| T.H. Barnes Harness Shop |
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| Busy Bee Cafe at the SE corner of Vine Street and US 40/Main Street in Plainfield, IN.
Former location of Stacey's Restaurant. Floor Fashions is the current occupant of the building. |
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| Howard Christopher's Gas Station. Was previously a livery/stable.
West Main Street (US 40), Plainfield, Indiana (date unknown) |
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| Van Camp Packing Co., Plainfield Plant.
Located on N. Avon Avenue near the railroad overpass. |
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| Van Camp Packing Co. — Layton Bradford, driver
Bringing tomatoes to the packing plant for processing.
Plant located on N. Avon Ave., near railroad overpass. |
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| N.M. Frazier Blacksmith, ca.1909-1910
Frank Frazier, Nehrus Frazier, unknown, Ivy Newby
Located at the corner of W. Main St. and West St., Plainfield, Indiana.
Later site of Sims' Service Station.
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| Goodrich Tires Service Garage
This is the site where the Village Theatre is located today.
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| Hanna and Son Livery |
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| A. K. Moon Standard Service Station, ca.1930
SW corner of East and Main Street, near where Dairyland is located today. |
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| Plainfield Beauty Salon.
One of Plainfield's first beauty salons. The photo is shows Olive Winsted Thompson, operator, left, with Mary Fletcher; Dorothy Winsted Carneal, operator, right, with Mrs. Hansen. Picture is ca. 1930s. Located in the first floor of the Masonic Building.
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| Krebs Barber Shop |
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| Frank Sturgeon's Restaurant. (l-r) Frank Sturgeon, Josie Mae Meadows, Raymond Stormer. |
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| Original Galyan's grocery store, hardware and sporting goods store. C & E Rexall drugstore is at right. This is the same location as present Plainfield Galyan's store. (ca. mid-1970s) |
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| Plainfield Plaza. ca. 1970
(l-r) Paul Harris Budget, Round the Clock Laundry, Roselyn Bakery, Hooks Drugs, Marsh Grocery, Haase Shoe Store, Campbells Men's Shop, Danners, Young Jewelers, The Outpost Men's Apparel, Salon of Beauty, Footman Lounge.
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| Downtown Plainfield, Indiana (looking east on US 40)
Notice the streetlight hanging and the stoplight in the middle of the intersection.
(date unknown) |
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| Parade in downtown Plainfield, Indiana (date unknown)
Looking east on US 40/Main Street. |
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| Downtown Plainfield
Looking west. Southside of Main Street/US 40. The tall building in the center of the picture is the Knights of Pythias building. The building is still standing and has been home to several businesses over the years. The smaller building to the right of the K. of P. is where the Village Theatre is located today. |
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| NW Corner of Main and Center Streets
Plainfield, Indiana
Building was razed. Current site of Plainfield Municipal Building and Town Hall. |
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| Hamlet House
(also known as the Keeley Institute) SW corner of Main and Center Streets, Plainfield, Indiana. Building still exists. Current location of Mid Realty. Hadley's Stable (behind the building) was on the site of the Carnegie Library building.
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| Corner of North Center and Main Street (looking north).
Building in foreground is where Family Bookstore was. Brick building in rear is where Timothy's Pub is currently located. At the time of this photograph, the rear building was a combination restaurant/saloon, wheat and corn exchange, tin and sheet iron works. |
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| Corner of Main and Center Streets. Currently where the Village Theater, Shirt Tales and the Masonic Lodge are located in downtown Plainfield, Indiana. In the distance you can see the hill on US 40 going east out of town (toward Duke Energy today).
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| Looking east on US 40
in downtown Plainfield, IN. This is the intersection of US 40 and Center Street. The light tan building in the middle of the photograph is the current Masonic Building. The car in the foreground is in front of the Hamlet House (Keeley Institute) where MidRealty is located today. Notice the hanging street light in the intersection. (date ca.1923) |
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| July 20, 1908
Vandalia Station, Plainfield, Indiana
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| Depot (date unknown)
Plainfield, Indiana
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| Depot (date unknown) |
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| Steam Locomotive on the Pennsylvania Railroad, Vincennes Division, @1890
This line ran through the southeast corner of Guilford Township, Hendricks County, Indiana. In this era the railroad station at Friendswood contained a freight and ticket office, the post office, and a general store.
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| Vandalia Railroad Station (date unknown)
Plainfield, Indiana |
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| Central Academy (1881-1919) |
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| Central Academy Class of 1904 |
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| Senior Class, 1898 |
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| Girls Basketball Team, 1915-1916 |
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| 1894 Football: Charles Vestal and Ralph Swearingen |
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| Carolyn Kenworthy, Madge Herringlake, Doris Hagee, Doris Milhous
(date unknown) |
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| Central Academy baseball team, 1904 |
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| Central Academy (1881-1919) |
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