It's not surprising that photos with a Mexican connection end up in Los Angeles, but Indiana? It doesn't read on the scan, but there is an embossed studio mark on this postcard. "ATLAS STUDIO 3517 MAIN ST. INDIANA HARBOR, IND." Indiana Harbor is a man made harbor and ship's canal on the southern shore of Lake Michigan, near East Chicago Indiana. My bet is that these three men were members of a ship's crew, traveling through the St. Lawrence Seaway, all the way to Lake Michigan and the Chicago area. When this photo was taken, Chicago and Gary Indiana were both major industrial centers, receiving raw materials from all over the world, and shipping out finished goods. What better way to show the folks back home the great adventure of world travel.
Just so you know, mere coincidence yesterdays post from Michigan City and today's from Indiana Harbor, just a few dozen miles apart. I've owned this card for a couple of years buying it from a local antique mall. The Michigan City card came from a lot purchased on eBay, just a few months ago. Actually, that purchase reminded me that this card had been sitting in my files.
The Indiana Harbor area recruited Mexicans to work in their Steel Mills post WW1 - with the first families settling in that area in 1919. The north west region of this state - has the oldest and largest population in the state.
ReplyDeleteI have a few photos from my uncles taken at J.F. Atlas Studio Indiana Harbor, Indiana. Very old pic postcards
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