| Indiana’s Covered Bridges Horizontal 2 History
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Postcards
were an extremely popular way of conveying news or just simply staying in
touch in the early years of the 20th century. The market for the
cards was huge and photographers took thousands of photographs across the
state to meet the demand. However, the vast majority of these photos were
taken in the cities and towns. Only a relatively small percentage of the
postcards depict rural scenes, and most of the covered bridges were located
in rural areas of the state. Consequently, early postcard scenes depicting
Indiana’s covered bridges are less common than many of the other postcard
scenes. The fact that several of the rural covered bridges were photographed
is probably an indication of their significance in that post-Victorian
era.
Postcard images in the print
Bridge over Sugar Creek
at Bluff Mills in Montgomery County |
View of kids swimming in the Whitewater River near
Connersville in Fayette County |
The Old Red Bridge at Huntington |
Flood scene of the Eel River Covered Bridge at Bowling
Green in Clay County |
The Lowell Covered Bridge near
Columbus |
The Bridge over Stoney Creek near Noblesville in Hamilton
County |
Combination Covered and Iron Bridge over the White
River at Gosport (Owen County) |
Twin Bridges (Covered and
Iron) at Decatur in Adams County |
The artwork in the upper right-hand corner of the print is based on a photograph
of the Rush Creek Bridge. The photograph was taken by James Keesling in the
early 1960s. The bridge was built in Parke County in 1904 by William Hendricks.
The actual prints are clearer than the images shown here. To read about the
process used to design and produce these high-quality prints, visit the Welcome
page. Also, please remember that these prints should be properly matted and
framed behind glass to ensure a long life. If you have any questions, please
email Thomas Keesling by visiting the
"Contact Us" page.
For shipping, the prints are carefully wrapped and shipped in the sturdiest
4-inch-diameter cardboard tubes we could find.
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