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100 Years of Allison

Posted by Guest Author | Sep 14, 2015 | Historic Miscellania |

September 14, 2015 is a special 100th anniversary day in the history of Indianapolis.  It was on...

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Misc Monday: Preservation One Artifact at a Time

Posted by Guest Author | Apr 20, 2015 | Misc Mondays |

Ever wonder the worth of that old painting collecting dust in the depths of your attic? Or have...

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Misc. Monday: Indy’s Most Famous Funeral Train

Posted by Guest Author | Apr 6, 2015 | Misc Mondays |

Abraham Lincoln was shot on Good Friday 1865, and died the following morning.  For three days, the...

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Indiana during the Holidays: Celebrating through Trees

Posted by Guest Author | Dec 22, 2014 | Historic Miscellania |

Three Indiana women and two children with a Christmas tree, circa 1900. Courtesy of the Indiana...

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Misc. Monday: Reminisces of an Ayres Christmas

Posted by Guest Author | Nov 24, 2014 | Misc Mondays |

Guest Author: Mary Jane Teeters-Eichacher For seventy years, from 1922 to 1992, the place to...

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Misc. Monday: William J. Forsyth’s Irvington Connections

Posted by Guest Author | Nov 3, 2014 | Misc Mondays |

Forsyth Irvington House ca. 1914, photo courtesy of Susan Forsyth Selby Sklar Guest Author: Rachel...

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An Indiana History of Craft Beer

Posted by Guest Author | Oct 8, 2014 | Historic Miscellania |

Beer—drinking the frothy beverage has been a part of the Hoosier identity for generations. From...

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The Courtroom Where Jack Daniels “Got Served”

Posted by Guest Author | Oct 6, 2014 | Misc Mondays |

During the height of 1920’s Prohibition, the Federal Courthouse in downtown Indianapolis was home...

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Baseball of Yesteryear

Posted by Guest Author | Sep 23, 2014 | Historic Miscellania |

Did you know that the Indianapolis Indians have been around for over 100 years?  Or that...

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Misc Monday: Twin Oaks Home & Garden Tour

Posted by Guest Author | Jun 2, 2014 | Misc Mondays |

At 555 Kessler Boulevard, West Drive, Lyman S. Ayres II and his wife, Isabel, built a Colonial...

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Early Indianapolis and Indiana Photography

Posted by Guest Author | Apr 12, 2014 | Historic Miscellania |

With the help of smart phones, people have the ability to take decent quality photographs at...

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What’s in a Name: Charlotte Place

Posted by Guest Author | Dec 23, 2013 | What’s in a Name? |

We are delighted to have a first person account and guest contribution from former neighbor and...

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Discovering Alfred M. Glossbrenner

Posted by Guest Author | Nov 30, 2013 | Historic Miscellania |

When my great grandfather, Alfred M. Glossbrenner, died on November 13, 1938, at the age of...

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Indianapolis, Lilly Played Key Role in Ending U.S. Polio Epidemics

Posted by Guest Author | Sep 11, 2013 | Historic Miscellania |

You Are There 1955: Ending Polio will be open at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History...

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A Brief History of Downtown Indy’s Canal

Posted by Guest Author | Jul 29, 2013 | Historic Miscellania |

In the early 1800s, transportation and trade in Indiana and the United States as a whole was...

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IndyView Revisited: 15th & College

Posted by Guest Author | May 16, 2012 | IndyView Revisited |

IndyView Revisited should be returning on a regular basis, with many thanks to our new...

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A Personal Indianapolis Story of Love, Survival and Inspiration- Part II

Posted by Guest Author | May 13, 2012 | Historic Miscellania |

We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to feature this moving account from one of our...

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A Personal Indianapolis Story of Love, Survival and Inspiration- Part I

Posted by Guest Author | May 12, 2012 | Historic Miscellania |

This is the first first-person account written by an Historic Indianapolis.com reader–I hope...

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