Lawrence Lore
Jan 92 min read
Wingfoot Homes in Bridgeport
Soldiers returning from WWII faced a dismal housing shortage. To accommodate them, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co developed a completely...
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Lawrence Lore
Dec 31, 20242 min read
Runaway Car 1930
Please readers, be careful out there when you are driving over the holidays. The Vincennes (Ind.) Commercial , December 27, 1930 Lyman...
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Lawrence Lore
Oct 18, 20241 min read
Sumner Postmarks
On temporary exhibit now is Zane Parrott’s collection of Havoline items. If you have been in the History Center you have seen Libby...
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Lawrence Lore
Aug 9, 20241 min read
Are You Hurt?
Daily Record January 27 1942 No, these are not group pictures of victims of an air raid on a beauty shop. They were made to demonstrate...
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Lawrence Lore
Jul 31, 20241 min read
There's No Crying in Baseball. . .
In the summer of 1940, the Lawrenceville Merchants softball team won the Wabash Valley Girls Softball tournament. The nonprofessionals...
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Lawrence Lore
Jun 28, 20245 min read
A Review of Lawrence County Life in April, May and June 1878.
James C Allen was the Judge; Thomas H Huffman was the State’s Attorney. B L Cunningham was the Circuit Clerk; Issac Potts was the County...
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Lawrence Lore
Jun 18, 20242 min read
WPA Sewing Projject
Lawrence County News September 2, 1937 Sewing Project in Lawrenceville Closes Thursday Acting under orders from the District...
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Lawrence Lore
Jun 13, 20241 min read
Got any mule?
The National Prohibition Act, known informally as the Volstead Act, was enacted to carry out the intent of the 18th Amendment (ratified...
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