Drink Blue River Water

Photograph

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Grover Center: Museum & Historical Society

"Drink Blue River Water"

"Drink Blue River Water"

Name/Title

Drink Blue River Water

Description

Donation, 07/26/2005. Black and white photographic print on postcard. Image is of a horse-drawn tank on wheels. On the side of the tank is a hand-written sign that reads: "Drink Blue River Water". Young man at horse's head. Eleven men in photograph. In blue ink on back of postcard: "E. Washington/North side. In front/of present post office/1979. In black ink and as spelled by person who wrote it: "Sept 10-1905" and "Left to right/Charl Thaman Sloon Keeper/C. Smith the black smith/Eirl Walker/____Brill/George Fisher/Abe Reed/Charle Fisher/Estel Cample/W. C. Kohler/Harry Roads/Dall Furgaison just getting on./This was takeing just as our city went dry."

Collection

Latshaw, Dr. Clifton P.

Acquisition

Accession

2005.056

Source or Donor

Clifton P. Latshaw

Acquisition Method

Donation

Made/Created

Artist

unknown

Place

City

Shelbyville

Township

Addison Township

County

Shelby County

State/Province

Indiana

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Notes

Date: 1905, September 10

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Aug 3, 2005

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Thaman, Charles

Person or Organization

Smith, C.

Person or Organization

Walker, Earl

Person or Organization

Brill, ____

Person or Organization

Fisher, George

Person or Organization

Reed, Abe

Person or Organization

Fisher, Charles

Person or Organization

Cample, Estel

Person or Organization

Kohler, W. C.

Person or Organization

Roads, Harry

Person or Organization

Furgaison, Dall

Create Date

August 3, 2005

Update Date

October 10, 2025