American Legion Home

Photograph

Grover Center: Museum & Historical Society

Name/Title

Description

Black and white glossy photographic print in landscape format. Interior view of the old American Legion Home on West Washington Street in Shelbyville. 36 men and women posed for the camera. Names are inscribed in pencil on back of photo: Standing, L to R are unknown male, Leila Moore, Marie Moore, Clara Stadtmiller, Freda Meyers, Vivian McKee Tyner, Viola McKee, Flavia Moore, Fred Courtney?, Ora Mann?, Karl Kennedy?. Seated L to R: Edna Kennedy?, Clyde Moore?, Romie Stadtmiller?, Ben Miles. Seated on floor: Esther Peters (child), Mary Elizabeth (Moore) Gallagher, Raymond Peters?, Maxine Kennedy?, Ernest Conrad, Sr., Lester Myers. According to the negative, this photo was taken in 1939.

Collection

Sharon & Lindsay Howell

Acquisition

Accession

1991.015

Source or Donor

Howell, Sharon and Lindsay

Acquisition Method

Donation

Credit Line

Foster James Howell

Made/Created

Artist

Foster James Howell, Shelbyville, IN

Date made

1939

Place

City

Shelbyville

Township

Addison Township

County

Shelby County

State/Province

Indiana

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Notes

Early Date: 1939

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Moore, Leila

Person or Organization

Moore, Marie

Person or Organization

Stadtmiller, Clara

Person or Organization

Meyers, Freda

Person or Organization

Tyner, Vivian McKee

Person or Organization

McKee, Viola

Person or Organization

Moore, Flavia

Person or Organization

Courtney, Fred

Person or Organization

Mann, Ora

Person or Organization

Kennedy, Karl

Person or Organization

Kennedy, Edna

Person or Organization

Moore, Clyde

Person or Organization

Stadtmiller, Romie

Person or Organization

Miles, Ben

Person or Organization

Peters, Esther

Person or Organization

Gallagher, Mary Elizabeth (Moore)

Person or Organization

Peters, Raymond

Person or Organization

Kennedy, Maxine

Person or Organization

Conrad, Ernest, Sr.

Person or Organization

Myers, Lester

Create Date

January 26, 2005

Update Date

April 4, 2024