Copyrighted LIFE Photos from 1950

[richard]

Please post your pictures and comments about the Copyrighted LIFE photos here.

[nancs]

The past few days have, admittedly, been grueling, but worth every minute of the effort. We have so 'opened the doors' to explore such a wonderful 'slice' of Columbus history, never before offered publicly. The photos by Francis Miller of LIFE, taken likely in late 1949, and just a guess, Mr. Miller perhaps submitted this 'photo essay of Columbus,' on January 1, 1950, photos that he had taken earlier. AND maybe someone reading these boards will remember exactly when this all occurred. As an FYI, since this was posted, we have established an exact time frame. Read on through the posts as we made this discovery, that being what makes this all so fascinating. Please share, if you recall. In the interest of 'preserving and adhering to LIFE information,' we have opted to put in a thread accessing these copyrighted photos with a 'decade date of 1950.'

As I reflected this evening on the past twenty four hours, or so, of effort by several message board people, it occurred to me that we did need to also acknowledge the photographer that took the photos that we are now prepared to enjoy, and comment on................FRANCIS MILLER. I urge you to check out this website theimagemuseum.com/photographer/Francis-Miller.html for a biography of MR. MILLER. Truly, we, folks with a connect to Columbus, should be aware of this gentleman's career, as well as indebted to LIFE/Time for allowing us to use MR. MILLER's photographs. As you go through the collection of photographs, one can almost see how MR. MILLER was preparing his 'photo essay.' The more one looks, the more one sees----------AMAZING. And, for me, I can seem to see that he is 'telling the story of Columbus, exactly as it was.' It is history, my friends.

Enjoy.

Nanc

[RER]

Famous Tipton Mount Home Starting After 1859 Through 1909
Located End of 3rd Street Called Tipton Lane
Columbus, Indiana

I thought of no better place to start than one of the most earliest homes and history in Columbus before the 3rd Street bridge was constructed.

John George (J. G.) Schwartzkopf came to Columbus in 1859 and started a Wagon Factory & Blacksmith Service on Jackson Street. He was born July 27, 1835 in Wissgoldingen, Germany, and came to the United States in 1851. Mr. Schwartkopf was apparently a man of fine opera of the arts and established the "Schwartkopf Opera House" per David Sechrest's research.

During his life in Columbus he built his house on the Mount Tipton area near the end of 3rd Street before any bridge over the White River was ever constructed. His Wagon Factory and Services were established within walking distance from his home on Jackson Street between 2nd and 3rd Street. My research reveals his business sold wagons and plows. That comparable business location in the 1950s was the Oldsmobile Vehicle Dealership of the past.

Destruction of Tipton House: Sometime during the last 1940s the Tipton house was torn down. The main front door area in this picture stands and debris all about. Notice the Bartholomew County Courthouse down 3rd Street from the home.

Source of picture(s):
Date taken: January 01, 1950
Photographer: Francis Miller © Time Inc.

This black and white photo was take from the Google hosted Time Inc/LIFE Photos Archive. Permission was granted March 16, 2009 to post selected pictures and our discussions relative to the pictures.. Time Inc. approval was given to the Columbus Historical Message board.. The photos are for personal use and not for commercial use per Time Inc.

Temporary Comment: Because the posting procedures must be written (when using Time Inc./LIFE pictures) there are presently only 4 people with the knowledge and compliance requirements on how to post these pictures by Time Inc. standards and approval. If they are not posted properly they must be changed or deleted, until they comply with the procedures. Copyrights are involved and the procedures must be followed. This temporary comment will be deleted after the procedures are written and posted.

[RER]

More History of Tipton Mount Home
3rd Street Near Jackson Street After Year 1856
Columbus, Indiana

Builder of Tipton: John George (J. G.) Schwartzkopf Columbus Business Man, Innovator & Creator



Picture URL Link Address (Time Inc Standard): images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=241c963743306dfb&q=site:tbn0.google.com%20columbus%20indiana&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsite:tbn0.google.com%2Bcolumbus%2Bindiana%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D21%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D63

The 1868 Bartholomew County Business Directory places the J. G. Schwartzkopf business on Jackson Street.

The 1879 Atlas provided by David Sechrest within this board reflects the partial birds eye view drawing below. The drawing has been enlarged for your viewing and further understanding. The colors below are highlighted to draw your attention to the relationship of his home and business on Jackson Street. The far left yellow was his home. The right direction yellow was the Wagon Factory and Blacksmith services. The Blue color is to show the the relationship of the business to the backside of the Bartholomew County Court House. The orange color is Washington Street




Source of picture(s):
Date taken: January 01, 1950
Photographer: Francis Miller © Time Inc.

