Many upcoming events for genealogists will be virtual. While virtual events do not allow us to interact with other people in the same way as an in-person event, they do cut out the need for travel and hotel, which reduces …
Digitization Project Exceeds Goal
Thanks to an extension from the Indiana State Library, we were able to reach this year’s goal for the Clinton County: Fun in the ʼ50s project. Our goal was to digitize 2,700 slides taken by James Ostler at school activities …
10,000 Ostler Slides Online
The Frankfort Community Public Library is happy to announce that the Clinton County: Fun in the ʼ50s project has passed the 10,000 mark! As of January 9, we have uploaded over 10,000 images from the James Ostler Slide Collection to …
Frankfort 1936
Today I was browsing the Genealogy stacks at the library. I picked up a book entitled “Frankfort’s Fall Festival 1936,” which is a program for the Festival. The most interesting part of the program is the advertisements for businesses of …
The Holidays ’50s Style
For our third year of the Clinton County: Fun in the ʼ50s project, we are digitizing slides that James Ostler took at Clinton County schools and school reunions in the 1950s. We have enjoyed looking at the pictures as we …
Digitization Project Exceeds Goals
As we approach the end of the second grant cycle for the Clinton County: Fun in the ʼ50s project, it is a good time to look back and see what we have accomplished. One of our goals was to digitize …
Camp Cullom Pictures from the 1950s Digitized
Many of the slides that we have been digitizing this year for the Clinton County: Fun in the ʼ50s project were taken at Camp Cullom. In 1941 the Girl Scouts purchased 50 acres of unimproved farmland for Camp George C. …
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