Untitled street scene with post office, Demotte, Indiana, close-up section 2
1911 postmarked postcard view of DeMotte, Indiana. Demotte is located in Jasper County and this postcard is apparently a view of Lillie Street looking north. (Lillie Street was later renamed Halleck Street.) The photographer was probably standing in Lillie Street and facing northwest when this photograph was taken.
DeMotte was a busy place. The building near the left edge of this scene had DE MOTTE IND. POST OFFICE painted on the windows. The sign above the entrance next door advertised GOLD MEDAL FLOUR. There were milk cans on the two horse-drawn wagons in the foreground. The sender of this postcard identified himself only as “Marvin.” He and two other boys were sitting on one of the wagons. Several other boys and men were standing in front of the post office and the store next door.
The 1909 Jasper County atlas¹ shows the post office on the west side of Lillie Street. It was about midway between the C. I. & S. (Chicago, Indiana & Southern) Railroad line to the north and Walnut Street (Ninth Street today) to the south. This old post office location may have been across the street from the current post office.
A town history² included a newspaper photograph from 1906 that was similar to this postcard view. That history also included a pair of comments about the post office. The first, referring to the 1932-1933 period, said the Post Office was “on the west side of Lilly [sic] Street (Halleck St.).” The second comment referred to a disastrous downtown fire in 1936 that destroyed the “new post office” along with many nearby businesses. The following is a list of DeMotte postmasters and their appointment dates during the period when this postcard was produced.
Joseph L. Tyler 26 February 1901
Frank M. Hart 7 September 1905
William H. Wells 9 January 1909
John F. Watson 5 April 1912
The C. I. & S. Railroad was owned by the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway and the Michigan Central Railroad, and they were part of the New York Central Railroad system. This C. I. & S. line ran between northcentral Illinois and South Bend, linking DeMotte to Kankakee, Momence, Shelby, Wheatfield, North Judson and other communities in northwest and northcentral Indiana. An October 1907 timetable³ listed three trains in each direction passing through DeMotte. There were junctions with other railroads nearby, including the Monon Route (Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway) that ran between Chicago and Louisville via Shelby.
The sender of this postcard wrote the following information on the reverse side of the postcard.
DeMotte, Jan 14/1911
Dear Charles:
This is a picture of town. X me, V Ed O Limon a boy neighbor.
Send my regards to Gussy & Ma. [check mark symbol] is the man I am staying with.
From Marvin.
Marvin addressed the postcard to Charles Christiansen in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Upon reaching Milwaukee, the postcard was forwarded to Oconto Falls, Wisconsin.
1. Standard Atlas of Jasper County, Indiana (Chicago, IL: George L. Ogle & Co., 1909), page 27. Available online at www.historicmapworks.com/Atlas/US/11202/Jasper+County+1909/.
2. DeMotte Chamber of Commerce. DeMotte, Indiana History 1997. ( Available online at www.faithfabric.com/tbh/demotte/demotte_history_home.htm.
3. The Official Railway Guide: North American Freight Service Edition (New York: National Railway Publication Co., 1908). Available online at books.google.com/books?id=kLgbTCc-AOcC&printsec=front....
This image was created by Thomas Keesling from a postcard courtesy of the Indiana Postal History Society.
The full postcard image can be seen here.
www.flickr.com/photos/hoosier_recollections/32404673262/i...
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Untitled street scene with post office, Demotte, Indiana, close-up section 2
1911 postmarked postcard view of DeMotte, Indiana. Demotte is located in Jasper County and this postcard is apparently a view of Lillie Street looking north. (Lillie Street was later renamed Halleck Street.) The photographer was probably standing in Lillie Street and facing northwest when this photograph was taken.
DeMotte was a busy place. The building near the left edge of this scene had DE MOTTE IND. POST OFFICE painted on the windows. The sign above the entrance next door advertised GOLD MEDAL FLOUR. There were milk cans on the two horse-drawn wagons in the foreground. The sender of this postcard identified himself only as “Marvin.” He and two other boys were sitting on one of the wagons. Several other boys and men were standing in front of the post office and the store next door.
The 1909 Jasper County atlas¹ shows the post office on the west side of Lillie Street. It was about midway between the C. I. & S. (Chicago, Indiana & Southern) Railroad line to the north and Walnut Street (Ninth Street today) to the south. This old post office location may have been across the street from the current post office.
A town history² included a newspaper photograph from 1906 that was similar to this postcard view. That history also included a pair of comments about the post office. The first, referring to the 1932-1933 period, said the Post Office was “on the west side of Lilly [sic] Street (Halleck St.).” The second comment referred to a disastrous downtown fire in 1936 that destroyed the “new post office” along with many nearby businesses. The following is a list of DeMotte postmasters and their appointment dates during the period when this postcard was produced.
Joseph L. Tyler 26 February 1901
Frank M. Hart 7 September 1905
William H. Wells 9 January 1909
John F. Watson 5 April 1912
The C. I. & S. Railroad was owned by the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway and the Michigan Central Railroad, and they were part of the New York Central Railroad system. This C. I. & S. line ran between northcentral Illinois and South Bend, linking DeMotte to Kankakee, Momence, Shelby, Wheatfield, North Judson and other communities in northwest and northcentral Indiana. An October 1907 timetable³ listed three trains in each direction passing through DeMotte. There were junctions with other railroads nearby, including the Monon Route (Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway) that ran between Chicago and Louisville via Shelby.
The sender of this postcard wrote the following information on the reverse side of the postcard.
DeMotte, Jan 14/1911
Dear Charles:
This is a picture of town. X me, V Ed O Limon a boy neighbor.
Send my regards to Gussy & Ma. [check mark symbol] is the man I am staying with.
From Marvin.
Marvin addressed the postcard to Charles Christiansen in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Upon reaching Milwaukee, the postcard was forwarded to Oconto Falls, Wisconsin.
1. Standard Atlas of Jasper County, Indiana (Chicago, IL: George L. Ogle & Co., 1909), page 27. Available online at www.historicmapworks.com/Atlas/US/11202/Jasper+County+1909/.
2. DeMotte Chamber of Commerce. DeMotte, Indiana History 1997. ( Available online at www.faithfabric.com/tbh/demotte/demotte_history_home.htm.
3. The Official Railway Guide: North American Freight Service Edition (New York: National Railway Publication Co., 1908). Available online at books.google.com/books?id=kLgbTCc-AOcC&printsec=front....
This image was created by Thomas Keesling from a postcard courtesy of the Indiana Postal History Society.
The full postcard image can be seen here.
www.flickr.com/photos/hoosier_recollections/32404673262/i...
Copyright 2005-2017 Hoosier Recollections. All rights reserved. This creative JPG file package is an original compilation of materials and data. The package is unique, consisting of a wide variety of related and integrated components. Neither this package in its entirety nor any of the individual components may be downloaded, transmitted or reproduced without the prior written permission of Hoosier Recollections.