View of the West Side, looking towards the Marine Hospital (left), which was located at 2700 W. Illinois St. Behind that, on a hill, is the orphanage, and a brickyard lies in the foreground; c. late 19th-century (Riggs Collection)

View towards the west from hospital complex; St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, near intersection of First Ave. and Columbia St., is visible in top right; photo dated September 1986 (Deaconess 1)

The Vanderburgh County Courthouse is at left, and Central High School’s tower is visible at the right; c. 1960 (Meyer-Schlamp 507)

Old Vanderburgh County Courthouse in background (view towards the intersection of Fourth and Vine Sts.); early 1900s (Knecht 3192)

Looking towards the (south)east; the F. W. Cook Brewing Co. (flag flying atop its tower), located on Seventh St., can be seen in the distance (Deeds 49)

View of downtown (center background) from far west side of city (lumber yard in foreground by the river); photo dated December 6, 1928 (Meyer-Schlamp 185)

Setchell Stables on NW Second Street is in the foreground; view looks southwest; c. 1880 (Hammond 8)

View of the city (in hazy distance) from the far west side; early 1900s (Knecht 3816)

Barge headed toward the riverfront (old Courthouse in upper left corner); photo dated 1985 (7PC 51)

Aftermath of a fire in 1951 (smoke in center) on Main St. between Third and Fourth Sts.; Shear’s Department Store is in the center foreground (Knecht 885)

View from Third St., looking towards the river; c. 1920s (Knecht 4493)

View from Citizens Bank on Main St., looking southeast (St. Mary’s Catholic Church at upper right); photo dated 1928 (Gaisser 12)

General area where the Civic Center now is: Seventh St. (now Martin Luther King Dr.) runs through center of image; old Central High School at lower left; c. 1950s (Knecht 151)

View towards the southeast, with the Old Vanderburgh County Courthouse in center; c. 1920s (Knecht 1009)

View towards the east; Central High School is at lower left, Assumption Church (Seventh St.) near the center, and to right of church is Cook’s Brewery (white smokestack); c. 1930s (Meyer-Schlamp 99)

Central Union Bank (later, the Hulman-Vectren Building) on NW Fourth St.; the Old Courthouse, Court Building, and Sears Company can be seen at right; c. 1930 (Knecht 791)

View towards the southeast; the roof of the Hulman-Vectren building is at lower left, and St. Mary’s Catholic Church is visible at upper right; c. 1930s (Meyer-Schlamp 100)

Looking towards the Ohio River (photo from a book published in April 1932 by the City Planning Publishing Co., Boston)

Central High School tower visible at left; to right is Assumption Catholic Church steeple; photo dated October 18, 1928 (Bolin 3)

View from Reitz Hill at night; photo dated 1983 (Center City 23)

St. Mary’s Catholic Church steeple at left; the new McCurdy Hotel under construction (center, near the river); c. 1916 (Payne 31)

Looking towards Main St. from the roof of the Post Office and Customs House; building also housed the U. S. Weather Bureau quarters; c. 1917 (Post Office 43)

Looking towards the Ohio River, probably from the top of the Courthouse (Holy Trinity Church tower in center of photo); c. 1935 (Knecht 3453)

Looking towards the west (Mead Johnson Terminal and Reitz Hill visible in background); c. 1935 (Knecht 3453)

Main St. (center street) curves to the left; near center are the old CE&I railroad station and depot; Assumption Cathedral and F. W. Cook Brewing Co. are in lower left; c. 1960s (VC 34)

The Old Vanderburgh County Courthouse, Court building, and Sears building (under construction in foreground); c. 1925 (Willard Library Collection)

NW Riverside Dr. (bottom) turns into Fulton Ave. at left, with Division St. intersecting middle of picture; c. 1960 (Fitzgerald 78)

Old Vanderburgh County Courthouse in foreground; photo dated 1986 (8PC-96)

C. 1940 (Knecht 886)

View looking southeast towards downtown Evansville, taken from the roof of the Crescent Furniture Co.; pre-1910 (Sabel 11)

Airport and present-day Whirlpool factory visible in upper left; Sunset Drive-In Theater (white area), upper right; c. 1950s (Winterman 62)

Fulton Ave. at NW Second St. (depot in upper right of intersection); c. 1930s (Miscellaneous Collection 593)

The Lawndale shopping center under construction in the mid-1950s; the street in the foreground is Green River Rd. View looks toward the northeast. (Worthington 2)

The Lawndale shopping center under construction in the mid-1950s, looking towards the southwest and showing the rear of the development (Worthington 3)

Overhead view of the newly-opened Lawndale shopping center (center) on Green River Rd.; the large field at the right is where Washington Square Mall was built a short time later; c. late 1950s (Worthington 4)

View of area cleared for construction of the Lincoln Gardens housing project (Lincoln High School is in foreground); photo dated 1937 (Knecht 780)

Looking north from the Ohio River; early 1900s (Knecht 4831)

The commercial and residential areas near the riverfront; the County Courthouse is at the center of picture; c. 1940s (VC 35)

Looking east towards Evansville down the Ohio River; c. 1915 (Knecht 5073)

The Republic Aviation plant (under construction) is visible at center left, and the airport is at center right; 1942 (Marchand 16)

Airport located between Highway 41 (left) and runway; c. 1940s (VC 52)

View of region around Oak Hill Cemetery; c. 1920s (Knecht 2110)

View of the river taken from a window at Reitz High School; a section of the student parking lot is visible at left; c. 1940s (Reitz 13)

View from the riverfront, looking towards the Mead Johnson Terminal (right) and the West Side; the SIGECO plant is in the distance at left (Reitz 15)

Pigeon Creek, bounded by W. Franklin St. to the north, Eighth Ave. (west), and Seventh Ave. (east), where it empties into the Ohio River; c. 1888 (Marchand 1027)

View of parking lot at Reitz High School, looking towards the Ohio River and downtown Evansville; the Mead Johnson Terminal is visible in upper left; c. 1940 (Miscellaneous 1676)

Photo dated 1919 (Knecht 871)

View from across the Ohio River; c. 1916-1923 (Knecht 3796)

Photo dated 1960 (Fitzgerald 2)

Foreground: former Graham Bros./Chrysler-Plymouth Plant buildings; c. 1950s (Fitzgerald 7)