COLLECTIONS INDEX

The Whiting-Robertsdale Historical Society has a robust archive of items from the community. Whether it be photos, items/objects or articles on subjects pertaining to the community, you can find that information below. 

GENERAL INDEX

A-Z INDEX

View the A-Z index of our digital archives below. 

1960 - A Look Back 1981 Basketball Sectional Champs The 41 Outdoor Theater
Alewife
Amaizo, The Early Years American Legion Model Homes American Trust Bank
America's Sculptor In Roby -- Art Meets Industry  Amicus Club
Ande’s Pizza The Architecture of the Whiting Memorial Community House
Bank One Battle of the Century in Whiting Benjamin Franklin School History Bercik, Mary
Berry Lake Berry Lake and Marktown Best Laid Plans - A Third Chicago Airport Bialon Music Studio Billik, Herman Boardwalk Park
Boardwalk Park Danceland
Bowling
Brenkus, Joseph
Bus Transportation
Casino Boat: City of Traverse
Catholic Churches
Census of 1894
Central State Bank Building Chautauqua
Christmas - A Story from 1947
Christmas a Century Ago Ciesar All Americans
Cinematic Whiting City Hall Clark High School Clark High School - Part Two Clark High School - Part Three
Clark High School - Class of 1968 Clubs & Organizations Clubs and Organizations - Part Two Coal in Whiting
Community Center
Community Center Bowling
Community Center: On 119th Street? Cops Chase Sky Object
Coronavirus
Crime and Punishment in Whiting's Earliest Days
Cruisin’
David Dows Shipwreck
Davidson, Henry
Downtown Whiting: A Door-to-Door Look
Drive In Restaurants
Early Whiting History
Election: 1929 - Tommy Boyle vs. Bab McNamara
Election: 1968 - Bobby Kennedy
Environment: Before Industrial Era Genaust, Bill - The Man who filmed the flag raising on Iwo Jima Falstaff Beer Cans
Famous Visitors: Jefferson Davis, Winston Churchill’s Father, Grover Cleveland, Jack Johnson, Wyatt Earp
Father Lach’s 1937 European Band Tour Fire Department
Fire of 1871
Firemen’s Tournaments
First National Bank of Whiting
Flu Epidemic of 1918
Fourth of July Fourth of July Parade
Fourth of July, 100 Images From Rudy to Rockne
Gambling: City of Traverse
Gambling: Roby Horse Racing
Gansinger's Jeweler Goebel’s Opera House Golden Age of AM Music Radio The greatest baseball team of all time
Grocery Stores
Grocery Stores in 1937
Growing Up in the 40s, 50s, & 60s
Gruener’s Grove Gypsies in Whiting
Halloween Parade
Helicopter Mail Delivery
Hemmed in by Fire
Hoosier Theater
Hornecker Torpedo Motorcycle
Horse Racing
Hostess with the Mostest
Hot Dog Louie’s How Whiting’s Standard Oil Helped End WWII Ice Companies
Immaculate Conception Church
Indiana Harbor Railroad
Indiana Red Hots
Indiana Toll Road
Ingraham, Bert Kopcha, Joe
Lake Michigan - Invasive Species
Life Magazine & Whiting’s Agile Trio
Lincoln, Abraham
Marathon Dancing The Mermen of Whiting
Monroe, Bill Monumental Mystery The Most Cherished Book in Wuiting and Robertsdale?
Murad, Ferid Nardis
Natural Beauty of Whiting
Neal Price’s Firestone Store Newberry Fire
New York Avenue Memories Nye, Alan Robert Obermiller, William
Odlivak, Al
Oklahoma Neighborhood Origin of the Oilers Origins of Spring Training
Owls Club
Pierogi Fest®
Pinsetters
Phil Smidt’s
Plewniak Family Plymouth Congregational Church
Post Office
Purcell, Irene: Whiting’s First Broadway & Hollywood Star Putnam, William
Radio
Railroads Arrive in Whiting
A Record Streetcar Ride in 1894
Refinery: “Christmas Star”
Restaurants in Whiting-Robertsdale
Robertsdale Fire Department
Roby Horse Racing
Roby Post Office Saint Margaret’s Hospital Sandrick Sundries
Schrage, Henry
Scouting History in Whiting
Ship Wrecks: Lady Elgin Shops, Submarines and Shipwrecks
Snowstorms: The Blizzard of ‘67 Soltwedel, George Sports: 1952 All Stars Go To The Little League World Series
Sports: Ice Skating
Sports: Pedestrianism Sports: Whiting High School Football History St. John the Baptist Founding and Early Years
St. John the Baptist Church Grand Arch Mural The St. Margaret Hospital School of Nursing 1919 to 1967
St. Michael’s
St. Valentine’s Day History
Standard Oil: Bank Rescue
Standard Oil: Whiting Was Not First Choice for Refinery
Standard Oil: Refinery Fire of 1955
Standard Oil: 4th of July, 1921 Disaster
Standard Oil’s Refinery Workers 100 Years Ago Standard Oil’s Whiting Refinery 100 Years Ago
Standard Oil Workers’ Leisure Time 100 Years Ago
Standard Torch magazine
State Bank of Whiting
Street Names
Students Strike at WHS
Tallest Building
Teen Hangouts, Havens & Gathering Places Telephone Comes to Whiting Thorpe, Jim Three Short Standard Oil Stories From 1924 Three Whiting Players Who Made the Majors
Tour of Whiting-Robertsdale - 1935 Train Wreck of 1893
Typhoid Fever in Whiting
Vesely, Bernard J.
Vogel’s Restaurant
Water Gardens
Weather: The Blizzard of ‘67
What’s New in Whiting, 1929 When the Black & Blue Division was Blacked Out When We All Rode Streetcars Whiting: A Pioneer Land of Plenty
Whiting: A Small City With A Bright Future
Whiting, Before There Was a Whiting Whiting Candle Factory
Whiting Cemetery
Whiting Court is Now Adjourned Whiting Flower Shop
Whiting: How It Got Its Name Whiting in 1959
Whiting High School: Class of 1958
Whiting High School Clock Whiting High School: What was new in 1921-22 Whiting Methodist Church, History
Whiting-Robertsdale: Why Not One City? Whiting, Robertsdale and the Cold War: Part One Whiting, Robertsdale and the Cold War: Part Two
Whiting Park
Whiting Park - A Look Back
Whiting Park: Lagoon
Whiting, Herbert “Pop” Whiting Post Office Whiting Public Library - Part One Whiting Public Library - Part Two Whiting Public Library - Part Three Whiting Public Library - Part Four
Whiting’s Address Renumbering
Whiting’s First Family
Whiting’s Great Train Robbery Whiting’s Halloween Parade Whiting’s Horse Sense Whiting’s Roman Catholic Churches Whiting School History
Whiting’s Skyscraper Whiting’s Vietnam War Veterans
Wolf Lake: Abe Lincoln Swam Here Wolf Lake Harbor and Seaport
Wooden, John
World War One: Letters from Soldiers
World War One: Owls Club
World War One: Whiting Celebrates the End of the War
World War One: Whiting’s Foreign Born
World War One: Whiting’s Homefront
World War One: Whiting Starts Paying the Price of War World War II Service Plaques In Whiting World War II Service Plaques In Robertsdale
Zip Code
119th Street: A Door-to-Door Look
129th Street
1920s Whiting
1950s Trivia Test