Owner of Adler Mayonnaise Co. and other food enterprises; c. 1970 (Adler 5)

Baseball pitcher; photo taken at Bosse Field in 1921 (Knecht 4453)

Evansville resident, 1841-1867, and Governor of Indiana from 1867-1873; photo c. 1860 (Baker 1)

Creator of comic strip “Muggs & Skeeter”; photo dated 1936 (Knecht 2453)

Police sergeant; standing next to Courier newspaper building with sign calling for World War I enlistees; photo dated 1917 (Knecht 582)

Mayor from 1905-1908 and 2-term U. S. Congressman; d. 1946 (Knecht 2420)

Elected mayor in 1913; died during third term of office in 1922 (Knecht 99)

WGBF radio station newscaster from 1941-1968 (Powell 26)

Evansville physician for over 50 years; served as Minister to Liberia under President Woodrow Wilson; died in 1943 (Knecht 453)

Chairman of the Board of Burch Plow Works and former State auditor; photo dated 1948 (Knecht 1652)

Republican candidate for 4th Ward Council on election night in 1975 (Courier 929)

Banker and owner of Sunbeam Electric Manufacturing Co.; c. 1920 (Knecht 437)

Fire Chief under three Evansville mayors; photo c. 1890s (Knecht 777)

The man in boat is identified as John Charley, who was an auto dealer; c. 1920s (Knecht 1871)

C. 1918 (Walden 1663)

Early “radio ham;” photo dated c. 1912 (Knecht 605)

In medical office; c. 1910 (Cluthe 6)

Manager of the Evansville Braves baseball team and former player for the Pittsburgh Pirates; c. 1940s (Meyer-Schlamp 252)

Evansville prize fighter and wrestler; c. 1920 (Knecht 479)

Evansville stage, screen, and radio comedian visiting Kay the Elephant at Mesker Zoo; photo dated October 6, 1935 (Knecht 1725)

Evansville attorney, Lieutenant Colonel of the 42nd Regiment of Indiana Volunteers (Civil War), and U. S. Minister to China (1890s); d. 1904 (WTAW 375)

U. S. Congressman from Indiana’s 8th District; d. 1971; photo dated 1932 (Knecht 467)

Founding member of the West Side Nub Club and 1 of only 2 mayors elected to third term; died in office in 1949 (Knecht 3114)

Mayor Dress stands in the foreground, just to the right of the flagpole at Dress Plaza; photo dated November 11, 1937 (Knecht 2152)

Evansville physician; d. 1913 (Misc. 419)

Mayor of Evansville; photo dated 1923 (Knecht 2132)

Mayor of Evansville with unidentified Reitz High School student; c. 1923 (Knecht 2135)

Banker, educator, and secretary of the Evansville Courier; d. 1963 (Knecht 458)

Attorney and member of The Evansville Courier’s board of directors; photo dated 1945 (Knecht 1004)

One of the early founders of Evansville, which is named after him; Evans died c. 1842 (Creative Advertising 1)

Philanthropist and owner of the Fendrich Cigar Co.; d. 1952 (Knecht 2587)

Evansville resident who served as U. S. Minister to Mexico, Russia, and Spain, 1872-1885, and Secretary of State, 1892-1893 (Meyer-Schlamp 251)

Attorney, realtor, and owner of Garvin’s Grove (later, Garvin Park); d. 1912 (Knecht 614)

Rabbi of Washington Ave. Temple for 23 years; d. 1969 (Misc. 517)

Photo taken at “Thunder on the Ohio” on July 9, 1981 (Courier 984)

Elected mayor in 1956 and U. S. Senator in 1958; pictured (far right) during inspection of housing along Pigeon Creek in April 1957 (Koch 59)

Gilmore and Kenneth Haynie holding the first lion cub at Mesker Zoo; photo dated April 19, 1929 (Knecht 1606)

All-American football player; graduate of Memorial High School and Indiana University; 1940s (Meyer-Schlamp 254)

Artist, sculptor, and creator of the Lincoln Pioneer Village in Rockport, IN; c. 1915 (Honig 101)

Promoting American Dairy products while on visit to Evansville in October 1956 (Misc. 49)

At the Annual West Side Nut Club Fall Festival; 1950s (Misc. 43)

Businessman and owner of the Indianapois Speedway; d. 1977 (Knecht 3546)

Civic leader, President and Chairman of the Board of General Foods Corp., and descendant of one of the earliest Vanderburgh County families; d. 1979 (Knecht 3577)

Jim Jackson, actor and artistic director of Repertory People of Evansville, which he co-founded in 1975 (Civic Theater Collection)

General Manager of the Evansville Chrysler plant; photo dated December 28, 1943 (Knecht 1854)

Vice President of the National German-American Alliance and President of Indiana’s state chapter; d. 1927 (Knecht 586)

Evansville Courier reporter and newscaster for WGBF radio station; photo dated 1938 (Knecht 3568)

Evansville Courier cartoonist and photographer; dated 1920 (Knecht 2388)

Cartoonist and photographer for the Evansville Courier from 1906-1960; spearheaded campaign to open zoo in Evansville (Knecht 110)

Selling tickets to film premiere of “This Is the Army” in city; dated October 13, 1943 (Knecht 2359)