Bird's-Eye View of College Hill, 1894 - Valparaiso, Indiana

            BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF COLLEGE HILL.

Date: 1894
Source Type: Photograph
Publisher, Printer, Photographer: Robert R. Beatty, Photo Tint Engraving Company
Postmark: Not Applicable
Collection: Steven R. Shook
Remark: This photograph was taken looking southeast from the roof of the Porter County Court House in Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana. At the far lower right the Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Opera House is visible, which still exists today and operates as an opera house [2023].

The large building visible to the upper right is the Auditorium of Northern Indiana Normal School and Business College, now known as Valparaiso University. the Columbia School, a four story brick structure, is visible along the left edge of this photograph.

This photographic image was included in a souvenir photograph book published by Robert R. Beatty in 1894. Beatty was the proprietor of a photography studio in Valparaiso that was first located at 65 College Avenue and later at 20 South Locust Street. The Valparaiso studio was in operation from the 1880s to about 1902 when he sold his business to Henry A. W. Brown and became a student at the Northern Illinois College of Ophthalmology and Otology.

Source:
Beatty, Robert R. 1894. Souvenir Valparaiso, Ind. Chicago, Illinois: Photo Tint Engraving Company. 37 p.

Copyright 2023. Some rights reserved. The associated text may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of Steven R. Shook.
   

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Taken on: July 29, 2023

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