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Then & Now: The Bertha Ballard

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Mar 20, 2019 | Featured Article, Then & Now | 2 |

Post card of the Bertha Ballard Home from the flickr collection of Evan Finch A la “Pulp...

Then & Now: The Cuyler Studio, 1527 N. College Ave.

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Mar 13, 2019 | Featured Article, General | 0 |

The Cuyler Studio and home, 1527 North College Avenue We’ve all heard stories of the woman...

The Woman Behind the Tablet

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Mar 6, 2019 | Featured Article, General | 0 |

Where Marie H. Stewart lived from 1916-1952 And we aren’t talking an electronic tablet,...

Phyllis Wheatley Y. W. C. A.

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Feb 27, 2019 | Featured Article, General, Ladies Lounge | 0 |

Anyone who has ever gotten anywhere in life has had help. Whether family, friends, teachers,...

Madam CJ Walker

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Feb 20, 2019 | Featured Article, General | 0 |

1998 U.S. Postage stamp, honoring Madam C. J. Ever wonder who your role models’ role models...

Lincoln Spoke Here: The Other Marker

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Feb 11, 2019 | Featured Article, General | 0 |

Lincoln Marker When Affixed to Claypool Hotel One of Indianapolis’ big claims to fame is...

Where Wes Montgomery…?

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Feb 6, 2019 | Featured Article | 0 |

Wes Montgomery, image courtesy Indiana Historical Society, M1178, taken by Duncan Schiedt In the...

Then and Now: At Vermont and Meridian, Part II – 10 E. Vermont

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Jan 30, 2019 | Featured Article, General | 0 |

Above: a doctored image showing part of 18 East Vermont with the First Baptist Church at the...

Happy National Handwriting Day from Indianapolis

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Jan 23, 2019 | Featured Article, General | 0 |

You love old stuff, right? Or else, why would you be on this website? Assuming that’s the...

Then and Now: At Vermont and Meridian, Part I – 18 East Vermont

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Jan 16, 2019 | Featured Article, Then & Now | 0 |

The Indiana War Memorial is one of the crown jewels of Indianapolis, but much like the soldiers it...

The Who and How of Indiana’s State Flag

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Jan 9, 2019 | Featured Article, General | 0 |

Mrs. John N. Carey was attending a convention of the National Society of the Daughters of the...

Twain Spoke Here: Plymouth Church

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Nov 14, 2018 | Featured Article, General | 0 |

Of all the famed authors to have visited Victorian era Indianapolis, who would you most want to...

Flats Lost: The Lexington

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Nov 7, 2018 | Featured Article, General | 0 |

Image: Lexington Flats, 1906. Bass Photo Co. Collection, Indiana Historical Society Ever noticed...

The “New” English Hotel

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Oct 17, 2018 | Featured Article, General | 0 |

Are you one of those people who turns lemons into lemonade? One time Indianapolis resident and...

When Saks came to Indy

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Oct 3, 2018 | Featured Article, General | 0 |

If you like a spot of shopping or just window wishing at a high end retailer, this one’s for...

A Local Place for Young Women: Y. W. C. A.

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Sep 19, 2018 | Featured Article, General | 2 |

Christian women, that is. And white. At least in the beginning. It was getting close to 1900 and...

Formerly on the Circle: American Central Life Building

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Aug 15, 2018 | Featured Article, General | 4 |

If you’re the type to contemplate the stories behind buildings and locations, this may be of...

HI Mailbag: Christmas, A Century Ago

by Sharon Butsch Freeland | Dec 22, 2015 | Featured Article, Mailbag | 11 |

Reader’s Question: Could you provide some details about the ways in which Christmas was...

Indianapolis Then and Now: The Ayres Clock Cherub

by Joan Hostetler | Dec 25, 2014 | Featured Article, Then & Now | 3 |

Courtesy of the Indiana Historical Society, L. S. Ayres and Company Records, 22 November 1947 The...

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Then & Now: The Bertha Ballard

Then & Now: The Cuyler Studio, 1527 N. College Ave.

The Woman Behind the Tablet

Phyllis Wheatley Y. W. C. A.

Madam CJ Walker

Lincoln Spoke Here: The Other Marker

Where Wes Montgomery…?

Then and Now: At Vermont and Meridian, Part II – 10 E. Vermont

Happy National Handwriting Day from Indianapolis

Then and Now: At Vermont and Meridian, Part I – 18 East Vermont

The Who and How of Indiana’s State Flag

Twain Spoke Here: Plymouth Church

Flats Lost: The Lexington

The “New” English Hotel

When Saks came to Indy

Formerly on the Circle: American Central Life Building

HI Mailbag: Christmas, A Century Ago

Indianapolis Then and Now: The Ayres Clock Cherub

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