This black and white photo was take from the Google hosted Time Inc/LIFE Photos Archive. Permission was granted March 16, 2009 to post selected pictures and our discussions relative to the pictures.. Time Inc. approval was given to the Columbus Historical Message board.. The photos are for personal use and not for commercial use per Time Inc.

[RER]

Amazing Picture From Tipton Mount Home Down 3rd Street To Courthouse
Columbus, Indiana

Apparently, this man is taking a break at Mount Tipton house destruction in the late 1940s. The view is down 3rd Street to Brown Street, Jackson Street and Washington Street Courthouse area. The cars are 1940 models. Notice the walkway from the house that J. G. Schwartzkopf walked to go to work at his business on Jackson Street.

The 3rd Street bridge was built over White River after the house and mound destruction after 1950. Keep in mind there was a 2nd Street wooden floor bridge in the next few pictures that follow.

Question: Can anyone identify this man in the picture?



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This picture shows the man working at the main door with the Courthouse in background down 3rd Street.

Source of picture(s):
Date taken: January 01, 1950
Photographer: Francis Miller © Time Inc.

These black and white photo was take from the Google hosted Time Inc/LIFE Photos Archive. Permission was granted March 16, 2009 to post selected pictures and our discussions relative to the pictures.. Time Inc. approval was given to the Columbus Historical Message board.. The photos are for personal use and not for commercial use per Time Inc.

[RER]

Early 1884 2rd Street Bridge After Tipton Home Destruction (wooden road bridge)
Columbus, Indiana

Bridge Built: In 1884 and still survived until at least the 1950s.

Please Note: Apparently the 2nd Street wooden surface bridge was built before any 3rd Street bridge because this picture leads into 2nd Street near the old City Power House.



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This Picture is a David Sechrest Picture Within Other Pages (This picture above is not a Time Inc/LIFE picture)


Source of picture(s):
Date taken: January 01, 1950
Photographer: Francis Miller © Time Inc.

This black and white photo was take from the Google hosted Time Inc/LIFE Photos Archive. Permission was granted March 16, 2009 to post selected pictures and our discussions relative to the pictures.. Time Inc. approval was given to the Columbus Historical Message board.. The photos are for personal use and not for commercial use per Time Inc.

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[RER]

Early Picture of City Power House Near White River From Wooden Surface Bridge 2rd Street
Columbus, Indiana

This pictures were probably taken in the last few days of December 1949 by the photographer below. It is next to the river and closed many years ago and then later was refurbished into a Senior Citizen Center. The Tipton Mount Home was to the far left of the plant.



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Source of picture(s):
Date taken: January 01, 1950
Photographer: Francis Miller © Time Inc.

These black and white photo were taken from the Google hosted Time Inc/LIFE Photos Archive. Permission was granted March 16, 2009 to post selected pictures and our discussions relative to the pictures.. Time Inc. approval was given to the Columbus Historical Message board.. The photos are for personal use and not for commercial use per Time Inc.

[RER]

Walking To Lincoln School 1949 & 1950
5th Street Columbus, Indiana

Comment: This is what it looked like when my brother and I walked from 5th and Union to Lincoln School located on 2nd and Franklin during the late 1940s. The Irwin Garden on the right. The old long gone Columbus Library on the right. The Christian Church on the left and and far left was the City Hall on the corner of Franklins Street. Also, not shown was the Boys Club past the Library on the right. That building today is the Columbus Vistor Reception Center.



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Source of picture(s):
Date taken: January 01, 1950
Photographer: Francis Miller © Time Inc.

This photo was take from the Google hosted Time Inc/LIFE Photos Archive. Permission was granted March 16, 2009 to post selected pictures and our discussions relative to the pictures.. Time Inc. approval was given to the Columbus Historical Message board.. The photos are for personal use and not for commercial use per Time Inc.

[RER]

Mode Theater 1940s and 1950s
Washington Street East Side Betwen 3rd and 4th Streets
Columbus, Indiana

During the 1940s, and 1950s there were 3 movie theaters downtown Columbus. They were called the Rio, Mode and Crump. Also, there was a drive-in theater outside of the city. I remember seeing many movies at all three places. The movie that stands out in my mind at the Mode was The Robe and The Return of the Robe. Also my first 3D movie wearing those silly glasses was at the Mode. These two Mode pictures are the best I have seen in many years.

Also, distant right of last picture would be Franklin' Ice Cream and Brumy's Barber Shop.

Next to the Mode on right was J.C. Penney's Department Store

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Also, distant right of last picture would be Franklin' Ice Cream and Brumy's Barber Shop.

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The vehicles in the last picture seem to be mostly 1940 models.

Source of picture(s):
Date taken: January 01, 1950
Photographer: Francis Miller © Time Inc.

This black and white photo was take from the Google hosted Time Inc/LIFE Photos Archive. Permission was granted March 16, 2009 to post selected pictures and our discussions relative to the pictures.. Time Inc. approval was given to the Columbus Historical Message board.. The photos are for personal use and not for commercial use per Time Inc.

