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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.

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. Inquiries can be directed to Daniel Hayes email.

Framed Oil Field Photographs

from the 1920’s

View the Excel file listing catalogs contents

You might need Excel installed on your computer.

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

Cameras of Yesteryear

Reprints of photographs taken by brothers Richard, “Dick”, Donahue, and Thomas, “Tom”, Donahue, are now 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.) These 8x10 films are without equal for sharpness and enlargement.

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.

Aerial view of Evansville’s

1959? Riverfront

Sales Office: ColorPrint1.com

2274 E. Division St.

Evansville IN 47711

(812)401-2274

Reitz Memorial High School

1965-1966 Basketball Team

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.