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TITLE: Post Office. Shelby, Ind.
DATE: circa 1910
PUBLISHER: unknown
POSTMARK: none
COLLECTION: S. Shook
 

TITLE: Post Office. Shelby, Indiana
DATE: early 1900s
PUBLISHER: Shelby History-News "Bicentennial Edition" book, 1976
POSTMARK: not applicable
COLLECTION: S. Shook
 

TITLE: Shelby Hardware. Shelby, Indiana. Dean Osburn, Owner.
DATE: 1976
PUBLISHER: Shelby History-News "Bicentennial Edition" book, 1976
POSTMARK: not applicable
COLLECTION: S. Shook
 

TITLE: Nelson's Garage.
DATE: circa 1915-1920
PUBLISHER: unknown
POSTMARK: unknown
COLLECTION: G. Jancosek
REMARK: Nelson's Garage may have been located in Thayer, Newton County, Indiana, located just over the Kankakee River.
 

TITLE: Bank of Indiana and Shelby Post Office. Shelby, Indiana.
DATE: 1976
PUBLISHER: Shelby History-News "Bicentennial Edition" book, 1976
POSTMARK: not applicable
COLLECTION: S. Shook
REMARK: Bank of Indiana was located on the left side of structure, while the Shelby Post Office occupied the right side of structure. This building was constructed in 1968.
 

TITLE: Hotel Doty, Shelby, Ind.
DATE: circa 1907
PUBLISHER: unknown
POSTMARK: unknown
COLLECTION: G. Jancosek
REMARK: Prior to its use as a hotel, this structure housed the Dickey Sanitarium, whose advertising read "The only Guaranteed Cure for Chronic Alcoholism, Opium and Morphine." Additional information concerning this structure and businesses housed within it can be found on the Lowell Public Library website.

 

TITLE: Shelby School, Shelby, Indiana
DATE: circa 1912
PUBLISHER: unknown
POSTMARK: unknown
COLLECTION: G. Jancosek
 

TITLE: $10,000 Schoolhouse. Shelby, Ind.
DATE: May 27, 1914
PUBLISHER: unknown (#074)
POSTMARK: unknown
COLLECTION: G. Jancosek
 

TITLE: Shelby School and school buses, Shelby, Indiana
DATE: 1915
PUBLISHER: unknown
POSTMARK: unknown
COLLECTION: G. Jancosek
 

TITLE: Shelby School. Shelby, Indiana.
DATE: 1976
PUBLISHER: Shelby History-News "Bicentennial Edition" book, 1976
POSTMARK: not applicable
COLLECTION: S. Shook
 

TITLE: Church of Christ. Shelby, Indiana.
DATE: 1976
PUBLISHER: Shelby History-News "Bicentennial Edition" book, 1976
POSTMARK: not applicable
COLLECTION: S. Shook
REMARK: Located on Pierce Street and organized in 1899.
 

TITLE: First Baptist Church. Shelby, Indiana. Reverend Glen Shanks, pastor.
DATE: 1976
PUBLISHER: Shelby History-News "Bicentennial Edition" book, 1976
POSTMARK: not applicable
COLLECTION: S. Shook
REMARK: Located at 23112 Harrison Street and organized in October 1967.
 

TITLE: St. Theresa's Catholic Church. Shelby, Indiana. Reverend Joseph Rodak, pastor.
DATE: 1976
PUBLISHER: Shelby History-News "Bicentennial Edition" book, 1976
POSTMARK: not applicable
COLLECTION: S. Shook
REMARK: Located on Route 55 and organized in 1938.
 

TITLE: Shelby, Ind. Looking North.
DATE: circa 1908
PUBLISHER: unknown
POSTMARK: unknown
COLLECTION: G. Jancosek
REMARK: The Shelby Post Office is the structure located in the center foreground of this image.
 

TITLE: Main Street, Shelby, Ind.
DATE: circa 1900-1910
PUBLISHER: unknown
POSTMARK: unknown
COLLECTION: G. Jancosek
 

TITLE: Williams Dyke, Shelby, Ind.
DATE: March 1908
PUBLISHER: unknown
POSTMARK: unknown
COLLECTION: G. Jancosek
REMARK: Photograph of the March 1908 Kankakee River flood in Shelby, Indiana.
 

