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A 1916 postcard depicting the South Bend High School building, which was constructed three years earlier. In 1924, it would be renamed Central High School when Riley High School was opened. Some of the earliest Indiana University extension courses in…

A circa-1920s lantern slide advertisement for South Bend Anti-Back-Lash fishing reel from F.I. Webster Co. This was one of hundreds of lantern slides that were made available to schools and community centers across the state as part of Indiana…

Society section item from the April 18, 1914 issue of the South Bend News-Times newspaper describing an Indiana University extension class in South Bend.

A 1916 lantern slide featuring President Woodrow Wilson. This was one of hundreds of lantern slides that were made available to schools and community centers across the state as part of Indiana University's extension program. From the Ralston Lantern…

An employee of the Bureau of Visual Instruction at Indiana University Bloomington packages lantern slides, 1941. The slides were shipped off to schools and community centers across the state as part of the Indiana University extension program.…

Lynton Caldwell (seated, second from right) is photographed with other Indiana University officials at a luncheon meeting at the South Bend-Mishawaka Extension Center on October 17, 1940.

That year, Caldwell was named the first full-time…

A 1938 photo shows the storage space containing hundreds of lantern slides inside Wylie Hall at Indiana University Bloomington. Lantern slides supplemented instruction in classrooms and showed advertisements before feature films. These lantern slides…

The two inside pages of an informational pamphlet for an Indiana University extension course to be taught in South Bend, Indiana for the 1915-1916 school year. The course being offered is a Political Science course entitled "Leading Political and…

Front and back cover of an informational pamphlet for an Indiana University extension course to be taught in South Bend, Indiana for the 1915-1916 school year. The course being offered is a Political Science course entitled "Leading Political and…

A 1941 advertisement for the Indiana University Extension Center in South Bend. The advertisement appeared in a local Polish-language newspaper.