as a social center, hosting activities for local groups. It shut down in the fall of 1920 and all activity moved to the Slovak Dom. The Slovak Dom still stands on 119th Street, but it’s shorter than it used to be. It used to have a second floor, and that space was put to many uses, including meetings, dances, boxing matches and basketball games. Future football coaching legend George Halas played basketball there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1661285406636-9XZ2IJZL58JU3U4VX9H5/1920+-+family+of+five+kids.jpg 1920 - Make it stand out In 1920, few considered a family with five children to be unusual. Large family sizes, like this Whiting family, were fairly typical in the 1920s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1661285632353-F6OMZFO8AAF9GQM44U49/1920+-+apartment+building.jpg 1920 - Make it stand out This Whiting housing unit was typical for the 1920s. The owner may have lived here but rented out the other apartments. Boarders were very common in this period, due to the lack of housing for men working at the refinery. This is the back side of the house, where everyone had a back porch. On summer nights, with no air conditioning, that is where some slept. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1661286133013-4I940OHCYK06S6R2WL53/1920s+-+Sheffield.jpg 1920 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1661377024191-9IDP3I41XROWLZFCICT2/1920+-+Whiting+High+Basketball+Team.jpg 1920 - Make it stand out Whiting High School Was A Sports Powerhouse Coach Lloyd Hart set high ambitions as he announced Whiting High School would field its first-ever baseball team. Whiting was already a basketball powerhouse in 1920. The team had a record of 33 wins and just seven losses. In this photo of the team, from left to right, is Team Captain Nick Keckich, Julian Goldsmith, Harley Hoskins, Bill Vater, Tom Mathews, William Thiessen, Martin Benson, and James Burke. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1661374982487-0H23TSI5H20QNHFV9099/1920+-+soco.jpg 1920 - Make it stand out The Refinery Was Drawing People to Whiting If you wanted to live in the exciting, growing, prosperous part of Lake County in 1920, you wanted to live in Whiting, Hammond, East Chicago, or Gary. From 1910 to 1920, the population of Lake County grew by 93-percent. Almost all that growth was in the northmost cities. People abandoned the rural parts of the county, discovering that they could make a lot more money in a steel mill or refinery than on a farm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1661375213307-604MQIHZPVCWJWOKJKPX/1920+-+Harding.jpg 1920 - Make it stand out For The First Time, Women Could Vote 1920 was a presidential election year, and in Whiting, 85-percent of registered voters cast a ballot. It was the first time women were allowed to vote. In Whiting, as well as across the country, women and men gave Republican Warren Harding a resounding victory as President. He received 74-percent of Whiting’s votes. Whiting was mostly a Republican town in those years. That would change in the 1930s when Republicans were saddled with most of the blame for the economic Depression. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1661375556677-47CJN3OM9NIZHU1B8K79/1920+-+Pool+Hall.jpg 1920 - Make it stand out Pool Halls Were Popular, But Not Everyone Liked Them A new pool hall opened in June 1920. At Kouriallas & Kontos you could not only shoot pool, but you could also get your shoes shined. Some, though, feared that you might also gamble. Mayor Walter Schrage wanted an ordinance passed to forbid card or dice games in or near a pool hall or bowling alley. Half of the city council didn’t agree. The new pool hall was at 440 119th Street. The city had a different address numbering system then. Today, that is 1508 119th Street, which would put it between Dos Sabores restaurant and Paradise Liquors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1661375362917-P94XCI0TG6IW16MYIXQM/1920+-+snow+and+car.jpg 1920 - Make it stand out No One Was Dreaming of a White Easter Without doing the research to find out for sure, it’s a pretty good bet that we’ve never had as much snow fall on Easter weekend as we did in 1920. It was April 5, and up to ten inches of snow fell. Strong winds created drifts that half buried cars parked on Whiting’s streets. Easter snows are not unheard of, but they are rare. In 1964, we received seven inches of snow on an Easter Day in late March. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1661375854568-SACHR6D5COY7A6U1C3A0/1920+-+commercial+club+parade.jpg 1920 - Make it stand out The 4th of July Parade Was Just Beginning To Be An Annual Tradition Whiting’s first 4th of July parade was in 1919. At the head of the 1920 parade was the newly-formed Standard Oil Company Band, making its first public appearance. Several hundred Boy Scouts were among the parade participants. What the Girl Scouts lacked in numbers they made up in talent. All the girls came in uniforms which they made by hand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1661376083643-FT4QJKLZB9POXDE9XETP/1920+-+Crank+Phone.jpg 1920 - Make it stand out Most Phones Had To Be Cranked The Chicago Telephone Company was the phone company for Whiting. It had a telephone exchange building on Schrage Avenue in 1920, but was hoping to find another location in the city and construct a new building. It needed the new building so it could do away with crank phones in Whiting. With a crank phone you would turn, or crank, the handle on the side of the box, which would ring the operator. She would get on the line and ask you who you wanted to call, and then connect you to that person. The process could take a while, depending on how busy the operator was. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1661376564319-5VJGOIUIS0QTEV2P4G8E/1920+-+tug+of+war+1922.jpg 1920 - Make it stand out The Tug of War at the 1922 Labor Day Event. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1661378143085-RZJ43YOFLA6OT2RN0TDG/1920+-+water+slide+1927.jpg 1920 - Make it stand out Whoa Zone…1920s Style This slide went up on Whiting’s Lake Michigan beach later in the 1920s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1661378379316-CYSVN2NFUYUJYAX47U9U/1920+-+swing+1925.jpg 1920 - Make it stand out This swing was another attraction in Whiting Park in the 1920s. On the top level is Mary Helen Geyer, Bill Burke, and Margaret Geyer. On the lower level are Joe Geyer, Mary Ellen Burke, and an unidentified boy. This photo was taken in 1925. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1661377638550-MSJW53M5SWML2GI959B9/1920+-+Babe+Ruth.jpg 1920 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/plymouth-congregational-church daily 0.75 2022-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/162854eb-9188-426f-9ef0-7c9529438807/bookles+-+Copy+%282%29.jpeg PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/706e36bb-f841-4e93-bd47-4dcc5796f3ed/Soltwedel%2C+George.jpg PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/36b5a114-11f1-484c-acf5-091b398b0bf6/Davidson%2C+Henry+in+brown+%282%29.JPG PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH - 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Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/0838af9f-127f-4b3b-9e78-d3e2352ed8aa/u+g+swartz.JPG PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/461b34e4-5523-4d9e-8a83-5c1f764d9329/Ladies+Guild+cookbook.jpg PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/6bb6b7ff-e182-44eb-a1ff-91a9878e15b7/Plymouth+Cong+119th+%282%29.jpg PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/2ef667ea-c090-4f9d-a252-02b840e0726b/Jane+Addams.jpg PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH - Make it stand out Jane Addams https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/4c399472-aad7-45b2-a57d-b90cf74371bc/Fredjsmith1906-1910+%282%29.jpg PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH - Make it stand out Fred Smith https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/e179f3d6-2b2e-45cd-abeb-d5bf8148b048/bookles+%282%29.jpeg PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/83415556-dce4-46fa-800b-3b1c77a0e7c4/two+reverends+%282%29.jpeg PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/cb52bc3c-fe6b-4074-a314-df7f71fb7ead/beautiful+mrs.+beaubien+cropped+%282%29.jpg PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH - Make it stand out Mrs. Beaubien https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/56e5dd24-722b-4a8f-a7a5-ed7ae7d9c305/Beaumontparks+1910-1914+%282%29.jpg PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH - Make it stand out Beaumont Parks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/98e7f1c8-1f7e-4e58-a474-73656366e50a/church+photo+-+Copy+%283%29.jpeg PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/69a0cc45-2833-419f-a9ab-553b18b1ed69/Ted+and+Helen+Price+Wedding+1924+%282%29.JPG PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH - Make it stand out Price wedding circa 1924 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/b5e8ed5d-4e8d-4726-9d6b-4415ab91c9ad/Plymouth+Church+%282%29.jpg PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/6d43126d-c6c1-4966-8924-a8291a89cb8f/Jennings%2C+Waldo+%282%29.jpg PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/e3fdec49-9a5f-480c-b063-c97ed010f418/Plymouth+-40%27s+ladies.jpg PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH - Make it stand out PCC Women circa 1940s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/6ef98167-4f89-4974-9255-8bc707a49e9e/IMG_2366.JPG PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/4ed17c56-2ab4-4a79-bb53-1ae41dc2b761/james+facklam.jpg PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/from-rudy-to-rockne daily 0.75 2022-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/4fb8847d-67cb-4762-8366-df6d0b4eb5c5/rudy01+%282%29.jpg From Rudy to Rockne - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/2986ebf9-79f6-41a4-9440-8bbc2ed97cc2/download.jpg From Rudy to Rockne - 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Make it stand out Johnny Mostil https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/robertsdale-fire daily 0.75 2022-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1666379298467-QW0ENLWK4WMPSS0JDY3K/1892+Map.jpg Robertsdale Fire - Make it stand out This 1892 map shows one road between Wolf Lake and George Lake. That road was called Sheffield Avenue. Later, Calumet Avenue was extended north from Hammond where it connected with Sheffield in Robertsdale. The southern part of old Sheffield Avenue kept (and still has) that name, but the part of Sheffield that was north of where Sheffield and Calumet meet, was changed to Calumet Avenue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1666466573911-ET1R88BM7POOD5FEY7MY/Robertsdale+Station+-+corner+of+Myrtle+%26+Boulevard.gif Robertsdale Fire - Make it stand out An early image of the Robertsdale Fire Station, probably from 1896. It is the building on the left. At the time, it had a tower, which probably housed a bell to alert the volunteer firemen when their help was needed. This is the corner of what is now Indianapolis Boulevard and Myrtle Avenue. Indianapolis Boulevard is not paved in this photo, but there are streetcar tracks running down the center of the street, and off in the distance a streetcar is approaching. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1666466851381-O21DT7SAQC5ERM1RQBA4/Robertsdale+Station+-+Fred+Binhammer+at+x+-+1911+-+Robertsdale+Library+upstairs.jpg Robertsdale Fire - Make it stand out If you see a photo of the old Robertsdale Fire Station with only one opening for the wagon and other equipment, the photo has to be before 1909. That was the year the fire station was expanded, and another door was added. The major equipment is on display in this photo, including the horses and wagon, the hose wound up in the hose cart, and the ladder that is being climbed by two of the firemen. The only person identified in this photo is Fred Binhammer. He is just to the right of center, the man wearing a vest over a white shirt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1666467905761-X149W2CUUTISLHLBUCVU/Robertsdale+Fire+-+Hose+Team+-+William+Timm+with+gun+-+1700+block+Boulevard.jpg Robertsdale Fire - Make it stand out The Hose Team of the Robertsdale Volunteer Fire Department shows its form in this photo taken in what is today the 17-hundred block of Indianapolis Boulevard. Two things tell you that this is not a photo of them getting ready to fight a fire. For one thing, they are all dressed alike. The volunteers had no regular uniform for the job, but they did when appearing in tournaments. The other sign that this is a tournament photo is the man standing just a little right of center, wearing a white shirt and with one arm pointing straight up. That man is William Timm, one of the best marksmen in Robertsdale at the time. His arm is straight up because he is holding a pistol. In the firemen’s tournaments of the 1900s, the races between competing teams started with the firing of a pistol in the air. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1666469313286-7N5M4P4A403JW7KZG54N/Robertsdale+Fire+-+Championship+Fire-Fighting+Crew.jpg Robertsdale Fire - Make it stand out The best guess is that this photo was taken in 1907 in Valparaiso. It shows the Robertsdale Volunteer Firemen at the annual Firemen’s Tournament. They won several prizes at the event that year, including “Best Appearance” for their uniforms, and best attendance with 27 of their 28 members present. Behind them in this photo are some of the Robertsdale fans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1666480048245-A326LXV0XTTTLGS146DR/Robertsdale+Fire+-+John+Wickhorst+with+banner+-+Champion+Hose+Race+-+Northern+Indiana+Volunteer+Firemen%27s+Association.jpg Robertsdale Fire - Make it stand out John Wickhorst displays, in front of the Robertsdale Fire Station, a banner won by the firefighters of Robertsdale at the annual Firemen’s Tournament. He may also be wearing the aluminum fire hat, another trophy awarded to the winning team. Robertsdale won the race in 1907, so that is probably when this photo was taken. They were traveling trophies, going to the winner the following year. Wickhorst lived on Roberts Avenue and worked as a carpenter at the refinery. Later he worked at the Grasselli Chemical Plant in East Chicago, but in his off-time he was a volunteer firefighter. A native of Germany who moved to Robertsdale in 1890, he passed away in 1934 at the age of 64 following an appendicitis operation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1666480994710-OO5S7VWEBGAQKDAZ44C2/Robertsdale+Fire+-+Fein+%26+Schnabel+Photo+-+Champion+Hose+Race+Banner.jpg Robertsdale Fire - Make it stand out The champions of the Dry Hose Race in the 1907 Firemen’s Tournament held in Valparaiso. In the front row, left to right: Tom Smith, Jeremy Cross, Julis Linderman, Billy Eggers, Ed Ashline, Julius Stross, Tom Boland. Back row: Bill Grandale, Dick Blaul, Alex Hazlett, John Wickhorst, Ed Freeze, Hank Eggers, Peterson, Ed Holmes, Charles Stross, Tom Nickelson, Frank Buhler, Art Stross, Herman Thiessen, Tony Novack, Frank Elliott, Billy Timm. They are standing in front of the Robertsdale Fire Station. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1666481645354-NU3G5J83DN9F8YC80XVZ/Robertsdale+Fire+-+1908+-+Crown+Point+Tournament.jpg Robertsdale Fire - Make it stand out Before the start of the “disastrous” Firemen’s Tournament in Crown Point in 1908, the Robertsdale volunteer firemen posed for this photo with their supporters standing behind them. They are, from left to right: Ed Freeze, Hank Eggers, John Sharp, Richard Schaff, John Wickhorst, Tony Novack, Charley Stross, Tom Nickelson, Ed Simon, Julius Stross, Peterson, Frank Buhler, William Eggers, Ed Holmes, Herman Thiessen, John Smith, Benny Hoglett, Julis Linderman, Dick Blaul, Alex Hazlett, unknown, Tom Smith, Ed Ashline, Fred Langham, Art Stross, Frank Elliott, Tom Bohlin, Henry Hatt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1666561168804-4JHAIP1S9YOPS9LNTDYO/Robertsdale+Fire+-+Lake+County+Times.jpg Robertsdale Fire - Make it stand out Robertsdale and Whiting were at the center of the “riot” and “disaster” in Crown Point on the day of the annual Firemen’s Tournament in 1908. Headlines in the Lake County Times (above), mocked Whiting for going home after a couple of rulings went against their team. While headlines in the Whiting Democrat (below) claimed Robertsdale firemen were the villains for lodging a complaint against the Whiting team. The day ended with multiple fights on the streets of Crown Point, that year’s host city for the annual tournament. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1666561569259-HIR07SEBWU9UMHF2EZZX/Robertsdale+Fire+-+Whiting+Democrat.jpg Robertsdale Fire - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1666561896226-L20V59SRO9NEWVT7SNA7/Robertsdale+Station+-+Library+Patrons+in+Window.jpg Robertsdale Fire - Make it stand out In 1909, the fire station on Indiana Boulevard expanded. There were now two doors for fire wagons instead of one. It’s not visible in this photo, but to the left was more building, the part that housed the police. In this photo, some of the police can be seen in their uniforms in the crowds of fans behind the championship hose race team of the Robertsdale Fire Department. If you look closely, you might be able to see a person in the second-floor window of the building. That is where the Robertsdale Public Library was housed for a time. (Photo donated by Richard Senchak) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1666562339385-9GDUC8GYZ4B0K2WEZ35M/Robertsdale+Station+-+December+18%2C+1960.jpg Robertsdale Fire - Make it stand out Groundbreaking at the site of the new fire station at 122nd and Calumet. This picture appeared in the Hammond Times on December 18, 1960. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1666562598615-M5OLTLAHI0I76OPT8O63/Robertsdale+Station+-+10-19-1966.jpg Robertsdale Fire - Make it stand out The old fire station at Indianapolis Boulevard and Myrtle Avenue is in the background in this October 19, 1966 photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1666562758185-6Y4CV7RCUYEV9L6BAFNM/Robertsdale+Fire+Station+-+Barbara+Hmurovich+%26+Jim+Hmurovich.jpg Robertsdale Fire - Make it stand out The old Robertsdale Fire Station was a popular place for Cub Scouts and other groups to visit, as seen in this photo from around 1960. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1666563198665-46D2TVEX6T0N60DITRIS/Robertsdale+Fire+Station.jpg Robertsdale Fire - Make it stand out Above: The Robertsdale Fire Station at 122nd Street and Calumet Avenue, in January 2022. Below: The Environmental Education Center in March 2022, before it was torn down to make room for the proposed station. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1666563350206-1LMY37KNYD1GZR35BJ0C/2022-03-007+-+Environmental+Education+Center+-+Hammond%2C+Indiana.jpg Robertsdale Fire - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/neal-price daily 0.75 2022-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1667653939899-2M8WBQH4CG84TMTT3KGT/neal+price+5.jpg Neal Price - Make it stand out 1309 119th Street was the location of Neal Price’s Firestone Store. In this photo from the 1955 Fourth of July parade, the store is just above the center, with the “Firestone” sign. To its right is the Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO) office. To its left is a billboard for John A. Ciesco Insurance, and then the National Tea Company grocery store. In the far upper left corner of the photo is the A&P grocery store. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1667654453440-ICF1COL7AS9JW2JC9KFI/neal+price+9.jpg Neal Price - Make it stand out The entrance to Neal Price’s in 1957. (photo by Elsie Boness) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1667654682286-OB680070W14JIB3MRCW2/Neal+Price+-+Newspaper+Ad+-+November+5%2C+1959.bmp.jpg Neal Price - Make it stand out An ad in the Times-Graphic in November 1959 offers a few suggestions for Christmas gift shoppers at Neal Price’s, and a free fruit cake if you spend at least $18.95 on a layaway purchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1667655315779-8NJ0V7QR48XNNRCR5QXP/Neal+Price+-+The+Capitol.bmp.jpg Neal Price - Make it stand out Neal Price’s fanned the interest of young music lovers by handing out the free literature that record makers and radio stations produced. Above is news about the music stars of 1946 from Capitol Records. “Neal Price’s” is stamped on the back page. Below, fans of radio station WLS in 1967 could get a new “Silver Dollar Survey” every week, an updated list of the top songs in Chicagoland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1667656008319-71YN0ORISYO02GCN6JLC/Neal+Price+-+WLS+Silver+Dollar+Survey.jpg Neal Price - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1667656237080-DB7OSRPWA0M6R45IUQID/Neal+Price+-+1953+Clark+Yearbook.jpg Neal Price - Make it stand out Music fans sort through the selection of record albums at Neal Price’s. This photo is from the 1953 yearbook of Clark High School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1667656440283-MHJEKPVXLOVOSJLXMAXK/Neal+Price+-+Record+Club.bmp.jpg Neal Price - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1667656640279-UGUCU35AOL8MIK7LKQP6/neal+price+3.jpg Neal Price - Make it stand out There was a Merchants & Industrial Exposition held at the Community Center in 1957, giving businesses a chance to show the public what they offered. This display by Neal Price’s showcases an assortment of the most modern television sets of the era. (photo by Elsie Boness) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1667656984306-TG4ZQNE68ICSBQKJ9HCR/neal+price+11.jpg Neal Price - Make it stand out Inside Neal Price’s in 1957. (photo by Elsie Boness) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1667657173963-A6HGLPXCRYFVEHU3VHQ7/neal+price+7.jpg Neal Price - Make it stand out Neal Price. Whiting High School Class of 1928. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1667657629056-GNJR3YH8QAPQV41VNVBE/neal+price+8.jpg Neal Price - Make it stand out Neal Price (on the right) presents drawing-winner Robert Herakovich and his son, Bob, with an Evinrude outdoor motor during the Merchants & Industrial Exposition of 1957 at the Community Center. (photo by Elsie Boness) https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/the-hostess-with-the-mostest daily 0.75 2022-12-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/10aeb8e5-4495-49b1-a8d1-57e3ec21ffe3/images.jpg The Hostess with the Mostest - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/0a5d9df6-02ee-4792-b2de-502d9ebcf8b7/6541EB0A-3839-435A-AA2C-535655891144.jpg The Hostess with the Mostest - Make it stand out Mildred Ahlgren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/6faac792-cbaa-4450-a4b8-33daa025d1a2/download+%281%29.jpg The Hostess with the Mostest - Make it stand out 1735 Stanton Avenue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1670600904922-4V7ROMSD47ZQP9Z4B36X/download+%284%29.jpg The Hostess with the Mostest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1670600911295-PGF9LXWQZ69HTPMGFLCV/download+%282%29.jpg The Hostess with the Mostest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1670600918831-XVWPA2XIF7EA5E2JK4EO/download+%285%29.jpg The Hostess with the Mostest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/b437764c-e371-4b15-a326-f65cff837ae6/images+%283%29.jpg The Hostess with the Mostest - 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Make it stand out Cub Scouts march down Indianapolis Boulevard at 119th Street in Whiting’s 4th of July parade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1671755141245-23YH1N7ZZ409QJ94TCMK/Pinewood+Derby+Specs.jpg Be Prepared -- Scouting's Remarkable Local History https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1671755116298-M1Y29RFJ1QT8DHRHKAQD/Pinewood+Derby+Scouts.jpg Be Prepared -- Scouting's Remarkable Local History https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1671755649369-XF256HL0Q58FNYMDCMTI/Camp+Calumet+Times+Banner+1935.jpg Be Prepared -- Scouting's Remarkable Local History https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1671755687418-KDS1LEW5CWKH8RG4MDSQ/1927+11_5+The+Times+Camp+Calumet+Opens.jpg Be Prepared -- Scouting's Remarkable Local History https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1671756842062-3EP4YG9EAWTIWGG5FFPC/1923+08_1+Times+Nissaki+Rpt+Excerpt.jpg Be Prepared -- Scouting's Remarkable Local History https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1671756890149-5K5E654B44HR9BXIVSSO/1925+10_17+The+Times+Camp+Nissaki+Report.jpg Be Prepared -- Scouting's Remarkable Local History https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1671756933576-CKVWIH9WCELE9WMO3KZH/1926+Tremont+Indiana-TheTrail.jpg Be Prepared -- Scouting's Remarkable Local History https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1671756959768-UTWPLXSW57HXTXGCYFP4/1931+Tremont+Indiana-PathToLake.jpg Be Prepared -- Scouting's Remarkable Local History https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1671757398713-VSAD719M8LIP6QBTRG0W/Camp+Betz+Cabins_1955.jpg Be Prepared -- Scouting's Remarkable Local History https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1671757423667-BEHIOGJKZFRXQ9QU4V3B/Camp+Betz+Cabin.jpg Be Prepared -- Scouting's Remarkable Local History https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1671757445496-YZNVYF04HR5ADARNDVAJ/Camp+Betz+Girl+Scout+Diving+Platform+Across+River.jpg Be Prepared -- Scouting's Remarkable Local History https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/2f0b359f-ae8d-40b6-86c5-55887ac6e76b/Text--Through+the+Years.png Be Prepared -- Scouting's Remarkable Local History - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/2ba1a4b2-87df-42c3-8f01-6cce28c8be4f/New+Cub+Program+The_Times_Sat__Feb_28__1931.jpg Be Prepared -- Scouting's Remarkable Local History - Make it stand out In 1931, the Lake County Times announced the formation of Whiting’s official Cub scouting program. