Hobart's Second Water Tower, Again

I have previously posted photos taken of or from the old water tower that formerly stood in what is now Jerry Pavese Park. Here is another view of that water tower, circa 1938, taken from the west.


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I'm not sure where the photographer was standing. I think he or she might have been in a boat on the lake.

Here is the verso of the postcard:



Rex Krichbaum wrote to his wife: "We will not get home over the week end. Have to make up for rainy weather. We have got plenty to eat and a good place to sleep. We have got a good Boss. Will try to get home next week. Good By Rex." It was the Great Depression: Rex was lucky to have a job, not to mention a good boss.

Claypool, Indiana, is a small town about 90 miles east-southeast of Hobart. The Wikipedia page says: "Claypool was previously an important rail transportation hub because it was located at the junction of the Big Four and the Nickel Plate railroad lines." The 1940 Census describes Rex as a railroad section hand. I wonder if his being in Hobart had anything to do with the Nickel Plate Railroad?