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Historic Photo Collection - Arts & Entertainment 

May contain: pickup truck, transportation, truck, vehicle, car, and person
Club Trocadero: Located on Highway 41 South between Evansville and Henderson, KY; photo dated February 23, 1982 (14PC-67)
Vintage car parked outside an old building with balcony and antennas. Black and white photo.
Crystal Palace: 529 NW Fifth St.; photo dated March 4, 1965 (RC 55)
May contain: group performance, leisure activities, music, music band, musical instrument, musician, performer, person, people, adult, male, man, accessories, formal wear, tie, clothing, footwear, shoe, indoors, boy, child, orchestra, and room
Darmstadt Community Orchestra: Directed by Professors Frank Adams and Harry Ball; c. 1920s (Darmstadt 1)
A black and white photo of a military statue with two figures and memorial plaques.
Desert Storm Memorial: Located on Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. near the Civic Center; c. 1996 (17PC 86)
Statue of a miner with raised fist, helmet and gear, next to a car and building. Black and white photo.
Doughboy Statue: World War I statue in front of American Legion Post #8 on New Harmony Rd., relocated from its original setting in Sunset Park; photo dated 1984 (6PC 78)
A vintage photo of a group of uniformed boys in a brass band with their instruments.
Evansville Cadet Band: Early 1900s (Meyer-Schlamp 168)
Three people painting and discussing a mural.
Evansville Museum of Arts and Science: L-r: Fred Eilers, Dorothy Gill Ingle, and Dolores Ploeger pointing to model of new museum building; dated 1954 (Knecht 2104)
A black and white photo of a modern building with large windows and a clear sky, framed by tree foliage at the top.
Evansville Museum of Arts and Science: C. 1960s (Meyer-Schlamp 127)
Vintage photo of an old, two-story building with a flat roof and classical architecture.
Evansville Public Museum: First location in Sunset Park until the building was razed in 1910 (Meyer-Schlamp 122)
Vintage photo of an urban street with a "Public Museum" sign, old cars parked, and pedestrians walking.
Evansville Public Museum: 216 NW Second Street, Evansville, IN; photo dated 25 May 1954 (Knecht 903)
A vintage photo of a jazz band with instruments on stage, including a piano, drums, and brass instruments.
Forster’s Band Members: identified (l-r): Barney Stockwell, Fred Rollison, unidentified, Dick Spindler, Cornealius Koch (seated), Cheese Forster, Don Holms, Fred Balz, Carl Felker, and Art Felker; c. 1920s (Spindler 2)
A vintage photo of a 7-member band with instruments: drums, banjo, guitar, horns, and others, wearing tuxedos.
Hitch’s Happy Harmonists: Dixieland jazz band that played during the 1920s to c. 1933; members identified as Stu Charles, Jab Zins, John McBryan, Bill Hahn, Dick Spindler, Art Felker, Jim Thompson, and Bud Lamey (Spindler 5)
Seven men in tuxedos with a drum kit and various instruments, likely a band.
Hoosier Gold Derby Boys Directed by David Holzman (at drums); some of the other members pictured are Jerry Bumb, Arnold Habbe, Dub Shofner, Aryin Lefever, Art Felker, and Beanie Barr (Baer?); c. 1928 (Spindler 7)
A vintage photo of a bakery with bread and pastries on shelves and tables.
Indian Relics: Found in Evansville area; photo dated 1915 (Knecht 2107)
Vintage photo of people with an early 1900s car, outside a brick building, possibly a garden or park entrance.
Kuebler’s Garden: A popular entertainment venue in Newburgh, IN, from the late 1800s to c. 1920 (Riggs 14)
A woman is sitting, manipulating a marionette puppet against a plain background.
Marionette Class: Held at the WPA Community Center; photo dated 1936 (Knecht 519)
Construction site of a stadium with unfinished concrete structures and scattered debris around.
Mesker Amphitheatre: Under construction; c. 1951 (Mesker Steel Collection)
Vintage circus scene with an elephant performing in front of a crowd.
Shrine Circus: Performance in the Coliseum (stage in the background); dated 1936 (Knecht 1963)
Vintage radio broadcasting equipment in an old studio setup.
W9CHA Radio Station: Operated by Benjamin Biederwolf in his basement on S. Bedford Ave.; c. 1930s (Courier 1002)
Black and white vintage photo of numerous couples dancing in a crowded hall.
WPA Dance: Held at the Community Center; photo dated 1936 (Knecht 514)
May contain: pickup truck, transportation, truck, vehicle, car, and person
Vintage car parked outside an old building with balcony and antennas. Black and white photo.
May contain: group performance, leisure activities, music, music band, musical instrument, musician, performer, person, people, adult, male, man, accessories, formal wear, tie, clothing, footwear, shoe, indoors, boy, child, orchestra, and room
A black and white photo of a military statue with two figures and memorial plaques.
Statue of a miner with raised fist, helmet and gear, next to a car and building. Black and white photo.
A vintage photo of a group of uniformed boys in a brass band with their instruments.
Three people painting and discussing a mural.
A black and white photo of a modern building with large windows and a clear sky, framed by tree foliage at the top.
Vintage photo of an old, two-story building with a flat roof and classical architecture.
Vintage photo of an urban street with a "Public Museum" sign, old cars parked, and pedestrians walking.
A vintage photo of a jazz band with instruments on stage, including a piano, drums, and brass instruments.
A vintage photo of a 7-member band with instruments: drums, banjo, guitar, horns, and others, wearing tuxedos.
Seven men in tuxedos with a drum kit and various instruments, likely a band.
A vintage photo of a bakery with bread and pastries on shelves and tables.
Vintage photo of people with an early 1900s car, outside a brick building, possibly a garden or park entrance.
A woman is sitting, manipulating a marionette puppet against a plain background.
Construction site of a stadium with unfinished concrete structures and scattered debris around.
Vintage circus scene with an elephant performing in front of a crowd.
Vintage radio broadcasting equipment in an old studio setup.
Black and white vintage photo of numerous couples dancing in a crowded hall.