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/a7b521f0-9d2d-4c17-b8cb-a6c85256c89d/Advancement+Trail_Cub+To+Eagle.jpg Be Prepared -- Scouting's Remarkable Local History - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/marathon-dancing daily 0.75 2023-01-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/6a206822-42ac-4056-988d-9dd332230eaa/Marathon+-+Alma+Cummings.jpg Marathon Dancing - Make it stand out Showing off the holes in the soles of her shoes and soaking her feet in water for the benefit of the photographer, Alma Cummings became a national celebrity in 1923 by dancing 27 hours straight. She started a national craze, which guaranteed that her record for marathon dancing would not last long. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/4bb73068-f5bc-4b29-827f-f5cbb387c475/marathon+-+newbould+anniversary.jpg Marathon Dancing - Make it stand out Seated in the center is W.G. Newbould, the man who operated the marathon in Whiting-Robertsdale. He and his wife celebrated their 15th wedding anniversary during the marathon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/951ea942-e156-4b33-8179-56f1dbdd677c/Marathon+-+Ad+-+-+Greggs+-+The+Times+-+May+11%2C+1928.jpg Marathon Dancing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/916da253-1418-485b-9e90-609583dea3eb/Marathon+-+Joe+Powers+-+credit+Sun-Times+-+1928.jpg Marathon Dancing - Make it stand out Joe Powers earned some fame as a marathon flagpole sitter, but he came to Whiting-Robertsdale in 1928 to compete in the marathon dance competition (photo courtesy of the Chicago Sun-Times). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/14d95e58-d8fa-4eba-8db9-88e812e8ee28/Marathon+-+Ad+-+LC+Times+-+August+4%2C+1928.jpg Marathon Dancing - Make it stand out An ad in the Lake County Times, August 4, 1928. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/6bdef3e0-9f46-4626-ab82-89c3bb78d35f/Marathon+-+Chicago+Tribune.jpg Marathon Dancing - Make it stand out This Chicago Tribune photo from 1928 shows “Pretty Whiting, Indiana girl” Anna Kovak, helping partner, Frank “KoKo” Cozzello as he battles the need for sleep. They were a crowd favorite at Chicago’s Auditorium at Ashland and Van Buren streets, where the World's Championship Endurance Dance contest was in its third week. They hoped to win prize money of $3,500. (Chicago Tribune historical photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/920046f5-55d0-4642-9162-d3f24cee03ac/Marathon+-+Skating+to+Divorce+-+LC+Times+-+October+15%2C+1928.jpg Marathon Dancing - Make it stand out Roller skating marathons were second to dance marathons in popularity but were every bit as controversial. Readers of the Lake County Times saw this photo of a Chicago couple on October 15, 1928, accompanied by the caption which says their marriage fell apart thanks to the marathon. Just a few days before this appeared, Hammond had enacted a total ban on marathon dancing and marathon roller skating. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/a2d45055-d381-447e-b1dd-f645b8d5b4db/Marathon+-+Quinn+-+WHS+-+1922.png Marathon Dancing - Make it stand out Odileen Quinn of Whiting got married on the danceroom floor during the marathon. This is her 1922 graduation photo from Whiting High School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/09818ec0-df07-48b5-abc9-2474a89f52ff/marathon+-+nora+ryan.jpg Marathon Dancing - Make it stand out Nora Ryan of Chicago, standing on the podium, was the winner of the dance marathon at Boardwalk Park in Whiting-Robertsdale in 1928. Why she was called “Chicago’s Venus,” we don’t know. Who her partner was, "we don’t know. This photo is the only known record of her achievement of dancing 1,208 hours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/e927907e-a49d-4e73-b53e-b001039be570/Marathon+-+Grave.jpg Marathon Dancing - Make it stand out Callum DeVillier went to his grave as the all-time dance marathon champion, lasting 3,780 continuous hours on the dance floor. The only monument to his achievement, is on his tombstone in Minneapolis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/0e99e411-68b3-42ad-8dc8-cf94d06ba3af/Marathon+-+WGN.jpg Marathon Dancing - Make it stand out Founded by W.G. Newbould, the man responsible for the only dance marathon in the history of Whiting-Robersdale, W.G.N. Flag & Decorating Company gets its name from his initials. It has no connection to WGN radio or television. For over 100 years it has provided flags for the Chicago area and for people across the country and the world. It is located at 7984 S. South Chicago Avenue in Chicago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/ca207ab5-02ec-42c9-a093-218ee10898f6/Marathon+-+Huntington+Herald+-+October+17%2C+1928.jpg Marathon Dancing - Make it stand out Banning marathon dancing in Hammond put an end to it here, but it did not put an end to some of the area’s young people finding other places to be in a marathon. The Cathryn DeVore mentioned in this ad, was actually Catherine Dvorscak of Robertsdale. She was just 16 years old when she traveled to Huntington, Indiana to be in a marathon. Her wedding on the ballroom floor drew in spectators, but the marriage did not last. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/301c74e7-df56-4b34-bb34-678b3d560af3/Maduras+Danceland.jpg Marathon Dancing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/buses daily 0.75 2023-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/fdb194ee-9380-4b2b-852f-8eb18bb1c05c/bus+-+tokens.jpg Buses - Make it stand out Bus tokens, probably from the 1950s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/5724dbb4-9ba1-4bb3-843e-d889187c4c60/bus+-+1967.jpg Buses - Make it stand out A bus battles its way through the snow along Indianapolis Boulevard at 119th Street after the huge blizzard that hit the area in 1967. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/243aa01f-ff70-4934-a9bd-44b38a3780e5/Buses+-+Hohman+Avenue+-+www.hhs59.com+-+Richard+Barnes.jpg Buses - Make it stand out Downtown Hammond, in what looks like the early 1950s. This photo is from Richard Barnes. For more like it, go to www.hhs.59com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/c45ef4dd-175c-49a9-8914-8e41422bfc3e/Buses+-+2005+-+David+Wilson+from+Oak+Park%2C+Illinois.jpg Buses - Make it stand out Even in cold and snowy conditions, the buses have to run, as these buses did in Hammond in 2005. Photo taken by David Wilson of Oak Park, Illinois. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/bd428d6b-7af2-48e8-bd31-8009b1364b1f/bus+-+soco+torch+june+1951.jpg Buses - Make it stand out This photo shows the inside of a bus in the early 1950s, but everything else in it is staged. The Standard Torch was the monthly magazine that went to all Standard Oil employees. In June 1951, it ran this photo on its cover, showing a group of men on their way to work in a bus, all (except one) reading the latest issue of the Standard Torch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/920c6d36-cf64-4b50-ac3a-1d1bf71e9585/Buses+-+1944+Hammond+-+www.hhs59.com+Richard+Barnes.jpg Buses - Make it stand out A bus that ran in Hammond and Whiting. This 1944 photo is from Richard Barnes, www.hhs59.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/b9dfecd3-195f-43d1-8775-920adcc6301c/Bus+-+Transportation+Deluxe.bmp.jpg Buses - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/1606 daily 0.75 2023-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/8285376a-aedc-4187-87f6-89f69e2f0bbd/final+history+2022.jpg 1606 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/3b741a94-ccdf-435a-bf84-3ee36c79288a/20230206_132959.jpg 1606 - Make it stand out The facade in January 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/0c5ef891-d6f6-453d-9808-ffe09f4b3a0b/Screenshot+From+Video+2.50.jpg 1606 - Make it stand out The oldest known image of the original facade https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/donors daily 0.75 2023-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/b5b9553d-8ac3-4442-a4b4-a802da419b31/Notrre+Dame+Federal+Credit+Union.jpg Donors - Make it stand out The Notre Dame Federal Credit Union awarding the Historical Society a $5,000 donation. From left to right Bonnie Midkiff, Gayle Kosalko, John Wilkening, Sandra Gomez, Jesse Hunt, and Rebecca Haynes https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/wolf-lake-harbor daily 0.75 2023-04-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/5c377366-8c42-48e3-b018-6d1c1de284d8/1920_12_8+Lee+Says+US+Engnrs+Approve+Plan+04+Clip.jpg Wolf Lake Harbor and Seaport - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/b357fd2e-80a9-432e-9f63-e4e147965f07/Nortwest+Ordinance+Territory.png Wolf Lake Harbor and Seaport - Make it stand out Northwest Ordinance territory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/2cefa64e-b95f-4ca1-90c7-4081a7f07350/1891+02_14+Inpls+Jnl+Wolf+River+Survey+Proposed.jpg Wolf Lake Harbor and Seaport - Make it stand out 1891 article in the Indianapolis Journal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/bb0287dc-7feb-4e3d-936e-75a63549fd86/1890+Map+01_Proposed+Waterway_Lake+Mi+to+Joliet.jpg Wolf Lake Harbor and Seaport - 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Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/8c147c65-beb2-4a97-98c9-58fb88020201/1919+2_23+So+Bend+Port+City.jpg.jpg Wolf Lake Harbor and Seaport - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/a4fe60a0-061c-4889-87ca-abec7d2887ce/1920_12_8+Lee+Says+US+Engnrs+Approve+Plan+01.JPG Wolf Lake Harbor and Seaport - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/3c69bb90-307a-47fb-a1d8-5b28e6633b7d/1925+Industrial+Map+Showing+J+and+L+Purchase.jpg Wolf Lake Harbor and Seaport - Make it stand out Jones & Laughlin purchased land for a major railroad yard that was never to be built. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/ciesar-all-americans daily 0.75 2023-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/7f50e5d0-7cd1-4988-85ec-378e730b628f/nais.jpg Ciesar All Americans - 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Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/volunteer daily 0.75 2025-06-23 https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/volunteer-application daily 0.75 2025-06-23 https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/americas-sculptor-in-roby daily 0.75 2023-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/6a364752-557c-4e49-a337-dbb8d878734f/Lorado+Taft+Photo+01_Chicago+Tribune+copy.jpg America's Sculptor In Roby--Art Meets Industry - Make it stand out Laredo Taft (1860-1936) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/6c27cac7-4ac8-45e9-9ef6-cf883455c27d/White+Rabbits+At+Work+copy.jpg America's Sculptor In Roby--Art Meets Industry - Make it stand out Some of Taft’s many female students prepare pieces for Chicago’s 1893 Columbian Exposition world’s fair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/d4143ea5-4f35-4397-ac1e-97187de7e53c/Electricity+Building+Sculpture+In+Progress+copy.jpg America's Sculptor In Roby--Art Meets Industry - Make it stand out A frieze for the facade of the fair’s Electricity Building, under construction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/870dee4d-6ab5-49d5-abec-7b5414b9e015/1938_11_20+Amazio+Plant_Daly+Hall+Aerial.jpg America's Sculptor In Roby--Art Meets Industry - Make it stand out A 1938 aerial photo shows the location of the plant alongside the “Wolf River”, known locally as Amaizo Channel. Daly Hall is highlighted at the plant’s north end (click to enlarge). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/409049d8-d8c9-4ff6-a1fd-469e1bfa4f80/Daly+Hall+Sketch+copy.jpg America's Sculptor In Roby--Art Meets Industry - Make it stand out A sketch of Daly Hall’s north facade and main entrance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/65fe3830-b06f-4c4b-becc-e0909b011474/1934+Oct+4+Times+Daly+Hall+Dedication+Headline+copy.jpg America's Sculptor In Roby--Art Meets Industry - Make it stand out This article headline appeared in the Hammond Times in September, 1934. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/ae4868c1-8290-4f99-b336-3036418e77ab/2+Frieze+Images+Combined.jpg America's Sculptor In Roby--Art Meets Industry - Make it stand out Taft’s Daly Hall frieze on display today at the Towle Theatre (l), and how it appeared above the main door of the building (r). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/83d6a003-6d4e-4797-8bd6-b88500fcfa6d/Taft%27s+Studio+Today+copy.jpg America's Sculptor In Roby--Art Meets Industry - Make it stand out Laredo Taft’s Chicago studio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/0485c86d-9e72-4315-918d-a6a46b5419c4/Fountain+Of+Time+Sculpture%2C+Chicago+copy.jpg America's Sculptor In Roby--Art Meets Industry - Make it stand out Fountain of Time, Chicago https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/ba0a4348-74f7-4c96-93c0-2e33115325ee/Black+Hawk+Sculpture+Monument+copy.jpg America's Sculptor In Roby--Art Meets Industry - Make it stand out Eternal Indian, or Blackhawk monument, Oregon, Illinois https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/dd3aee36-fe23-4e4e-ba0e-635640d6c3f0/Great+Lakes+and+Solitude+Combined.jpg America's Sculptor In Roby--Art Meets Industry - Make it stand out Fountain of the Great Lakes, and Solitude of the Soul, Chicago Art Institute https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/df7a6886-20dd-4e50-b62e-4129000b73c3/Idyll+and+Pastoral+Combined.jpg America's Sculptor In Roby--Art Meets Industry - Make it stand out Idyl and Pastoral, at the Garfield Park Conservatory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/63454784-f75d-467c-8929-7e47841c4968/Washington+Sculpture+Location+in+Chicago+copy.jpg America's Sculptor In Roby--Art Meets Industry - Make it stand out The Heald Square Monument, Chicago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/bad67637-313f-4a39-adcf-60114bc50163/Columbus+Fountain+Memorial%2C+Wash+D.C.jpg America's Sculptor In Roby--Art Meets Industry - Make it stand out Columbus Fountain at Union Station in Washington, D.C. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/whs-clock daily 0.75 2023-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/48331198-9c77-4d2a-bd1f-b35bca80e723/Whiting+High+School.jpg WHS Clock - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/352babd8-cda5-4ad1-997b-1a58de0cc1bb/WHS+Clock+-+1917+Grads.jpg WHS Clock - 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Make it stand out Members of the Class of 1958, Diana Mrzlock, Bernadette Skalka, and Gil Ciesar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/c4b7341f-b3d8-418d-a72e-c799b8fef262/WHS+Clock+-+School+Sketch.jpg WHS Clock - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/the-whiting-public-library daily 0.75 2023-05-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/d15105f1-a76f-4cb2-8cc4-bb620eee7f39/mercia.jpg The Whiting Public Library - Make it stand out Mercia Hoagland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/3bd7e336-26bc-4f20-b5bc-50c74f31b5f1/Goebel%27s%2BOpera%2BHouse.jpg The Whiting Public Library - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/d5a3e5d4-d132-4bd2-b814-152ff3b69c4d/Frank+Gavit.JPG The Whiting Public Library - Make it stand out Frank Gavit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/374890d7-8d0f-4837-861b-d7291cc5ab6d/carnegie.jfif The Whiting Public Library - Make it stand out Andrew Carnegie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/7254ad56-2936-4ebe-bd8d-119801edf0ea/rock.jfif The Whiting Public Library - Make it stand out John D. Rockefeller https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/d6cee647-41bc-42a7-b294-46e1b6eb78be/paul.jfif The Whiting Public Library - Make it stand out Paul Moratz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/235ab41d-6bf0-4043-81f2-e0e048270d2c/cornerstone1.JPG The Whiting Public Library - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/a9b1f8ec-361d-4c32-b302-6d98f9b9c873/cornerstone.JPG The Whiting Public Library - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/e5e4b10c-9804-48e5-b6a7-3fc7cfb399f2/librarians.jpg The Whiting Public Library - Make it stand out Early Whiting Librarians https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/50e300ab-8df2-468e-99a7-e99defd5343e/old_library_Front2.JPG The Whiting Public Library - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/cd2ea53a-f8d0-4949-95a5-6be9074581e4/oldinterior1.JPG The Whiting Public Library - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/19e6b8b2-ac95-4d40-88a1-b68600d204e2/oldinterior2.JPG The Whiting Public Library - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/82d51460-0712-4de5-a11d-1e907fb41d27/oldinterior3.JPG The Whiting Public Library - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/46394 daily 0.75 2023-06-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/18a334ad-7631-4efd-ba4d-bc329790b9f4/Zip+Codes+Introduced+July+1%2C+1963.jpg 46394 - Make it stand out Before July 1963, there were no zip codes. Once they went into effect on July 1, 1963, the post office sent a reminder to its customers. Every household in Whiting and Robertsdale received this card from the post office, encouraging them to include their zip code every time they wrote down their address. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/0f56ddce-8e27-4099-8f50-3a1855006c52/How+Hammond+Grew.bmp.jpg 46394 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/6b4ca078-3fe8-4756-97b6-27d44b844521/post+office+-+roby+po.jpg 46394 - Make it stand out The Roby section of Hammond had its own post office from 1897 to 1971. Located on Indianapolis Boulevard next to the front entrance of the Amaizo corn processing plant, it was always a part of the discussion when anyone wanted to debate where the smallest post office in the United States was located. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/2f01c550-cabf-45a8-a4a7-536f7578a9bd/post+office+-+helicopter+best.jpg 46394 - Make it stand out At the time, some felt that October 1, 1946, was going to remembered as an important date in Whiting’s history. For decades, mail came into and left Whiting via trains, until that date in 1946 when they first used a helicopter. The flights originated in Chicago and made two stops a day in Whiting, as well as other cities in the area. The new service did not last for long. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/366e5dec-f0bd-4365-86a6-21431e78670b/post+office+-+retirees.jpg 46394 - Make it stand out Whiting Postmaster Lavern Fortin (center) congratulates four retiring postmen in November 1950. From left to right are Thomas Kauchak, Henry Sass, Fortin, Berney Everdon, and Hobart Byers. From its earliest days, the post office in Whiting employed women, and some served as postmistresses. But women were not allowed to deliver mail door-to-door. The first exception to that was in 1918. “Pedestrians were more than surprised to see a lady mail carrier marching down the street, carrying a heavy mail bag on her shoulder,” The Lake County Times reported. The woman, the first woman to deliver mail in Whiting, was Irene Putnam. World War One was underway, and she carried the route normally handled by Johnston Knight when he went off to war. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/fee8a498-4c72-4065-beb9-f03985599539/post+office+-+old+location.jpg 46394 - Make it stand out The building on the corner of Clark and Fischrupp still stands today across from the YMCA/Community Center. From 1926 to 1932 a part of the building was Whiting’s Post Office. If you look closely in this photo, on the front side and to the left, you can see the “Post Office” sign. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/df471436-2feb-4580-bef7-68a706c9771d/William+Wood.jpg 46394 - Make it stand out William Wood was the last Republican to represent Whiting-Robertsdale in Congress. From the town of Oxford, near Lafayette, he served in Congress from 1915 to 1933.where he was the Republican leader on the Appropriations Committee. That put him is a powerful position in 1930 to help get the money appropriated to build a new post office in Whiting. Wood lost re-election in 1932 and died just days after leaving office. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/2e916435-7165-4893-b165-679093b0f4e5/Post+Office+-+May+2%2C+1933.bmp.jpg 46394 - Make it stand out Whiting’s new post office in 1933, with some of the finishing touches still undone. 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Top Row: Walter Pawlus; Edward Siska; John Evanich; Joseph Melvin; Paul Salcich; Patrick Rostin; William Wagner; Andrew Svitko; Philip Johnson; Clifford Morden; Joseph Bencur; John Kovach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/267eb040-6f30-4adc-9f4d-236941e8d59e/Paul+Duncanson.bmp.jpg 46394 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/a5be60af-ea53-4542-951a-79b69e906199/post+office+-+roby+final.jpg 46394 - Make it stand out A special envelope and postmark commemorated the final day of operation for the Roby Post Office: July 16, 1971. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/e56e0e00-2791-4ae1-9c31-bd528fd76a59/post+office+-+post+card.jpg 46394 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/teen-hangouts-havens-gathering-places daily 0.75 2023-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/2c9854fd-2060-4674-a5d9-4b381c2032dc/Whiting%2BHigh%2BSchool.jpg Teen Hangouts, Havens & Gathering Places - 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Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/restaurants daily 0.75 2023-08-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/48f64586-12a3-4e27-aee6-5a05c70921cb/new+york+confections.jpg Restaurants - Make it stand out Confectionary stores were popular in Whiting, even into the second half of the 20th century. They sold candy, and many also sold ice cream and other sweets. They were often found in neighborhoods, because the owners wanted to make it an easy walk for their customers: children with a sweet tooth. This photo is from 1936, and it shows a group of children in front of a confectionary store on New York Avenue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/3d1f2891-add1-4535-8c7d-6e0083088f45/CRA+-+Rembrandt+Lamp+Corp%2C+Chicago%2C+party+at+Phil+Smidt%2C+June+1953.jpg Restaurants - Make it stand out When a company has something to celebrate, they want to make it a memorable occasion. So, they pick a good restaurant. Phil Smidt’s was that kind of restaurant, drawing the attention of companies in Chicago as well as Northwest Indiana. This photo is from June 1953, and shows employees of the Rembrandt Lamp Company of Chicago enjoying their celebration at Phil Smidt’s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/f4f029d7-3202-4144-8991-853de80dd92d/2023-08-004+-+Former+Chatterbox+-+822+119th+Street+-+Hammond%2C+Indiana.jpg Restaurants - Make it stand out The building at 822 119th Street has been an apartment building for years, but in its early life the building’s ground floor was a popular teen hangout. In the late 1940s and into the 1950s it was known as The Chatterbox. In the 1960s it was The Corral. Located on the corner of 119th and Davis Avenue, it was directly across the street from Clark High School, the place where most of the customers came from after a long day of getting an education. A corner of Clark is on the left in this photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/2efa02e1-f5fa-444a-83a2-4f975e8cd09c/Restaurants+-+hob+nob+photo.jpg Restaurants - Make it stand out The Hob-Nob was a restaurant inside the Illiana Hotel building. The Illiana Hotel stood on the corner of 119th and Atchison Avenue. The Illiana apartment building was built on this site in more recent years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/f04e9e26-1291-40b0-b0c2-91c53bb744dc/Restaurants+-+Home+Bakery+-+Times-Grafic+-+April+16%2C+1959.jpg Restaurants - Make it stand out A 1959 ad for the Home Bakery, which appeared in the Times-Graphic, Whiting’s newspaper in that era. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/6bd8579d-6d4c-4996-a56a-956339756066/restaurants+-+frontier+days+1960s.jpg Restaurants - Make it stand out Whiting’s 119th Street provides a background to phots of the city’s events, including this photo of Frontier Days in the 1960s. Behind the cowboy and horse on the right is Indiana Red Hots at 1418 -1/2 119th Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/ae627360-ae83-4483-abee-2eb00f52665c/Restaurants+-+Website+-+119th+-+whiting+lunch+-+abt+1970.jpg Restaurants - Make it stand out Whiting Lunch was at 1604 119th Street, the location of Major Cutz Studios today. Nardi’s Lounge is to its left in this photo from the early 1970s, and Whiting Hardware is to its right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/07adb877-d42d-4b6e-a1a4-28eebbbf1c5d/Phil+Smidts+-+James_Cagney_%28far_left%29_and_Whiting_Mayor_James_T%5B1%5D._McNamara_%28far_right%29_at_Phil_Smidt%27s.jpg Restaurants - Make it stand out Phil Smidt’s was famous. All across the Chicago area people knew it as one of the best places to get perch, frog legs, and other great food. It attracted celebrities and sports heroes. On the far left in this photo is actor James Cagney at Phil Smidt’s, probably in the 1940s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/134f222f-a2cc-4d94-a2cd-465d120941c8/restaurants+-+margaret.jpg Restaurants - Make it stand out The Geneva House opened in 1913, at Five Points in Robertsdale, where the Horizon Bank branch now sits. Like most of the restaurants in the Five Points area it was known for its seafood. It was, initially, more expensive than the others, charging 50-cents per dinner. But unlike the others in that era, it had regular floors, rather than dirt and gravel floors. In the 1930s it became Margaret’s Geneva House, all the time staying under the ownership of the Winkelried family. The building was torn down to make room for the bank in 1990. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/227213bb-4bc8-4b4d-b5bb-1326be5dfe0e/Zesto+Ft.