[nancs]

Members and guests----------------as we are working on the LIFE photographs and establishing a proper procedure for posting, adhering to LIFE/Times guidelines, please be patient and do NOT try to post photos from the LIFE collection.

The procedure is rather complicated, and even the ones most in the know are encountering needs to go back to their posts and revise. Quite a time consuming effort. For the moment, just enjoy the LIFE photos that we are getting into the thread, and DO ADD YOUR COMMENTS, that is how we can make these photographs come alive and expand Columbus history. And look at the whole collection when you have time on the Google/LIFE site. You should be able to access that by clicking on the link that is in each photo in the message board thread.

Thanks for your understanding and cooperation. And do enjoy this trip down Memory Lane in Columbus.

Submitted by Nanc
on behalf of Richard, Bob, and George, and me

[nancs]

My recollection about the theaters in town, the Mode in particular, that was where the Acadamey Award type movies were shown. And always long, long lines to attend, and seems to me to have been a 'more grown up' crowd. I believe I was told, that movies of that quality cost more 'to rent,' and the rental price was determined by the seating capacity------------with the Mode having fewer seats than the other theaters, thus costing less to secure the film. Remember when sometimes a movie would be 'Held Over Due to Popular Request,' or something like that?

Nanc

Mar 18, 2009 9:52:59 GMT -5 RER said:

Mode Theater 1940s and 1950s
Washington Street East Side Betwen 3rd and 4th Streets
Columbus, Indiana

During the 1940s, and 1950s there were 3 movie theaters downtown Columbus. They were called the Rio, Mode and Crump. Also, there was a drive-in theater outside of the city. I remember seeing many movies at all three places. The movie that stands out in my mind at the Mode was The Robe and The Return of the Robe. Also my first 3D movie wearing those silly glasses was at the Mode. These two Mode pictures are the best I have seen in many years.

Also, distant right of last picture would be Franklin' Ice Cream and Brumy's Barber Shop.

Next to the Mode on right was J.C. Penney's Department Store
images.google.com/hosted/life/l?q=site:tbn0.google.com+columbus+indiana&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsite:tbn0.google.com%2Bcolumbus%2Bindiana%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D21%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D63&imgurl=a99aaa426d8da985


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Also, distant right of last picture would be Franklin' Ice Cream and Brumy's Barber Shop.

The vehicles in the last picture seem to be mostly 1940 models.

Source of picture(s):
Date taken: January 01, 1950
Photographer: Francis Miller © Time Inc.

This black and white photo was take from the Google hosted Time Inc/LIFE Photos Archive. Permission was granted March 16, 2009 to post selected pictures and our discussions relative to the pictures.. Time Inc. approval was given to the Columbus Historical Message board.. The photos are for personal use and not for commercial use per Time Inc.

Picture Link Address (Time Inc Standard): and the second picture link go here:
Temporary Comment: Because the posting procedures must be written (when using Time Inc./LIFE pictures) there are presently only 4 people with the knowledge and compliance requirements on how to post these pictures by Time Inc. standards and approval. If they are not posted properly they must be changed or deleted, until they comply with the procedures. Copyrights are involved and the procedures must be followed. This temporary comment will be deleted after the procedures are written and posted. Thank you.

[RER]

Washington Street South 1940s and 1950s
Columbus, Indiana

Interesting Comments: This picture almost starts at 2nd Street and progresses North. On the right was the South Side Tavern, next was A. Tross Store, then H. Smith store on the corner at 3rd Street. Still gong North on right you can see the Mode theather sign. At the left of the intersection is the Franklin's Ice Cream shop. Notice the trolley and street car rails had been removed and covered with asphalt or concrete, but you can tell they were there before by the road surface view.



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Detailed Area Below Enlargement of Time Inc/LIFE Picture to Read Signs:




Source of picture(s):
Date taken: January 01, 1950
Photographer: Francis Miller © Time Inc.

This black and white photo was take from the Google hosted Time Inc/LIFE Photos Archive. Permission was granted March 16, 2009 to post selected pictures and our discussions relative to the pictures.. Time Inc. approval was given to the Columbus Historical Message board.. The photos are for personal use and not for commercial use per Time Inc.

[RER]

St. Denis Hotel Inside Looking Out At Washington and 5th Street
Either a late 1949 or early 1950 photo
Columbus, Indiana

Rost & Son Jewelry on corner across street. Down 5th on left not shown was the Rio theater. The gentleman pictured looks like an executive with silk socks and expensive clothing and shoes. What a fantastic picture from inside the St. Denis Hotel of th past. Can anyone identify the nice looking gentleman?



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Source of picture(s):
Date taken: January 01, 1950
Photographer: Francis Miller © Time Inc.

