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J.W. Whitlock Co., Novelty Works, Rising Sun, Indiana

Description: Inventor and business man, J.W. Whitlock, opened J.W. Whitlock and Co. in Rising Sun about 1900 where he manufactured furniture and Autoharp music machines. J.W. is best known for boat racing and setting speed records with his Hoosier Boy hydroplane boats.
Origin: May 28, 1909
Publisher: Digital Image 2009 Indiana Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.
Source: http://images.indianahistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/P0391/id/1156
Collection: Postcards of Indiana the Jay Small Collection
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Geography: Indiana
Ohio
Rising Sun
Subjects: Ohio County (Ind.)
Businessmen
Furniture industry
Musical instrument industry
Factories

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