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YESTERYEAR
YESTERYEAR: Hose House #15
YESTERYEAR: Hose House #15
by PAT SIDES For Willard Library
In the decade after 1900, the area surrounding Bayard Park was developed into a neighborhood of...
YesterYear-North Side Bank and Theater
North Side Bank and Theater
by Pat Sides of Willard Library
Constructed in 1913 at 100 North Main Street, this building has served as a financial...
Evansville Fire Department Horses by Pat Sides
On September 2, 1920, an era ended for Evansville’s firemen. It was an emotional occasion as the public gathered at Hose House No. 3...
YESTERYEAR: Joe Aaron By Pat Sides
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...
Uncle Dudley by Pat Sides
Standing on the left is Chester (Chet) Behrman, carrying his familiar polka-dot lunch pail, with the young winner of the “Run for the Toys”...
Yesteryear: Sears Building
Yesteryear: Sears Building
by Pat Sides
The stately red brick building at Fourth and Sycamore streets, pictured here in the early 1960s, has been a...
YESTERYEAR: Evansville Red Cross Chapter by Pat Sides
YESTERYEAR: Evansville Red Cross Chapter by Pat Sides
In 1952, the Evansville Red Cross chapter organized an emergency committee of civic leaders to oversee a...
YESTERYEAR: Helfrich Park by Pat Sides
YESTERYEAR: Helfrich Park by Pat Sides
At the urging of the West Side Nut Club, the city purchased a large tract of land for recreational...
YESTERYEAR: Carlton Theater by Pat Sides
This photo was taken in late 1959, when the Carlton Theater at 216 Main Street was about to be razed to make room for...
YESTERYEAR: Reitz Bowl Circus by Pat Sides
YESTERYEAR: Reitz Bowl Circus by Pat Sides
Since it was built in the early 1920s, Reitz Bowl has hosted a variety of activities besides football...
YESTERYEAR: Tex Justus and the Texas Cowboys by Pat Sides
Olus “Tex” Justus entertained Tri-Staters for more than three decades as host of “T. J. Time,” a morning program featuring “old time” country music...
YESTERYEAR: Peerless Laundry by Pat Sides
YESTERYEAR: Peerless Laundry by Pat Sides
The photograph was taken shortly after Peerless Laundry’s expanding business relocated from Main Street to a new facility at...
Kuester’s Hardware Store
Fred Kuester’s first store, seen here at the corner of Lincoln and Weinbach, opened in 1937, in what was then a sparsely-developed part of...
YESTERYEAR: Shetler Moving & Storage Company
Established in 1899, B. J. Shetler began his young company with two teams of horses and wagons, which traveled as far as Princeton and...
YESTERYEAR: Winter of 1917-1918
Winter of 1917-1918
This view of Southeast Second Street was photographed from Main Street, across the street from the Strouse & Bros. store, in...
YESTERYEAR: ORR IRON COMPANY
YESTERYEAR: ORR IRON COMPANY
BY PAT SIDES, Archivist of Willard Library
Orr Iron Company employees gathered outside of their building in 1949 after a fire safety...
Mead Johnson Terminal
As early as 1856, the federal government recognized Evansville’s significance as a transportation center by designating it an official Port of Entry. Evansville businessman...
YESTERYEAR: Liederkranz Maennerchor Building
YESTERYEAR: Liederkranz Maennerchor Building
Since it was erected in 1912, the building at 302 Market Street, pictured here in 1950, has housed a variety of...
YESTERYEAR: BOY SCOUTS
Photographed at the Evansville riverfront in 1917, this Boy Scout troop represented B’nai Israel Temple. The young men had probably just finished marching in...
YESTERYEAR-Bud’s Service Station by Pat Sides
Bud’s Service Station was located at 1 Jefferson Avenue, where the street intersects with SE Second, a block south of the Alhambra Theater in...
