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Post by jbmcine on Mar 6, 2010 13:47:38 GMT -5
I remember, well, when Francis Miller ( Chicago - LIFE Magazine ), came to Columbus for a shoot on America's Great Small Towns. I met Miller in January 1950 while he was shooting my family and My Dad's work. My Sister has all the original, copywrited photos. Several years ago, I had the opportunity to buy a fresh 8x10" copy of one of Miller's Columbus shots.
Miller's Columbus work never made the magazine. We were shoved aside for the Churchill Memoirs.
Not far after, the Photographer Ivan Dmitri came to Columbus and shot a large bonfire with CHS students in the foreground. The location was the football field on 25th. Str. I can't remember if this photo was ever published.
Both these Photographer's did beautiful work and are now deceased. I have a feeling that J.I. Miller had some excellent New York contacts.
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Post by RER on Jul 26, 2010 12:40:37 GMT -5
2nd Street & Washington Year 1967Columbus, Indiana  Picture URL Link Address (Time Inc Standard): images.google.com/hosted/life/l?q1&imgurl=01f5bab9b18355a0Source of picture(s): Date taken: 1967 unknown date Photographer: John Loengard © 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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Post by Ricky_Berkey on Oct 14, 2010 13:29:07 GMT -5
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Post by RER on May 18, 2011 10:45:19 GMT -5
Comparison Picture Of Old City Power House Possibly Years 1947 & 1950 Snow Apparent On River Banks And RoofsBrief: The first picture is across White River toward the old City Power House maybe during the 1940s. Notice that the picture shows two smoke stacks; however the LIFE Copyrighted photo below the first picture reflects one smoke stack. The building was apparently modified at some unknown year. Also, as a refreshment of history the bridge connected at 2nd Street was built during 1884. The floor of the bridge was thick lumber. The house behind the City Power House is unknown to me. However, not shown behind that house would have been the J. G. Schwartzkopf mansion that was torn down in the late 1940s and early 1950s, per other LIFE Copyrighted photos herein. The Schwartzkopf home was built at the end of 3rd Street during the 1800s. More history of that home is within this tread also.  This first picture is not a LIFE picture.
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Post by TEXACO on Sept 20, 2013 13:01:28 GMT -5
These 1950 businessmen seem optimistic about the future. We sure could use them nowadays! Who the heck are these guys?  Picture URL Link Address (Time Inc Standard): images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=992cad7f6ddb0371&q=columbus,%20indiana%20source:life&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcolumbus,%2Bindiana%2Bsource:life%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D108 Date taken: January 1950 Photographer: Francis Miller © Time Inc. This black and white photo was 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. Don't know the gentleman on the left, but the one on the right is Alvah ("Al") Gilbert, who founded and owned Quality Mill Supply. He was a dead ringer for Jimmy Hoffa, and was frequently mistaken for him, especially when he was on fishing trips in Michigan.  |
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Post by RER on Apr 14, 2014 15:16:13 GMT -5
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Post by RER on Apr 27, 2014 15:35:24 GMT -5
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Post by TEXACO on Apr 27, 2014 15:49:38 GMT -5
That link leads to quite a "conglomeration" of pictures.  |
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Post by RER on Apr 27, 2014 17:47:48 GMT -5
Web Site To See All Of The Deleted LIFE Copyrighted PicturesI found these late today. Go to the below web site, then click on the small pictures to the right. There are hundreds of Columbus photos that I posted several years ago. They are all from the 1950s.Go here: images.google.com/hosted/life/fb6b850e522a5f39.html
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Post by David Sechrest on Apr 28, 2014 6:33:53 GMT -5
Web Site To See All Of The Deleted LIFE Copyrighted PicturesI found these late today. Go to the below web site, then click on the small pictures to the right. There are hundreds of Columbus photos that I posted several years ago. They are all from the 1950s.Go here: images.google.com/hosted/life/fb6b850e522a5f39.html By golly, Bob, you found them! I searched last week, and could only come up with, maybe, 10. Great job! Thank you! |
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Post by Ricky_Berkey on May 10, 2014 2:26:22 GMT -5
Web Site To See All Of The Deleted LIFE Copyrighted PicturesI found these late today. Go to the below web site, then click on the small pictures to the right. There are hundreds of Columbus photos that I posted several years ago. They are all from the 1950s.Go here: images.google.com/hosted/life/fb6b850e522a5f39.html By golly, Bob, you found them! I searched last week, and could only come up with, maybe, 10. Great job! Thank you! Gosh I haven't used this message board in such a long time! I can barely figure out how to use it How reassurring to see that Bob (RER) is still a vital force here! I was thinking that I had saved off all the Life pictures to my hard drive but perhaps I never got around to it. Looking at Image shack I see I have a lot of pictures there but I didn't realize that it is no longer a free service. I hope what I have posted in the past is still showing up here. I remember how exciting it was when we first discovered these forgotten Life pictures from 1950. |
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Post by Ricky_Berkey on May 10, 2014 3:48:13 GMT -5
Imageshack is now a subscription service ($2 a month or $20 a year). All pictures that people posted previously using imageshack should still be available however they seem to have randomly deleted (or lost) many of them so the links no longer work. I tried upgrading temporarily but it didn't restore the missing files to my account. So everyone that uploaded pictures using imageshack appears to have lost a portion of them and they are not showing up here.
