Yesteryear: Hotel Lincoln
Yesteryear: Hotel Lincoln
by Pat Sides
The Hotel Lincoln was one of Evansville’s finer downtown hotels in the first half of the twentieth century. Located...
YESTERYEAR: Rose Bowl Lane Fire
Rose Bowl Lane Fire
by Pat Sides
This photo appeared in an Evansville newspaper on August 8, 1966, capturing the drama during a fire at...
Yesteryear: East Side School
East Side School
BY Pat Sides
Members of the Evansville School Board gathered to break ground for the construction of a new school in 1949....
YESTERYEAR: JOE AARON
YESTERYEAR: JOE AARON
By Pat Sides
Evansville Courier columnist Joe Aaron was the guest of honor at a “roast” held at Das Kollker Haus restaurant on...
YESTERYEAR: Mayor William Dress By Pat Sides
Evansville Mayor William Dress is pictured here with two unidentified Boy Scouts in the late 1940s.
A native of Ohio, Dress moved to Evansville to...
YESTERYEAR: Louis Ruthenburg Evansville’s Leading Industrialist In The Mid-1900s
Louis Ruthenburg Evansville’s Leading Industrialist In The Mid-1900s
Yesteryear by Pat Sides
This special event, sponsored by the Evansville Chamber of Commerce in November 1941, celebrated the...
Yesteryear: Division and Main Streets
Division and Main Streets
by Pat Sides
In this 1982 photo, the old railroad tracks that once stretched down the center of Division Street are...
Yesteryear: West Side Nut Club Fall Festival by Pat Sides
Over the decades, the annual West Side Nut Club Fall Festival has evolved into one of Evansville’s most eagerly-anticipated events, as well as one...
Yesteryear: President Taft Visits Evansville
President Taft Visits Evansville
Evansville became an even busier hub of activity after April 6, 1917, when the United States formally entered the war in...
YESTERYEAR: ST. LUCAS EVANGELICAL CHURCH CHOIR
St. Lucas Evangelical Church Choir
The St. Lucas Boys Choir, posing at the entrance of the church (now named St. Lucas United Church of Christ),...