+Wayne.jpg Restaurants - Make it stand out This is a Zesto ice cream shop in Fort Wayne, but the one that used to be at 1915 Calumet Avenue looked much like this. The sign on top of the building was identical, and customers had to walk up to the window to order. When Zesto closed around 1964 the store remained an ice cream shop, called Merry Isle. Later, it became a hot dog stand. Today, the site is a part of the parking lot just north of Frankie V’s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/71a3b0d9-15d1-4e86-82d8-2382d04b90eb/restaurants+-+al+knapps.jpg Restaurants - Make it stand out Proximity to Chicago has always been an advantage of all businesses located close to the state line, including the smoke shops and fireworks stores of today. In an earlier time, restaurants were located there. As this Al Knapp’s matchbook shows, Chicago played a major role in their advertising. It was the first of the fine dining restaurants that Chicagoans would see once they crossed the state line into Indiana. It was located on the southside of Indianapolis Boulevard, close to the overpass that now goes to Horseshoe Casino. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/7614c0ba-fbef-4bde-9051-fdb20d1b4b34/Restaurants+-+Vogels+-+wait+staff.JPG Restaurants - Make it stand out Vogel’s was another restaurant close to Chicago that was known for its fish. Early in its history, Robertsdale was a sportsman’s paradise with plentiful hunting and fishing. Most of those sportsmen came from Chicago, and many of the customers of Vogel’s, like the other fine restaurants in Robertsdale, also came from Chicago. Locals, however, were also steady customers, and many wedding and other celebrations took place inside its banquet hall. This photo is from 1944. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/304aee08-2222-4ca3-927a-4a1f7b662ce7/Restaurants+-+Art%27s++2+-+June+9%2C+1953.jpg Restaurants - Make it stand out The 1950s saw the arrival of several drive-in restaurants, including Art’s, located at Five Points where the Purple Steer Restaurant is now located. Like all drive-ins, you could sit in your car and eat at Art’s while a carhop, usually a high school girl, would bring your order out on a tray that hooked onto the driver’s side window. “Art” was Art Falkenhan. Before opening his own drive-in in 1953, he operated the Steak ‘n Shake at the same location. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/7ca25b62-3fe7-4e35-801f-14a15e8c5e8e/Restaurants+-+condes+photo.jpg Restaurants - Make it stand out It was originally known as Condes Drive-In, but over the years it developed into one of the top destinations for locals to dine. Unlike its fine dining neighbors to the north on Calumet Avenue and Indianapolis Boulevard, Condes had a wider menu and prices that were more suited for local wallets. It was located at 1440 Indianapolis Boulevard. A gas station, just south of the Purple Steer Restaurant, is now located there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/6fae2815-da18-4961-ae3c-d240548f6382/Arnie%27s.jpg Restaurants - Make it stand out Before there was Arnie’s Dog House, it was Wally’s Dog House. And before that, A&A Drive-In was located at 1503 Indianapolis Boulevard. The 14- and15-hundred block of Indianapolis Boulevard, especially the east side of it, had numerous drive-ins and fast food places, starting with Dairy Queen at 1441 Indianapolis Boulevard, Chubby’s Drive-In at 1449, Wow-Wee Drive-In and Mister Sandwich across the street at 1514. Indianapolis-based chain Burger Chef was here briefly, located where the Subway is today. McDonald’s did not arrive until 1977. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/fb2e0622-cc8e-45a0-95f9-b38d46f2fff4/Restaurants+-+Dunkin+Donuts+-+Ad+-+May+16%2C+1968.bmp.jpg Restaurants - Make it stand out Dunkin Donuts came to town in 1968. Prior to its arrival, the lot that it is still on was the home of a gas station. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/9fdffdcb-478a-42bb-8d8a-4b8f4ac808af/Restaurants+-+Kentucky+Fried+Chicken+-+Grand+Opening+Photo+2+-+March+1969.bmp-001.jpg Restaurants - Make it stand out Wanda Dudzik, in the center in this photo, was the Queen of Fried Chicken in the area. The Kentucky Fried Chicken store she opened at 1730 Indianapolis Boulevard was the seventh that she owned and operated. To build it, she had to buy the old Robertsdale Fire Station that was on that site. Today, King Chop Suey is located there. This photo was from the dedication of the new building and opening of the new business and was taken in March 1969. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/33d7e4d9-ee5c-4159-8f84-071940cd5bb0/2023-08-001+-+San+Luis+Restaurant+-+Whiting%2C+Indiana.jpg Restaurants - Make it stand out Since the 1950s, 2141 Indianapolis Boulevard was known as a bakery. First it was the Whiting Bakery, and then in 1956 it became the Boulevard Bakery. Today, the building still stands, but it is now San Luis, a restaurant serving Mexican food. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/whitings-horse-sense daily 0.75 2023-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/2b8b342d-2798-488c-b1fe-da2466886319/Bunta%2C+Paul+General+Blacksmith+122nd+Street+1903.jpg Whiting's Horse Sense - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/95e003c5-0854-4e65-88e1-742a919e46b1/Ericsson%2C+Nelson+1900+blacksmith.jpg Whiting's Horse Sense - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/227886de-a6e6-4eb4-a081-cb055451fd50/Atchison+Coal+Yard+-+Copy.jpg Whiting's Horse Sense - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/052ada2f-48bb-4d5f-ae7d-82358e5d4aef/CA+Hellwig+%26+Son+Feed++406-119th+Street.jpg Whiting's Horse Sense - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/03a4e615-d240-4a9e-aa57-3fbfe5b3bf20/Albert+Childs+-+1907+12014+Davidson+Place.jpg Whiting's Horse Sense - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/7a3b613c-a928-439e-9039-03a3dd2a35a6/White+Eagle+Bakery+wagon+%282%29.jpg Whiting's Horse Sense Whiting Eagle Bakery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/35a9fb13-499f-42b6-8dcc-8c43866f32f0/Geo.+W.+Harrison+1894Teaming+%26+Moving.jpg Whiting's Horse Sense - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/d5dec45d-ff3a-4333-ba14-1dec9b9c84d8/Hoppe%2C+Wm.+team%26wagon.JPG Whiting's Horse Sense - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/crusin daily 0.75 2023-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1a6e3cd1-5678-4699-af8b-4b390f25f08f/Crusin%27+-+American+Graffiti.jpg Crusin' - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/99254ac5-9296-4091-ad42-4caa823a669f/Crusin+-+Coca+Cola.jpg Crusin' - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/7705effa-d8df-420e-b707-d7f226dd236f/Cruisin+-+Drive+Ins.jpg Crusin' - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/d978ef55-f3bc-4a18-b0fb-e571814d1ec0/Restaurants+-+Art%27s++2+-+June+9%2C+1953.jpg Crusin' - Make it stand out Art’s Drive In was located at Five Points in Robertsdale. It was torn down around 1980 and replaced by the Purple Steer Restaurant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/5e4a665c-2874-4654-a688-cd241691e694/Cruisin+-+Silver+Dollar+Survey.jpg Crusin' - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/e7acdc8b-6f33-4edc-ae18-3cff47933af1/Crusin+-+Alley+Oop.jpg Crusin' - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/83f29375-d926-40e0-8323-b9d10a25d03b/Cruisin+-+A%26W.jpg Crusin' - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/91f12240-ae9d-472c-a667-1654036b3c3f/Cruisin+-+Fat+Boy+matchbook.jpg Crusin' - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/90d5870b-0e41-44d6-9d74-06bc6cd8874b/Cruisin+-+Pow+Wow+Hammond.jpg Crusin' - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/cf044ed4-9128-4fc1-8078-4b36eba2bd72/Cruisin+-+Blue+Top.jpg Crusin' - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/4f03f00f-8eb9-41d2-93e7-8f403775413e/cruisin+-+41+outdoor+sign.jpg Crusin' - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/7f181b9e-59ab-422f-ad19-2ba2bd949aac/Cruisin+-+Triple+XXX+drawing.jpg Crusin' - Make it stand out Opened in 1929, the Triple XXX in West Lafayette was the first drive-in restaurant in Indiana. It is still in operation, and is known for its root beer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/d7e2ef72-ebbf-4350-9e31-b9b255e7c383/cruisin+-+dice.jpg Crusin' - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/9cd6b033-ee11-45aa-8da3-88b9db2b4449/Cruisin+-+1954+Oldsmobile+88.jpg Crusin' - Make it stand out A 1956 Oldsmobile 88. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/685c877c-f5ba-469f-b71c-75d248c7c3b1/Crusin+-+Art%27s+Drive+In+1975+-+Arthur+Pollock.jpg Crusin' - Make it stand out Photographer Arthur Pollock took this 1975 photo of two customers at Art’s Drive-In at Five Points in Robertsdale, chatting with a friend. For more on Arthur Pollock – Unpiano Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/229cb609-7519-42a6-8f43-68d38862047c/Cruisin+-+Car+Hops+1.jpg Crusin' - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/c9a0c413-83fb-4764-b4ce-83070b9d7604/Cruising+-+Art%27s+Ad+-+1956.jpg Crusin' - Make it stand out The want ads in the Hammond Times often had ads from Art’s Drive-In looking for help, including this one from 1956 in search of car hops, or curb waitresses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/b927d43e-c11b-440d-83d4-b40685636db3/cruisin+-+cruise+night.jpg Crusin' - Make it stand out The spirit of cruisin’ is kept alive in Whiting with the annual Cruise Nights. Classic car enthusiasts bring their cars to 119th Street to pay homage to the days when cruisin’ was a popular part of teenage life in the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/5588a383-99d8-4d57-88dc-28f462bcf01a/Cruisin+-+Drive+In.jpg Crusin' - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/the-whiting-public-library-part-three daily 0.75 2023-10-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1b24de80-3615-4770-879b-8c88d9727796/Changesmade_Excellent+year_1926.JPG The Whiting Public Library - Part Three - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1696261962319-P7NKYW8Z9GY4EVYO9JJ1/depression-a.jpg The Whiting Public Library - Part Three https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1696261969444-8IFBYE1AV9UC9VPU60YG/depression-b.jpg The Whiting Public Library - Part Three https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1696261978157-UG302XUDM02FSYUGJEI2/depression-c.gif The Whiting Public Library - Part Three https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/c236487b-bb2e-4e40-93bb-480df4f74664/IMG_2232.jpg The Whiting Public Library - Part Three - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/7bfe19b7-e54f-4e91-9a23-d4d62bb8f620/hazel%2Blong%2Bg%2B%284%29.jpg The Whiting Public Library - Part Three - Make it stand out Hazel Long https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1696262611286-NDX9KZ63RFMCZ34W0QAG/victory+book+program.jpg The Whiting Public Library - Part Three https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1696262615901-VQOOSZ9F83KAFJTKY5DX/chicagobeach2.jpg The Whiting Public Library - Part Three https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1696262630000-P1OXB0I216Z5TONH8PK6/victory+book+program2.jpg The Whiting Public Library - Part Three https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/11ebe16d-8d52-404f-8b8b-ebc3eda3dcb9/Grangerand+Pateworkinofficelate60s.JPG The Whiting Public Library - Part Three - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/c5957c2d-dd60-400f-919e-cd31c860fe28/late60spanoramaofWPLwithWittenberg.JPG The Whiting Public Library - Part Three - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1696264024761-ZLPP2BKFYUDYOZK1TUT5/checkoutarealate70s.JPG The Whiting Public Library - Part Three https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1696264036158-K22F0EQAQBNNUOPNO42C/cozybreakroomlate70s.JPG The Whiting Public Library - Part Three https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/fac7b23d-c8c7-45f9-9a90-7f41139e1d08/Klemm+jamsanother+booklate+60s.JPG The Whiting Public Library - Part Three - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/natural-beauty daily 0.75 2023-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/0f062a1d-c913-40c9-9c2a-51b2ede32b40/Before+Settlement+-+Poster.jpg Natural Beauty - Make it stand out This is an image from an Indiana Department of Natural Resouces poster that shows the kind of dunes and swale landscape that covered Whiting and Robertsdale before the arrival of the oil refinery in 1889. The dunes are actually small sand ridges covered with vegetation. There were a series of those ridges, and in-between each one was a swale, a body of water. These ridges and swales teemed with birds and other creatures, while a wide variety of flowers, trees, and bushes covered the ground. It was beautiful, but travel through this land was nearly impossible, which explains why this corner of Indiana was the last part of the state to be settled. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/9e213ab6-79e2-4bd1-b35e-4dcc816d2b4f/Before+Settlement+-+Sand+Fleas.jpg Natural Beauty - Make it stand out Sand fleas were not just a Whiting annoyance. People all along the southern coast of Lake Michigan, including early settlers of East Chicago and Gary, complained about the annoying little creatures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/3e47fb79-188c-448b-8fe7-085972802c54/Five+Lakes.bmp.jpg Natural Beauty - Make it stand out There was once a series of five lakes at the southern end of Lake Michigan. Lake Calumet and Hyde Lake are in the city of Chicago. The state line runs through Wolf Lake, but all of George Lake is in Robertsdale. Berry Lake, however, no longer exists, and hasn’t for a century. It is on the far right on this map. It was mostly in Whiting, but its southern tip was in East Chicago. Standard Oil drained it because more land was needed for its refinery. But prior to the arrival of the refinery Berry Lake was considered to be one of the most beautiful spots in the area. On its northern edge was the Berry inn, home of Hannah Berry and her family, the first settlers of European heritage to live in what is now Whiting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/0f9e7e0b-eb63-4579-8ccc-69fa23b78962/Before+Settlement+-+Fort+Dearborn.jpg Natural Beauty - Make it stand out Fort Dearborn was an important part of the story about how Chicago became a major city, but its founding was also the first time that Whiting played what became a familiar role: A place people passed through to get to Chicago. To build Fort Dearborn, soldiers from Detroit had to pass through what later became Whiting to get there. Passing through Whiting and Robertsdale to get to the big city to the west is still a part of who we are. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/0413f45e-8815-489b-9aec-4a018bd8f646/Before+Settlement+-+Post+Road.jpg Natural Beauty - Make it stand out The dotted line shows the lake shore trail that travelers used to get between Detroit and Chicago. It passed through southern Michigan and then along the lake, including through Whiting-Robertsdale, before getting to Fort Dearborn/Chicago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/b01c41d5-fb10-49a8-b0ee-6d336ec14346/Before+Settlement+-+Lake+Shore+RR.jpg Natural Beauty - Make it stand out The Michigan Southern Railway was the first railroad to come through Whiting. It later became the Lake Shore Railway, and later it became a part of the New York Central system. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/hometown daily 0.75 2023-12-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/dffa5bac-2085-47be-9fcc-8fc7f6795712/hometown+-+odlivak.jpg Hometown - Make it stand out A painting of 119th Street in Whiting in the 1960s, and in the snow, by Whiting artist Al Odlivak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/594c8738-01d0-4d5d-be20-70b809a272f9/hometown+-+sacred+heart+1949+herman+j.jpg Hometown - Make it stand out The First Communion class at Sacred Heart Parish in 1949. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/3f124840-ae3e-4a52-a3b3-4e812ab479ca/hometown+-+clipper+bar+moved+in+1962.jpg Hometown - Make it stand out The Clipper Bar moved to the corner of 119th Street and Indianapolis Boulevard in 1962 and has been there ever since. Prior to the bar, the building housed Owens Funeral Home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1c1624ff-df01-4597-8682-a43dcbdafbee/hometown+-+rubber+change+purse+-+1960s+70s.jpg Hometown - Make it stand out After moving from the corner of 119th Street and Indianapolis Boulevard, Owens Funeral Home moved to a new building on 119th Street, but just east of Calumet Avenue. At one time, to promote their business, they gave away small, rubber, change purses. These were popular in the 1960s and 70s as a way to carry your pocket change. You would squeeze each end to open it up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/f9acc029-e981-4f5e-940e-2fa0b81b9bf0/hometown+-+swarthout.jpg Hometown - Make it stand out Swarthout Chevrolet was located on Indianapolis Boulevard at the corner of Benedict Avenue. The steeple of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church towers above in the background. This photo is from 1952. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/97658f89-b425-4ebd-9789-6d8ba79fac01/hometown+-++central+drugs.jpg Hometown - Make it stand out An ash tray from Whiting’s Central Drugs, from the collection of the Whiting-Robertsdale Historical Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/9b8e11df-3dc2-4ac1-82b9-63a5063d697e/White+Castle+-+Whiting%2C+Indiana+-+1979.bmp.jpg Hometown - Make it stand out White Castle stood at the corner of Indianapolis Boulevard and Cleveland Avenue, which is where the vehicles are parked in this 1979 photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/ebfc6b84-afd8-4f26-b9f3-80647502e94e/hometown+-+hopalong.jpeg Hometown - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/784bf893-93a6-4c77-8f59-4694195a9e78/Hometown+-+The+Robe-001.jpg Hometown - Make it stand out The Hoosier Theater reopened in December 1954 after being closed for an extensive remodeling. It reopened with a film in CinemaScope, a new feature that gave the film a wide screen look. The first CinemaScope film released in the United States was “The Robe.” The Hoosier announced its reopening, and “The Robe,” in a full-page ad in the Hammond Times in December 1954. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/0eda9425-e48d-4f47-8afa-ebabf059c47a/hometown+-+hoppe.jpg Hometown - Make it stand out Hoppe’s Service Station was located on the northwest corner of Indianapolis Boulevard at Atchison Avenue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/46c9ede3-4788-4015-aa31-c433f9ef89dc/hometown+-+dance.jpg Hometown - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/e55a780b-3cac-4b8c-be0b-70334a051c10/Hometown+-+Little+League+1952.jpg Hometown - Make it stand out The Whiting Little League team of 1952 won its way to the Little League World Series by taking the title of Midwestern Champions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/8795d60d-644b-4c36-bd48-6ddeea146a9a/hometown+-+1949+whs+orchestra.jpg Hometown - Make it stand out The Whiting High School Orchestra on stage in 1949, conducted by Adam P. Lesinsky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/4a19cba3-ba65-4fab-9c3a-6fda83b12092/hometown+-+parade+1955.jpg Hometown - Make it stand out Whiting’s Fourth of July Parade, a tradition for over 100 years. This is the 1955 parade as it works its way down 119th Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/e1dfb794-8520-4111-bab2-e0a78a7ed95c/2-10.jpg Hometown - Make it stand out Spectators stand on Indianapolis Boulevard as a massive explosion and fire struck the Standard Oil Refinery in Whiting in August 1955. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/dfcf0a79-e2a6-481e-8f9b-316be7cf5718/hometown+-+free+movie+night+behind+kubacki+grocery.jpg Hometown - Make it stand out The children of the Stieglitz Park neighborhood of Whiting gathered on summer nights to enjoy a free movie in the backyard of the Kubacki grocery store on 130th Street, in this photo from the early 1950s. The Stieglitz Park neighborhood was wiped off the map when Standard Oil bought up all the property following the 1955 refinery explosion, which badly damaged most of the neighborhood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/2b2f1fd1-660e-46eb-92ce-70a2b5950650/hometown+-+slovak+dom+bar.jpg Hometown - Make it stand out Partygoers line up at the bar at the Slovak Dom in downtown Whiting, in a photo that is probably from the late 1940s or early 1950s. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/condes daily 0.75 2024-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/79e775d3-a635-4ad0-89fd-39971aaf3777/Demetrios+%28Papou%29+and+Marie+%28Yiaya%29+Condes.jpeg Condes - Make it stand out Demetrios (Papou) and Marie (Yiaya) Condes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/81db5176-d341-4c24-b2a6-3949a6171611/Mother%E2%80%94Chris%E2%80%94%E2%80%94+Chrisanthy+%E2%80%94Georgia%2C++Sam%2C+Ethel+Aphrodite%E2%80%94George++-+Pete%E2%80%94Father.jpeg Condes - Make it stand out Mother—Chris—— Chrisanthy —Georgia, Sam, Ethel Aphrodite—George - Pete—Father https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/74b5c5c5-3923-4aca-91b9-921349041e2f/Cozy+Restaurant+410+-1+19th+Street+in+1925.jpg Condes - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1d621975-3217-4485-8d6a-273afc77c442/Store+that+Condes+owned+back+in+the+1916+in+Chicago..jpg Condes - Make it stand out Store that Condes owned back in the 1916 in Chicago https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/38fd0931-b9d2-4935-ad66-4701d09bc664/Condes+Brothers.jpeg Condes - Make it stand out Condes Brothers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/85954787-ffed-4320-819a-0c437e4ab25f/Drawing+of+Condes+Drive-in.jpg Condes - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1705599640332-8PF8BPCKH1LG2W45UOG0/Wow+Wee+Eatery+Robertsdale.jpg Condes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1705599669957-ZGK5J2TN7TR33KYJHZQ2/Wow+Wee+Eatery+Robertsdale+2.jpg Condes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/2beac274-897f-40e6-8cb2-6b8fbed82939/Condes%27+restaurant+in+Chicago.jpeg Condes - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1c4ef5ab-ee82-4c4c-bafd-8f54c7f9d36e/condes+restaurant.jpeg Condes - Make it stand out Condes Restaurant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/6d6d669b-5a80-4b19-b405-89c14a61a0ae/The+brothers+Condes.jpg Condes - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/799b65ef-916b-44a6-b61b-65583f49f62d/The+Condes+of+Family+Crest.jpeg Condes - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/the-whiting-public-library-part-four daily 0.75 2024-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/f2831ddf-ef75-4e2a-bc0d-4974e7078a57/wpl2005.JPG The Whiting Public Library - Part Four - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/6ab2f226-2870-415c-8c42-e5054716a835/1999groundbreaking2.JPG The Whiting Public Library - Part Four - Make it stand out 1999 Groundbreaking Ceremony https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/3501d438-e4da-4d93-be0b-7dbe65807f12/markovitzposter.jpg The Whiting Public Library - Part Four - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/084bb5be-b8ba-4be6-8448-fd0364a20765/cornerstone.JPG The Whiting Public Library - Part Four - Make it stand out Laying of Whiting Public Library cornerstone circa 1905 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/c31904df-0860-4d1b-b78f-525e44c1af57/2000intcircdesk.JPG The Whiting Public Library - Part Four - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/2d025661-74e4-4dc2-980d-74eda9e21874/library2.jpg The Whiting Public Library - Part Four - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/d033d6b1-fa6f-4382-840d-816a2d47a0bd/download.jpg The Whiting Public Library - Part Four - Make it stand out Montserrat Inglada https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/standard-torch daily 0.75 2024-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/e032744a-4f90-425e-ab64-a8487d8aca44/Standard+Torch+-+1951-06+-+Bus+Riders.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out This staged photo shows a group of Whiting Refinery workers (except one) focused on reading a copy of the Standard Torch. The only person identified is George McKenna, the man who is pretending to be sleeping. The idea of the photo was to show how popular the Torch was among the workers and their families. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/e0a184a4-23be-41de-b162-618791876b66/Stanolind+Record+-+June+1924.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/116bd4c9-1274-475d-9005-2a6e1934759b/Standard+Torch+-+01-1950+.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out January 1950 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/bd6e6620-5498-4600-a6ac-5f6b1aa8390f/Standard+Torch+-+01-1950+-+White+Crown.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out January 1950 If you pulled up to a gas station in 1950 you never had to get out of your car. A gas station attendant, usually dressed in uniform and a cap, would come to your car and pump the gas for you. There was something else you’d see if you pulled into a Standard Oil gas station: Each pump had a crown on top. It was a way to quickly tell the different grades of gasoline apart. Red Crown was Standard’s most popular blend, but in 1950 the company developed White Crown, a winter blend that gave your car “one-second starting” in cold weather. The Standard Torch told the story. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/aedbc38c-b0fb-47e7-adbd-b70b62125bc3/Standard+Torch+-+02-1950.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out February 1950 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/e30f2bef-2765-4bde-b2df-7d9a25e63c4c/Standard+Torch+-+02-1950+-+Blueprint+Room.