Donahue Studios Vintage, Historical Evansville Photographs

Can you identify these restaurants from 1948-49?

The 7 photos were taken for a restaurant supply company

and have no identification other than date. One has been ID’d.

Catalogs of Donahue Studios’ Vintage, Historical Photographs

View The Daniel Hayes Collection, Photographs from 1909 - 1938

This collection includes original construction photographs of the Hulman building, Orr Iron, Reitz High School, the Victory and others. Most are not catalogued yet. Parts or all of this collection might be available for purchase. Inquiries can be directed to Daniel Hayes’ email.

Donahue Studios’ and The Daniel Hayes Collection’s images are being digitally catalogued. If you would like to receive an email notification of catalog updates, just email us to add you to the group-mail notification list. 8x10Film@DonahueStudiosPhotographs.com

View the Excel file listing catalog content

The Book of 1940’s Evansville Photographs

Where to Buy the Book

Downtown

Bits & Bytes Restaurant, 216 NW Fourth St., 423-5113

Evansville Museum, 411 Southeast Riverside Drive, 425-2406

Reitz Home, 224 SE First St., 426-1871

Eastside

A K Pack & Ship 527 N Green River Rd

Cicar!Cigar!, 500-B N. Congress, 401-1202

Riecken’s Foot Comfort World,

5115 Oak Grove Rd, 476-8006 opt 2

Stephen Lib’s Finer Chocolates, 6225 Vogel Road, 473-0048

Southside

Riverside Antique Mall, 1205 East Riverside Drive, 469-2255

Westside

Framing & Floral Gallery, 2127 W. Franklin St.,

Wilson’s BarBQ, 11120 Broadway Avenue, 985-0202

Newburgh

Apple Center, Booth 977, 7844 State Route 66

Book Nook, 11 State St., 858-1707

Riverwind Gallery, 10400 State Rd 662 West, 853-2537

Free Delivery to local businesses and organizations.

Call (812)305-4649 or email to order.

Free shipping to US 48.

Reprints of vintage, historical Evansville photographs taken by brothers Richard, “Dick”, Donahue, and Thomas, “Tom”, Donahue, are available. Many of these have never been published. Subjects include products of companies, buildings, groups of people, banquets, churches, teams, and vehicles. Downtown Evansville is fairly well covered. Print prices can be seen on the Gift Certificate page.

Donahue’s photographs before 1980, when electronic scanners became available, were taken with an 8x10 view camera if the use of a tripod was permitted, (as opposed to photographing from an airplane.)

In 1925, Keller-Crescent recruited their father, James J. Donahue, to work as a Monotype operator in their printing plant located at Riverside Drive and Locust Street in Evansville. Working in Indianapolis, James moved with his wife, Mary Veronica, sons James Jr., Richard, and daughter, Mary Catherine, to Evansville. Over the next twelve years, additional offspring were Margaret Rose, Willie, Tommy, Agnes and Pat.

At one time or another, every family member would avail some kind of help to the fledgling business; dad would build work benches and repair equipment, sisters made startup-loans, mom worked in production feeding exposed and processed black and white prints into a huge, gas-fired, print-dryer drum. Willie was an occasional employee and brother Pat stayed with the business as the Office/Sales Manager. Brother James Jr. became a customer as a color separation buyer in his capacity of prepress supervisor at Creative Press, Inc. This project is being done by James, “Jim”, Donahue III, a nephew and 20-year employee.

Visit Evansville Historical Resources

The Evansville Museum of Art and Science

The Reitz Home Preservation Society

HistoricEvansville.com

Evansville Photographers - photographer Kent Whitehead hosts a website of Evansville photographers dating back to 1900 and could use information - http: //whiteheadphoto.com/early-photogs/list.html

Blogging - information can be emailed or, if you would like to share with others all over the US, you can post comments at the Donahue Studios Blog. If you email, please let me know if I can post it on the blog with your name and city.

Do you own or work at a company or organization that has been around for a long time? ARCHIVE YOUR PHOTOS!