Fort Wayne, Ind. 1930

[Sarge]

I recently came across these birds eye view photos of my hometown of Fort Wayne, Indiana. There are five of them that were taken in June of 1930 and appear to be part of an aerial survey of the downtown area. They are large and pretty detailed photographs that show what a small mid western city looked like in 1930. I thought they were pretty interesting and guessed some other Loungers might think so too. And us Loungers from the Summit City can see how much downtown has changed over the past 79 years.

AERIAL VIEW OF FORT WAYNE JUNE 1930 #365


AERIAL VIEW OF FORT WAYNE JUNE 1930 #366


AERIAL VIEW OF FORT WAYNE JUNE 1930 #368


AERIAL VIEW OF FORT WAYNE JUNE 1930 #369


AERIAL VIEW OF FORT WAYNE JUNE 1930 #370

 

[Sarge]

Some other pictures of Old Fort Wayne.

CALHOUN STREET


MAIN AT CALHOUN AUGUST 21, 1947


CALHOUN DOWNTOWN FORT WAYNE CALHOUN LOOKING SOUTH FROM MAIN STREET


BROADWAY AND TAYLOR AUGUST 29, 1947


HARRISON STREET LOOKING NORTH AT POST OFFICE AND LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE CO.


FORT WAYNE TRANSIT BUS STATE STREET BRIDGE 1952


CALHOUN STREET PAVING ON CALHOUN SOUTH OF MAIN STREET JUNE 30, 1920

 

[PoohBang]

those are some neat photos. I lived there for many years... don't miss it really one bit... too cold or too hot...

 

[Sarge]

Hanging Christmas Decorations 1938.

 

[PoohBang]

now I do miss seeing the santa lighted up and then going over to coney island

 

[p71towny]

I work in the Lincoln Building in the Harrison St. picture. It's been added on but the original structure is still there. Its a nice building and Powers hamburgers is still there with great sliders. However the onion might be a little too strong for some of your fellow co-workers.

 

[PoohBang]

the Lincoln building is the tallest building in Indiana with windows that open.... not sure how I know that, but I do.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Thanx for posting this! It is always neat to see how other parts of Hoosierville looked back in the day. You & other folks might be interested in this thread that I started a while back.

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/show...-was-then-Gary-Indiana&highlight=gary+indiana

Thanx!!!
Charlie