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Post by RER on Feb 5, 2015 18:17:24 GMT -5
I was one of the first members on this Columbus Message Board during 2004. It started out with only 5 or 6 members, and we all had a great time talking to each and sharing old pictures and stories. As it progressed a vast amount of very old stories and pictures really added a great history of Columbus. Then within the last couple years the pictures started being deleted; and that ruined the stories with the old pictures of course. When I lived in Columbus over 50 years ago it was like the Copyrighted 1950 pictures that I have posted within. Today, of course Columbus is nothing like those years, but modernizations and advancements have prevailed. Some of the posts I started include CHS Basketball, Cerealine, Life In Columbus 1950-1959, Life In Columbus 1800-1899, Copyrighted Life Photos 1950, and several others. I suspect I spent over a year in time writing, and posting pictures of Columbus history. However, most of the pictures have been lost due to Image Shack's deletions. I doubt that I post much anymore because of the deletions and circumstances of picture preservation. There are many older members that feel the way I do about the problem. When I did a review of how many people were reading the posts today; I was surprised by the high numbers of reads. For example almost 40,000 readers for the 1800-1899 Life In Columbus, and the Copyrighted Life Photos 1950s. In closing, I leave you with the REPEAT of the post showing the COPYRIGHTED 1950s PHOTOS. I originally wrote a short paragraph about all the pictures, but as I said they were deleted mostly. When you go to the website below follow the instructions to see many of the pictures:
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Posted by RER on Apr 14, 2014 at 4:31pm
Restoring Copyrighted LIFE Photos Of Columbus During 1950s
This morning I performed an in-depth search of Goggle, and seemed to find all (or maybe all) of the Columbus Indiana 1950 photos taken by Francis Miller. They were in Goggle files of course, as I suspected. I think David is correct on his last statement concerning the deletion of photos by image shack. Photo bucket is the best at this time I believe. To see what I had posted in general please follow these instructions that I am about to say. ONE: There are two ways to see the pictures of the past. Key on the address below to reveal over 130 pictures on one page. TWO: Open the page I just mentioned, and key on any picture. Then view one picture at a time by keying the right side guide "V" that is sideway positioned. I will not tell the stories I had originally posted, because that would take several weeks with the pictures.
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Post by richard on Feb 28, 2015 9:26:46 GMT -5
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Post by RER on Feb 28, 2015 10:51:31 GMT -5
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. images.google.com/hosted/life/0c7281669f0fafb2.htmlDouble Click each below pictures to enlarge:    |
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Post by RER on Feb 28, 2015 13:12:18 GMT -5
Bartholomew County Court House Through Tipton House (year 1949)Note: The Tipton house was being razed or torn down at the end of 3rd StreetApparently, 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.  Double Click Picture To EnlargeThe Court House 1949 From Washington Street Double Click Picture To Enlarge
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Post by RER on Feb 28, 2015 13:33:51 GMT -5
Columbus Police Securing Parking Meter Money At Old City Hall/Police Station (year 1949) Comment: The police car is a 1949 Ford. The one policeman's name nearest the vehicle is Mr. Cleon Sweeney. The other I am not sure. The police station/old City Hall at that time was on the corner of 5th and Franklin Street.  Click on picture to enlargeBelow is old City Hall/Police Station (1949) and background is the 1st Christian Church located 5ths Street and Franklin Street.  Click on picture to enlarge
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Post by RER on Feb 28, 2015 13:42:28 GMT -5
Teenage (CHS) Jive Kennel Year 1949Comment: It was location on the corner of Franklin & 3rd Street (down from Crump Theater)   Click on picture to enlarge
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Post by RER on Feb 28, 2015 13:49:07 GMT -5
Mode Movie Theater On Washington Street Year 1949Comment: .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.  Click on picture to enlarge  Click on picture to enlarge
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Post by RER on Feb 28, 2015 14:02:21 GMT -5
5th Street Going Past Irwin Garden Toward City Hall/Police Station & 1st Christian Church 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 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 Visitor Reception Center. (years 1949 & 1950)  Click on pictures to enlarge From Irwin Gardens home area across to the 1st Christian Church on 5th Street. Old Columbus Library on right. 
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