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out February 1950 Ann Sikla of Whiting appeared in this month’s issue, which featured women in the Standard Oil workplace. She is seen here operating one of the giant machines in the blueprint room at the Whiting Refinery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/c5196524-02d7-4c8c-ac08-717ef6cf9a2d/Standard+Torch+-+03-1950.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out March 1950 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/a571e890-f699-4bf6-8a78-127cbfa7337a/Standard+Torch+-+03-1950+-+Edward+Dobbertin.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out March 1950 Edward Dobbertin of Whiting turned 65 on March 4, 1950. He received a watch and was thanked for his 50 years of service to the company. He started in the grease works at the Whiting Refinery in 1900, at a pay of nine cents an hour. In 1910, he moved to the barrel house and got a pay bump to eleven cents an hour. In the later years of his career, he worked (as seen here) as a water drawer and loader in the filtering oils department. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/ad51f002-7dbc-4a46-ba82-421b04589e07/Standard+Torch+-+04-1950+.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out April 1950 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/b384945c-e6bd-4167-b4d4-9c79e3570c3d/Standard+Torch+-+04-1950+-+Bill+Bercik+.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out April 1950 Bill Bercik operated a gas station on the south-east corner of 119th and Indianapolis Boulevard, a job which often required him to pump gas into the cars of customers. This photo appeared in a Standard Oil ad, which in turn appeared in the April 1950 issue of the Standard Torch. In 1955, Bill Bercik was elected mayor of Whiting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/66fc14df-c95e-43ec-b69d-3c6fedb0d702/Standard+Torch+-+05-1950.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out May 1950 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/af89e6c6-cdc8-4a40-b2ea-027c1899569f/Standard+Torch+-+05-1950+-+Al+Endres+%26+Lloyd+Boyd.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out May 1950 Standard Oil kept a garden and a greenhouse in Whiting, where hundreds of plants were grown. Al Endres (above left) was one of those who attended it under the watchful observation of others, including horticulturist Lloyd Boyd (right). The purpose was to come up with a formula to rid gardens of bugs and fungi that could destroy the plants. Their work produced Standard Garden Spray and Standard Garden Dust, two new Standard Oil products in 1950. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/3d141a26-16a3-4efa-9ad1-dba7cb948f2c/Standard+Torch+-+06-1950.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out June 1950 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/7984e8e7-d36b-4aea-9457-05bb972e35be/Standard+Torch+-+06-1950+-+Albert+Schaefer.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out June 1950 There were at least two things you could count on if you thumbed through a Standard Torch in 1950: You’d find photos of workers who were retiring, and many of those workers would be wearing hats like the one Albert Schaefer wore for this photo. Albert started work in the Whiting Refinery in 1900, and since he was retiring in 1950 at the age of 65, that meant he started at age 15. He finished his career as the night foreman of Whiting’s heavy oils division. In retirement, he planned to don his hat, get in his car with Mrs. Schaefer, and travel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/5023f38b-4643-4a83-97ed-cd6fedb5ee72/Standard+Torch+-+07-1950.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out July 1950 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/d05ba3cb-9423-4d21-8706-6b68f7c0239b/Standard+Torch+-+07-1950+-+Bob+Donham.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out July 1950 The Standard Torch not only had photos of employees, it also featured some of their children. Ralph Donham worked in the Whiting Refinery and in 1950 his son, Bob Donham, was setting records as a basketball star at Ohio State University. The younger Donham shattered the Big Ten shooting record. The Big Ten first team All-Star shot .426, breaking the old record of .376. He went on to be drafted by the Boston Celtics and played four years of professional basketball. He was a graduate of Robertsdale’s George Rogers Clark High School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/d8244904-3034-4425-aa4e-693f91307a31/Standard+Torch+-+08-1950.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out August 1950 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/6486926c-23c0-4ec4-b5ab-4dcf42bbb407/Standard+Torch+-+08-1950+-+Bowlers.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out August 1950 Standard Oil had numerous athletic/social activities aimed at its younger employees, including the women who worked for the company. This group of Whiting women are shown in attendance at their annual bowling banquet. The women are not identified in the photo, but the new bowling club president was Dorothy Kotch; Mary Furtak was the new treasurer; and Anne Bobin the secretary. The highest game of the season was 223, rolled by June Kras. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/370715da-564e-40dc-9241-63043964c119/Standard+Torch+-+1950-09.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out September 1950 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/5404a657-efb7-4231-ad4c-1a4877b82cc2/Standard+Torch+-+1950-09+-+Freddie+Schweikert.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out September 1950 In 1949, the Standard Torch reported on the first year of school for Whiting lad, Freddie Schweikert, son of refinery worker Charley Schweikert. The magazine paid him another visit as he started second grade. It said that Freddie’s footsteps lagged as he headed to school and that he wishes recesses were longer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/e97b7e72-cdab-44ce-948d-6b781a7f8b83/Standard+Torch+-+1950-10.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out October 1950 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/617352b1-f17f-49d5-b031-a11ecaa3ff54/Standard+Torch+-+1950-10+-+Paul+Monastryski+%26+George+Grenchik.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out October 1950 In its goal to make a serious point, the Standard Torch could be a little goofy at times. This issue featured two Whiting Refinery employees dressed as Russians who were visiting the plant. The “Russians” were Lab Technician George Grenchik (left) and Public Relations Supervisor Paul Monastryski (right). The point of the article was to show the value of competition in the American economy. “In this country,” the article said, “we don’t believe in dictators.” The virtues of capitalism were a frequent theme in the Standard Torch of the 1950s, a decade America felt threatened by the Communist system of government in the Soviet Union. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/17fce23d-88b6-44aa-a687-dcd665a53fec/Standard+Torch+1950-11.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out November 1950 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/db5617e9-cc22-4c56-aaff-82bb9927859e/Standard+Torch+1950-11+-+Bill+Wolff.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out November 1950 By day, Bill Wolff was a chemist in the research lab at the Standard Oil Refinery in Whiting. By night, he liked to paint. He entered his work in a contest and took home two prizes. The prize ribbons dangle from the award-winning paintings in this photo. The Standard Torch regularly highlighted out-of-work accomplishments of its employees, as well as what they did on the job. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/f82b0b5d-d2e0-45bd-8b13-5ae42c5a4df2/Standard+Torch+-+1950-12.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out December 1950 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/a0043e64-db6f-4fdd-8515-22b289394c7e/Standard+Torch+-+1950-12+-+TV+Wonderland.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out December 1950 Television was new to most Americans in 1950, but because Standard Oil felt the medium had a promising future it became an eager advertiser. One of the shows it sponsored was The Wayne King Show. Wayne King was a bandleader and musician. His show was broadcast on Chicago’s NBC station, WNBQ, which later became WMAQ. There was no recording of TV shows in those days, so the show ran live from the 19th floor of Chicago’s Merchandise Mart. King was called “The Waltz King.” His half-hour program was filled with music and had plenty of ads for Standard Oil. The Wayne King Show ran from 1949 and into 1952. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/b339c8e0-cdf6-415c-9fc8-34efc589325d/Standard+Torch+-+1951-01.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out January 1951 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/928b7faa-f70e-4f20-aa25-61996d802925/Standard+Torch+-+1951-01+-+Test+Car.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out January 1951 A fleet of six Standard Oil test cars left Whiting for a trip to Moorhead, Minnesota in the coldest of winter. The cars, and their drivers and passengers, were from the Whiting Research Laboratory. Their trip north was to test various blends of gasoline to see how they performed in the coldest of winter conditions. Standard was a leader in petroleum research, and the Whiting Lab was the heart of the company’s research efforts in the early 1950s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/045dafd2-6067-4a9f-abea-bfc71166f98a/Standard+Torch+-+1951-02.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out February 1951 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/ff209468-68c9-4907-a6e2-06527cb1c923/Standard+Torch+-+1951-02+-+Basketball.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out February 1951 The Standard Oil Athletic Association gave refinery employees a chance to have fun and compete with one another on the fields, and in the gymnasiums, of Whiting. The Standard Torch sent a photographer from their Chicago office to capture some of the Whiting basketball action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/568107ed-1c57-40af-8351-a45b2f025e24/Standard+Torch+-+1951-03.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out March 1951 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/61d9745b-4b65-4adf-86b3-0c3f86e38e36/Standard+Torch+-+1951-03+-+Barrel+House.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out March 1951 A new storage building went up just north of the barrel house at the Whiting Refinery. The barrel house was on 121st Street, on the site where BP’s Burton Center is now located. This photo of the barrel house storage facility is looking north. Lake Michigan is in the upper right corner. The uppermost building on the right side is the Whiting railroad depot that was on Front Street. A little to the left of it along the lake shore is the Whiting Gun Club building. The houses closest to the far end of the storage building were on Standard Avenue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/36aef0c2-8186-4274-b802-4cc28ae2da2a/Standard+Torch+-+1951-04.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out April 1951 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/d3361845-283e-4826-ae13-a8478ba8384f/Standard+Torch+-+1951-04+-+30-Year+Pins.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out April 1951 Every issue of the Standard Torch paid tribute to long-time employees of the company, both in Whiting and in other locations, such as Casper, Wyoming; Sugar Creek, Missouri; Wood River, Illinois; and the General Office in Chicago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/58f06f21-5f70-4edb-8bf7-3685b0aec744/Standard+Torch+-+1951-05.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out May 1951 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/95ea1df5-cede-4fdf-bf40-4a185ae5eac9/Standard+Torch+-+1951-05+-+Urban%2C+Kopanda%2C+Miskovich.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out May 1951 “The members of this trio of sailors,” it said in the Standard Torch, “have more in common than their uniforms.” All three were stationed in Japan, all three were from Whiting, and all three were on leave of absence from the Whiting Refinery. The Standard Torch frequently showed its workers who were in uniform during the Korean War. The three men in this photo are Paul Urban, Ludwig Kopanda, and Jim Miskovich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/bb6a16f0-7352-4619-98c8-8e85cc5daa80/Standard+Torch+-+1951-06.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out June 1951 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1bc01e20-4639-45a5-9a23-74c5b5266e01/Standard+Torch+-+1951-06+-+Cat+Cracker.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out June 1951 You can’t see her in this photo, but this was the home of Clara the canary. This issue of the Standard Torch told the story of Clara, and 92 other canaries that lived inside the refinery. Canaries are much more sensitive to gas fumes than humans. When a canary sniffs hydrogen sulphide, it dies. It gives its life, however, to warn humans that there is a dangerous gas loose. The canaries that lived in the refinery were stationed at 46 different locations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/489e8ec8-908a-4ad2-9172-bb7a8ef6dfec/Standard+Torch+-+1951-07.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out July 1951 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/bd0ae81a-c1cf-48b9-ac46-ea7d724fa200/Standard+Torch+-+1951-07+-+Communist+Threat.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out July 1951 The Cold War, the battle between western democracies and Communist regimes like Russia, was raging in 1951. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover said there were 43,217 known Communists in the United States, ready to revolt against America. In the July 1951 Standard Torch, Standard Oil reminded its workers to keep their eyes open to any suspicious activity that might jeopardize the refinery. In this photo to illustrate the article, Whiting Refinery workers Bernard Cristoff and John Mateja look over blueprints while a mysterious shadow lurks behind them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/6c9878b2-aa0a-42e4-9431-1a2cde2fee37/Standard+Torch+-+1951-08.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out August 1951 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/4e222edd-0af2-41da-9574-a3ae5ea44441/Standard+Torch+-+1951-08+-+Cows+-+Monica+Javorka.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out August 1951 Who knew that Standard Oil produced a spray designed to keep flies off of cattle? Readers of the Standard Torch knew. The company produced the spray as early as the 1920s. In 1951, the company was in its third year of conducting farmyard research on what was called Standard Stock Spray. The research was conducted by the Whiting Research Lab. Researchers like Monica Javorka, would test the product while visiting four privately-owned farms in Indiana, including one near Crown Point. A main ingredient of the spray was methoxychlor, a pesticide which was banned in the United States in 2003. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/864e32dd-38cb-40c8-a285-6b19796600a5/Standard+Torch+-+1951-09.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out September 1951 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/a01dd075-3ae1-4092-9f9e-00a1aaa1c0f1/Standard+Torch+-+1951-09+-+Julius+%26+Mary+Kinsock+-+Garden+Club.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out September 1951 Julius and Mary Kinsock examine the peonies and poppies in their garden. They were a part of an article in the Standard Torch about the Whiting Garden Club. But since the Torch was a Standard Oil publication, the article also had a company connection. The article was a way to mention the Standard 2, 4-D Weed Killer, and the Standard Garden Spray, and Standard Garden Dust, and to showcase some of the refinery employees in the Garden Club. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/4523a0cd-6577-465f-a67b-229a32168bda/Standard+Torch+-+1951-10.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out October 1951 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/9b06a991-a655-42c5-b642-261caf1c59f9/Standard+Torch+-+1951-11+-+Cat+Cracker.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out October 1951 The message of the first story in the Standard Torch this month hit on a frequent theme: You Have a Big Stake in Petroleum Progress. It emphasized the important role each worker played not only in the success of the refinery, but in the success of the petroleum industry. “Your progress and oil progress go hand in hand,” was the message, illustrated in the first page of the article. Hand in hand in the photo are plant manager Jesse Ducommun (right), and refinery worker Arnold Hammersley (left). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/879dc24d-9b48-414f-8a1a-e6b1a51a03a5/Standard+Torch+-+1951-11.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out November 1951 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/546d5530-832b-4b6d-a969-4f9fcdab596d/Standard+Torch+-+1951-11+-+Retirement.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out November 1951 Each issue of the Standard Torch consisted of two parts. The first part was filled with articles and photos prepared by the magazine’s staff. The second half consisted of stories and photographs submitted by correspondents from each of the company’s locations. Whiting had several correspondents, one from the asphalt division, one from the engineering division, one from the research lab, and so on. This section of the magazine was called “The Town Pump.” Each correspondent passed along news about the employees, such as deaths, weddings, births, and such news as “Fred Younkers is driving a new 1940 Pontiac.” And there were photos of retirement parties, such as the one above, which shows Mike Kanocz, about to retire, receiving a $100 bill from co-workers in the plant’s protection department. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/f7ade990-9e8f-497e-b663-fc39dcdf82d1/Standard+Torch+-+1951-12.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out December 1951 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/c247e926-8454-49fd-b5a0-13af3e054420/Standard+Torch+-+1951-12+-+John+Harrison+Family.bmp.jpg Standard Torch - Make it stand out December 1951 In an employee survey, 94-percent said they enjoyed reading the Standard Torch. The success of the magazine was at least partially due to the emphasis its staff gave to stories about employees, as well as stories about what was going on inside the company for which they all worked. But a big part of telling those stories were the photographs that ran in the magazine. The final issue of 1951 featured a seven-page photo spread about Autumn. The story was told with thirty-one photographs of employees and their families, including this photo of Whiting Refinery worker John Harrison and his family offering a prayer of thanks before eating their Thanksgiving Day dinner. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/new-page-76 daily 0.75 2024-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/471c7429-8f2d-4f05-b5f5-e0c386168b95/Oliver+Steet.jpg Watch & Window - Make it stand out The 1800-block of Oliver Street today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/c4ec0901-6bd8-438e-827d-66b1285d4d6b/sacred+heart.jpg Watch & Window - Make it stand out Sacred Heart Church on LaPorte Avenue in Whiting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/f525dc44-c0b7-423d-a658-f97225d8b920/Watch+-+Window.JPG Watch & Window - Make it stand out Stained glass window in Sacred Heart Church, in memory of Peter Koch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/acd5af49-dc82-48b4-8908-9238b5caf4e3/Watch+-+Peter+Koch+Photo.jpg Watch & Window - Make it stand out Peter Koch stands in the middle of this photo, taken outside his home on Oliver Street in Whiting. In his hands is a pocket watch, presented to him by his friends and work colleagues at the Standard Oil Refinery, who gathered on this day to show their appreciation and respect for his thirty-four years of service. In the center of the photo are Marie Koch, Peter Koch, Albert Koch, Mrs. Mary Koch, Raymond Koch, and Katherine Koch. Peter retired from Standard Oil on May 15, 1924, and passed away on June 14, 1924. This photo was taken just days before his death. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/401e32ca-fa4d-4b17-812a-8de2b11f2218/Watch+1.JPG Watch & Window - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/d903bd96-36be-4371-9a89-2fcf0f8c56b0/standard-oil-sign-bill-cannon.jpg Watch & Window - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/whiting-robertsdale-and-the-cold-war-part-1 daily 0.75 2024-06-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/f68a12ba-6db6-49da-b46a-5b8f82334403/Ajax+Missiles+On+Launchers_Library+of+Congress.jpg Whiting, Robertsdale And The Cold War, Part 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/7e991f94-ea87-4f93-921b-ab883611f552/Ajax+on+Launcher_KY_bw+copy.jpg Whiting, Robertsdale And The Cold War, Part 1 - Make it stand out The Army’s Ajax missile. Photo, Chris Light at English Wikipedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1709657027118-R1K0HJAITRBR3TGUZBD1/1956+5_22+The_Times_Pentagon+Feud_Headline.jpg Whiting, Robertsdale And The Cold War, Part 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1709657075737-V558TLJH6TOYS5Y3MXSO/1956+5_24+The_Times_Army+Defends+Nike_Headline.jpg Whiting, Robertsdale And The Cold War, Part 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1709657108576-OPCF1KZFNDPS6AIBRNR1/1956+3_28+The_Times_Army+or+Air+Force_Headline.jpg Whiting, Robertsdale And The Cold War, Part 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1709658989107-3D64KWRXYZ4KU2W471DE/1953+4_6+Vidette+Messenger1.jpg Whiting, Robertsdale And The Cold War, Part 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1709658350650-UYWB6PKHYO0NTGYQWUYA/1953+10_22+The_Times_Headline+1st+Missiles+Are+Ready_.jpg Whiting, Robertsdale And The Cold War, Part 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1709658371440-WW2975L0VT0Q7KD8YA4H/1953+03_19+The_Times_Missiles+Coming+Soon_Headline.jpg Whiting, Robertsdale And The Cold War, Part 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/740822d0-1ac1-458b-8159-98179261b97f/ACME+Mapper+02+copy.jpg Whiting, Robertsdale And The Cold War, Part 1 - Make it stand out This map shows the approximate locations of each of the Nike sites in the Chicago-Gary Defense Area. Click to enlarge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/b13fbe7c-a0ec-47de-acfd-3ae88ccfcad7/1953+8+26+The_Times_Do+You+Own+96+Acres_Headline.jpg Whiting, Robertsdale And The Cold War, Part 1 - Make it stand out A 1953 Hammond Times headline https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/7dff73d2-8725-458d-9f5b-aec9a639b5e3/Wolf+Lake+SiteAcmeMapper.jpg Whiting, Robertsdale And The Cold War, Part 1 - Make it stand out Satellite image shows location of Wolf Lake’s Fire Control Area (A) and Launch Area (B). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1449a8a8-7431-4216-bdb8-21031a343058/Wolf+Lake+NIKE+Site+with+file+info.jpg Whiting, Robertsdale And The Cold War, Part 1 - Make it stand out Looking East across Wolf Lake toward Robertsdale and Whiting, this is all that remains of the Hegewisch/Wolf Lake Nike launch area. Image from “Abandonedorcool” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/d64d1dd8-e6c5-4e31-82a6-87e01781005c/NIKE+Storage+Missiles+Launchers+Drawing+incl+info.jpg Whiting, Robertsdale And The Cold War, Part 1 - Make it stand out A typical Nike Ajax missile storage and launch site design. Dept. of the Army Field Manual photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/04edb408-7c46-4c48-8fc8-2c15d2845a31/1959+8_9+The_Times_Whiting+Reservist+Stands+Guard_Cropped.jpg Whiting, Robertsdale And The Cold War, Part 1 - Make it stand out Reservist Pfc. Carl Kuss of Cleveland Avenue in Whiting stands guard at the entrance to the Gary Airport Nike site during training, in this 1959 photo from the Hammond Times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/5e724fd7-031f-411b-bf72-82bfedb8f282/NIKE+Family+of+Missiles+inclu+info.jpg Whiting, Robertsdale And The Cold War, Part 1 - Make it stand out 3 generations of Nike missiles. Back-to-front: Ajax, Hercules and Zeus. U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1709740551999-EXRKSV1Q5A5ZXNT5MYYF/Wolf+Lake+Monument+Plaque.jpg Whiting, Robertsdale And The Cold War, Part 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1709740554437-7ZG4XBG9DP68ICLWVL66/Wolf+Lake+Monument.jpg Whiting, Robertsdale And The Cold War, Part 1 https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/whiting-robertsdale-and-the-cold-war-part-2 daily 0.75 2024-07-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/4f9b6d41-1037-4869-b949-036a3085ea88/1961+12_10+The_Times_Christmas+Cartoon.jpg Whiting, Robertsdale And The Cold War, Part 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/8558577c-0f34-456b-ac8c-061a17fe16bf/Ducking+and+Covering_Library+of+Congress.jpg Whiting, Robertsdale And The Cold War, Part 2 - Make it stand out Library of Congress photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/38104d09-5856-4340-b6f8-071ebc103929/1962+Cuban+Blockade.jpg Whiting, Robertsdale And The Cold War, Part 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/a5d4f129-d4a2-4c36-b0ec-563f349be6ac/We+Will+Bury+You.jpg Whiting, Robertsdale And The Cold War, Part 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/940e72f3-af0d-4452-b0c0-615ee1c72fea/Cover_Civil+Defense+Bomb+Shelter+Designs.jpg Whiting, Robertsdale And The Cold War, Part 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/c15fffaf-9e7e-4112-a0ff-54fc8cbf0b87/Dog+Tag.jpg Whiting, Robertsdale And The Cold War, Part 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1711319004831-4EBQ0Y444O4LBHCVNNZM/1952+5_21+The_Times_Clark+How%27s+Your+Tatoo_.jpg Whiting, Robertsdale And The Cold War, Part 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1711318975317-3578CX623ICXVAUJDINT/1955+The_Times_Tatoo+Program+To+Be+On+TV.jpg Whiting, Robertsdale And The Cold War, Part 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1711319689710-LIQLWOCRWCNAYBQBG4HD/Atomic+Defense+for+School+Children.jpg Whiting, Robertsdale And The Cold War, Part 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/c3aa23d8-1f68-42c2-ad42-28fe2d138ddf/Time+Magazine+Quote.png Whiting, Robertsdale And The Cold War, Part 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/27d0605e-e4d9-41d1-aa77-55b4510aedc7/1961+8_2+The_Times_Friendly+Guard+Dog.jpg Whiting, Robertsdale And The Cold War, Part 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/d86b0911-9a08-4bbc-8e16-6aafd0a7a4e7/1957+10_4+The_Times_Wolf+Lake+NIKE+Open+House.jpg Whiting, Robertsdale And The Cold War, Part 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/f9fcff2e-83db-4c8c-b607-a82d530afe61/1956+5_6+The_Times_Nike+Display+at+Woodmar+02.jpg Whiting, Robertsdale And The Cold War, Part 2 - Make it stand out A 1956 Hammond Times ad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/6652ac6b-5a9d-4152-a087-3be266fbb358/1958+5_23+The_Times_Headline+How+8+NIKEs+Blew+Up.jpg Whiting, Robertsdale And The Cold War, Part 2 - Make it stand out A May 23, 1958 Hammond Times headline https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/d2a5a110-daf5-4cc6-9cb3-8f9ebf74294e/Conelrad+Poster.jpg Whiting, Robertsdale And The Cold War, Part 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/82a8c459-f7e8-43f7-aa76-e04b392225e6/Radio+Dial+with+CD+symbols+01.jpg Whiting, Robertsdale And The Cold War, Part 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/93668c21-2cc4-4db2-94df-f874863b12e1/EBS+Test+Screen.jpg Whiting, Robertsdale And The Cold War, Part 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/47914457-4182-478a-924e-4092a0225134/EAS+Logo.jpg Whiting, Robertsdale And The Cold War, Part 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/three-short-standard-oil-stories-from-1924 daily 0.75 2024-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/027ab4af-4d15-4276-9d27-45f940e26ea5/1924+January+Cover.jpg Three Short Standard Oil Stories From 1924 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/83b73c21-f8af-4c1e-bf74-be8938cd68e7/1924+Stan+Rcd+03+21_+Recycling+Lumber+cropped.jpg Three Short Standard Oil Stories From 1924 - Make it stand out A 1924 birdseye view of the Whiting Refinery’s Salvage Lumber Yard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/28d18169-4c0f-4fa7-af37-04aa8b387908/1924+Stan+Rcd+02+30_Shops+Fire+cropped.jpg Three Short Standard Oil Stories From 1924 - Make it stand out #1: “The twisted girders and how the cave-in of the roof damaged the machines.” #2: “The walls of the building were pulled when the roof fell.” #3: “The greatest damage was to the building structure of the machine shop, the roof of the boiler shop and the tool rooms of these two shops.