Happy Father’s Day!

Dads are the greatest, and Harrison County dads are among the best!

In celebration of all Dads out there, enjoy these photos featuring fathers from Harrison County’s past.

Visit HCPL’s Group Photo Collection.

fathers1Four generations of Griffith men, 1938.

A young George Lee Griffith sits on the lap of his great-grandfather, George D. Griffith, and is surrounded by his father, George M. Griffith, (left) and grandfather, Ora B. Griffith (right).

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Applegate family, ca. 1948.

Dr. Frederic M. Applegate and his wife, Margaret Patten Applegate with their five children. Dr. Applegate was a physician and practiced in Corydon, Indiana from 1929 to 1948.

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Ernstberger family, 1965

Huston Ernstberger and his wife, Mary Ruth Gettelfinger Ernstberger pose for a photograph in 1965 with their eight sons who ranged in age from twelve years to fourteen months. The couple eventually had three more children, all of whom were girls.

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