Author: Joan Hostetler

Then & Now: Zeunik’s Grocery, 777 Haugh Street

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Mar 26, 2015 | Then & Now |

Courtesy of the Indiana Historical Society, P69 Haughville Collection In the early 1900s, hundreds...

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Then & Now Revisited: The Massachusetts Avenue Passenger Depot

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Mar 19, 2015 | Then & Now |

The Massachusetts Avenue Passenger Depot, 1907 (Courtesy of the Indiana Historical Society,...

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Then & Now: American Legion Mall, East North Street

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Mar 12, 2015 | Then & Now |

Courtesy of the Indiana Album: Elizabeth Laslie Collection Uniformed members of Greenfield Knights...

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Indianapolis Then and Now: Charles E. Emmerich Manual Training High School

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Mar 5, 2015 | Then & Now |

Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection (ca. 1900-1910) In the...

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Then & Now: Buddenbaum Grocery / Santorini Greek Kitchen, 1413 Prospect Street

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Feb 26, 2015 | Then & Now |

Courtesy of the Indiana State Library Fountain Square neighborhood on the southeast side is...

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Then & Now: Twente Upholstery Company, 1010 Central Avenue

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Feb 19, 2015 | Then & Now |

Courtesy of the Indiana State Library Among the thousands of businesses to call Indianapolis home...

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Indianapolis Then and Now Revisited: Zaring’s Egytian Theatre, 2741 Central Avenue

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Feb 12, 2015 | Then & Now |

Courtesy of the Indiana Historical Society, Bass Photo Company Collection #94388, 1925. This view...

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Indianapolis Then and Now: Intersection of St. Clair Street and Massachusetts & College Avenues

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Feb 6, 2015 | Then & Now |

With its prominent angling avenues creating many three-street intersections, it’s rather...

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Indianapolis Then and Now Revisited: The Empire Theatre, 126 Wabash Street

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Jan 22, 2015 | Then & Now |

With at least three active burlesque troupes in Indianapolis, we seem to be in the midst of...

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Indianapolis Then and Now: The Other Benjamin Harrison House, 223 E. Vermont Street

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Jan 15, 2015 | Then & Now |

Most everyone in Indianapolis is aware of the Benjamin Harrison’s Delaware Street home,...

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Indianapolis Then and Now Revisited: Brenneke Dancing Academy Building, 602-606 N. Illinois Street

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Jan 8, 2015 | Then & Now |

During the Victorian era when many of Indianapolis’s social elite had ballrooms in their homes,...

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Indianapolis Then and Now: The Ayres Clock Cherub

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Dec 25, 2014 | Then & Now |

Courtesy of the Indiana Historical Society, L. S. Ayres and Company Records, 22 November 1947 The...

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Then & Now: White Castle No. 3, 660 Fort Wayne Avenue

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Dec 18, 2014 | Then & Now |

White Castle No. 3, located on the northwest corner of Fort Wayne Avenue and Delaware Street, is...

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Then & Now: Kern Bicycle Shop/Crayton Confectionery, 1900 Block Howard Street

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Dec 11, 2014 | Then & Now |

James W Kern’s Bicycle and Motorcycle Repair Shop at 1921 Howard Street, ca. 1915-1920. (Can...

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Then & Now: Brightwood Hall, 2345-2347 Station Street

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Dec 4, 2014 | Then & Now |

Indianapolis Free Kindergarten class in front of the Brightwood Hall, ca. 1904 (Butler University,...

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Then & Now: Billboards in Indianapolis

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Nov 27, 2014 | Then & Now |

Billboards have had a long and sometimes controversial place in Indianapolis history and are in...

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Then & Now: Criswell Mercantile Company/MacNiven’s Restaurant & Bar, 337-339 Massachusetts Avenue

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Nov 20, 2014 | Then & Now |

Historic photograph courtesy of the Indiana Album: loaned by Evan Finch. / Modern photograph...

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Then & Now: Finch Park and the 1700 Block of Fletcher Avenue

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Nov 13, 2014 | Then & Now |

Playing football in what became Finch Park, ca. 1915 Finch Park, originally located on S. State...

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Indianapolis Then and Now: Woodruff Place Gazebo, 800 block West Drive

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Nov 6, 2014 | Then & Now |

“Woodruff Place ! … The whole addition is surrounded by a massive, artistically carved...

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Indianapolis Then and Now: Roehm House, 1320 Villa Street

Posted by Joan Hostetler | Oct 30, 2014 | Then & Now |

In this circa 1906 photograph, the family of Frank and Emma Roehm stand in front of their home at...

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