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1713626304767-F3PWXJ92Q8LX2K5KNW0H/Polarine+02.jpg Three Short Standard Oil Stories From 1924 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1713626401058-8N4ACW33ULYUAL37J3HU/Semdac+Ad.jpg Three Short Standard Oil Stories From 1924 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1713626639907-EDOA4W72Y1WQ46JZKU8H/Parowax+Ad.jpg Three Short Standard Oil Stories From 1924 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1713627085027-BZOUDN6KVMQMCX4JLVP2/Finol.jpg Three Short Standard Oil Stories From 1924 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1713627128933-LL5MZ2EFGERQ3YTDWGR5/Stanolax.jpg Three Short Standard Oil Stories From 1924 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1713627253921-TQBWANOUIHVOTVJJ5EYL/Mica+Ad+03.jpg Three Short Standard Oil Stories From 1924 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1713627163890-G6ZBNRVQKGM81NNUBSDS/Bovinal+Ad.jpg Three Short Standard Oil Stories From 1924 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/925cd397-b404-459c-8848-e3cabbf8fdc3/1924+Stan+Rcd+12+26_Products+Exhibit+cropped.jpg Three Short Standard Oil Stories From 1924 - Make it stand out Local public and parochial schools were closed, allowing more than 3,000 children to attend, brought in by their teachers, for the purpose of “acquiring the knowledge that this instructive exhibition offered.” Here public schoolkids line up to enter the Community Center for the exhibit. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/a-monumental-mystery daily 0.75 2024-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/5e8651a5-64b8-4da7-a6f9-ec9dc2fed6f2/2018-10-090%2B-%2BRuth%2BMores%2B%26%2BPriscilla%2BMcCarty-Reed%2B-%2BWhiting%2C%2BIndiana.bmp.jpg A Monumental Mystery - Make it stand out Ruth Mores https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/d9d6a1d3-da16-4b47-b232-8de1bb036066/download.jpg A Monumental Mystery - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/be249223-ee5a-4c32-bb7d-b2987ed3853a/120px-Grand_Army_of_the_Republic_medal.svg.png A Monumental Mystery - Make it stand out Grand Army of the Republic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/a6268639-b918-4bd3-880a-06036bcb790c/oak-hill-cemetery.jpg A Monumental Mystery - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/4723a1df-c7b1-4162-9f8c-82e7989454e0/download.png A Monumental Mystery - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/5430da05-5bf6-43c9-80f1-eed0b64fece8/download+%281%29.jpg A Monumental Mystery - Make it stand out Albert Woolson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/e85c2f89-4e57-4881-a414-a9a41f866db6/Clay+Collins.jpg A Monumental Mystery - Make it stand out Clay Collins https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/history-of-the-whiting-united-methodist-church daily 0.75 2024-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/5f9d064e-ec4d-44e2-8b83-5eb6be24f888/%21Bbr56U%21Bmk%7E%24%28KGrHqYH-E%21Equ2N-9%2ClBK%29MKGZHjw%7E%7E_32.jpg HISTORY OF THE WHITING UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/288fe34d-9ed8-4ff8-8bf8-e76f9d1bcf23/john+wesley.jpg HISTORY OF THE WHITING UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - Make it stand out John Wesley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/b15b62ea-4805-4512-9234-7e0be770cb62/doc00872620190629144309_001.jpg HISTORY OF THE WHITING UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - Make it stand out Congregational Church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/c9f6f808-289a-408a-ba14-da50817e73b4/download.jpg HISTORY OF THE WHITING UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - Make it stand out Methodist Circuit Rider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/5e895279-a171-4c6a-8a57-c51dda2e9b6d/Whiting-Robertsdale%2BSplit%2B-%2BJacob%2BForsyth.bmp.jpg HISTORY OF THE WHITING UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - Make it stand out Jacob Forsythe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/0e4aa1ac-da64-4b98-aab3-1486ce7c321a/Methodist+Epworth.jpg HISTORY OF THE WHITING UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - Make it stand out Epworth Methodist Episcopal Church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/31b52ec2-4102-43a4-8b8b-a3d10c195a7a/1905_church_001.jpg HISTORY OF THE WHITING UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - Make it stand out Methodist Church circa 1905 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/53c837e4-b1a8-4dac-a72b-50ddaac5b8aa/Methodist+ded+ication+1906.jpg HISTORY OF THE WHITING UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - Make it stand out Church Dedication circa 1906 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/8326a3c2-5e0c-4503-9107-e8cbc1d0d5a1/8f3150965535aed1af3ddb5151e2cf86-300.jpg HISTORY OF THE WHITING UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/8ef9af6d-238a-4090-975a-2c3b593a3ffd/download+%281%29.jpg HISTORY OF THE WHITING UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - Make it stand out Robert E. Humphreys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/9e096ba7-5829-4711-b596-9b10df985f89/Dr.%2BPutnam%2BPhoto.jpg HISTORY OF THE WHITING UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - Make it stand out Dr. William Putnam https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/bb5744cd-9623-4eb1-98fd-dd57d4acaa6e/1st+Methodist+Episcopal+passion+week.jpg HISTORY OF THE WHITING UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/97d87f99-fb48-4196-a8eb-d058379a7790/Interior+of+Methodist+Church.jpg HISTORY OF THE WHITING UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/02e9e971-5921-4883-aa47-ee1501777e38/meth.+church+1+%282%29.JPG HISTORY OF THE WHITING UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/032706fa-4cf3-42c2-b262-bef3bdd06bf0/graduation+1962.jpg HISTORY OF THE WHITING UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/new-page-23 daily 0.75 2024-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/b2f8e7e6-f81d-49d8-b5fa-eac8f08737c7/John+10-15-19+001.jpg Places of the Heart - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/f272f69c-b664-4977-9e9d-98144eaa0ea7/John+12-15-21+040.jpg Places of the Heart - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/c3fc2c13-a665-42cc-a474-106afc6a3030/John+8-24-21+002.jpg Places of the Heart - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/436cbd0d-c61c-4016-9949-8ae29f98faf8/Sisters+-+sacred+heart+1950.jpg Places of the Heart - Make it stand out Grades 1 and 2 of Sacred Heart School in April 1950. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/31a279cd-70de-4c19-9d94-f8c6b29f591a/Baseball+-+Standard+Diamonds+Action.jpg Places of the Heart - Make it stand out There were thousands of softball games played on Standard Diamonds, located on the site where Oil City Stadium now stands. This photo is from the late 1940s, or early 1950s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/33669b1b-a181-4d11-bc5f-3b861b01ac50/John+7-17-18+037.tif.jpg Places of the Heart - Make it stand out It doesn’t reach as far into the sky as the tower at nearby St. John the Baptist Church, but the steeple at Sacred Heart (in the middle of this photo), is just as much of a Whiting landmark. This photo is probably from the 1970s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/0a70d1ff-2bd2-43d3-abb0-43af3d1fb351/library+1906.jpg Places of the Heart - Make it stand out The Whiting Public Library as it appeared in 1906, shortly after its opening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/c2d385d9-f2c0-4177-9fa9-04142eb9630a/John+9-2-21+009.jpg Places of the Heart - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/6c30c33a-2f12-4a30-9cd6-d0f4c6df6e50/John+10-15-19+029.tif.jpg Places of the Heart - Make it stand out Long before the Whoa Zone, swings and slides attracted young beachgoers to Whiting’s lakefront. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/c323f4a4-b514-42c2-9625-34392014d5c8/John+10-15-19+004.jpg Places of the Heart - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/f80645bb-1193-4b1a-9d6e-d593341b09da/John+7-30-19+001.tif.jpg Places of the Heart - Make it stand out In 1993, Andy Yanas received the thanks of many, and a small token of appreciation, for his 58 years of work at the Whiting Community Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/c99e8c1a-2ef5-4d71-9882-d31a16ed8eae/John+8-7-18+035.jpg Places of the Heart - Make it stand out Marbles tournaments were just one of many activities organized by the Whiting Community Center to keep the city’s young people entertained. This photo is likely to be from the 1930s or 1940s. The Community Center building is in the background, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/15646cfd-ec69-4ea1-a1b1-7f2aa15a2773/John+9-5-23+021.jpg Places of the Heart - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/3564727b-77e5-4707-8a31-20ce397ca7ee/Indianapolis+Boulevard+%26+119th+%26+White+Castle.jpg Places of the Heart - Make it stand out Indianapolis Boulevard and 119th Street, in the late 1940s or early 1950s. In the background is the original White Castle building. In the middle are police officers directing traffic on a snowy day, at what was once one of the busiest intersections in the United States. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/fe81e38d-2cf7-4715-9f8c-3f01f076104a/John+9-17-19+042.jpg Places of the Heart - Make it stand out The choir at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church in Whiting. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/toll-road daily 0.75 2024-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/5d2d4b1b-06e8-4964-a77a-39c19d2d78f5/Toll+Road+-+Post+Card.jpg Toll Road - Make it stand out The Indiana Toll Road is 156.28 miles long. There were ten travel plazas, or service areas, on the road. Each was named after a prominent Hoosier. (Image from The Indiana Album, Joan Hostetler Collection). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/db6e149e-8d71-4c00-8218-81263cad1d0b/Toll+Road+-+Lake+Michigan+Super+Highway+-+Wide+World+Photos+-+May+1937.bmp.jpg Toll Road - Make it stand out Imagine standing at Whiting’s Lakefront Park and looking out at Lake Michigan. But, instead of seeing miles of water and the Chicago skyline, you see a superhighway, not far away but blocking your view of the lake. Finding better routes into Chicago was something that brought out ideas well before the Indiana Toll Road was built. This plan was from 1937. It would have created a man-made island just off the shore of Whiting-Robertsdale, East Chicago, and Gary. The islands would support a two-tiered highway, with six lanes of traffic on the top tier, and four lanes on the lower, as well as rail service. The plan never gained much support. (Photo from World Wide Photos) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/bef730f3-3c04-4923-bb31-20ab5884c2f8/Toll+Road+-+Toll+Schedule+-+Hammond+Times%2C+9-16-1956.jpg Toll Road - Make it stand out In 1956, when it opened, it cost $1.95 to travel the full 156.28 miles of the Indiana Toll Road. (Image from The Hammond Times, September 16, 1956) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/f3448c1b-37e0-4a1e-a189-5d37f71c6568/Toll+Road+-+Old+Map.jpg Toll Road - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/a31ab672-1da0-456a-bdb6-1c8cfbf86032/Toll+Road+-+Route+Options+-+Hammond+Times+-+June+7%2C+1953+-+A.jpg Toll Road - Make it stand out Four major routes were considered for the Indiana East-West Toll Road before it reached Lake County. The starting point for each route was set by the location of the already completed Ohio Turnpike. From there, some suggested swinging down toward Fort Wayne would be best. That was the southernmost route. The route chosen was the northernmost route. (Image from The Hammond Times, June 7, 1953.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/8067cd0d-2295-49a1-b942-6cc0cfc09617/Toll+Road+-+Aerial+2.jpg Toll Road - Make it stand out In the bottom left corner of this photo, the road crossing Wolf Lake is the Indiana Toll Road. If the original plan had been adopted, the Toll Road would have been 1,200 feet further to the right, toward Calumet Avenue, which is the first street on the right side of the lake in this photo. That would have reduced the view across the lake for anyone in Wolf Lake Park. It also would have reduced the space for boating and wind surfing on the lake. (Photo from Whiting-Robertsdale Historical Society) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/bbaff6ae-aeab-4b46-aed5-599f6c30a99e/Toll+Road+-+Mud+1.jpg Toll Road - Make it stand out Large parts of Wolf Lake were drained during construction of the Toll Road. The highway runs above the lake. Large amounts of sand were needed to create a firm foundation for the road. The sand was taken from the bottom of the lake. The contractors who acquired the sand from the City of Hammond, agreed to deepen the lake to make it better for boating and as a fish habitat. (Photo from Whiting-Robertsdale Historical Society) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/abc10ada-8c53-4a53-aeb5-d3ff64dbd248/Toll+Road+-+Forsyth+Park+Plans+-+1956.bmp.jpg Toll Road - Make it stand out The Robertsdale Civic League drew up this map of Forsyth Park in 1956, showing their proposed improvements to the park. Among other changes, it called for extending 118th Street into the park so that it could provide a way in and out of a parking lot adjacent to the Little League field and a proposed boat slip. 117th Street was already extended into the park, but this proposal called for a park road along the banks of the Wolf River. It also proposed a connection from that park road to another entrance/exit at the far north end of Parkview Avenue. The ice skating rink on the map was also new. Most of these ideas were adopted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/bd502df7-3453-4bc5-ba9d-1b097dea5ddc/Toll+Road+-+Wolf+Lake+Beach.jpg Toll Road - Make it stand out Wolf Lake beach was a popular swimming spot in the late 1950s and early 1960s, when this photo was taken. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/ce8a6fdf-ddb2-42a1-bd3c-ae38abad733a/Toll+Road+-+Toll+Gate+-+The+Times.bmp.jpg Toll Road - Make it stand out All toll gates were staffed in the early years of the Indiana Toll Road. The toll booths were made of steel to protect the attendants from wayward cars and trucks. In the Toll Road’s early years, an average of five people a day zoomed past the booth without paying. The State Police were alerted whenever that happened. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/445751a9-a905-47b5-bb69-034cd0843f64/Toll+Road+-+DeLocks.bmp.jpg Toll Road - Make it stand out The Toll Road has had an impact on Indianapolis Boulevard and the Five Points area, but so have taxes charged by the states of Indiana and Illinois. At the time the Toll Road was built, there was Chicago’s Last Liquor Store on the Illinois side of the line. That was when Indiana taxes on liquor were higher than those in Illinois. In recent years, cigarettes, liquor, and fireworks bring Illinois residents to shop for those items in Indiana. This photo is from 1972. The Lever Brothers plant, later Unilever, is in the background. 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Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/pinsetters daily 0.75 2024-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/5d914362-dd82-41c3-aa4a-6f42f8bb8620/2022-07-042+-+Community+Center+-+Whiting%2C+Indiana.jpg Pinsetters - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/5f65eb93-0971-4253-b20f-898f2aab3666/Community+Center+-+Memorial+Room.jpg Pinsetters - Make it stand out The Community Center’s Memorial Room was designed as a meeting room for veterans of World War One. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/6ca83eac-eed6-4590-9f66-7694f4b5ed7d/Pinsetters+-+hometown+-+bowling+1940s.jpg Pinsetters - Make it stand out Local businesses sponsored Whiting bowling teams, including this 1940s Lipay’s Department Store team. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/4f875e35-255a-46a6-a923-9c971b3dacb3/Pinsetters+-+Bowling+Alley.jpg Pinsetters - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/0beef109-f31e-4437-aaf5-4f59aa387ab7/Pinsetters+9.jpg Pinsetters - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/8087fe93-1772-4b75-b3da-a0951d3202fe/Pinsetters+-+Andy+Yanas.jpg Pinsetters - Make it stand out Andy Yanas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/3b3c1978-84ff-4c2a-baef-4fd8a803eec0/Pinsetters+-+Lane+5+-+1958.jpg Pinsetters - Make it stand out A pin boy is tucked away in the upper right side of this photo. He was working lane 5 at the Whiting Community Center in 1958. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/2887c4f0-54d4-454b-9756-a2f3a85e07d6/Pinsetters+-+Rich+Samek+-+1987.bmp.jpg Pinsetters - Make it stand out In 1987, 62-yer-old Rich Samek of North Hammond rolled a perfect, 300 game. He was the first to do that at the Community Center since 1934. Rich started his bowling life as a pin boy at the Community Center. “The Community Center’s bowling alley was the most popular place to bowl in the ‘30s and ‘40s,” he said. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/61e5c7fa-bd56-4cfc-b1c8-cbbfccf5fbc3/PBGraffati01.jpg Pinsetters - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/10811b0e-e016-4600-aba1-aba276cc0ded/Pinsetters+-+Pennant.jpg Pinsetters - Make it stand out Bowling teams often competed in tournaments outside of Whiting-Robertsdale. This is a pennant from a team sponsored by Phil Smidt and Son restaurant that went to a tournament in Seattle in 1954. Team members whose names are on the left side of the pennant are: P. Smidt; A. Pellar; N. Marnye; C. Zuleski; G. Blummer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/01b9ba3f-d9ae-4d01-be30-9d77f401b451/Pinsetters+-+ABC+Bowlers+-+1946.jpg Pinsetters - Make it stand out Whiting’s Klen Hardware store sponsored this team in 1946, when they traveled to Buffalo to compete in the American Bowling Congress tournament. They are (left to right): Frank Gaskey, unknown, Joe Gasparovic, John Klen, and John Sobek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/c55b0f2a-29cd-4b3b-8623-4d344cea87e6/PBGraffati06.jpg Pinsetters - Make it stand out Pin setters from long ago created a little memorial to themselves. They wrote their names on the walls of a tunnel adjacent to the bowling alley. 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The adult in the center is Fred Rader, the boy to the left is John Grdina. The others are not identified. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/ce99865a-81c4-44db-8a38-6ff7a87d336b/Pinsetters+3.jpg Pinsetters - Make it stand out The amount of work each pin boy worked at the Community Center each two- week period was recorded in a little notebook. This page is from October 1954. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/b9c26f17-9b4d-4907-820d-31b28f11d450/Pinsetters+-+Community+Center+Lanes.jpg Pinsetters - Make it stand out The Community Center bowling alley. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/st-margarets-hospital daily 0.75 2024-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/5b6b0440-7c0d-44f1-948b-a2a7323c1cbb/hohman++1890.jpg St. Margaret's Hospital - Make it stand out Hohman Avenue circa 1890s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/990eae75-897c-499d-a141-f904395b1bb5/original+house+on+Clinton.jpeg St. Margaret's Hospital - Make it stand out Original House on Clinton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/2c2a6886-30f5-4410-8ae9-d1053d86586e/190+something.jpg St. Margaret's Hospital - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/76776b74-1011-497e-9af1-b4ff440e0280/early+chapel.JPG St. Margaret's Hospital - 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Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/2745cfb2-c37e-4681-b2a3-2865881cb958/power+house+1909.JPG St. Margaret's Hospital - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/the-most-cherished-book-in-whitingrobertsdale daily 0.75 2024-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/7c4fa753-43f8-45a5-bd19-0cf25135a7da/Menu+Book+Cover.jpg The Most Cherished Book In Whiting-Robertsdale - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/a21f2f66-1230-4866-9d44-51d69ab59ba8/1949_08_09_7+Rosary+Society+Taking+Book+Orders.png The Most Cherished Book In Whiting-Robertsdale - Make it stand out Hammond Times, August 9, 1949 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/be0197b2-2dd6-408e-9194-e2081954bbb9/The+Housewife%27s+Prayer.png The Most Cherished Book In Whiting-Robertsdale - 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Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/3105c890-557e-45fd-b03b-21c5cbe47b19/Rosary+Society+Banner+from+The+Times.jpg The Most Cherished Book In Whiting-Robertsdale - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/moon-mullins daily 0.75 2024-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/47dce75e-bbcb-47e4-86c7-7c7baf805b21/Moon+Mullins+1.jpg Moon Mullins - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/6393dec0-2a70-4a4c-9ac4-c68d976b2437/Moon+Mullins+-Merwyn+Mullins+-+1942.bmp.jpg Moon Mullins - Make it stand out Merwyn Mullins is the first on the left of the three men standing in this photo, which was taken from the 1942 yearbook of Clark High School. Mullins taught industrial arts at Clark from 1935 to 1946. He then took an employee relations position with the Standard Oil Refinery in Whiting. He retired from there in 1967. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/79614d96-cef8-40c3-9cef-97d5bd4ecf1c/restaurants+-+margaret.jpg Moon Mullins - Make it stand out Margaret’s Geneva House was located at Five Points, on the corner where the Horizon Bank branch now sits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/6cd5642e-abd5-4768-a684-127db1feca13/Mike+Kampo+for+Mayor+3.jpg Moon Mullins - Make it stand out Mike Kampo, whose family operated a neighborhood grocery store just east of Calumet Avenue on 119th Street, was the Hammond Democratic Party chair for many years. In 1951, he was the party’s nominee for mayor. One of his campaign stops in 1951 was to give out tickets to the children of campaign supporters at Merryland. He is in the center of the photo. Merryland was a small amusement park for children, located on Indianapolis Boulevard across the street from Lever Brothers. Today, the land that housed Merryland is mostly a parking lot for Unilever employees. Notice the Lever Brothers/Unilever building in the background. That same lot was site of the Phil Smidt restaurant before it burned down in the 1940s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/f38e5eda-7973-4ac6-8c3d-1042d0a8733d/Gregorovich+Service+Station+-+119th+%26+Calumet+-+1957.bmp.jpg Moon Mullins - Make it stand out The DaVita Dialysis Center’s parking lot now occupies the southeast corner of Calumet Avenue & 119th Street. That corner was once the home of the Lake County Winery, but even before that a service station was located there. It was owned by the Gregorovich brothers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/468ce998-4026-46e3-9e66-8c887681e1f2/Merwyn+Mullins+-+1939.bmp.jpg Moon Mullins - Make it stand out Merwyn Mullins was the faculty advisor for the Clark High School class of 1940. Here he is posing on the steps of the school for a 1939 yearbook photo. Class officers Marguerite Koch, secretary; Herbert Klemm, treasurer; Lorraine Kauchak, president; and Evelyn Isberg, vice president, are with him. The 1939 school year saw the construction of the school’s auditorium and library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/c06e5e1b-ca3b-4184-aac5-fd3f989fa6fd/1920+-+119th+and+lincoln+convent.jpg Moon Mullins - Make it stand out The northwest corner of 119th Street at Lincoln Avenue in the 1920s. The old St. John the Baptist Church is in the background. Today, the school takes up this part of 119th and Lincoln. