Hobart Senior High School - Memories Yearbook (Hobart, IN)

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,i r Gary : A merican Bridge Company uses. Nearby, towards the south, there were large areas of fertileland devot- ed to producing a variety of food, including meats, milk and ve etables for Schleicher, Inc. Union Drawn Steel Company Universal Portland Cement Co. .- ...-,-.-A 5 ' if-7-F-..-' 14. l sf E ' , fi HI W ' UNE G 'i' G 2 ,- f :umm X ?il11p,,M:i'l,M, 270111111 X V limi 1....,,..,,. .IW '- - E . ,I S-X Wg , , ' E- E l ' - sf --. 3 7 'E I if ' , E I x.. i K i i ii, f' S i I ',' ls: -sf ,ggi 3 ii ,, -Ein., i i Grlfllifsls' The Workshop of the World 3 Wf-3 ffys' y ? - X , 's . la' ' Where Brawn and Why Lake County, Indiana, Where Brawn and . V Brain Produce was selected for the site Brain Produce f is 4j lllwgig P og the United States Steel f , ' T' orporation's Gary Mills n - . 5,3 The many railroad trunk - P Q 1 7' Superheater Co. gnes vglliich lead Ito and Gary Motors Corp. Q 7 rom 1 , , 565- V' Z fr U' S' S' Lead Refin' the largesttagajilrcllaall ltgitar Gam! Sanitary Bea' ' ' ri? 1 ' ff 'ing' InC0 P0i'a'5ed in the world, were avail- ding, gl Mattress g 1 ,f able to Gary by connection C - .fi A Unexcefued Manufac' belt-lines, and afforded ad- omplmy ,Af ,Y I talnng CO- ditional facilities for bring- Gary Screw 35 Bolt 40 H Union Iron Products lnglig-oth? Haw rgageriigf' Company -J P A incu ing ue, an or e . H Company distribution of finished GW Sam Raaway Wmrnfrl Universal Portland ,gioducts .offhe fsle? ngillsi Company - U Z ' ,ff i ,af e proximi y o in us r1a ' - gf- ' 1 Cement Company areas in the vicinity of Chi- Iumms Steel CO' ,gg A U S R d t- C cago made available a large KeW chen'ATea Ven' w -Us ,. Q ' ' e uc um 0' supplyiof good labor. Lake tilator Co. '- 'iff Youngstown Sheet 8x Mlchlgall Pl'0V1d9d an National Tube Co. W ' ' -7 Tube Company abundance of clean, whole- , i Ui H m , some water for domestic Northern Inalfana it i Y p and for manufacturing Public C0. - ' ,I ' f, I I, ff pf nf all i JP nf ' o A 5 l I w K M 9.1 Jill f U m y I f Ill th American Sheet 8a Tin Plate Co. Anderson Company Calumet Gas Sz Elec- tric Co. Elgin, Joliet N East- ern Railroad Co. 8 supplying the needs in Gary at relatively low costs. All these considerations, studied in advance, of the advantages of this location for the mills and city of Gary have been proved sound by twenty years of actual experiences and mar- velous development. Walter Bates Steel Corporation Whiting : Standard Oil Co. Sinclair Oil Co. X- ill. i 0 Gary Heat, i.., Light si Galena signal oil ,, ij K l Water Company Company Y af i i ' 1 v C f ANWW X l. A ' ' , ' lfn'l:'if if X X ' if' , 2 ' 7 ' ' ,. '. f f ' f f 1' rf' ,, 'f1:1? -- ' ' . ' I :if f all 4 Za'- ' Q- all ,gli U ye! il' 'r , dr P 'T': 11, 77- L ,' l e f i A Af , ,.' l!l'ff1.YN1'l f 3-ff ' ,f , s----' if ', geiairf .',' .. f M-isa iffilw s i ixli ' L Zf'f-is- P i