Anna Topp: Trailblazing Female Real Estate Developer
In honor of Women’s History Month, let’s look at a woman featured in a newspaper...
Read MorePosted by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Mar 12, 2011 | Historic Miscellania |
In honor of Women’s History Month, let’s look at a woman featured in a newspaper...
Read MorePosted by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Mar 8, 2011 | Historic Miscellania |
Wiegand’s Sons Florists, located at Illinois and 16th, was already in their 89th year when...
Read MorePosted by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Mar 7, 2011 | Ladies Lounge |
Ladies, let’s roll back the clock by a mere 105 years and look at a few of the fashions that...
Read MorePosted by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Feb 28, 2011 | Ladies Lounge |
Advertised to upscale local ladies in 1916: fine clothing. Of course, some of the upper class...
Read MorePosted by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Feb 20, 2011 | Sunday Ads |
Date Unknown. Six week trial $1.70. Being manufactured at 640 North West Street, where she...
Read MorePosted by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Feb 19, 2011 | Historic Miscellania |
After purchasing this photo on ebay a year or two ago, I misplaced the original. When I find it I...
Read MorePosted by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Feb 15, 2011 | Editorial |
James Whitcomb Riley, Hoosier poet and the spark that started my life down a most rewarding...
Read MorePosted by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Feb 12, 2011 | Historic Miscellania |
Today, we conclude the Holiday magazine article on the Indianapolis of 1950 that we started...
Read MorePosted by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Feb 11, 2011 | Historic Miscellania |
While we continue to map out the features we want to offer you wonderful H.I. readers, it seems...
Read MorePosted by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Feb 7, 2011 | Heritage Steward |
Today we interview Karen Lystra, professor of American Studies at California State University at...
Read MorePosted by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Feb 4, 2011 | Historic Miscellania |
From our friends at the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site–roll back your calendars a mere...
Read MorePosted by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Dec 22, 2010 | Historic Miscellania |
Next time you are cruising north at lightning speed (there doesn’t seem to be any other at...
Read MorePosted by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Dec 10, 2010 | Heritage Steward |
Whoever coined the phrase “You are a gentleman and a scholar,” must have known Dr. James Glass,...
Read MorePosted by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Dec 3, 2010 | Historic Miscellania |
From Modern Mechanics and Inventions from January 1930 Interesting perspective from 80 years ago!...
Read MorePosted by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Nov 19, 2010 | Historic Miscellania |
Let’s meet three Indianapolis business trailblazers and entrepreneurs. These three are...
Read MorePosted by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Nov 3, 2010 | Historic Miscellania |
What would you have done during the 5-day “National Biennial Y.W.C.A. Convention”?...
Read MorePosted by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Oct 21, 2010 | Historic Miscellania |
Favorite Friday today: Achievement of a milestone. In this case, the 1 year anniversary of the...
Read MorePosted by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Oct 15, 2010 | Historic Miscellania |
Sadly, we are nearing the point that few living actually have firsthand accounts of this building...
Read MorePosted by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Oct 10, 2010 | Historic Miscellania |
Apologies for the blurry quality, but what is decipherable is interesting. October 10, 1871. I...
Read MorePosted by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Oct 8, 2010 | Historic Miscellania |
Yes, I say it a lot. I love finding connections and the fewest degrees of separation. As...
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