Author: Jeff Kamm

At Your Leisure: The Fading of the Orange Roof

Posted by Jeff Kamm | Jun 19, 2015 | At Your Leisure |

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

Posted by Jeff Kamm | Jun 12, 2015 | At Your Leisure |

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

Posted by Jeff Kamm | Jun 5, 2015 | At Your Leisure |

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

Posted by Jeff Kamm | May 29, 2015 | At Your Leisure |

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?

Posted by Jeff Kamm | May 22, 2015 | At Your Leisure |

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!

Posted by Jeff Kamm | May 15, 2015 | At Your Leisure |

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

Posted by Jeff Kamm | May 8, 2015 | At Your Leisure |

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’

Posted by Jeff Kamm | May 1, 2015 | At Your Leisure |

Happy May 1st! As spring heads into summer, we start thinking of how to take advantage of the warm...

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Back to the When

Posted by Jeff Kamm | Apr 29, 2015 | General |

38 North Pennsylvania Street Years of Operation: 1932-1997 Notable: Before Office Depot or Staples...

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At Your Leisure: Last Train to Indy

Posted by Jeff Kamm | Apr 24, 2015 | At Your Leisure |

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

Posted by Jeff Kamm | Apr 17, 2015 | At Your Leisure |

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

Posted by Jeff Kamm | Apr 10, 2015 | At Your Leisure |

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

Posted by Jeff Kamm | Apr 3, 2015 | At Your Leisure |

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?

Posted by Jeff Kamm | Mar 27, 2015 | At Your Leisure |

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

Posted by Jeff Kamm | Mar 20, 2015 | At Your Leisure |

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

Posted by Jeff Kamm | Mar 13, 2015 | At Your Leisure |

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

Posted by Jeff Kamm | Mar 6, 2015 | At Your Leisure |

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

Posted by Jeff Kamm | Feb 27, 2015 | At Your Leisure |

The Scottish Rite Cathedral looms large on the northern fringes of downtown. Aside from the...

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At Your Leisure: We Gotta Get Out of This Place

Posted by Jeff Kamm | Feb 20, 2015 | At Your Leisure |

On these colder-than-cold winter days, one’s mind tends to wander to locales with a more temperate...

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At Your Leisure: Scenes from an Italian Restaurant

Posted by Jeff Kamm | Feb 13, 2015 | At Your Leisure |

A promotional magazine ad from the late 1950s. (Image: Indiana State Library) Valentine’s...

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