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The Local History Index provides only a citation to the article or item. Please visit the Elkhart Public Library’s downtown location at 300 S. Second St. to access the Elkhart Truth newspapers and other collections referenced in this index.

Showing 18 results for Lawndale.

ID	100277
Title of Article	Fire destroys Lawndale Road home
Notes	1545 Lawndale Road, Elkhart
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	Jan 30, 2025
Page	A1
Subjects	Fires, Fire Department, Elkhart

ID	49561
Title of Article	Lawndale residents removed from flood plain
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	December 7, 2011
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	Floods and Flooding, Lawndale Road

ID	21288
Title of Article	Teacher keeps connections, even years later
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of Law
Date	August 26, 2006
Page	A5
Subjects	Lawndale, Exceptional Educators Series, Cleveland Elementary School, Education

ID	9885
Title of Article	it's a dirty job, but Lawmaster loves to do it
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Photo of Anglin, Hahn, Thompson
Date	June 11, 1996
Page	Truth Business Report, page 3
Subjects	Lawndale

ID	90923
Title of Article	Three teens jailed after robberies
Notes	Elkhart Teens, K-mart, Lawndale RD, Holiday Mobile Home Park, Beathea, Daron
Source	Unknown
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Dec 23, 1994
Page	B1

ID	4391
Title of Article	Four Lustron houses still stand in City with a Heart
Notes	222 S. West Blvd; Lawndale Ave.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photos of house, in and out
Date	March 7, 1993
Page	E3
Subjects	Lutey, Richard

ID	69378
Title of Article	Conn influence felt by many musical instrument firms... school music programs keep growing
Notes	See also Elkhart Truth - 'Band Biz' series Dec. 1979 folder in Elkhart Truth Collection, Business Documents drawer
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Conn company letterhead; Old Conn bandstand, Robert W. Schnuck, Stan Stitgen, William Miller; C.G. Conn monument; two views of C.G. Conn farmhouse Lawndale; retired Conn employees; Max E. Mahin; C.D. Greenleaf; Irvin Lehman; Carl Johnson; Ivan C. Kenaga; William Archer; William Conrad; Del White; Chester White; Lawrence B. Moore; Ivo F. Kern; James H. Sahackle; Stanley C. Boyland; Frank Myers; W. Carl Hudson; Leslie Stout; Frank Hunter; Albert Zimmerman; Adolph B. Shelly, Frederick Burrows; Charles Hultsch; Charles Meiser; Benvenuto Fragulio; Aldis Haight; Wallace Ostrom; Jacob C. Beers; Warren Reichert; C. Frank Stocking; Marshall T. Marks; Carolyn S. Barringer; Kathryn Hapenny; Zula S. Magnuson; John W. Willson; Charles A. Corner; Charles L. Stenburg; Frank Kollar
History #	972l
Date	Dec 08, 1979
Page	A.M. section pgs. 5 - 7
Subjects	Conn, C.G., Ltd., Music Education, Bands, Musical Instrument Industry

ID	49212
Title of Article	'Conn's pond', originally part of Conn farm Lawndale.
Notes	R Elk 917.728 F 62 r v. 10
Source	Flitcraft Scrapbook
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo 3
Date	January 1, 1940
Page	36
Subjects	Lawndale Acres, Conn, C.G., Home of

ID	45242
Title of Article	'Lawndale' - home of Charles G. Conn
Notes	R Elk 917.728 F62r v.2
Source	Flitcraft Scrapbook
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo 4
Date	January 1, 1920
Page	18
Subjects	Conn, Charles Gerard, Col., Conn, C.G., Home of, Lawndale, Osolo Road

ID	16994
Title of Article	Ad for Lawndale Acres
Notes	E. Beardsley, across from Greenleaf Park
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	January 04, 1919
Page	6
Subjects	Laws

ID	102713
Title of Article	C. G. Conn Article
Notes	Conn, C. G. envelope
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Dec 04, 1915
Subjects	Conn, C. G. (mayor), Lawndale, Conn, C.G., Home of

ID	44868
Title of Article	Lawndale
Notes	R Elk 917.728 F62 v.1
Source	Flitcraft Scrapbook
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo 3
Date	January 1, 1915
Page	48
Subjects	Conn, C.G., Property of, Osolo Road, Lawndale

ID	47707
Title of Article	Lawndale- Charles C. Conn house at Conn's Pond n east side of Osolo Rd. between E. Beardsley Ave. and E. Bristol St.
Notes	R Elk 917.728 F62r v. 5
Source	Flitcraft Scrapbook
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo 1
Date	January 1, 1915
Page	26
Subjects	Lawndale

ID	49211
Title of Article	'Lawndale' home of Charles G. Conn, founder of Conn Band Instruments
Notes	R Elk 917.728 F 62 r v. 10
Source	Flitcraft Scrapbook
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo 2
Date	January 1, 1915
Page	36
Subjects	Lawndale, Conn, C.G., Home of

ID	47965
Title of Article	Lawndale, home of Charles G. Conn
Notes	R Elk 917.728 F62r v. 6
Source	Flitcraft Scrapbook
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo 2
Date	January 1, 1910
Page	41
Subjects	Conn, C.G., Home of, Lawndale

ID	102908
Title of Article	C. G. Conn Lawndale Farm Home Caption
Notes	Conn, C. G. envelope. Edwin Eash Sr.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	No date given
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Subjects	Lawndale, Lawndale Road, Conn, C. G. (mayor), Buildings

ID	103233
Title of Article	Lawndale
Notes	https://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/isl4/id/53044/rec/1
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart Truth Collection; People Pictures - Conn, C.G.
Picture Caption	These pictures were taken in 1917 and give two views of the C. G. Conn farm home on the east side of Osolo Road, between Beardsley Avenue and Bristol Street. Edwin Eash Sr., of 1455 Lawndale Rd., took the photos as a young boy. He says he remembers the home as a
Date	No date given
History #	epl_truth_photograph_2795_01
Subjects	Conn, C.G., Home of, Osolo Road, Beardsley Avenue, Bristol Street

ID	15963
Title of Article	untitled article
Notes	new home planned
Source	Elkhart Daily Review
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	May 24, 1889
Page	3, col. 3
Subjects	Lawndale Road, Conn, C.G., Home of, Historic Buildings