Photo gallery
Below you’ll see a a gallery of images spanning from the past 200 years. Photographs are in approximate date order. Click on the images to expand.
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Centennial Day article from The Republican Newspaper, 1824
Second Wesley United Methodist Episcopal Church. Avon, Ind. Founded 1832.
Students from Pittsboro School of McGuffeyites. Pittsboro, Ind. Original photo from 1860
Students standing in front of Oakridge School - ca. 1870
Plainfield Fishing Club. Plainfield, Ind. 1893.
The Former sheriff's residence. Danville, Ind. ca. 18xx
People with horses and a buggy. Plainfield, Ind. ca. 1906
Photo of Jenni Tomlinson, by photographer Moses Tomlinson (1836 - 1927). Plainfield, Ind. (date not known)
Photo by photographer Moses Tomlinson (1836 - 1927). Plainfield, Ind. (date not known)
Self portrait of photographer Moses Tomlinson (1836 - 1927). Plainfield, Ind. (date not known)
Patient sitting on her cottage porch at the Rockwood Tuberculosis Sanitarium. Danville, Ind. ca. 1907.
Photo of the Amo train wreck. Amo, Ind. ca. 1908
Inside cover of the 1910 Danville HS Yearbook, Danvillie, Ind. 1910.
Page in the Danville HS 1910 yearbook. Danvillie, Ind. 1910.
North side of Danville square. Danville, Ind. ca. 1910
Photo of girls basketball team. Danville, Ind. ca. 1910
Twin Bridge in Danville, ca. 1910 (Photo courtesy of Carl Parker)
Lizton Christian Church Sunday School circa 1913-1914
Photo of Central Normal college men's baseball team. Danville, Ind. ca. 1916
Cash book from Thompson Drugstore. ca. 1919
71st annual meeting of the Western Unitarian Conference. 1923
Photos of early Danville landmarks. ca. 1920
Hargrave Hall, May 1922 (Photo courtesy of Carl Parker)
Photo taken during a drawing outside the House of Hadley. Plainfield, Ind. ca. 1925
Central Normal College baseball team, ca. 1925 (Photo courtesy of Carl Parker)
Senior photos from North Salem High School, class of 1925. North Salem, Ind. 1925.
Randall Joseph and friends sit in a car, New Winchester, IN 1928
Circa late 1920s
Danville High School, 1928
Map of Hendricks County. 1937.
DJHS BB team circa 1940
Map of Hendricks County. 1942.
New Winchester High School Portraits. Winchister, Ind. 1949.
Franklin Township School Bus. 1952.
Postcard of Shine's Restaurant & Tavern. Stilesville, IN. ca 1955.
Plainfield Swimming Pool approximately where the Oasis Diner is today, 1956 (Photo courtesy of Carl Parker)
Photo from the Water Achievement Show. Plainfield, Ind. 1958.
"Then & Now" photos for the 100th year celebration of the First National Bank. Danville, Ind. 1963.
"Then & Now" photos for the 100th year celebration of the First National Bank. Danville, Ind. 1963.
Gibson's gas station and cafe in Belleville, Indiana, ca. 1960 (Photo courtesy of Teri Princell)
Light blue Pontiac. Plainfield, Ind. 1965.
Photo of boys racing wagons. Plainfield, Ind. 1975.
Tri-West High School men's basketball team. Lizton, Ind. 1976.
Photo of a car buried in snow. Plainfield, Ind. 1978.
County Auditor Pat Noel volunteers as a waitress on Joe Shelton Day. Stilesville, Ind. 1979.
Photo of a man jumping over flood waters. Plainfield, Ind. 1979.
Avon Marching Band. Avon, Ind. 1982.
Photo from the opening day of Monty's Grocery. Avon, Ind. 1989.
Photo of a strawberry shortcake eating contest between Judge Jeffery V. Bols and Sheriff Roy Waddel. Plainfield, Ind. 1989.
Photo of a new Arby's. Brownsburg, Ind. 1995.
Photo of a house being moved. Brownsburg, Ind. 1997.
Terry Kirtley Blvd Danville dedication
DHS Alumni Hall of Fame inductees 2005