Men building a large wooden frame for sign, Winona Lake, Indiana, circa 1928
| Description: |
Six men constructing a wooden frame, probably for the Winona Lake sign seen in image ia-0001-c012-0002. The Herron School of Art offered commercial lettering and outdoor advertising classes taught by Burling Boaz, Jr. (1891-1968) at the Herron Summer School at Winona Lake between at least 1924 and 1930. According to The Herron Chronicle (Indiana University Press, 2003), the Winona Hotel was the schools headquarters and the classes were offered for six weeks at $7.50 to $9.00 per week.This view looks north toward the Kings Highway / Winona Avenue with the Argonne Road Pennsylvania Railroad viaduct to the left. The building to the right is at 25 Kings Highway. |
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| Origin: | 1928, circa |
| Source: |
http://indianaalbum.pastperfectonline.com/photo/05E262F9-C77C-4BF5-BD16-332983877498 |
| Collection: |
Indiana Album |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/ |
| Geography: |
1 Park Avenue, Winona Lake, Kosciusko County, Indiana, United States 41.231495,-85.823031 |
| Subjects: |
Winona Lake Collection Herron School of Art Signs (Notices) Carpentry Carpenters Winona Lake (Ind.) Kosciusko County (Ind.) |
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