Rhonda
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Post by Rhonda on Apr 30, 2007 8:25:15 GMT -5
My goal has finally been achieved! The marker is in place and the dedication was held Saturday, April 28th. If you are out and about, stop by and take a look! This is a photo of all the descendants of William Harvey Lincoln who were present at the dedication. On the left is my brother, Greg; my son, Aaron, and me. From the right is my cousin, Julie McCawley; her son, Chris (in the back) and his 4 children...who would be great, great, great grandchildren of Wm. H. Lincoln.
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Post by nancs on Apr 30, 2007 8:33:58 GMT -5
CHEERS, CHEERS, CHEERS from coast to coast and all parts in between for Rhonda! Rhonda, congrats for a job well done, and 'I'm sure a liberal education in the process.' Good job, my friend, for preserving Columbus history, you 'done good.' Nanc
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Post by Rhonda on Apr 30, 2007 8:43:26 GMT -5
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Post by Rhonda on Apr 30, 2007 9:01:25 GMT -5
An education, indeed! During the dedication, Mayor Fred Armstrong was there. He saw what terrible condition the sidewalk was in, called his own voice mail, and left himself a message to get a crew out to the sight to put in NEW SIDEWALK, and possibly even a curb!! A "positive" that has come about because of the historical marker.
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Post by Rhonda on May 2, 2007 13:17:53 GMT -5
Can't find an appropriate place to post this on the site. I just found this info on the Indiana Historical Bureau website as I was reading all the documentation listed on-line about "my" Orinoco marker.
There will be another historical marker dedication in Columbus soon!
Historical Marker Announcements for May 2007: Atterbury Army Air Field marker will be dedicated in Bartholomew County on May 19, 2007.
We need a topic just for Atterbury...don't you think? Of course, some of these "topics" get "off topic" sometimes...making it harder to locate info.
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Post by Rhonda on May 2, 2007 13:20:22 GMT -5
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Post by Dana MeesAthuring on Nov 5, 2007 23:32:57 GMT -5
Hi Rhonda,
I have just inheirited a dining room set that has a Lincoln Chair Company logo in the drawer of the sideboard. My Aunt, who had the set said that it was purchased in 1937. I have no information other than that at present.
I will send pictures if you'd like
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Dana
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Post by Rhonda on Nov 6, 2007 18:51:20 GMT -5
Dana,
E-mail me at my home address. You can link to it from my Orinoco web site. I can give you more information that way.
Rhonda
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Post by richard on Apr 21, 2008 9:28:59 GMT -5
Location of The Lincoln Chair Company. CAUTION: The following information was taken from a 1927 Sanborn Map. These maps were created for the insurance industry and were used to set insurance rates. The information included is readiness of the Water supply and the Fire Department. Also included is the building size and materials that were used for construction as well as exposures in the area. As the Columbus City Directories and these maps has information collected in Columbus and printed in another state, in some cases the printed information may be incorrect. As I’m not an architect or engineer my interpretation of this information may not be correct. Sheet 19 of the 1927 map lists the office of the Lincoln Chair Company at 1601 Thirteenth Street and the Lincoln Chair Company, Furniture Factory at 1627 Thirteenth Street. That location was between the Railroad and Hutchins Avenue on the south side of the street. Carron’s 1953 Columbus City Directory list Arvin Industries at 1531 Thirteenth and the Fire Department Company # two at 1542. Today Social & Human Services are located at 1531 Thirteenth Street. Are the differences in the addresses due to a printing error or was the street address changed at some point?
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Post by nancs on Apr 21, 2008 16:08:56 GMT -5
Location of The Lincoln Chair Company. CAUTION: The following information was taken from a 1927 Sanborn Map. These maps were created for the insurance industry and were used to set insurance rates. The information included is readiness of the Water supply and the Fire Department. Also included is the building size and materials that were used for construction as well as exposures in the area. As the Columbus City Directories and these maps has information collected in Columbus and printed in another state, in some cases the printed information may be incorrect. As I’m not an architect or engineer my interpretation of this information may not be correct. Sheet 19 of the 1927 map lists the office of the Lincoln Chair Company at 1601 Thirteenth Street and the Lincoln Chair Company, Furniture Factory at 1627 Thirteenth Street. That location was between the Railroad and Hutchins Avenue on the south side of the street. Carron’s 1953 Columbus City Directory list Arvin Industries at 1531 Thirteenth and the Fire Department Company # two at 1542. Today Social & Human Services are located at 1531 Thirteenth Street. Are the differences in the addresses due to a printing error or was the street address changed at some point? Richard, I am surely NO authority either, but last night was comparing some maps----------from 1947 and working my way backwards through the dates, attempting to 'discover' just how long the barn on our property had been in existence. I knew that it had been there long before my folks built their home on the property on 7th, south side of the street, last house before the bridge on that side. On the 1906 map, it was interesting to note, in comparison, that 7th Street ended at Cottage, with a house, basically, where the street went through in later years, and on to the bridge over Hawcreek. Then in comparing the addresses that I knew on the east side of Cottage going south toward 6th Street, there were changes in ones/houses that I knew to exist. The houses still in place, but with different addresses. So I do think that perhaps addresses changed over time, for the exact same building. And might even be due to a 'change' some distance away that had long reaching effects on 'down the road.' Actually, this affected the addresses on Cottage on both sides of 7th Street, for at least a block in each direction. Anybody else with a theory that has been looking at these maps?? And trust me, these Sanborn maps are very interesting. Nanc
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Post by David Sechrest on Apr 21, 2008 18:55:24 GMT -5
nanc, I'm with you. I think that, at some point, the city changed address numbers.
I know they did this same thing in certain parts of East Columbus (if not all, after the annex. I can't remember what year right offhand. I'll have to find my notes).
