Photographs & Historical ImagesPorter County of yesteryear . . . .
Historical Images of Porter County
This virtual image library currently consists of a total of 5,895 unique historical
views from Porter County, Indiana. A large number of the images contained on
this website were obtained from postcards published between 1905 and 1920, as
well as from photograph books published between 1890 and 1915 by local
photographers. Slightly more than 2,000
Aerial Homestead Images are available from John Drury's book This Is Porter County, which was published
in 1956 by the Inland Photo Company of Chicago, Illinois.
While the vast majority of the original postcards and photographs from which the
images on this website are in the public domain, the scanned
images themselves and their associated text on this website are copyrighted [©]
property. There is no objection to the use of the images contained on this
website for nonprofit or personal uses provided that attribution or credit is
given for the image. Under no circumstances, however, can the
images on this website be used for commercial purposes (e.g., business websites,
websites containing advertising, books, print advertisements) without prior written
consent. Please contact the
Porter County GenWeb Coordinator to obtain permission.
Note that the dates for
many of the images have been approximated based on such evidence as a postmark,
physical evidence shown in image, and the dating of a message, if any, written on the
reverse. Publisher information includes publishers, printers, and photographers
of the image, if known. Click on a link below to access the image index page for
a particular Porter County location.
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Aylesworth
Baillytown
Beverly Shores
Boone Grove
Boone Township (Drury's Aerial Images, 1956; also see Hebron)
Burdick (also see Jackson Township)
Burns Harbor
Center Township (Drury's Aerial Images, 1956; also see Valparaiso)
Coburg
Crisman
Crocker (also see Liberty Township)
Chesterton
Birdseye Views (aerial views)
Businesses
(also see Hotels & Motels)
Churches
& Cemeteries
Enchanted Forest Amusement Park
Generics
Homes
Hotels & Motels
Littleville (miniature town within a town)
Multiviews
People
Railroads
Schools
Street Scenes
Miscellaneous
Dune Acres
Dune Park
Dunes State Park (also see Porter Beach/Waverly Beach,
Tremont)
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Pageants at the Dunes
Furnessville
(also see The Pines)
Hebron
(also see Boone Township)
Churches
Generics
Kankakee River
Multiviews
Natural Disasters
Public Buildings
Railroads
Schools
Street Scenes
Miscellaneous
Hurlburt
Jackson
Township (also see Burdick)
Drury's Aerial Images, 1956
Kankakee
River (includes Baum's Bridge and Dunn's Bridge)
Kouts
Birdseye Views (aerial views)
Businesses
(also see Hotels & Motels)
Churches
Generics
Homes
Hotels-Motels
Multiviews
Natural Disasters
Parades
Railroads
Schools
Street Scenes
Miscellaneous
Liberty Township (also see Crocker, Salt Creek, Woodville)
Camps
Drury's Aerial Images, 1956
Hotels & Motels (also see Restaurants)
Railroads
Restaurants (also see Hotels & Motels)
Schools
Miscellaneous
McCool
Morgan Township (Drury's Aerial Images, 1956)
Ogden Dunes
Pine Township
Drury's Aerial Images, 1956
The Pines (also see Furnessville)
Pleasant
Township (also see Kouts)
Drury's Aerial Images, 1956
Portage (includes South Haven)
Portage Township (Drury's Aerial Images, 1956)
Porter
Businesses
(also see Hotels & Motels)
Churches
Generics
Homes
Hotels & Motels (also see Restaurants)
Knott's Mineral Springs
Mineral Springs Horse Racing Track
Multiviews
Public Buildings
Railroads (includes 1921 train wreck)
Schools
Street Scenes
Miscellaneous
Porter
Beach/Waverly Beach (also see Dunes State Park, Tremont)
Porter County
- General
Porter Township
Drury's Aerial Images, 1956
Salt Creek
(also known as Gossett Mill and Gossettville)
Sedley
Suman
(also known as Suman Valley and Thelma)
Tassinong
Tremont (also
see Dunes State Park, Porter Beach/Waverly Beach)
Union
Township
Drury's Aerial Images, 1956
Valparaiso
Birdseye Views (aerial views)
Businesses
(also see Hotels & Motels, Restaurants)
Churches
Court
House
Generics
Homes, Part 1
Homes, Part 2
Homes, Part 3
Homes, Part 4
Homes, Part 5
Hospitals
Hotels & Motels (also see Restaurants)
Lakes - Eliza (located in Porter Township)
Lakes - Flint: Burlington Beach,
Part 1
Lakes - Flint: Burlington Beach, Part 2
Lakes - Flint: Blackhawk, Edgewater,
& Sheridan Beaches
Lakes - Flint: Miscellaneous
Lakes - Lakewood
Lakes - Long (located in Liberty Township)
Lakes - Mink (located in Liberty Township)
Lakes - Sagers, Part 1
Lakes - Sagers, Part 2
Lakes - Wauhob (located in Liberty Township)
Multiviews
Parades
Public Buildings (also see Courthouse, Hospitals)
Railroads
Restaurants (also see Hotels & Motels)
Schools
Street Scenes, Part 1
Street Scenes, Part 2
Miscellaneous
Valparaiso
University (Northern Indiana Normal School)
Auditorium
Buildings - Ag & Domestic Science, Engineering, Gym
Buildings - Library, Medical, Union, YMCA
College Avenue - University Place
Halls - Altruria, Brandt & Wehrenberg, Corboy
Halls - Commercial, Dau, Dodge, East, Eiss,
Gellersen
Halls - Graland, Greenwich, Guild & Memorial, Heritage
Halls - Kreinheder,
Lankenau, LeBein, Lembke, Mound
Halls - Music, Scheele
Halls - Science, South, Spindler
Halls - Stiles, Union, Vineyard, Wehrenberg
Law School,
Christ College
Memorial Chapel (Gloria Christie Chapel)
Multiviews
Old College Building, Valparaiso Male & Female College
People - Administrators
People - Faculty
People - Group Photographs
Miscellaneous
Washington Township
Washington Township (Drury's Aerial Images, 1956)
Westchester Township (Drury's Aerial Images, 1956)
Wheeler
Woodville
(also see Liberty Township)
Local Porter County Image Websites
Albums of Porter County - Porter County Museum of History
Beverly Shores - Beverly Shores Historical Society
City of Valparaiso - City of Valparaiso
Hebron Historical Photos - Town of Hebron
Kankakee River Photographs - Kankakee Valley Historical Society