Hammond 1939-1941
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01:15:00 Runtime
This video is a great look at Hammond, Indiana in the years going into WWII, Hammond had this great community film that includes the Civic Center Expos, and see local companies display their wares, great color footage. Next, you see the flower expo at the civic center, see the Sunken Garden, behind the "new" City Hall on Calumet Ave, and the flowers at Maywood Park; wrestling & boxing matches at the Civic Center, see the famous hairy wrestler "The French Angel". We've included the Christmas parade of 1939, with rare footage of the city parks of the time Harrison, Forsythe, Lakefront, Turner Park baseball game of 1940. See all the action at the stadium, the crowd, the vendors (Baby Ruth candy bar) and a baseball clown, American Legion baseball. You also get HAMMOND TECH 1940 BOYS HIGH SCHOOL STATE CHAMPIONS, footage of the homecoming that brought 40,000 people Downtown to welcome home the boys from TECH, and a color Christmas Parade, from 1941, and boys going off to war, and much more
01:15:00 Runtime
This video is a great look at Hammond, Indiana in the years going into WWII, Hammond had this great community film that includes the Civic Center Expos, and see local companies display their wares, great color footage. Next, you see the flower expo at the civic center, see the Sunken Garden, behind the "new" City Hall on Calumet Ave, and the flowers at Maywood Park; wrestling & boxing matches at the Civic Center, see the famous hairy wrestler "The French Angel". We've included the Christmas parade of 1939, with rare footage of the city parks of the time Harrison, Forsythe, Lakefront, Turner Park baseball game of 1940. See all the action at the stadium, the crowd, the vendors (Baby Ruth candy bar) and a baseball clown, American Legion baseball. You also get HAMMOND TECH 1940 BOYS HIGH SCHOOL STATE CHAMPIONS, footage of the homecoming that brought 40,000 people Downtown to welcome home the boys from TECH, and a color Christmas Parade, from 1941, and boys going off to war, and much more