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/eda96089-e2e2-409e-b3e6-2443c2001112/Illiana+Hotel+-+Exterior.bmp.jpg Moon Mullins - Make it stand out A drawing of the Illiana Hotel, which was at the southeast corner of 119th and Atchison Avenue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/8cde42be-650d-40a7-a98b-a902013e5927/Bank+Building+-+Lobby.bmp.jpg Moon Mullins - Make it stand out The Central State Bank Building was Whiting’s skyscraper. This is the bank lobby inside that building, which stood on the southwest corner of Indianapolis Boulevard and 119th Street. People’s Bak is currently on that site, but in a different, newer building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/56ef0efc-4c18-44b1-8893-3af791a660ed/Schlack%27s+Barber+Shop.tif.jpg Moon Mullins - Make it stand out There are numerous photos of the Whiting 4th of July parade in the files of the Whiting-Robertsdale Historical Society. One of the side benefits of these photos is that sometimes show in the background, buildings and businesses that are long gone. Schlack’s Barber Shop is in this photo, behind the float of the Whiting Moose Club. The original White Castle building is in the background on the right. Schlack’s is just north of it on Indianapolis Boulevard. Today, the new White Castle building is partially located where Schlack’s once stood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/63b4ec7e-e404-4ec5-b5c5-8f2e26d0d357/WRHS+-+Swarthout+Chevrolet.jpg Moon Mullins - Make it stand out The Swarthout Chevrolet dealership was at Indianapolis Boulevard and Benedict Avenue. The McDonald’s is there today. The steeple of St. John the Baptist Church is in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/13fa11e3-f251-4340-b17b-736073efff35/Gold+Service.tif.jpg Moon Mullins - Make it stand out Gold Service station stood at 121st and Indianapolis Boulevard. Currently, it is where Little Caesar's pizza is located. Notice the glass crowns on top of the gas pumps. They were a common feature at Standard Oil gas stations. The color of the crown told you what blend of gas was dispensed by that pump. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/4d671026-4f4b-42d3-81d3-9cb3d86151cf/A+%26+P+Supermarket.tif.jpg Moon Mullins - Make it stand out The A & P Supermarket was located on 119th Street at Central Avenue, in the building now occupied by Family Dollar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/92340264-00d4-4c7f-9c83-49c5f190fe52/Slovak+Dom.jpg Moon Mullins - Make it stand out The Slovak Dom building is still on 119th Street at Temple Street. It no longer has, however, the top floor that is pictured in this photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/d7528b03-ca7b-4868-8fe8-8dd00a439907/119th+-+glenn%27s+shoe+store+mirror.jpg Moon Mullins - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/0ac0f593-dff1-43c5-843a-9873cd23ec32/119th+-+armory+%26+bank+-+1931.jpg Moon Mullins - Make it stand out The north side of 119th Street, just west of New York Avenue, doesn’t look much different today than it did in 1935 when Merwyn Mullins moved to Whiting-Robertsdale, or when this photo was taken in 1931. The building on the far right was a bank in those days, while today it is a rare bookstore. The next building was the National Guard Armory, but todayi s Whiting City Hall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/dd6c58a5-9a7f-4198-bf86-e8a8879878d0/119th+-+Saylor+Ad+-+1926.bmp.jpg Moon Mullins - Make it stand out A 1926 ad for Saylor’s, a long-time Whiting paint store. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/d95a7918-0732-4961-a71a-f1c30bc26de1/Post+Office+-+Dedication+Crowd.bmp.jpg Moon Mullins - Make it stand out A large crowd gathered on the corner of 119th and New York Avenue in 1933, for the dedication of Whiting’s new post office. It is still there, at that location. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/3dc901e6-4672-4131-9b79-1526a6b14c6b/Standard+Oil+Offices.jpg Moon Mullins - Make it stand out The office of the Standard Oil Refinery was located on the east side of Front Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/192f32c4-7040-48ba-8279-0df2e8da717e/Gun+Club+Aerial.tif.jpg Moon Mullins - Make it stand out The Gun Club in Whiting was located at the eastern end of Whiting Park, just east of today’s formal garden and gazebo. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/the-mermen-of-whiting daily 0.75 2024-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1aad135b-9c79-4e35-ad9b-cdcccad729a7/download.jfif The Mermen of Whiting - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/9ee59ab5-7aea-46ba-96fb-61e5fea53144/download+%281%29.jfif The Mermen of Whiting - Make it stand out L. 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Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/beefaffc-6bc2-4096-bc5e-cf647c39cd75/a.jpg Herman Billik - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/radio daily 0.75 2024-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/df4eb0c6-872a-4100-ba50-6fdfe1186e5b/Radio+-+KDKA.jpg Radio - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/da3f6769-b14c-4930-8b3a-3d8e8fde1a3d/Radio+-+Hertz.jpg Radio - Make it stand out Heinrich Hertz made an important discovery in the history of radio, but lived a short life. He died in 1894, at the age of 36. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/2bc623ca-ae03-4112-b729-2a0b963fb772/Radio+-+CrosleyRadio1941.jpg Radio - Make it stand out A 1942 Crosley table-top radio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/d9ea1c3c-e46e-4dfe-8be2-a9ee6a40a630/Radio+-+Roosevelt.jpg Radio - Make it stand out President Franklin Roosevelt was the first president to effectively use radio to speak to the American people, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/fbde8413-1e25-408f-8a39-a5feeba0d2f8/Radio+-+Arthur+Godfrey.jpg Radio - Make it stand out In the 1950s, Arthur Godfrey was one of America’s biggest celebrities, appearing both on radio and as one of the pioneer broadcasters on television. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/38c65381-7323-4e26-8697-c94b22f17d49/Radio+-+ZenithConsoleRadio8S154-C.jpg Radio - Make it stand out Through the 1950s, floor model console radios were a familiar piece of furniture in homes across the United States. This is a Zenith model, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1649d007-68d5-4ea2-a702-aed82ebe8e30/Radio+-+Jack+Armstrong.jpg Radio - Make it stand out Jack Armstrong, The All-American Boy was developed by General Mills, the maker of Wheaties, as a way to sell more of their breakfast cereal. It was just a 15-minute program, but it was very popular from 1933 to 1951. The first radio commercial to be sung was a part of the show in its earliest days. Its lyrics (below) were written to promote Wheaties. Have you tried Wheaties? They’re whole wheat with all of the bran Won’t you try Wheaties? For wheat is the best food of man They're crispy and crunchy the whole year through Jack Armstrong never tires of them And neither will you So just buy Wheaties The best breakfast food in the land https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/10a577da-a571-4c82-a5c4-1b826d66d84c/Radio+-+Lone+Ranger.jpg Radio - Make it stand out From boardgamegeek.com: “In 1948 the Lone Ranger radio program made the following announcement, "In celebration of the 15th year of this program you can get your very own model of the Lone Ranger Frontier Town. With this offer you can follow the adventures of The Lone Ranger and Tonto." That day, faithful fans of the masked man and his sidekick rushed grocery stores all across America buying up boxes of Cheerios.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/317d9756-cb0a-4d3e-a6a1-cb9bfa78673c/Radio+-+Straight+Arrow.jpg Radio - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/afbc4bb9-8a33-4d61-80fe-fbf2dc701ec2/Radio+-+Captain+Midnight.jpg Radio - Make it stand out Captain Midnight’s Secret Squadron Decoder Badge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/342aafd8-b3aa-4f88-a818-bd8307a3d9b2/Radio+-+TV+sets.jpg Radio - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/9f7cce62-1a1c-44bd-a091-865177e8ae70/Radio+-+Ted+Mack.jpg Radio - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/721dc13c-7123-4ae1-b1c9-90a47a2a9531/Radio+-+RCAVictor-B.jpg Radio - Make it stand out An RCA Victor record player, with a 45 rpm (revolutions per minute) phonograph record. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/71e3b32c-590b-4386-b44e-8192a1e68c29/Radio+-+Radio2.jpg Radio - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/adbaa2b9-fd9a-4127-934a-49bddec1a7fd/Radio+-+Vivian+Carter.jpg Radio - Make it stand out Besides being the host of a popular radio show in Gary and Chicago, Vivian Carter co-founded Vee-Jay records, one of the earliest black-owned record labels in America. Its artists were among the top acts in jazz, rhythm and blues, and it even branched out into rock ‘n roll, becoming the first label for The Beatles in America. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/fcfcab49-c76d-44b8-8324-b28bf4e6ebf1/WHS+-+1955+-+Dance+-+p.+6+.jpg Radio - Make it stand out A Whiting High School dance in 1955. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/d65a21d2-de05-45c4-894f-4998d33c5b3d/Radio+-+Top+40.jpg Radio - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/b09ad09c-e64a-4716-b086-b7831c4343f6/Radio+-+Alley+Oop.jpg Radio - Make it stand out Alley Oop was the number one song in America for a time in 1960. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/67618610-5dcc-4e49-a46b-9651a453002b/Radio+-+Dick+Biondi.jpg Radio - Make it stand out Dick Biondi was a Chicago radio legend from the 1960s onward, until his death in 2023. Among his many achievements and exploits, he was the first American disc jockey to play a Beatles song on the radio. He played Please, Please Me in February 1963. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/4062976a-3b6a-4953-93b0-473c27d948d0/Radio+-+WLSSilverSurvey2.jpg Radio - Make it stand out Every week from 1960 to 1990, WLS distributed its “Silver Dollar Survey,” a list of the Top 40 songs on its playlist. Fans of the station could pick them up at stores that sold records, such as Neal Price’s on 119th Street in Whiting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/c04e01ba-52bf-4083-94db-6e2c19158353/Radio+-+Kid.jpg Radio - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/the-story-of-whitings-mike-inik daily 0.75 2024-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/4c810d94-fec3-45c6-9410-26874d9847fd/Inik+Head+Shot+Cropped.jpg The Story Of Whiting's Mike Inik - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/071aa704-bcb7-4503-b989-603ab0465b97/Petition.jpg The Story Of Whiting's Mike Inik - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/a39e2761-733f-4e5c-bcac-cd57332a3483/Lake_County_Court_House_Hammond.jpg The Story Of Whiting's Mike Inik - Make it stand out The Lake County Superior Court House in Hammond. Built in 1903, it was demolished in 1974. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/c8e490a0-030f-4bb5-a01f-910a21500dcb/Inik+and+Headlines.jpg The Story Of Whiting's Mike Inik - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/42ac94ad-3ec8-4097-bfeb-de405c4b3e99/I+No+Wanna+Shoot+Nobody.jpg The Story Of Whiting's Mike Inik - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/847401ea-8787-426d-a2a9-da92a697ed99/Lunatic_Northern+Wisconsin+Advertiser+Photo.jpg The Story Of Whiting's Mike Inik - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/3abb18af-137e-46d0-8744-437be98f05c1/Madman+Arraigned.jpg The Story Of Whiting's Mike Inik - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/49f22cad-e6b9-48bd-9fb3-8f8dbff4f58c/Madman+Dies+In+Prison.jpg The Story Of Whiting's Mike Inik - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/the-st-margaret-hospital-school-of-nursing-1919-to-1967 daily 0.75 2025-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/d6968c24-a40f-4df2-8517-8a7367b340da/A+nursing+emblem.jpg The St. Margaret Hospital School of Nursing 1919 to 1967 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/9e29197a-82f1-4f53-8ee7-8ef373367920/A+-+NURSE+WITH+BAG+ON+STEPS.JPG The St. Margaret Hospital School of Nursing 1919 to 1967 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/662cafdb-54bf-478c-9cbb-b1433cdc508f/A+1923+TWO+GIRLS.jpg The St. Margaret Hospital School of Nursing 1919 to 1967 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/73e0d611-ae80-42b1-aaca-74f74529ea3a/A+CLASS+1925+COOL+PHOTO.jpg The St. Margaret Hospital School of Nursing 1919 to 1967 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/6122a186-2ee8-430a-9224-eaa6a629e048/A+CLASSROOM.jpg The St. Margaret Hospital School of Nursing 1919 to 1967 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/ddda6b96-3fb0-4509-bbab-cee4a568e0a7/A+FIRST+GRADUATESE+AGAIN.jpg The St. Margaret Hospital School of Nursing 1919 to 1967 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/538c57f2-845d-4337-8ac9-28c7b629ff07/A+1960+50TH+REUNION.jpg The St. Margaret Hospital School of Nursing 1919 to 1967 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/77fea139-999e-4995-ad3a-266da5bd2a4d/Tillie+with+candle.jpg The St. Margaret Hospital School of Nursing 1919 to 1967 - Make it stand out Tillie with Candle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/88bef3f9-ed8c-49fd-91c9-f63402a972f3/Ann+Devoy+bio.jpg The St. Margaret Hospital School of Nursing 1919 to 1967 - Make it stand out Ann Devoy https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/1929-election daily 0.75 2024-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/14f7a9da-ef7a-4419-9f5c-bd4f1f4b20b0/1929+-+Beaumont+Parks.jpg 1929 Election - Make it stand out Beaumont Parks, a Democrat, was Whiting’s third mayor, serving from 1910 through 1914. Born in Cleveland, he started working for Standard Oil in 1890, at the age of 31. He became general superintendent of the Whiting Refinery, in 1919 was elected to the company’s Board of Directors, and in 1920 became vice-president of Standard Oil. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/aadf69d1-8472-43a6-8f06-88c9e24915f1/1929+-+McNamara+Brothers+Ad+-+September+25%2C+1929.jpg 1929 Election - Make it stand out A McNamara Brothers grocery ad from September 1929. There were five brothers and one sister in the McNamara family. Francis, known as Bab, was the fourth oldest brother and operated the business after his older brothers went off to serve in World War One. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/870c783f-749b-4c50-871e-674b41bac411/1929+-+Boyle+Ad.jpg 1929 Election - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/7e57ca6d-6e87-4acc-8561-6d564077975b/1929+-+GOP+Ad.bmp.jpg 1929 Election - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/6325ce81-ad5c-41c5-b39c-f2d5901f9868/1929+-+Thomas+Boyle.jpg 1929 Election - Make it stand out In 1929, the candidates for mayor didn’t campaign much until the month before election day. Thomas Boyle (above) was in the heart of his campaign when he received news that Patrick Boyle, his father, had died at the age of 92. Boyle had to take several days off from the campaign to travel to Cleveland for his father’s funeral. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/6fe770d2-db19-4041-92f7-d411c1f61ba6/1929+-+Walter+Schrage+2.bmp.jpg 1929 Election - Make it stand out Besides being mayor of Whiting for 16 years, from 1914 through 1929, and the head of the city’s biggest bank, Walter Schrage was a major figure in local Republican politics. He served as chair of the Lake County Republican Party. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/449eed81-3a5a-4e40-915d-f7dbc3f3d05d/1929+-+Death+Certificate.jpg 1929 Election - Make it stand out The death certificate of Whiting Mayor Francis D. McNamara. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/13b74ef2-99cb-4917-a716-af9594b64072/1929+-+Francis+D.+McNamara.jpg 1929 Election - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/425bff2a-8259-40ae-95a6-29e408aa043b/1929+-+Tommy+Boyle+%26+Walter+Schrage.jpg 1929 Election - Make it stand out Democrat Thomas Boyle (left) and Republican Walter Schrage (right) shake hands after both were sworn in as mayor of Whiting on January 6, 1930. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/869c024d-1676-4cd8-8322-95ba0fef3d72/1929+-+Newspaper.jpg 1929 Election - Make it stand out More than a year after the 1929 election, Republicans were still trying to get Mayor Boyle removed from office, based on the recount that showed he lost by three votes. The court cases dragged on well into his term as mayor, but they had no success in ousting him. But in 1933 he was ousted from office…by voters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/baa9cec7-4201-46c3-9f11-0834e1eeed32/Phil+Smidts+-+James_Cagney_%28far_left%29_and_Whiting_Mayor_James_T%5B1%5D._McNamara_%28far_right%29_at_Phil_Smidt%27s.jpg 1929 Election - Make it stand out Whiting Mayor James McNamara (on the right), older brother of Francis “Bab” McNamara, was mayor of Whiting during World War Two. He was mayor when actor James Cagney (on left) came to town to encourage residents to buy war bonds to support the U.S. military. This photo was taken at Phil Smidt’s restaurant in Robertsdale. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/geffert daily 0.75 2025-01-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/ba0f010e-8e6e-4d16-bdb3-15002b3a5fa2/Geffert+-+Joseph+-+Military+-+1942.png Geffert - Make it stand out The Hammond Times, October 2, 1942 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/ce46f8a6-a900-4126-8e8c-63072d871255/Geffert+-+Front+of+Building.jpg Geffert - Make it stand out Geffert Hardware at 1843 Calumet Avenue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/45b71f16-9b01-48a4-b835-e31920413190/Geffert+-+John+-+Park+Board+-+1958.jpg Geffert - Make it stand out John Geffert (second from the left) served on the Hammond Park Board for seven years. A conservationist, he worked to preserve Wolf Lake and improve the Lake Michigan shoreline. Pictured in this 1958 photo are Board Member Edwin Spoerner; Geffert; Board President Bernard Lenz; Hammond Mayor Edward Dowling; and Board Member Peter Berthold. The Times-Graphic, January 16, 1958. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/401a11fb-0d86-4068-9ac9-cba66e61070e/Geffert+-+Ray+Geffert+-+Calumet+Day+-+November+1982.jpg Geffert - Make it stand out Ray Geffert poses with one of the guns available for sale at Geffert’s Hardware Store. Calumet Day, November 30, 1982. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/e7c0d37b-b90a-4e86-add8-7da2aecbcaa6/Geffert+-+Guns.jpg Geffert - Make it stand out Greg Geffert. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/22310c0f-dcc4-46c7-ae49-da4d40aa5b3e/Geffert+-+Products.JPG Geffert - Make it stand out Some of the products available at Geffert’s Hardware, from the collection of the Whiting-Robertsdale Historical Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/2d6f2480-3935-473f-9c71-11ece13eb9df/Geffert+-+Three+men+in+front+of+store.jpg Geffert - Make it stand out Ray, Greg, and John Geffert in front of their store on Calumet Avenue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/e7d27d3a-9bac-4250-bd6f-edfb6371df43/Geffert+-+Receipt.jpg Geffert - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/history-of-whitings-banks-part-one daily 0.75 2025-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/c521a124-38b3-4c22-aa51-f48ca061fe4f/download.jpg History of Whiting's Banks: Part One - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/36c9595c-543c-4cfb-9205-defee2d644d1/Centier1252-900x1024.jpg History of Whiting's Banks: Part One - Make it stand out Original Bank of Whiting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/8b5c9269-515b-4267-80ff-679a5f6348e2/NY+Ave+going+south+from+119th.jpg History of Whiting's Banks: Part One - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/22337461-31a2-4218-bac4-1fe30dfe6aa9/download+%281%29.jpg History of Whiting's Banks: Part One - Make it stand out Henry Schrage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/e2fecadb-d08c-44a8-baa2-901617a63e53/Walter+Schrage+Sr..jpg History of Whiting's Banks: Part One - Make it stand out Walter Schrage, Sr. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/bce9685b-8ab0-40f2-92a2-a93a15ae16e4/download+%282%29.jpg History of Whiting's Banks: Part One - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/653b8ef1-7f26-4dd8-8761-d9f629add4de/download+%283%29.jpg History of Whiting's Banks: Part One - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/519425eb-0cd6-4938-a553-e7577a42d559/download+%284%29.jpg History of Whiting's Banks: Part One - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/196eb12b-cae3-4faf-9b77-40d30b575fd1/Fred+Smith.jpg History of Whiting's Banks: Part One - Make it stand out Fred Smith https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/3ba8e908-d735-4463-b793-237bb06e743a/Gallus+Balder.jpg History of Whiting's Banks: Part One - Make it stand out Gallus Bader https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/cf7cecca-c1ca-4eae-8894-8af75fe4dc50/download+%286%29.jpg History of Whiting's Banks: Part One - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/2555ed3b-f5a4-40e2-9bb9-39e084a73e10/download+%287%29.jpg History of Whiting's Banks: Part One - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/b1ef6919-e09d-45a2-b832-d02b0384b60c/download+%288%29.jpg History of Whiting's Banks: Part One - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/times-of-our-lives daily 0.75 2025-05-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/b9dff1f8-4cd0-4707-bb61-fff0c2ec007e/Times+-+Bunny+Hop+1954+Reflector.jpg Times of Our Lives - Make it stand out “The rage of the ‘50’s.” That’s how The Reflector, Whiting High School’s yearbook, described The Bunny Hop in 1954. Showing their dance moves are, from left to right, Gale Kozacik, Robert Wendell, Pat Filipek, Roger Wargo, Carolyn Collins, and John McNamara. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/f8905f50-3d15-459b-ae48-5075396c9dd4/119th+Street+1955.jpg Times of Our Lives - Make it stand out 119th Street in downtown Whiting in 1955, near its intersection with New York Avenue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/97cab75f-813c-48c3-892b-bd8701983aa5/Times+-+Lovasko+Studio+-+1930+New+Yorks+Avenue+-+1954+Reflector.jpg Times of Our Lives - Make it stand out Checking out the pictures in the window of Lovasko’s Studio in 1954, located at 1930 New York Avenue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/42712ba6-f245-4907-a585-84a836ef2df1/Condes.jpg Times of Our Lives - Make it stand out Condes Restaurant, located on Indianapolis Boulevard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/a99f7cd5-59f5-4b18-8079-f57b16f8535e/Times+-+Cathcarts+Dairy+Queen+-+1957+Powder+Horn.jpg Times of Our Lives - Make it stand out Three young employees of Cathcart’s Dairy Queen in 1957. The Dairy Queen was across the street from Condes Restaurant on Indianapolis Boulevard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/0ea92f4a-1847-4d59-b03e-29929ee330b0/Times+-+41+Outdoor+Powder+Horn+1955.jpg Times of Our Lives - Make it stand out Staff is on hand to greet and assist the patrons of the 41 Outdoor Theater in Robertsdale in 1955. The sign says admission is 80-cents for adults, and for children under 12 it’s free. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/f6e01900-f4a4-4200-b94c-e2adad14ced3/Times+-+Ande%27s+Pizza+-+1957+Powder+Horn+-+1309+Community+Court.jpg Times of Our Lives - Make it stand out Andes Pizza was located at 1309 Community Court, near the intersection with Indianapolis Boulevard. This photo is from 1957. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/2e232142-5ae1-4d2d-b231-69f879c30a25/Times+-+Dave%27s+Whiting+Rexall+-+1957+Powder+Horn+-+1308+119th+Street.jpg Times of Our Lives - Make it stand out Inside Dave’s Whiting Rexall, 1308 119th Street, at the soda fountain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/e1f916a0-5a1e-44b6-a91e-e6ef8aaa1ed5/Times+-+Neal+Price%27s+1957+Powder+Horn.jpg Times of Our Lives - Make it stand out Inside Neal Price’s on 119th Street, a popular place to buy phonograph records in the 1950s and 1960s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/430c4fda-6573-4834-a150-b34998b0c948/Times+-+Poppen%27s+-+1957+Powder+Horn+-+119th+%26+Wespark.jpg Times of Our Lives - Make it stand out Poppen’s Service Station on 119th Street in Robertsdale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/6d44f364-f142-4dbf-b0b6-1470b5461daf/Times+-+Andre%27s+Beaute+Box+-+1957+Powder+Horn.jpg Times of Our Lives - Make it stand out Andre’s Beaute Box at 1200 119th Street in Robertsdale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/a7663ba8-9c7a-4fae-8aca-08f016817691/Times+-+Downtown+Hammond+Powder+Horn+1955.jpg Times of Our Lives - Make it stand out Hohman Avenue in downtown Hammond in 1955. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/0488b9da-fc65-4870-9178-a580905d80a3/Madura%27s+Danceland+-+1957+Powder+Horn.jpg Times of Our Lives - Make it stand out The most popular place for dancing in Whiting-Robertsdale from 1929 to 1967, Madura’s Danceland was just north of the Five Points intersection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/38cffa84-d4eb-44b5-b72e-a3bd26795e02/Times+-+Sandrick%27s++-+1957+Powder+Horn+-+1716+Indianapolis.jpg Times of Our Lives - Make it stand out Sandrick’s was located 1716 Indianapolis Boulevard, a place for sporting goods, cameras. and more. