20th century time capsule

Hammond, Indiana - - - Date Line: the 1900's
As we enter the twenty-first century take at look back at how the city looked in the twentieth century. We will also review the people of this era and their part in this one hundred years. Sit back, relax and enjoy your journey back to the past, as we turn your computer into a time machine. A Special Next Millennium Project from HammondIndiana.com continues.

update * Denotes Content added as of - - - May 29th, 2000

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The following links listed below are now currently available:
Athey Hydro Amusement Park - 1914
All Saints School - 1910's / 20's
A. Murray Turner - "Father of our city parks"
Betz Air Lines - 1928
Betz Auto Manufacturing - 1911
Betz Pharmaceuticals - 1924
Blizzard of 1918
Brooks Settlement House - 1927 / 32
Building Boom - 1920's
Building Bust - 1920's
Bulletin Avenue Early - 1950's
Calumet Avenue - 1940's
Conkey Printing Company - 1912
Dietrich's Bakery - 1911 / 17
Downtown Hohman Avenue - 1930's
Dr. A. Stonebreaker - Veterinary Medicine - 1910
Durable Motor Truck Company - 1917
Enterprise Bed Company - 1912
Explosion & Fire at Phil Smidt's - 1945
First All Concrete Bridge - 1913
First Transcontinental Flight - 1911
Forest Moraine Area - 1920
Forest Southview - 1926
Goldblatt's Building Implosion - 1993
Halley's Comet - 1910
Hammond Distilling Company - 1912-17
Hammond High School - 1916 / 1920's
Hammond Mining Company - 1912
Hammond Motor Boat Club - 1913
Hammond Optical Company - 1929
Hammond Packing Plant Fire - 1901
Hammond Post Office - 1929 / 1933
Hammond Shipwreck Project 1915 / 1989
Hammond Steel Barrel Company - 1911
Hohman and Fayette - 1918
Huehn Family Automobile - 1907 / 08
IHB Railroad Yard - 1950's
Indiana Sanitary Pottery Company Plant Blast - 1928
* Jones Dishwasher Company - 1910 *
Kaufmann & Wolf / Lion Store - 1928
Lakefront Park - 1920's
Lake George - 1908-09
La Vendor Cigar - 1909 / Kennedy Laundry - 1919-20
La Vendor Cigar Company - 1913
Liberty Hall - 1918
Lovgren Food Shoppe - 1927
Maywood District Blast - 1929
Maywood Theatre 1927
* McIlroy Belting & Hose Company - 1910 *
Minas Furniture Company Fire - 1927
Monon Depot Demolition - 1954
Nine Span Bridge - 1937
* Panama-Pacific Exposition - 1915 *
Parthenon Theatre - 1920
Pure Water Company of Hammond - 1914
Railway Motor Car Company - 1917
Roth's Tavern - 1900
Sewer Project - 1917-22
Sibley and Hohman 1937
Standard Steel Car Company - 1906
State Theatre Bombing - 1927
Straube Piano Company - 1904
St. Valentine's Day Massacre - 1928
Tech State Basketball Champs - 1940
* Walter H. Hammond Death - 1914 *
Wolf Lake Ice Houses - 1913-14
Woodmar Area - 1926

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