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SSF_190913_Hughe_AKW_TR_01 (1).pdf
Part 1 of a transcript of an oral history interview with Chuck Hughes, conducted September 13, 2019.

1930_Picnic plans complete_Black_Oak_Spring_editPDFA.pdf
This excerpt from The Times in Munster, Indiana, is an article titled "Picnic Plans Complete." This article highlights the details and agenda of a summer picnic to be hosted by the Good Will Committee and held at the Black Oak Spring on the…

1914_11_27_What is it_Black_Oak_spring_Munster_M.pdf
This clipping from the May 25, 1914 edition of The Times in Munster, Indiana, details the qualities of the Black Oak Spring Water. It offers a "Report from the state chemist at Indianapolis [that] shows this water to be pure in every respect." The…

1914_05_25_BlackOakSPringNewPureWater_Munster The Times-1_PDFA.pdf
This is a clipping from the Monday, May 25, 1914 edition of The Times newspaper from Munster, Indiana. The headline reads, "New Pure Water Company Started," and it details the Pure Water Company of Hammond, IN, that sells bottled water from the Black…

1914_05_25_black oak spring advertisement_PDFA.pdf
This advertisement was featured in the Monday, May 25, 1914 edition of the The Times newspaper in Munster, IN. This ad is marketing the Black Oak Spring Water, sold by Pure Water Company, that was discussed in Dorothy Waters' oral history interview.…

SSF_191207_Water_AKW_DOC_10_edit.jpg
The photo on the right depicts Dorothy Waters at the age of three sitting on the original front porch of the Nimetz family house. She is facing east towards the semi-circle drive where cars used to park to fill their containers with water from the…

SSF_210118_MLKCleanup_AKW_PH_10.jpg
Gary Food Council member Maya Etienne at the newly cleaned spring site, Martin Luther King Day, 2021.

SSF_210118_MLKCleanup_AKW_PH_01.jpg
Volunteers clean up the area surrounding the Chase St. spring on Martin Luther King Day, 2021. The Day of Service was organized by the Gary Food Council, the Little Calumet River Basin Development Commission, and the City of Gary.

SSF_200122_Ander_AKW_PH.jpg
Tyrell Anderson at Anna's Kombucha Cafe in Gary, Indiana, on January 22, 2020.
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