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/father-benedicts-fight-for-st-john-the-baptist-church daily 0.75 2025-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/b702070c-ebfe-4031-b723-12c249ae83c8/Plaque+01+Adjusted.jpg Father Benedict’s Fight For St. John the Baptist Church - Make it stand out This plaque, dedicated to Fr. Benedict, hangs in the vestibule of St. John the Baptist Catholic church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/0b102362-fcf2-4cd8-b24d-267c33eba90d/Bolshevik+Cartoon+Incl+Notes.png Father Benedict’s Fight For St. John the Baptist Church - Make it stand out Bolshevism is a movement that was born in Russia. It embraces Marxist–Leninist ideology of a centralized party of social revolution and the overthrow of capitalist state systems. Library of Congress image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/4050218a-2876-4038-8db2-ee2c35c07bf1/Black+Hand+1908+St+Louis+Dispatch.jpg Father Benedict’s Fight For St. John the Baptist Church - Make it stand out Italian immigrants brought Black Hand extortion to the United States in the 19th century. Black Hand extortionists would send anonymous, threatening letters to their victims. They were often signed with a hand, “held up in the universal gesture of warning,” drawn in thick black ink, and other threatening symbols like a smoking gun, hangman’s noose, skull, or knife dripping with blood. ChicagoCop.com image https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/4c99d005-e1a7-4197-bdb0-21a3bc275110/The_Times_1922_03_15_1+clip+01.jpg Father Benedict’s Fight For St. John the Baptist Church - Make it stand out Lake County Times, Mar. 15, 1922 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/0ce26293-b012-4e7e-b931-40388d6dd2aa/The+Old+Rectory.jpg Father Benedict’s Fight For St. John the Baptist Church - Make it stand out Pictured here is the old St. John’s rectory. During Fr. Benedict’s absence, non-Slovak speaking priests from St. Joseph’s College in Rensselaer were called upon to help at St. John’s on weekends. Shortly after the Bishop had announced that Fr. 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But it wasn’t until 1927 that Charles Lindbergh became the first person to fly an airplane across the Atlantic Ocean. The U.S. Air Mail service did not officially begin until 1918. So, the people who created Athey Park were among the pioneers in aviation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1eb8e0c3-1834-4f08-866d-92173ccef6bb/2025-04-042+-+Forsyth+Park+North+End.jpg Athey Park - Make it stand out The northern end of what is now Forsyth Park was where most of the Athey Hydro Amusement Park was located. It was convenient to a trolly stop on Indianapolis Boulevard, but most importantly it was adjacent to the channel, known as the Wolf River. It was there that many of the aviation activities were to take place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/ecf0597d-08b6-47f8-bcfa-abf645c5cc38/Athey+-+Hoover+Photo.jpg Athey Park - Make it stand out Frederick A. Hoover was an Early Bird of Aviation, the 100th person to obtain a pilot’s license. He headed up the Athey Park aviation school and flew several stunt flights over Whiting-Robertsdale, East Chicago, and Hammond in 1914. This photo is from his aviation license, and is preserved in the San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/ee2f272a-1703-4086-bce4-e7fe921ab06d/Athey+-+Aeroplane.jpg Athey Park - Make it stand out This is probably the only image we have of Athey Park and the planes that flew into it. This is a hydroplane (a plane that could land on the water) and this is probably showing it in flight above the Wolf River in Robertsdale. More than likely, the pilot we see is Fred Hoover. These are assumptions, based on the fact that this photo was part of an ad promoting the Grand Opening of Athey Park. It ran in the Lake County Times. The full ad is shown further down in this article. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/8eb82be0-4f01-42b3-9aaa-9dab98e9dd1a/Athey+-+Opening.jpg Athey Park - Make it stand out An ad which appeared in the Lake County Times on May 27, 1914, promoting the Grand Opening of Athey Hydro Amusement Park in Robertsdale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/f659fc1d-1405-447b-a277-28d727db5b88/Athey+-+Free+Day.jpg Athey Park - Make it stand out After a disappointing Grand Opening, the management of Athey Park made an attempt to win back visitors by waiving the ten-cent admission price for adults and five-cent admission for children, promising free admission for all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/928fe60c-bc48-4125-9b84-40e1fd50a06d/Athey+-+Tractor+-+Historic+Construction+Equipment+Association.jpg Athey Park - Make it stand out Although I.H. Athey failed in his venture to create an aviation amusement park in the Robertsdale neighborhood of Hammond, he was a successful inventor. The inscription on the front of this piece of equipment indicates it was made by the Athey Tractor Company of Chicago. I.H. Athey invented the truss wheel, which enabled construction and military equipment to navigate over muddy roads and fields. His company became known as the Athey Truss Wheel Company and thrived for many years. This photo is from the Historic Construction Equipment Association website. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/10cf9d8d-8738-45db-a779-804d5ba6d832/Athey+-+Merryland.jpg Athey Park - Make it stand out Before the mid-1940s, Phil Smidt’s restaurant was located on Indianapolis Boulevard next to the Wolf River. Merryland was built on that land. It was an amusement park aimed at the littlest of kids. This photo is from 1955. Today, that same piece of land is a parking lot for employees of Unilever, which is located across Indianapolis Boulevard. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/history-of-whitings-banks-part-two daily 0.75 2025-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/ffb1d457-6239-408d-818c-dbc4bf1a08e5/Bank%2B-%2BFirst%2BNational%2BBank%2BOriginal%2BLocation.bmp.jpg History of Whiting's Banks: Part Two - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/a0f06475-216a-473a-887d-08233cc16cb8/download+%281%29.jfif History of Whiting's Banks: Part Two - Make it stand out Gallus Bader https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/63d82983-bf83-4056-85f7-950e51d84def/Bank%2B-%2BEdward%2BSeubert.bmp.jpg History of Whiting's Banks: Part Two - Make it stand out Edward G. 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This ad appeared in the July 19, 1894 issue of The Whiting Democrat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/58e2bc04-3d7c-4f05-a936-d373bb3faa1c/Fairground+Ruins+July1894.jpg U.S. Troops Storm 119th Street - Make it stand out The sad result of the World’s Fair’s July fire. In the upper left of this photo can be seen the Fair’s iconic Statue of the Republic, its right hand still holding aloft a globe with an eagle perched atop it. Because the statue was on a pedestal in the water of the fair’s Great Basin, it escaped the fames, only to be destroyed later on orders of Jackson Park’s commissioners. 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The Russian word “Sputnik” translates to “satellite” in English. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/6b8f6c62-9784-44e2-a77d-b8c3775b811f/Sputnik+-+Dawn+E-Paper.jpg Sputnik - Make it stand out Graphic from Dawn E-Paper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/4f4369ba-b29f-47f4-b07d-d70d2d687b8f/Sputnik+-+In+Space.jpg Sputnik - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/3658ddf7-4583-45e1-8c84-62fdb0641cd7/Sputnik+-+Tribune.jpg Sputnik - Make it stand out The headline on the front page of the Chicago Tribune after the Soviet Union’s launch of Sputnik. “Reds” is how the Soviets were referred to in the late 1950s, and the use of “moon” was probably because “satellite” had not yet come into common usage in the English language. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/713c0ab0-3e92-42ee-aac0-6059f8b6244c/Sputnik+-+Poster.jpg Sputnik - Make it stand out A poster from the Soviet Union, celebrating their success in sending the Sputnik satellite into space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/fd2a4f13-fb82-45f7-9742-8acc7c2ad7d9/Sputnik+-+Moon+Landing.jpg Sputnik - Make it stand out In 2019, the US Postal Service issued a set of stamps to honor the first moon landing in 1969. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/08e57560-c961-4cb7-a210-587079202ff0/Sputnik+-+Laika.jpg Sputnik - Make it stand out Laika was a stray dog picked off of a Moscow street. She was selected to be the first living creature to circle the Earth from space because of her calm demeanor and small size. A part Siberian husky, she was sent into space to test how a living organism would cope with being there. From the start it was known she would die in the mission, because the Soviets did not yet have the ability to retrieve a satellite. Laika died within hours of reaching space from overheating and stress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/6adbc34e-1e31-4d79-89df-0ff8f2f14c9b/Sputnik+-+Werner+von+Braun+-+Saturn+launch.jpg Sputnik - Make it stand out U.S. President John Kennedy points to the sky as Wernher von Braun looks up. Von Braun was a German-born scientist who led the American effort to win the race to moon. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/whitings-first-department-stores daily 0.75 2025-06-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/13a47862-c146-49c4-a19f-9ab9ea5d3d7d/119th+east+from+Short+Street+early+American+Trust.jpg Whiting’s First Department Stores - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/0e71cd55-5eb7-4229-a76d-9cfff36f2409/1902+lady.jpg Whiting’s First Department Stores - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1d1b5b05-4f0e-4308-a316-92c48b7c96cb/Henry+Doob%27s+Fair+1894+-++earliest+stores.jpg Whiting’s First Department Stores - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/6ce3369a-c609-4cb7-9852-ea245b297db1/Hub+Cothing++.jpg Whiting’s First Department Stores - 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Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/aa6f8b2e-f49e-4c53-8a86-4d93bc94df40/Fred+Beisal+++new+store+1929.jpg Whiting’s First Department Stores - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/amtrak daily 0.75 2025-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/7ec4df07-642e-4916-add9-e7a7d09e360d/Amtrak+-+Don+Wilson+Shovel+2.jpg Amtrak - Make it stand out Don Wilson, photo in The Times, February 14, 1982. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/129bcca3-e004-4ee3-8da2-66908e2ecaf6/Train+Along+Hammond+Lakefront+3.jpg Amtrak - Make it stand out Tracks through Hammond’s Robertsdale neighborhood, just east of Chicago. Photo taken from the overpass to the casino in March 2014 by John Hmurovic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/ec2164f4-bf6c-4e38-ba77-080e07123e32/Lake+Shore+Railroad+Train+Station.bmp.jpg Amtrak - Make it stand out Whiting’s earliest train station was located on Front Street and was built by the Lake Shore Railroad. The early steam engines stopped here to fill up with water, to drop off and pick up mail, and to serve passengers. This drawing by R. Ramsey Smith showed what the first station at that site looked like. Over the years it underwent a rebuild and number of changes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/5108829b-d537-45d7-bcdf-08ab27ad8111/Amtrak+-+Sticker.jpg Amtrak - Make it stand out Amtrak sticker from 1981, in the collection of the Whiting-Robertsdale Historical Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/6dc7dfac-ec03-4e1d-8f9e-8b5d9264a7df/Amtrak+-+Grenchik+letter.jpg Amtrak - Make it stand out The first two paragraphs of the two-and-a-half-page letter sent by Whiting Mayor Joseph Grenchik to the head of Amtrak’s Government Affairs office. This draft of the letter was written the day after Don Wilson first appeared before the Whiting City Council to ask for its support in getting an Amtrak station located in the city. Wilson always praised the help of Mayor Grenchik in the campaign for the station, saying he was one of the biggest backers of the effort. The letter is a part of the collection of the Whiting-Robertsdale Historical Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/2cde23d9-d741-4d90-aa29-3c6f41e54cbe/Amtrak+-+Valparaiso+Train+Schedule.jpg Amtrak - Make it stand out A schedule for the Valparaiso-Chicago train from 1972. This line was operated by the Penn Central Railroad at that time but later became an Amtrak train. Whiting was one of the most heavily used stops on this commuter line to Chicago. The schedule is a part of the collection of the Whiting-Robertsdale Historical Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/a7c2bdaa-4ae7-4424-b7a6-c32b41a04cc8/Amtrak+-+John+Hmurovic%2C+Joseph+Grenchik%2C+Don+Wilson.jpg Amtrak - Make it stand out A photo from August 1982 issue of the Amoco Torch, a magazine for Amoco’s employees, including those at the Whiting refinery. Don Wilson is on the right; in the middle is Whiting Mayor Joseph Grenchik; to left is John Hmurovic. Although Wilson deserved credit for leading the campaign to get the station located in Hammond-Whiting, he was generous in giving credit to those who helped, especially to Mayor Grenchik, Congressman Adam Benjamin, and the many letter-writers, phone-callers, and backers like Hmurovic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/72f8ac4c-55d0-4539-9e41-fc6e3e8b1b5e/Amtrak+-+Alan+S.+Boyd.jpg Amtrak - Make it stand out Alan S. Boyd was the head of Amtrak when the Hammond-Whiting train station was built. Adam Benjamin, who represented Hammond and Whiting in Congress at the time, was the Chair of the Transportation Subcommittee of the House Budget Commitee. In that role, Benjamin worked closely with Boyd. It is believed that their relationship helped lead to the decision to build an Amtrak station in Northwest Indiana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/05707d5f-2bd9-48a6-bf53-d53c72f72a22/Amtrak+-+Adam+Benjamin.jpg Amtrak - Make it stand out Congressman Adam Benjamin represented all of the northern end of Lake County in Congress from 1977 to 1982. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/2f75cf55-de64-40b9-8e4d-d7fda4123157/Amtrak+-+Lyman+Bostock.jpg Amtrak - Make it stand out Lyman Bostock was a 27-year-old baseball player for the California Angels who was the victim of a shooting while visiting relatives in Gary. He was still in the early stages of a promising baseball career. His death was used as an example by supporters of the proposed Whiting station as they tried to persuade Amtrak officials not to put the station in Gary. They said passengers would be afraid to go to Gary due to its high crime rate at the time. T https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/0feb456f-ec73-4d04-bdbb-b696354b68ea/Amtrak+-+Gary+Station.jpg Amtrak - Make it stand out Opened in 1910, Gary’s Union Station was the largest and most beautiful in Northwest Indiana. It served most of the same rail lines as Whiting. By 1981, however, it was abandoned and in poor condition. The City of Gary hoped Amtrak would choose Gary and Union Station as the location for its Northwest Indiana station. The cost of renovating the structure was too much for Amtrak, and that played a role in why the rail company chose Hammond-Whiting instead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/75df9c14-bcad-4359-aeb3-f55c43ed0913/Amtrak+-+Calumet+-+1985.jpg Amtrak - Make it stand out The station stop was officially called Hammond-Whiting and was given the railroad code name of HMI. This is a photo from 1985 showing the Hammond-Whiting signs. Passengers in the photo are boarding The Calumet, the commuter line that ran between Valparaiso and Chicago. The photo is from the September 1985 issue of Trains, the magazine of railroading. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/8604287b-85ea-47bd-84cc-4310df20035e/Amtrak+-+Don+Wilson+%26+Adam+Benjamin+-+Jim+Smith+photo%2C+Calumet+Day+-+November+11%2C+1981.jpg Amtrak - Make it stand out From left to right are Hammond Mayor Ed Raskosky, Amtrak President Alan Boyd, Don Wilson, and Congressman Adam Benjamin. The photo was taken at the groundbreaking for the Hammond-Whiting station. It was published in the 4th Quarter 1981 issue of The Benjamin Report, a quarterly newsletter from the office of Adam Benjamin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/8b5c3ce9-3e7f-473b-9929-55b42c60c0cc/2025-07-005+-+Amtrak+Station+-+Hammond%2C+Indiana.jpg Amtrak - Make it stand out The B 507 marker is located on the west side of the Hammond-Whiting Amtrak station. The “B” stands for Buffalo, New York. The marker, which was from the early 20th century, told train engineers that Buffalo was 507 miles away. Don Wilson purchased the marker, which was originally located near the current spot of the Amtrak station, and worked to get it installed at the Hammond-Whiting station. Photo by John Hmurovic, July 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/306e4f64-10ed-4677-a6a3-f8776f741d7d/Amtrak+-+Bob+Orr+%26+Patricia+Benjamin+-+Calumet+Day-Paul+Cress+-+October+26%2C+1982.jpg Amtrak - Make it stand out Indiana Governor Robert Orr and Patricia Benjamin, widow of Adam Benjamin, look at the plaque in honor of Congressman Benjamin. The plaque was installed inside the train station. The photo by Paul Cress is from The Calumet Day, October 26, 1982. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/9ccd538c-3dd6-49d8-8530-7cc68992e902/Amtrak+-+Adam+Benjamin+-+High+Speed+Rail+discussions+with+Japan.jpg Amtrak - Make it stand out Adam Benjamin was a strong advocate for high-speed passenger trains in the United States, and as chair of the Transportation Subcommittee of the Budget Committee in the U.S. House he was in a position to make it happen. His unexpected death, at the age of 47, dealt the bullet train effort a significant blow. In this photo, just months before his death, he is on the right at a meeting with Japanese officials to get their advice on how bullet trains worked in their country. Photo from the 3rd Quarter 1982 issue of The Benjamin Report. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/17ef537c-cb90-429d-a8b0-246613072529/Amtrak+-+Ad+-+September+16%2C+1982%2C+The+Times.jpg Amtrak - Make it stand out An ad promoting the new Hammond-Whiting station appeared in The Times on September 16, 1982. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/b6ab74b6-2d66-45af-b868-7430d7095bac/Amtrak+-+Postcard.jpg Amtrak - Make it stand out A photo of the completed Hammond-Whiting Amtrak station. Photo by the Lovasko Studio of Whiting, donated to the Whiting-Robertsdale Historical Society by Pauline Dmitruck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/9b320187-a5b0-4164-b297-f4d3ab7ec6b9/Amtrak+-+Station+-+1985.jpg Amtrak - Make it stand out Inside the Hammond-Whiting Amtrak station in 1985. Photo from Train magazine, September 1985. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/68a9caf4-011d-4aba-bef5-b0d118b092b3/Amtrak+-+Don+Wilson+Shovel+-+Calumet+Day.jpg Amtrak - Make it stand out Don Wilson with a certificate and the shovel used in the groundbreaking, with an engraving by the Whiting-Robertsdale Chamber of Commerce, which said it was given to him “for his tireless efforts toward development of the Hammond-Whiting Amtrak station. Photo from The Times, February 14, 1982. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/history-of-whitings-banks-part-three daily 0.75 2025-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/e240a716-fa77-4cc6-8312-6c53f68a0271/download.jpg History of Whiting's Banks: Part Three - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/950a4dd3-8915-45c1-9dbf-53a9bab61b12/Capture.PNG History of Whiting's Banks: Part Three - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/9938632f-2dc6-4cb7-b6a5-d388c8362c19/download.png History of Whiting's Banks: Part Three - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1a54dac7-5ee3-46c4-b55c-7a6e1d777afc/images.jpg History of Whiting's Banks: Part Three - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/7902f9c2-0f3e-427b-8dcc-f4bfe012cf0e/download+%281%29.jpg History of Whiting's Banks: Part Three - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/d52451d6-9733-4fa7-894a-af7e627d2bd2/download+%282%29.jpg History of Whiting's Banks: Part Three - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/d9608ece-2d9b-4cbf-8016-ff44c99dddd1/download+%283%29.jpg History of Whiting's Banks: Part Three - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/748d0341-c98d-452e-ad17-b6d8e39fdc5f/download+%284%29.jpg History of Whiting's Banks: Part Three - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/9f4f77ab-6a6e-46a3-9472-f050af8c52ed/download+%285%29.jpg History of Whiting's Banks: Part Three - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1694f3b3-ba1e-4858-9311-15b19c93c79c/download+%286%29.jpg History of Whiting's Banks: Part Three - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/e4c21873-c77e-4d3d-b61a-1071ab0e3e86/download+%287%29.jpg History of Whiting's Banks: Part Three - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/7ef1cf7d-4d07-4b56-9f1b-d755fef75403/images+%281%29.jpg History of Whiting's Banks: Part Three - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/months daily 0.75 2025-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/8326e9a0-0539-4660-8f1a-30585850f09f/Month+-+January.jpg Months - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/65b7194f-b6ad-4d64-817e-833d785b3d09/Months+-+Winter+Scene.jpg Months - Make it stand out “…January is “add-an-extra-blanket” month, turn up the thermostat time, put on layers of flannel and get dressed before going to bed.” The corner of 119th Street and Indianapolis Boulevard on a cold January day in 1927. The First Reformed Hungarian Church is in the building with a steeple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/f0a0bd3d-dc91-47d7-b3d2-7c464005d714/Months+-+Valentine.jpg Months - Make it stand out “…Valentine’s Day: February’s invitation for romantics of all ages to express unabashed affection and love focused on matters of the heart.” Hearts dangle from the ceiling in this photo, believed to have been taken around 1915, possibly at Goebel’s Opera House in Whiting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1318f8de-bb7b-4dbb-9b3b-a861bfac01f9/Months+-+Monopoly.webp Months - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/891a9444-bb40-4b3c-b5d4-b30c533ff2ba/Months+-+Basketball.jpg Months - Make it stand out “March is the beginning of Daylight-Saving Time, and the ‘madness’ of the annual collegiate basketball tournament.” For young champions, March is the time to dream of making a buzzer-beater in the big game, as maybe these 7th grade champions of the Whiting Community Center’s 1940 basketball season once dreamt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/d92db57e-e743-4709-8808-42cbd565be91/Months+-+School.jpg Months - Make it stand out “April closes out its 30-day month knowing it has fulfilled its assignment to give spring a good start. By this time, lawn mowers, edgers, and weed whackers are up and running. Kids are back in school until summer break, and the garden requires attention every day.” Grades 1 and 2 of Sacred Heart School in 1950. The Sister of Providence who served as a teacher had 56 students in her class. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/b3a66ce4-c0c4-418b-bbad-70b355899b0d/Months+-+Playground.jpg Months - Make it stand out “Playgrounds and schoolyards kept vacant by winter’s unfriendliness now resound with joyful voices of children’s frolic.” The Community Center playground on Clark Street in the 1940s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/d8f60625-f9fa-4d41-9e59-ac74f0a9ad4e/Months+-+Wedding.jpg Months - Make it stand out “May is spring’s showcase. Baseball diamonds sparkle as athletes of all ages vies for success with the bat, ball, and glove. Other diamonds adorn ring fingers as the symbol of love, passion, engagement, and promise of marriage.'“ Sixteen bridesmaids help celebrate a wedding in 1920s Whiting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/607ab8ad-a128-4a17-bdd2-b47f0a6f56f9/Months+-+Graduation.jpg Months - Make it stand out “June is reserved for graduations, anniversaries, commencements, weddings, and all matters of the heart.” Rev. Benedict Rajcany is flanked by five graduates of St. John the Baptist School in 1915 or 1916. