Then & Now: Indiana State Fair & Expo
Indiana State Fair and Exposition, 1873. Spanning Exposition Avenue (now 19th Street) between...
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Author: Tiffany Benedict Browne
Sunday Ads: State Fair: September 17-22, 1888
A few ads and other info from the State Fair program from the 1888 State Fair. Hotel...
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Friday Fave: State Fair Souvenirs
Image: collection Tiffany Benedict Browne Some people must have a tangible memento of places...
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State Fair, 1874
Think about what it was like to attend the Indiana State Fair and Exposition before electricity...
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Penny Post: Networking, 1906 style
Today, you can interface with any number of people through various social media channels, but 100+...
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Then & Now: Hawthorne School- 75 North Belleview Place
Circa 1911 or later – note the Carnegie Library in the background (courtesy...
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Friday Favorite: Brick Double, Fletcher Place
There are so many special buildings and places to love in Fletcher Place, but this one is a...
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Then & Now: Independent Turnverein, 902 N. Meridian
Postmarked 1917 Independent Turnverein Post Card, (courtesy HistoricIndianapolis.com) How lucky...
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Friday Favorite: Herman Lieber House, Lockerbie Square
Herman LIeber Cottage Indianapolis has so many fabulous neighborhoods, and much to love in each....
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Gunned Down Grocer
As a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, during the “golden age of...
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Then & Now: Southside Synogogue, 609 South Meridian
Merrill Street didn’t always dead end into Meridian Street. The unassuming lot dabbed in...
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Architect for Theaters
It would be fair to say many an architect or architectural firm gets known for designing a...
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Then & Now: “Colored” Knights of Pythias, 701-703 North Senate
While many people consider Indiana Avenue the epicenter of early black culture in Indianapolis,...
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Then & Now: Meridian Park- 3100 North Pennsylvania
Looking north on Pennsylvania, decades ago Historic Meridian Park is small but mighty in its...
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Then and Now: 19th and Delaware, Snowy
One wonders how the city of Indianapolis neighborhoods made it through snowy days 100 or so years...
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Misc. Monday: Early Indy High Schools
Image: HI collection As a respite from the seemingly constant negative news about education and...
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Misc. Monday: Move to a New Subdivision! In 1916
Perusing the pages of early 1900’s Indianapolis newspapers, you will occasionally come...
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Misc. Monday: What to do in Indy, 1966
At the heart of any one of the weekly printed thin copies of “This Week in...
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Misc. Mondays: American Dream For Sale
If you haven’t seen or heard yet, it seems this lovely building on the Northeast corner of...
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Misc. Monday: Map Your Way Home via Trolley or Bus
1939 Indianapolis. Some of the streets have changed, but not the names–check out this map...
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