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1. 1952 Centennial - 1952

   1952 Centennial - This photo, according to the notation on the back, was taken in July of 1952 when Berne celebrated its centennial. It reads, "Centennial, 1952 Same house gone also building gone by railroad that used to house Dr. Lehman's office and at one time a barber shop." The picture shows a hay wagon being pulled by a tractor. The wagon has been decorated with red, white and blue bunting and two ladies in long dresses and sunbonnets sit...

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2. Beer School

   Beer School is written on the back of this photo. An article about the 50th reunion for the school with the photo appeared in "The Farm News of Adams County" on page 8. According to that article the photo was taken in 1900 by the teacher Sam Nussbaum. The school was located on 300 S and 200 W in Monroe Twp. In the photo are children and adults standing along a plank porch or sidewalk in front of an arched door of a brick building. There are ...

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. Berne Fire Department

   Berne Fire Department - This is a photo of the Berne, IN fire department posing in front of the Berne Community Auditorium. This picture can be found printed on page 38 of the Souvenir Edition of the Berne Witness of 03 Sep 1926. You can see that the auditorium was constructed of red brick with multi-paned windows that had middle sections that could be tipped out to allow for air flow. The awning over the entrance had colored glass pendants ha...

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. Berne Volunteer Fire Department - 1926

   Berne Volunteer Fire Department left to right: Andrew Sprunger, Louis Niederhauser, Theodore Sprunger, Walter Reusser, Wesley Neuenschwander, Chester Michaud, Chris Hilty, Grover Moser, Lawrence Yager, George Braun, John Hilty , Leonard Baumgartner, Frank Amstutz, Sam Nussbaum, David Stauffer, Elmer Baumgartner, Ferdinand Steiner, Eli Luginbill, Paul Felber, and Emil Liechty. Photo is taken from page 38 of the Thirtieth Anniversary Souvenir...

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. Monroe Twp. No. 9 School - 03 Mar 1892

   Photograph of the Monroe Township No. 9 School and class. P. P. Ashbaucher, Trustee. James Sprunger, Teacher. Top row Left to right: Emanuel Lehman, Edwin Sprunger, Eli Neuenschwander, Enoch Sprunger, Albert Sprunger, Albert Neuenschwander, Noah Fox, Eli Kirchhofer, James Sprunger, Helena Lehman, Salome Sprunger, Hannah Spunger, Edna Soldner, Elvina Moser, Johannes Sprunger Third row, l to r: Della Moser or Sarah Steiner, Dina Sprunger,...

   Record Type: Photo

   
6. Octogenarian Gathering - 22 May 1961

   Octogenarian Gathering - This is a picture that was taken by Mel Liechty on 22 May 1961 at a gathering of men who had all reached their 80th birthday milestone. The men are all wearing suits and ties and are gathered in a building, possibly a church or restaurant, that has a very long coat rack. You can see the coat rack behind them, and to the far left, you can see some wire coat hangers and see that they have all put their hats on the shelf a...

   Record Type: Photo

   
7. Sam Nussbaum Family - 1929

   Photo is identified as Sam Nussbaum Family, 1929. We believe this to be Sam & Lina (Amstutz) Nussbaum and their daughters, Esther, Edna, Pauline, Verena and Della. Based on the amount of daughters and their ages compared to the 1930 census.

   Record Type: Photo