This black and white photo was take from the Google hosted Time Inc/LIFE Photos Archive. Permission was granted March 16, 2009 to post selected pictures and our discussions relative to the pictures.. Time Inc. approval was given to the Columbus Historical Message board.. The photos are for personal use and not for commercial use per Time Inc.

[RER]

J W O'Bryan's Jewelry Store & Nagle's Book Store
Washington Street East Side
Columbus, Indiana

Location: Between 4th and 5th Street on the East side of block. Picture probably was taken late month of 1949 or first month of 1950.

The stores have long been gone but the memories stay for both of these two stores. I believe Nanc's father worked at one time at J. W. O'Bryan Jewelry as she has expressed on this boards over the years.

Question: Can anyone identify the mother and daughter in the picture?



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Source of picture(s):
Date taken: January 01, 1950
Photographer: Francis Miller © Time Inc.

This black and white photo was take from the Google hosted Time Inc/LIFE Photos Archive. Permission was granted March 16, 2009 to post selected pictures and our discussions relative to the pictures.. Time Inc. approval was given to the Columbus Historical Message board.. The photos are for personal use and not for commercial use per Time Inc.

[RER]

Super A & P Grocery Store 1940s and 1950s
Located Near 9th Street and Washington Street
Columbus, Indiana

Notice two taxi cabs picking up customers leaving the Super Market. Lots of old 1940s vehicles. The DX gasoline station was behind the store on the corner with a diamond shaped sign that is shown in the picture. Our family dentist Dr. Seal was down the first street past the DX on the same side the DX station was on.



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Source of picture(s):
Date taken: January 01, 1950
Photographer: Francis Miller © Time Inc.

This black and white photo was take from the Google hosted Time Inc/LIFE Photos Archive. Permission was granted March 16, 2009 to post selected pictures and our discussions relative to the pictures.. Time Inc. approval was given to the Columbus Historical Message board.. The photos are for personal use and not for commercial use per Time Inc.

Temporary Comment: Because the posting procedures must be written (when using Time Inc./LIFE pictures) there are presently only 4 people with the knowledge and compliance requirements on how to post these pictures by Time Inc. standards and approval. If they are not posted properly they must be changed or deleted, until they comply with the procedures. Copyrights are involved and the procedures must be followed. This temporary comment will be deleted after the procedures are written and posted.

[Gregg]

I especially enjoyed seeing the Champaign Velvet placard on the back of the Dodge( or Plymouth ) taxi. CV was still only about $1.65 a 6-pack in 1964. I wonder what the price must have been in 1950.

[Rhonda]

I'm confused by the description of the old Power House photo. If I'm reading correctly, it says that "this building was torn down in the past year or so". This wonderful old building is still standing, and continues to be the Senior Center. There are also plans for re-use of the building when the seniors finally get their new building built.

[RER]

Thanks Rhonda!!! Living on the East Coast I thought it had been torn down. It has been changed to your current information. Thank you for the update. RER

[nancs]

The 'beauty' of this photo being that it shows what existed, 'Before the Commons.' We really don't know, factually, just what the readership of the boards is---------we know for sure, that it goes from coast to coast, but what about former residents that are perhaps overseas----------what a treat it would have to be, to be able to 'see' via a photo, 'how it used to be.'

Nanc

Mar 18, 2009 11:03:33 GMT -5 RER said:

Washington Street South 1940s and 1950s
Columbus, Indiana

Interesting Comments: This picture almost starts at 2nd Street and progresses North. On the right was the South Side Tavern, next was A. Tross Store, then H. Smith store on the corner at 3rd Street. Still gong North on right you can see the Mode theather sign. At the left of the intersection is the Franklin's Ice Cream shop. Notice the trolley and street car rails had been removed and covered with asphalt or concrete, but you can tell they were there before by the road surface view.


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Detailed Area Below Enlargement of Time Inc/LIFE Picture to Read Signs:

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Source of picture(s):
Date taken: January 01, 1950
Photographer: Francis Miller © Time Inc.

This black and white photo was take from the Google hosted Time Inc/LIFE Photos Archive. Permission was granted March 16, 2009 to post selected pictures and our discussions relative to the pictures.. Time Inc. approval was given to the Columbus Historical Message board.. The photos are for personal use and not for commercial use per Time Inc.

Picture URL Link Address (Time Inc Standard):

Temporary Comment: Because the posting procedures must be written (when using Time Inc./LIFE pictures) there are presently only 4 people with the knowledge and compliance requirements on how to post these pictures by Time Inc. standards and approval. If they are not posted properly they must be changed or deleted, until they comply with the procedures. Copyrights are involved and the procedures must be followed. This temporary comment will be deleted after the procedures are written and posted. Thank you

[Rhonda]

I wonder what happened to that wonderful fountain with sculpture that is pictured in front of the Power House.