Sunday Adverts: Boncilla Cosmetics
In 1896, John M. Price, born in 1872 in Washington County, Indiana, started the Crown Chemical...
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Sunday Adverts: Granada Theatre
On April 8, 1928, the Granada Theatre, owned and operated by Universal Pictures, opened in...
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Sunday Adverts: William B. Burford Printing Company
In the 1860’s Miles W. Burford, a banker from Independence, Missouri, moved with his wife to...
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Sunday Adverts: American Box Ball Company
James I. Holcomb (the namesake of the J.I. Holcomb Observatory and Planetarium) and Jacob...
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Sunday Adverts: Wulschner-Stewart Music Company
Scanned advertisement courtesy of Evan Finch Emil Wulschner, born in 1847 and a veteran of the...
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Sunday Adverts: Richcreek Bank
In 1892, Seth M. Richcreek arrived in Indianapolis. Â Before surfacing in the Circle City, he had...
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Sunday Adverts: Acme-Evans Company
Some may remember E-Z-Bake flour, as it was a grocery staple in the 1960’s. Â By that time,...
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Sunday Adverts: (Wheeler) Rescue Mission and Home
While not for a business or a service, this postcard from around the turn of the 20th Century...
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Sunday Adverts: Kahn Tailoring
Henry Kahn, the founder of Kahn’s Tailoring, was born in Bloomington, Indiana in 1860. Â His...
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Sunday Adverts: P.R. Mallory & Co.
In 1916, Philip Rogers Mallory founded the P.R. Mallory & Co. in Port Chester, New York....
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Sunday Adverts: The Indianapolis Recorder
Many of the businesses featured in this column met unfortunate ends, whether it be from the death...
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Sunday Adverts: G.P. McDougall & Son Kitchen Cabinets
This advertisement, from April 1905, features one of the fine cabinets, for which many patents...
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Sunday Adverts: The Silent Waverley Electric Car
Long before the Prius and the Volt, Indianapolis’ Waverley Company offered a line of...
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Sunday Adverts: The Lincoln Hotel
From 1918 – 1973, the Hotel Lincoln occupied the location that is now the Hyatt Regency/PNC...
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Sunday Adverts: Turkey Dinner at Allen A.M.E.
It’s no secret community turkey dinners to celebrate Thanksgiving have been around for some...
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Sunday Adverts: Prest-o-lite
What would become known as the Prest-o-lite Battery Company, Inc., in this 1941 advertisement...
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Sunday Adverts: Knobby’s Drive-In
Photo Courtesy of Evan Finch The matchbook above, likely from the 1950’s or 1960’s,...
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Sunday Adverts: Lilly Hardware Company
This ad, from 1922, features an electric iron – a product available for almost forty years...
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Sunday Adverts: C.A. Webb
This ad, from 1903, is quite detailed compared to the other advertisements of its time, which...
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Sunday Adverts: The Melody Inn
Photo courtesy of Evan Finch. According to the current owners of the Melody Inn, known by many as...
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