TITLE: Fishing Scene on the Kankakee, River, near Max Ahlgrim's Place. Shelby, Indiana.
DATE: circa 1907 (undivided back)
PUBLISHER: unknown
POSTMARK: none
COLLECTION: S. Shook
REMARK: Additional information concerning Max Ahlgrim can be found on the Lowell Public Library website.
 

TITLE: Fuller Hotel, Shelby, Indiana
DATE: March 1908
PUBLISHER: unknown
POSTMARK: unknown
COLLECTION: G. Jancosek
REMARK: Photograph of the March 1908 Kankakee River flood in Shelby, Indiana.

 

TITLE: Boating in Shelby.
DATE: March 1908
PUBLISHER: unknown
POSTMARK: unknown
COLLECTION: G. Jancosek
REMARK: Photograph of the March 1908 Kankakee River flood in Shelby, Indiana.
 

TITLE: High water on Main Street, Shelby.
DATE: March 1908
PUBLISHER: unknown
POSTMARK: unknown
COLLECTION: G. Jancosek
REMARK: Photograph of the March 1908 Kankakee River flood in Shelby, Indiana.
 

TITLE: Flood scenes in Shelby.
DATE: March 1908
PUBLISHER: unknown
POSTMARK: unknown
COLLECTION: G. Jancosek
REMARK: Photograph of the March 1908 Kankakee River flood in Shelby, Indiana.
 

TITLE: 1908 flood, Shelby, Indiana
DATE: March 1908
PUBLISHER: unknown
POSTMARK: unknown
COLLECTION: G. Jancosek
REMARK: Photograph of the March 1908 Kankakee River flood in Shelby, Indiana.
 

TITLE: South part of Shelby, Ind., flooded by the Kankakee River in March, 1908.
DATE: March 1908
PUBLISHER: unknown
POSTMARK: unknown
COLLECTION: G. Jancosek
REMARK: Photograph of the March 1908 Kankakee River flood in Shelby, Indiana.
 

TITLE: High water in Shelby
DATE: March 1908
PUBLISHER: unknown
POSTMARK: unknown
COLLECTION: G. Jancosek
REMARK: Photograph of the March 1908 Kankakee River flood in Shelby, Indiana.
 

TITLE: Monon railroad tracks - 2, Shelby, Indiana
DATE: circa 1910
PUBLISHER: unknown
POSTMARK: unknown
COLLECTION: G. Jancosek
 

TITLE:
Monon railroad tracks - 4, Shelby, Indiana
DATE:
circa 1910
PUBLISHER: unknown
POSTMARK: unknown
COLLECTION: G. Jancosek
 

TITLE: Monon railroad tracks - 6, Shelby, Indiana
DATE: circa 1910
PUBLISHER: unknown
POSTMARK: unknown
COLLECTION: G. Jancosek
 

TITLE:
Monon railroad tracks - 15, Shelby, Indiana
DATE:
circa 1910
PUBLISHER: unknown
POSTMARK: unknown
COLLECTION: G. Jancosek
 

TITLE: Monon railroad tracks - 17, Shelby, Indiana
DATE: circa 1910
PUBLISHER: unknown
POSTMARK: unknown
COLLECTION: G. Jancosek
 

TITLE:
Monon railroad tracks - 20, Shelby, Indiana
DATE:
circa 1910
PUBLISHER: unknown
POSTMARK: unknown
COLLECTION: G. Jancosek
 

TITLE: Monon railroad tracks - 21, Shelby, Indiana
DATE: circa 1910
PUBLISHER: unknown
POSTMARK: unknown
COLLECTION: G. Jancosek
 

TITLE: CI&S Bridge. Shelby, Ind.
DATE: circa 1908
PUBLISHER: unknown
POSTMARK: unknown
COLLECTION: G. Jancosek
REMARK: CI&S represents the acronym for the Chicago & Illinois System Railroad. This rail line originated in South Bend, Indiana, and terminated in Zearing, Illinois. The general purpose of the CS&I was to provide a crossover route for commodities originating in the west and southwest on the Burlington rail line over to the New York Central rail line without having to travel through Chicago.
 

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