If I remember correctly, Center Street in East Columbus first showed up in the 1947 or 48 city directory. For those of you not familiar with the street, it's a short one, running north and south. It began at State Street and ended 3 blocks south at the railroad tracks. The first year that Center Street appeared in the city directory, the houses were numbered in consecutive order beginning at the railroad tracks and running north to State. This was definitely NOT the way that street was numbered when we lived there. In fact, it was just the opposite. The numbering system began at State Street and went to the tracks.
I see the city is doing this same thing again. Just a few years ago, the house where my grandmother lived was 1019 Parkway Drive. The address was changed within the last few years to something much lower.
I know Richard and I have talked about this, both of us being East Columbus residents at some point or other. The 1949 Plat Map shows Mapleton Street in East Columbus as Maple Street. It's funny: this plat map makes no connotation between Columbus and East Columbus and I have the sneaking suspicion that it came forth as a result of the annex. I thought the street name might have been a misprint, so I went to the library and checked it against a few city directories. It was indeed Maple Street.
It didn't remain Maple Street very long, as it was probably very confusing with the other Maple Street.
I know I'm getting a little off subject here...
I always wondered why there was a Beatty Street and a Beatty Lane. Beatty Lane, in my mind was nothing more than an alley when I was a kid. There was only one house on Beatty Lane and you had to cross the tracks to get to it. They paved it sometime ago, but it's still the width of an alley.
Oh, by the way, checking the address scheme of the same area Richard spoke of using the 1912 map, it appears the addresses were changed.
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Post by Rhonda on May 23, 2008 15:40:29 GMT -5
I'm doing my Orinoco/Lincoln Chair Company presentation tomorrow, May 24th, 2008, at 1:00 o'clock. The program will be held in the chapel on the campus of Four Seasons Retirement Community here in Columbus. I was asked to make this presentation for the local genealogy club, but the public is invited to attend. Come see my new presentation which is via Power Point!
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Post by Rhonda on May 30, 2008 15:46:48 GMT -5
I, too, have been looking through microfilm at the local library. Here is a fun article that was in the Columbus Evening Republic on September 16th, 1890.
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Post by Rhonda on May 30, 2008 15:50:46 GMT -5
Here is another interesting article from the Columbus paper, April 21, 1915.
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Post by Rhonda on Aug 16, 2008 18:13:47 GMT -5
If any of you are familiar with Partners in Education (PIE) classes here in Columbus, you might know that a new session of classes is due to start soon. I will be doing a "class" on the history of the Orinoco Furniture Company, and Lincoln Chair Company. I believe my class is scheduled for Tuesday, September 16th, at 10:00 a.m. It will be held in the Ivy Tech Professional Training building on the west side of Central Avenue up near the airport. If there is an overflow crowd, I will do the same presentation again at 1:00 the same day. If you'd like more information, just let me know!
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Post by Rhonda on Sept 12, 2008 8:22:46 GMT -5
Still time to sign up for PIE classes! The "pie line" phone number is 812-374-5280. You can also just walk in to the Ivy Tech Training Institute, south of the main campus on the west side of Central Avenue. Turn on Whitley Drive, then north on Vickers Drive to get to the back of the building. This is where you can register for sessions..........and also where I will be doing my presentation of the history of Orinoco, and Lincoln Chair Company. NEXT TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16th, 10:00 a.m.! Hope to see some of you there!
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Post by Rhonda on Oct 10, 2008 7:47:28 GMT -5
Couldn't decide where to put this, so I'll stick it here, since the home I'll be "working" in is the Lincoln (Wetherald) home. Hope to see some of you at the historic homes tour this weekend! I'll be a docent/historian at the Lincoln home all day...both days. Some great homes on the tour this year. Weather is going to be great. Come walk through some homes that haven't been open to the public in many, many years!
Saturday, October 11th, from 10 to 5 Sunday, October 12th, from noon to 5
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Post by Norman S Braithwaite on Oct 22, 2008 12:56:59 GMT -5
I have located a reference indicating that the EH Scott Radio Laboratories of Chicago, a top of the line radio manufacturer, contracted with a furniture company in Columbus, Indiana for their radio cabinets in the late 1930s. By any chance would anyone have information indicating if the Orinoco Furniture Company produced these cabinets? Please reply to Braithwaites@sbcglobal.net
Thank you, Norman
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Post by Rhonda on Oct 23, 2008 5:03:08 GMT -5
Norman,
Some of the last products made at Orinoco were radio cabinets. I have actual designer's drawings of some of the cabinets. I also know that they made cabinets for Capehart radios in their last days.
Other information I've been told is that some of the cabinets were taken to my great grandfather's home for trial......to see how the sound quality was going to be.
I'd love to see the info that you have located and learn more. Any newly uncovered information is always a great find to add to my family history. Please contact me by leaving a personal message if you'd like.
Rhonda
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Post by Norman S Braithwaite on Oct 24, 2008 22:03:34 GMT -5
Rhonda:
Please accept my apologies for not replying off the forum. I was unable to e-mail you directly through this forum or your web site (due to a software company dominance issue). Thanks for your reply.
The reference is a letter from the EH Scott Radio Laboratories to a customer explaining that the radio cabinet will be shipped from Columbus, Indiana. The Orinoco Furniture Company was not referenced in the letter but is a very likely candidate for manufacture of the consoles for Scott radios. I would very much like to see copies of the radio cabinet design drawings to compare with cabinets of both Scott and Capehart and to learn more about the relationships between these companies. I have information about Capehart that I am willing to share and should we find that Orinoco Furniture Company made cabinets for Scott Radio Laboratories, I have lots of information about the Scott Radio Laboratories and Capehart that I am willing to share.
Can you contact me at the e-mail address in my last post to let me know if copies of the cabinet design drawings are available?
Norman
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