Indianapolis Then and Now: Fourth Presbyterian Church and The Milton Apartments, 26-30 E. 9th Street
Half of a stereoview of Fourth Presbyterian Church on East 9th Street, then named Pratt Street....
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Author: Joan Hostetler
Indianapolis Then and Now: 871-75 Virginia Avenue / Fountain Square Gateway
While walking on the Indianapolis Cultural Trail near Fountain Square last week, I was reminded of...
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Indianapolis Then and Now: Jacob Dorsey Forrest House / Irvington United Methodist Church, 30 N. Audubon Road
Part of the charm of historic Irvington, a suburban town platted east of Indianapolis in 1870, is...
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Indianapolis Then and Now: The Thompson-Mesker Cottage, 1014 N. Arsenal Avenue
Many times determining the construction date of an old house is nearly impossible, but the Queen...
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Indianapolis Then and Now: Darko and Sons Cleaners, 2659-61 Shelby Street
Circa 1940s advertising blotter for Darko & Sons Cleaners (top) and photograph from May 2014....
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Indianapolis Then and Now: The Ruskaup Grocery and Tavern / The Inventorialist, 715-717 Dorman Street
The Ruskaup Grocery and Tavern, ca. 1890s. The man standing on the steps on the right is likely...
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Indianapolis Then and Now: Tansy Motor Service Station, 802 N. Delaware Street
Tansy Motor Service Station on the northwest corner of N. Delaware and St. Clair Streets, 8 Feb....
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Indianapolis Then and Now: 1939 and 1945 N. Pennsylvania Street
In the digital age, many young people have no memory or understanding of the role of negatives in...
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Indianapolis Then and Now: Pyle House / Board of Trade / Chase Tower, 143 N. Meridian Street
When the end was near for the delapidated Pyle House, newpaper writers looked back nostalgically...
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Indianapolis Then and Now: David Macy House, 408 N. Delaware Street
The David Macy house at 408 N. Delaware Street (The Indiana Album: Loaned by Joan Hostetler) Not...
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Indianapolis Then and Now: Plaza Service Station, 121 E. Maryland Street
Is that a government building or a gas station? Cartoonists of the 1920s often made light of the...
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Indianapolis Then and Now: Volney T. Malott House, 536-558 N. Delaware Street
In about 1867 David Macy and his wife built a house at 558 N. Delaware Street for their only...
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Indianapolis Then and Now: Pantzer Drugstore, 1601 S. East Street
Postcard from the collection of Evan Finch / July 2011 Google Street View The corner store at 1601...
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Indianapolis Then and Now: Morris-Butler House, 1204 Park Avenue
Circa 1867-1885 photograph of the Morris-Butler House (Courtesy of Indiana Landmarks) As a...
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Indianapolis Then and Now: 500 Block of West Washington Street / Eiteljorg Museum
This 1953 view shows the 500 block of W. Washington Street as it appeared in 1953. (Courtesy of...
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Indianapolis Then and Now: 300 block of W. Market Street (now Robert D. Orr Plaza)
Courtesy of the Indiana Album: Loaned by J. Parke Randall, ia-30-17 J. Parke Randall was a young...
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Indianapolis Then and Now: Irvington School of Music, 269 S. Audubon Road
Photograph owned by Sandy Burton courtesy of Vintage Irvington The most common research request I...
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Then and Now: The Star Store and Indiana Government Center South, 360-70 West Washington Street
L. S. Ayres & Company, Wiliam H. Block, and H. P. Wasson are the most beloved and remembered...
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Then and Now: St. Clair Theatre, 802 Fort Wayne Avenue
This unidentified Indianapolis Fire Department negative dated 1946 appears to document an accident...
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Indianapolis Then and Now: The Singing Blacksmiths at 110 W. Georgia Street
From “Songs of the Streets and Byways” by William Herschell, 1915 While sources such...
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