Sunday Adverts: Hoosiery
Smooth Moves, Real Silk! Ladies (and gentlemen, too)… imagine an item of clothing so...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Lorentz | Nov 2, 2014 | Sunday Ads |
Smooth Moves, Real Silk! Ladies (and gentlemen, too)… imagine an item of clothing so...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Lorentz | Oct 26, 2014 | Sunday Ads |
Ads from the 1914 Indiana Funeral Directors Convention, Indianapolis Star Funeral...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Lorentz | Oct 19, 2014 | Sunday Ads |
If doubt assails you, misfortune threatens you, ruin stares you in the face, danger besets you; if...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Lorentz | Oct 12, 2014 | Sunday Ads |
This advertisement promoting the famous Harry Houdini’s performances at B.F. Keith’s...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Lorentz | Oct 5, 2014 | Sunday Ads |
Death adorns a poster distributed by the Indiana Board of Health in the early part of the 20th...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Lorentz | Sep 28, 2014 | Sunday Ads |
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, photo Fabien Sevitzky, vintage booking Ad, 1938 Culture Comes to...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Lorentz | Sep 21, 2014 | Sunday Ads |
Holcomb and Hoke made a fortune selling Popcorn machines from the 19-teens through the 1930s. Many...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Lorentz | Sep 14, 2014 | Sunday Ads |
Advertisement: eBay Concierge Doctoring… In the second half of the 19th century, organic and...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Lorentz | Sep 7, 2014 | Sunday Ads |
History on the Hearth: Will translating A 90-year-old Van Camp’s cookbook into the modern...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Lorentz | Aug 31, 2014 | Sunday Ads |
Why, you little rebel! Well since you’re here, read on… J.D. Adams, King of the Road...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Lorentz | Aug 24, 2014 | Sunday Ads |
The Nose That Knows Kingan’s Meats! If you enjoy stories of a bygone time, there’s...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Lorentz | Aug 17, 2014 | Sunday Ads |
Lego-saurus Rex? Do you remember KangarIke, Ike Hopper, the Ikerville Flyer, Crockod-ike, Ikasaur,...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Lorentz | Aug 10, 2014 | Sunday Ads |
A classic 7.5 by 3.5″ advertising trade card from an 1880s-era boot & shoe store on the...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Lorentz | Aug 3, 2014 | Sunday Ads |
House of Carts… Carriages… Cars… If you’ve followed HI articles in the...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Lorentz | Jul 25, 2014 | Friday Favorites |
Is this what you think of when you think of the DAR? You’re only about 1/10th correct…...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Lorentz | Jul 18, 2014 | Friday Favorites |
How Do You Not Know This Woman? Not just “Benjamin Harrison’s wife,” she was...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Lorentz | Jul 11, 2014 | Friday Favorites |
Is that Cemetery Cymbal-ism? A walk through any graveyard will draw the eye and the imagination to...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Lorentz | Jul 4, 2014 | Friday Favorites |
Happy Independence Day, Indy! Baseball, hotdogs, apple pie and … Raggedy Ann....
Read MorePosted by Lisa Lorentz | Jun 27, 2014 | Friday Favorites |
What Is History? It’s a right and wonderful thing to save a venerable old building from the...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Lorentz | Jun 20, 2014 | Friday Favorites |
The Arsenal Technical High School Centennial Museum at 1500 East Michigan Street It’s part...
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