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/00c322c4-359b-44c7-8588-eb78aca64617/Months+-+Pierogi.jpg Months - Make it stand out “July arrives with fireworks and skyrockets, parades and patriotic homemade dough-filled pillows of potato, cheese and fillings galore!” Vendors prepare pierogi for the crowds at Pierogi Fest 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/3eade4ab-d8cf-4b7b-a3ec-94ff8a3a410b/Months+-+Fourth+of+July.jpg Months - Make it stand out “July affords opportunity to celebrate our sovereign Independence, our Democratic Republic system of government, and the spirit of America.” The Fourth of July parade passes in front of the National Tea Company’s grocery store located at the corner of 119th Street and Central Avenue in this photo from the early 1950s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/3117a105-8d2d-44ec-a45f-32434e7fe5fd/Months+-+Standard+Diamond.jpg Months - Make it stand out “August’s past fill scrapbooks pages that only the heart can see. Carefree times in hometown Whiting, at playgrounds and parks, shagging fly balls at Standard Diamonds hit so high it was like following a white dot across a cloudless blue sky.” Softball action at Whiting’s Standard Diamonds in the early 1950s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/48603109-f2a6-413e-b782-aed4ea18ed03/Months+-+Labor+Day.jpg Months - Make it stand out “Labor Day officially closes out summer vacation and leads the way back to school.” In the early part of the last century, Labor Day was a time for the community to come together in celebration at Whiting Park. Games were a big part of that, including a tug-of-war contest. This photo is probably from the 1920s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/5ab26994-a389-4924-afe9-a750f727a326/Months+-+Football.jpg Months - Make it stand out “September is when the sun previews its fall colors and shows off its new wardrobe in rainbows, leaves, and early autumn sunsets. September is a long football weekend with a few baseball games in between.” The clock runs out for the Clark Pioneers as they lose the Battle of 119th Street to the Whiting Oilers at this game held at Clark Field in the 1990s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/94a28aef-13be-4d29-b806-158adaaff9a8/Months+-+Beach.jpg Months - Make it stand out “…October brims with delicacies left over from summer’s frivolity as well as presenting its special menu of prepared entrees. Teasing everyone and everything with occasional flashbacks of sun-drenched beach parties…” Robertsdale’s lakefront beach was where the best beach parties took place after it opened in 1916. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/730ead20-42cf-4d94-a3ae-167cc8fd06f1/2023-09-043+-+Halloween+House+-+119th+and+Stanton+-+Hammond%2C+Indiana.jpg Months - Make it stand out “October’s generosity presents its end-of-the-month Trick-or-Treat extravaganza—Halloween! Pint-sized Gremlins and Goblins of every shape and description invade front porches to display their costume and have their pumpkin buckets filled with tasty goodies.” Halloween is the theme in October at 119th Street and Stanton Avenue in 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/21c63431-3615-4ceb-b2eb-d91438a65b26/Months+-+Sledding.jpg Months - Make it stand out “Occasionally, November prepares a holiday entrée of “freezing Skid stuff,” blanketing the landscape with white crystal flakes. Such events warrant immediate attention. A few extraordinary moments during an ordinary month causes work to be put on hold, while natives savor the unexpected but welcome wintry preview.” A young man sleds down the “hills” of Whiting Park in 1980. (Photo by Susan Hmurovic) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/0ebab2cb-532a-48f5-9d69-746e4281479d/2021-12-005+-+Whiting+Christmas+Parade+-+Hammond%2C+Indiana.jpg Months - Make it stand out “December is woolen hats and knitted mittens, decorated stores, and evergreen trees. December’s early darkness welcomes the kaleidoscope of seasonal colored lights as porches and rooftops take on unaccustomed prominence, glowing like electric rainbows, glittering, shimmering, and twinkling greetings to passers-by.” The lights shine brightly at the Whiting Christmas parade. This photo is from 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/6cfe1bd8-fbc6-4458-a45a-aa160d34e448/Months+-+Christmas.jpg Months - Make it stand out “December is snowfall, snowball, and drifts just right for kids to make snow angels.” A winter scene on 119th Street, as depicted by Whiting artist Al Odlivak. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/meet-ulysses-g-swartz daily 0.75 2025-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/614c5ff0-b4ff-46e1-8dac-45e0ec61efa0/Swartz+Obit+Photo.jpg Meet Ulysses G. Swartz - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/897c0725-bea0-498d-94a2-d6c7ecd0899e/1923+Nov+Cover+Stanolind+Record.jpg Meet Ulysses G. Swartz - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/5335122c-898e-47ed-aeb6-84d6a7d17d57/1887+Swartz+Marriage+Record+copy.jpg Meet Ulysses G. Swartz - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/a0f2794a-f406-491b-8b68-d78d7a09075d/1890s+Owls+Club+Basketball+Team.jpg Meet Ulysses G. Swartz - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/81fe35c9-2c22-41fc-bb93-62ba56412958/1896+9_17+Whtg+Dem+Banner.jpg Meet Ulysses G. Swartz - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/864192f8-007d-4b6f-9b6e-62f240c2ffbf/Swartz+Cemetery+Headstone+copy.jpg Meet Ulysses G. Swartz - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/boundary daily 0.75 2025-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/9e831f66-c52d-483b-b050-56a0e6284b4d/2025-07-025+-+Indiana+Toll+Road+Entrance+-+Hammond%2C+Indiana.jpg Boundary - Make it stand out A welcome to Indiana sign has long been located at the state line in Hammond, greeting drivers as they come from Chicago on Indianapolis Boulevard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/b89f3acb-0b90-4f3d-a69d-eb95253c1d7d/Boundary+-+Michigan+Hand+Map.jpg Boundary - Make it stand out If you’re from Michigan, there’s a handy way to show which part of the state you are from. But if they had kept the original state boundary, part of Northwest Indiana would be in Michigan. Then what? Would the hand map no longer work? Maybe it’s best that the state boundary was changed to its present place in 1816, before the invention of the hand map. (Photo by Matt Zubik | and Evan Jones The State News.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/77766ac6-a2d2-40c5-90de-d72537e06bc2/2025-09-070+-+Flag+-+Veteran%27s+Memorial+Park+-+Hammond%2C+Indiana.jpg Boundary - Make it stand out A large American flag flies in Hammond, near the Indiana/Illinois border at Lake Michigan. The flagpole was erected in 2020 at what is called Veterans Memorial Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/16a53572-da34-4c91-a576-03ff86b3fdc0/2025-09-054+-+State+Line+Monument+-+Hammond+%26+Chicago.jpg Boundary - Make it stand out Half of this monument is in Hammond, the other half in Chicago. Standing 15 1/2 feet tall, this state line boundary marker is one of the oldest structures in Lake County, Indiana, and the third oldest in Chicago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/4f5789c5-7aac-4dce-b374-67021b24351c/Boundary++-+Map.png Boundary - Make it stand out The western boundary of Indiana starts at the spot where the Wabash River empties into the Ohio River. The boundary then follows the Wabash to a point just southwest of Terre Haute. From there, it goes 159.359 miles north to Lake Michigan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/5790783a-83b4-48a3-932d-01ae3ee58b90/Boundary+-+Kankakee+Marsh.webp Boundary - Make it stand out The shaded parts of this 1852 map shows what the Kankakee River area was like before it was straightened, drained, and dredged in the late 1800s and early 1900s. It was a massive swamp, called by some the “Everglades of the North.” When surveyors had to cross it in 1821 to draw the state boundary, they were met with marshy land that was difficult to walk on, as well as a variety of annoying insects. Once they emerged from that, they had to travel across the sandy ridges and swampy land close to Lake Michigan, including the area that later became Whiting-Robertsdale. (Map found on the website of the General Lew Wallace Study & Museum). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/6bf005e6-4690-4433-9771-c829c301350b/Boundary+-+1988+-+Before+and+After.jpg Boundary - Make it stand out These photos from the 1988 dedication of the restored obelisk at the Hammond/Chicago border shows (on the left) the graffiti covered monument before it was cleaned and moved from its original location to one that was slightly further north. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/323a2147-7153-4606-96e8-5170994807d3/Boundary+-+Allen+J.+Benson.jpg Boundary - Make it stand out The area around the state line obelisk is names Allen J. Benson Park. Benson was an executive with Commonwealth Edison who was instrumental in saving the monument in the late 1980s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/6017d49f-e8ca-4a6a-86ae-adb04e7d177a/2025-09-055+-+State+Line+Monument+-+Hammond+%26+Chicago.jpg Boundary - Make it stand out The state line monument is next to the archway that was once the entrance to the Commonwealth Edison power plant. The archway is in Indiana, the monument is half in Indiana and half in Illinois. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/the-george-f-williams-shipwreck daily 0.75 2025-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/7b43edb3-d61d-4396-8f5b-194bc09f08eb/lm-williams.jpg The George F. Williams Shipwreck - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/ce6cb22e-dbd5-446f-81d1-36a7fd3a8cb0/540835393_24282076478085726_820790027672948745_n.jpg The George F. Williams Shipwreck - Make it stand out Tim Early pictured in the middle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/fe123d42-fc4b-4ee1-8423-4dd6bba290f9/images.jfif The George F. Williams Shipwreck - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/735dc0a7-d428-4f5d-a45c-9bf18c90f93e/George_F._Williams.jpg The George F. Williams Shipwreck - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/6e2d7169-ca47-41f8-818b-47c985e6f116/download.jfif The George F. Williams Shipwreck - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/55bcedbc-7a32-45ea-9354-72f5596caa0b/McDermot-Thomas-sr.jpg The George F. Williams Shipwreck - Make it stand out Thomas McDermott https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1760730448670-WA95DTTKFWWMQUL3Q423/lm-williamslarge1.jpg The George F. Williams Shipwreck https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1760730465100-ESAUXU5124I9NE1GLV19/lm-williamslarge2.jpg The George F. Williams Shipwreck https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1760730478248-Y464EWZI3W90NUK7L3N6/lm-williamslarge3.jpg The George F. Williams Shipwreck https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1760730503463-WDHFFU6LTDBDRGLSDS68/lm-williamslarge4.jpg The George F. Williams Shipwreck https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/b3c0da75-333d-46b8-8f92-91e09122d34b/lm-williamswrecklarge.jpg The George F. Williams Shipwreck - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/giving-tuesday daily 0.75 2025-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1762795918148-9HQS8BK8W0JHKHFWEV3O/keep.png Giving Tuesday https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1762795114019-0TS7ICFBD9J7HS2D1XHL/20250923_095743.jpg Giving Tuesday https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1762795105452-99KCR72G2S7TA6OUY68L/20250818_103341.jpg Giving Tuesday https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1762795167624-VGUBS7GXPD382GI67KI1/20250923_100352.jpg Giving Tuesday https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1762795143490-TX3TRHUBQBOIILG45SAT/20250818_103428.jpg Giving Tuesday https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1762795174990-SRWSOKWGIIU48ETNF5U4/20250818_090543.jpg Giving Tuesday https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/1945 daily 0.75 2025-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/2a16b825-76f1-46ad-8047-e521b1654457/Soup+Bone+-+1945.webp 1945 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/164f6422-15c8-40d9-b91e-9994008e6424/Soup+Bone+-+Coal+Chute.webp 1945 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/3cbabfea-8381-45f9-b539-4a9b42b81a80/Soup+Bone+-+Coal+Delivery.jpg 1945 - Make it stand out You won’t find a rectangular, metal, coal chute door close to ground level on new houses, but they are an outdated feature on many older homes in Whiting-Robertsdale. In 1945, many homes in this community were heated by coal. In some cases, when the coal was delivered to the house it would be dumped outside in a pile. A delivery worker would open the houses metal door and shovel the coal inside, via that door opening. In many cases the metal chute door would open to a coal storage room in the basement of the house. The coal storage room was often close to the furnace. It was up to the homeowner to shovel coal into the furnace, as needed, to keep the house warm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/a0ee64b7-4646-4892-b19a-2f6c8822f012/Soup+Bone+-+Victory+Garden.jpg 1945 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/3aba499c-fcac-4230-ba3c-26e116bb1c55/Soup+Bone+-+Uncle+Sam.jpg 1945 - Make it stand out Uncle Sam was everywhere in 1945, calling on Americans to help win World War Two https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/4493ddf0-c1ac-48f5-b699-da4e6db4b6e0/Soup+Bone+-+Scrap.jpg 1945 - Make it stand out Individuals and large companies alike helped with the war effort. The Standard Oil Company created a huge scrap metal yard at its Whiting Refinery (above). Scrap from all its facilities in thirteen states was brought here and shipped off to be remade into weapons of war, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/b9aba3c2-7f6b-4019-b602-acb976b78b6b/Soup+Bone+-+Roosevelt+Button.jpg 1945 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/6131ce6e-0a6e-408b-a021-774ac6909176/Soup+Bone+-+FDR.jpg 1945 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/e28fd49b-7c03-4dec-8574-b69a5550dbd9/Soup+Bone+-+Standard+Oil+Telephone+Operators.jpg 1945 - Make it stand out Telephone Switchboard Operators at the Standard Oil Refinery in Whiting in the late 1940s (above) manually connected telephone calls. There were around 1.4-million telephone operators doing the same thing in communities across the United States as late as the 1950s. The occupation has almost completely vanished due to changes in technology. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/fffe50a3-7ea6-4ad6-a700-5066971722d6/Soup+Bone+-+VE+Day.jpg 1945 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/511117ac-c346-44bb-9a12-89928447740a/Soup+Bone+-+Penicillin.jpg 1945 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1bbbceee-28cd-450b-b92c-7561242036fa/Soup+Bone+-+Beef+Broth.jpg 1945 - Make it stand out Beef bone broth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/967ad2f7-d2fe-45e5-8c6d-1b2ae8fd7b23/Soup+Bone+-+Argo+Starch.jpg 1945 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/6ad92cff-f4fe-4e8b-a6bf-92672a71aef2/Soup+Bone+-+Catalogue.jpg 1945 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/the-tied-house-system-that-left-its-mark-on-whiting daily 0.75 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/914be009-03a1-465b-bbe8-b69eaf4d09af/larger+saloon+block.jpg The Tied House System That Left Its Mark on Whiting “Sal” for “saloon” was a common notation on Sanborn Fire Insurance maps showing building uses in early 1900s Whiting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/2469b4b0-6bf8-4bd6-a6bf-1e07b03de863/Dottys.jpg The Tied House System That Left Its Mark on Whiting - Make it stand out The Derby was operated by Otto Bauer in the early 1900s. It was a Pabst Brewery tied house located at the present intersection Schrage and Indianapolis Boulevard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/767f4890-4da4-40be-b850-87b42aa78780/Tied+house+agreement.jpg The Tied House System That Left Its Mark on Whiting - Make it stand out Although this example is from Chicago, it is typical of the exclusive agreement that a Whiting saloon-operator would have used with brewery in the early 1900s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/538b4574-da9f-4586-b003-533f821db7d6/20106170.jpg The Tied House System That Left Its Mark on Whiting - Make it stand out Long before it became an iconic restaurant, Phil Smidt’s was known simply as “Phil’s Place,” one of many fish houses near Wolf Lake. Under a tied house agreement, customers dining on fish or chicken dinners could also order a Utah Brau made by the Standard Brewery in Chicago. Later, Phil would find himself in court being sued by the brewery for allegedly selling a competitor’s beer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/8947ec41-2bf0-4c4e-bffe-1dc1b651c6ae/Vogels%2B-%2BFred%2B%26%2BIda%27s%2BSaloon%2Bin%2BBoard%2B%2Bhouse.jfif The Tied House System That Left Its Mark on Whiting - Make it stand out Many workers and immigrants lived in boarding houses that lacked private kitchens or communal spaces. Compared to lonely, sparsely furnished rooms, saloons became welcome alternatives to enjoy the little leisure time that workers had. This saloon was in the boarding house operated by Fred and Ida Vogel at Indianapolis and Roberts Avenue. circa 1915 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/02e09ab0-be1f-49b9-8775-1ffe71f47183/Three+pic.jpg The Tied House System That Left Its Mark on Whiting - Make it stand out The images at the top left shows the John Urban saloon, a tied house and buffet in 1915. Below that is the building as it looked in 2025. The image at the right is of John’s Pizza (formerly Just Dotty’s. Although it housed various businesses until it was torn down in 2017, it was the building shown at the top of this article which was built in 1898 and operated as the Derby by Otto Bauer as a Pabst Brewery tied house in the early 1900s. A walk around present-day Whiting and Robertsdale reveals many former commercial buildings that likely had some history as saloons with many probably have been tied houses at some time. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/george-buksar daily 0.75 2025-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/0a099d93-9a33-4fbc-8168-b167069f30f3/images.jpg George Buksar - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/4198de6a-6f3c-42a8-be6d-55d9b0e4542c/download.jpg George Buksar - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1122294b-2d1d-4b61-a64a-708524e6908e/download+%281%29.jpg George Buksar - Make it stand out George Buksar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/b900f2da-3824-491c-ae00-e9078cc8e374/GBuksar.jpg George Buksar - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/557aa081-a3c5-48ba-a053-715e40687608/download+%282%29.jpg George Buksar - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/1ff9db27-f41c-485a-816d-40f1cec37b67/download+%283%29.jpg George Buksar - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/e3858241-47a4-4373-8dc9-201d6ec58146/download+%284%29.jpg George Buksar - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/eb07fce8-c35b-4d23-bc95-11bf643cbc70/download+%285%29.jpg George Buksar - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/90253bd3-9c47-4824-a930-1aea69be57fe/download+%281%29.png George Buksar - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/tragedy-on-picnic-day daily 0.75 2026-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/397b5636-978e-484b-ae4e-acaab6db9414/St+John%27s+Church.jpg Tragedy On Picnic Day - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/7538fc1c-2312-4621-9bb6-741289eb2de3/3+Solomon+Family+Tragedies+Headline.jpg Tragedy On Picnic Day - Make it stand out Only three months before truck driver Michael Solomon died in the crash, his family suffered the loss of their father. One day after the father was laid to rest, Michael’s 25-year-old brother, Frank, also passed away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/3c4fbb83-8887-4e92-aeb5-2935f617698f/The_Times_1942_08_02_15+Pavliscak+Photo.jpg Tragedy On Picnic Day - Make it stand out Boy Scout Andy Pavliscak passed away in a Michigan City hospital after the crash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/c90d4ad6-2c51-4029-85e2-caee25e213c9/Crash+Site.jpg Tragedy On Picnic Day - Make it stand out The shattered remains of St. John’s picnic truck lie along the South Shore Railroad tracks at the Porter/LaPorte County line. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/bicentennial daily 0.75 2025-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/7a1922d4-eaae-4704-9168-7ad901a18d74/Bicentennial+-+Fire+Hydrant+1.jpg Bicentennial - Make it stand out Virtually every community in America, including Whiting-Robertsdale, had many of its fire hydrants painted in patriotic colors in 1976, to celebrate the nation’s 200th birthday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/348a1054-f303-4237-b93f-c44db1cf024d/Bicentennial+-+Tall+Ships.jpg Bicentennial - Make it stand out Accompanied by numerous sailboats and other watercraft, a pair of tall ships sail into New York Harbor on July 4, 1976. Thanks to television, millions across the country watched over 200 giant sailing ships enter the harbor to celebrate America’s Bicentennial. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/8b47e731-e2b1-42ea-9bc7-588a0942abf7/CofC+-+03-02-002+-+June+1978.JPG Bicentennial - Make it stand out A new fishing pier was installed in Whiting Park in 1976. In honor of the nation’s 200th anniversary the pier was painted red, white, and blue. The 1976 pier no longer exists. It was replaced by the pier which is on the lakefront today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/338539a4-9280-49f9-85cc-b9d580973658/Bicentenial+-+Plate+front.jpg Bicentennial - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/2e748dae-548c-42f9-8802-3421264a351f/Bicentenial+-+Plate.jpg Bicentennial - Make it stand out The state of Indiana issued special Bicentennial license plates for cars in 1976 (lower photo). If you wanted your car to show even more patriotism, there were plenty of Bicentennial plates you could buy to install on the front of your car as well (top photo). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/3d151068-03cf-4d53-a353-fd72dddbdce5/Bicentennial+-+Bicentennial+Pins.jpg Bicentennial - Make it stand out Numerous businesses, and others looking to spread the Bicentennial fever that swept America in 1976, had items to give away. This is one of the Bicentennial lapel pins distributed by Whiting Mayor Frank Harangody as part of his 1975 re-election campaign. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/9c13cabe-11b2-4c5d-9f37-be914682f72d/Bicentennial+-+McGregor+-+1908-1910.jpg Bicentennial - Make it stand out Whiting’s McGregor Elementary School is shown in 1908 (above), just seven years after it was built. This photo was taken from the corner of 119th Street and Oliver Street. McGregor is in the foreground, with the kindergarten, manual training school, and the library pictured in that order. McGregor School was named after millionaire Ambrose M. McGregor (below), who played a key role in building the Standard Oil Whiting Refinery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/e8f8849a-d6cf-41b1-8fd9-643a06e7dce9/Bicentennial+-+Ambrose+McGregor.webp Bicentennial - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/aaaccfae-b5b4-45c8-9757-ff641d17abe6/Bicentennial+-+Pop+Whiting+Sign.jpg Bicentennial - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/5643c69c-d1c1-4623-9e01-cc659d03a504/Bicentenniel+-+Grenchik+%26+Sandrick.jpg Bicentennial - Make it stand out The Whiting-Robertsdale Historical Society was successful in getting a historical marker located at the east entrance of Whiting Park (top photo). Whiting Mayor Joseph Grenchik signs the charter creating the Historical Society (lower photo), as Jim Sandrick, the Historical Society’s first president, looks on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/edd90514-8ab4-401b-802e-136007f97c5e/Bicentennial+-+WRHS+Membership+Card.jpg Bicentennial - Make it stand out Those who joined the Whiting-Robertsdale Historical Society in 1976 became Charter Members, and received a Charter Member Membership Card. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/a9d241a6-8e47-4b4d-984c-3c641b39a56f/Bicentennial+-+Hoosier.jpg Bicentennial - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wrhistoricalsociety.com/1830-indianapolis-boulevard daily 0.75 2026-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/f3e211e9-e867-4afe-b015-dbe88d1c7c31/1830+-+Building.jpg 1830 Indianapolis Boulevard - Make it stand out 1830 Indianapolis Boulevard in February 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/8b1b5bc4-b484-4380-bbc8-7db0a174b394/1830+-+1830+indianapolis+boulevard+-+1941+vrabel+purchase+-+survey+light+mode-86.png 1830 Indianapolis Boulevard - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/635fe74c-65f9-4f89-be82-af4e493aa966/1830+-+indianapolis+boulevard+-+1930+sanborn+map+-+hammond+-+vol+2+sheet+254+highlighted-103.jpg 1830 Indianapolis Boulevard - Make it stand out 1930 Sanborn map showing the neighborhood of 1830 Indianapolis Boulevard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/56320dac-d61c-43ae-99a5-8a21f928dcd1/1830+-+1923.11.23-24+store+for+rent-16.jpeg 1830 Indianapolis Boulevard - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/7bbcafc5-0626-46e3-b4ab-e48aa2f8f07f/1830+-+1924.01.11-12+room+rent+free+edit-20.jpeg 1830 Indianapolis Boulevard - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/9e3c8e1e-b55f-4dc2-a8b2-20ece5efb14d/1830+-+1924.02.15+oexman+lady+assistant+ad-23.jpeg 1830 Indianapolis Boulevard - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/7d71bbde-8dd6-4150-a01e-4fa6c8a562d7/1830+-+1930.11.07+daughters+of+mary-31.jpeg 1830 Indianapolis Boulevard - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/9d17ba81-0151-4d72-baec-edf34995a504/1830+-+1934.01.27+hammond+times-40.png 1830 Indianapolis Boulevard - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/ce937f7b-a8ba-4b78-864b-9ca49eb5dce3/1830+-+1937.07.03+hammond+times-47.png 1830 Indianapolis Boulevard - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/965d5e1d-fdad-42b4-bcee-e5edaab191d9/1830+-+1939.05.12+hammond+times-49.png 1830 Indianapolis Boulevard - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/2d7c384c-5677-4c61-b682-366a2ac0ae3d/1830+-+real+estate+assessment+-+contract-56.jpeg 1830 Indianapolis Boulevard - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/e4163241-800d-4b4e-902d-dd73b66145d8/1830+-+real+estate+assessment+-+original-119.jpeg 1830 Indianapolis Boulevard - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/e74d87a3-a862-4867-92f0-fac321d8d85f/1830+indianapolis+boulevard+-+1941+vrabel+purchase+-+loan+application-65.jpeg 1830 Indianapolis Boulevard - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5af5c9063e2d0944620f29b3/e29917d2-373f-48e0-806e-9af5d5d60074/1830+-+1830+indianapolis+boulevard+-+1941+vrabel+purchase+-+mortgage+doc+1_4-123.jpeg 1830 Indianapolis Boulevard - 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