This may require some thinking and a little imagination. We're pretty certain that this is a photograph of the Elmer Short greenhouse from the inside looking toward Grove Street.
Thie location of this greenhouse is today the garage on the Main Street side of the English Lutheran Church. The property is owned by Dean and Judy Augburger.
Too bad we can't identify the automobile parked in front. It almost resembles a "woody."
Icon viewers with better eyesight are encouraged to provide more details.
Here is a Leland Gerber photo of what we believe is a confirmation class from the Trinity Lutheran Church, Jenera. Icon viewers east of Bluffton should be able to identify these young people and place an exact date on the photo.
The building at the corner of State Route 12 and Pandora Road in Pandora at once time was the McDowell-Marshall Buick dealership. Here's a Leland Gerber photo of the building showing early 1950 Buick models.
Here's an interesting black and white Bluffton business photo taken by Leland Gerber. Two 1951 Ford trucks pose in front of Bixel Ford (now M&R Plumbing and Heating) on Cherry Street. The truck proudly proclaim A to Z home killed meats, beef, pork, veal, lamb. City health inspected - Bluffton, Ohio. We wonder if these two vehicles were the initial A to Z vehicles in the fleet.
In 1963 Steiner Moter Sales, Pandora, celebrated its 50th annivesary. Leland Gerber took this photo for the anniversary celebration. Steiner Motors was located on Jefferson Street, south of Main. The car in the show room is a Dodge Dart.
Leland Gerber took this photo of a groundbreaking of an expansion at the Triplett Electrical Instrument Co., in the late 1950s. In the back row from left, are representatives of the Bluffton Business Men's Association, Gene Benroth, Leland Diller, Charles Aukerman and Clayton Bixel.
In front, from left, with shovel is Morris Triplett, R.L. Triplett (center) and Ropp Triplett, right.
