Author: Lisa Lorentz

Sunday Adverts: Hoosiery

Posted by Lisa Lorentz | Nov 2, 2014 | Sunday Ads |

Smooth Moves, Real Silk! Ladies (and gentlemen, too)… imagine an item of clothing so...

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Sunday Adverts: When Indy put the “Fun” in Funeral

Posted by Lisa Lorentz | Oct 26, 2014 | Sunday Ads |

  Ads from the 1914 Indiana Funeral Directors Convention, Indianapolis Star Funeral...

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Sunday Adverts: Indy Soothsayers 100 Years Ago

Posted 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...

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Sunday Adverts: Hoosierdini

Posted by Lisa Lorentz | Oct 12, 2014 | Sunday Ads |

This advertisement promoting the famous Harry Houdini’s performances at B.F. Keith’s...

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Sunday Adverts: Death as a Salesman

Posted 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...

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Sunday Adverts: Symphony on the Prairie (Literally)

Posted by Lisa Lorentz | Sep 28, 2014 | Sunday Ads |

Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, photo Fabien Sevitzky, vintage booking Ad, 1938 Culture Comes to...

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Sunday Adverts: Nuts for Holcomb and Hoke

Posted 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...

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Sunday Adverts: Norways for Nerves

Posted by Lisa Lorentz | Sep 14, 2014 | Sunday Ads |

Advertisement: eBay Concierge Doctoring… In the second half of the 19th century, organic and...

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Sunday Adverts: Van Camp’s Cookin’ Up Some History

Posted 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...

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Sunday Adverts: Don’t Read This

Posted 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...

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Sunday Adverts: The Nose Knows

Posted 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...

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Sunday Adverts: Did You Like Ike?

Posted by Lisa Lorentz | Aug 17, 2014 | Sunday Ads |

Lego-saurus Rex? Do you remember KangarIke, Ike Hopper, the Ikerville Flyer, Crockod-ike, Ikasaur,...

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Sunday Adverts: It’s in the Cards…

Posted 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...

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Sunday Adverts: House of Carts

Posted by Lisa Lorentz | Aug 3, 2014 | Sunday Ads |

House of Carts… Carriages… Cars… If you’ve followed HI articles in the...

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Friday Favorite: Service, Unsung

Posted 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…...

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Friday Favorite: Sweet Caroline

Posted by Lisa Lorentz | Jul 18, 2014 | Friday Favorites |

How Do You Not Know This Woman? Not just “Benjamin Harrison’s wife,” she was...

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Friday Favorite: Grave Concerns

Posted 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...

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Friday Favorite: Raggedy Ann and Indy

Posted by Lisa Lorentz | Jul 4, 2014 | Friday Favorites |

  Happy Independence Day, Indy! Baseball, hotdogs, apple pie and … Raggedy Ann....

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Friday Favorite: History… Taking It Personally

Posted 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...

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Friday Favorite: Tech History Heroes

Posted 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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