At Your Leisure: At the Drive-in
This ticket advertises a free pass for the driver at the Shadeland Drive-in. (Image: eBay) For...
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Author: Jeff Kamm
At Your Leisure: Celebrating our Independence
The Knights of Pythias Building as it appeared in 1906, looking north on Pennsylvania St. where ...
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At Your Leisure: Inn the Huddle
The interior of a Huddle restaurant awaiting eager diners. (Image: Evan Finch) A twenty-four hour...
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At Your Leisure: The Fading of the Orange Roof
A postcard showing the grandeur of the downtown Howard Johnson’s. (Image: Amazon) We often...
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At Your Leisure: An Evening in Merry England
A postcard showing the Sheffield Inn. The single story section was a later addition as a large...
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At Your Leisure: A Stay off of The Circle
The Harrison Hotel located at Capitol and Market once featured a decorative limestone base and...
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At Your Leisure: Pardon my French
Not many would picture fine French dining at a roadside motel as this ad from the 1960s boasted....
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At Your Leisure: The Greatest of All Time?
Mobil Oil boasts three consecutive victories in this ad, including the 1953 race won by Bill...
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At Your Leisure: Congratulations, Seniors!
Manual High School students enjoy a picnic, courtesy of Stark and Wetzel meats. The plant, located...
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At Your Leisure: The Hoosier Grand Prix
1965 Program (Image: eBay) This weekend, the month of May heats up at the Indianapolis Motor...
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At Your Leisure: Summertime Cruisin’
Happy May 1st! As spring heads into summer, we start thinking of how to take advantage of the warm...
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At Your Leisure: Last Train to Indy
No passengers can be seen waiting in this 1970 photograph. (Image: Library of Congress) Passing...
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At Your Leisure: A Lost Roadside Beacon
The big green sign could once be seen by drivers exiting turn one at the Indianapolis Motor...
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At Your Leisure: Sorry, No Ladies Allowed
The long gone Ye Ark Saloon stood at 15 East Ohio Street, approximately where the Chase Tower...
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At Your Leisure: Final Four Fun in the Wholesale District
Saint Elmo’s Steakhouse doesn’t look nearly as inviting covered in plywood and a tacky...
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At Your Leisure: Why is that a Parking Lot?
The rooms and lobby appear to be very well appointed for 1960s standards. (Image: eBay) When...
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At Your Leisure: Rebirth Along Tinker Street
The neighborhoods bordering Sixteenth and Meridian Streets are some of the next “in” places to be....
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At Your Leisure: From Films to Film Festivals
A 1940s view looking northwest on Virginia Avenue shows this recognizable building as the Granada...
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At Your Leisure: Hoosier Hysteria in Indianapolis
It’s the first week of March in Indiana. Snow covers the ground in what will hopefully be the last...
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At Your Leisure: The Hotel Antlers
The Scottish Rite Cathedral looms large on the northern fringes of downtown. Aside from the...
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