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1. Armistice Day - 11 Nov 1918

   Armistice Day - This is another postcard showing the Winner House employees ready for the Armistice Day parade on 11 Nov 1918. Someon has written on the top of the of the photo, "Nov. 11 - 1918" and on the back "Armistice Day Nov. 11 - 1918 Winner House force in parade". This is the only postcard of this picture we have found that has all the people in the photo identified. It is on a separate piece of paper that has been stored with the postc...

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. Bathing Beauties

   Bathing Beauties - This is a photo which has been made into a postcard of eight young women, probably taken before the 1920's, in their bathing suits standing in water at what appears to be a lake shore. There is a small house or lake cabin behind them surrounded by some trees. There is an old bench, which looks suspiciously like an old church pew, under one of the trees near the shore. We believe this to be Lake Wawasee at Oakwood Park accord...

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. Bathing Beauties in Boat

   Bathing Beauties in Boat - This is a photo of the same young women as are pictured in 2009.028.36. They are posed in the same place, you can see the shoreline is the same, but now some of them are seated in a canoe. If you look closely, you can still see the old church pew sitting beside the tree on the upper left side of the photo. Based on identification information from a related picture, the girls can be identified as the following (left t...

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. Berne Manufacturing Co. - 1914

   Berne Manufacturing Company also known as Winner House was the maker of Winner Brand overalls, shirts and trousers. The company, under the leadership of C.T. Habegger (J. P.'s son) had singing groups that were nationally known. The Winner Chords cut records, and sang on the radio. The factory was located on West Main Street now the site of Moser Motors (Ford) car lot. The photo was labeled l-r, from the back to the front: Stuckey, Levi; Habe...

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. Factory Girls - circa 1914

   Factory Girls - This photo that has been turned into a postcard which was never sent, shows 7 young women posing for the camera in white jean jackets with pockets on their heads turned sideways. They have been identified on the back and they are presumably employees at the Berne Manufacturing, otherwise known as the Winner House, garment factory, which was located on Main Street in Berne, Adams Co., IN. Someone has written on the back in blue i...

   Record Type: Photo

   
6. Girls in a Boat - July 1915

   Girls in a Boat - This picture that has been made into a postcard shows 8 young women, wearing "bathing suits" standing near or sitting in a canoe, that has the number "24" on it. "July 1915" has been written in blue ink on the front end of the boat and each the women has a number above her head. These numbers correspond to the names written on the back of the card. 1. Mildred Schug; 2. Loraine Schenbeck; 3. Marth Begly; 4. Hulda Stucky; 5. Em...

   Record Type: Photo

   
7. Lorena Schenbeck

   Lorene Schenbeck is written on the back of the photo Lorina/Lorena Schenbeck (1897 - 1989) daughter of David & Caroline (Ellenberger) Schenbeck, married Edgar Post in 1919.

   Record Type: Photo