Misc Mondays
Misc Monday: Moses in Wonderland
One amazing local business coming to the rescue in the midst of the “food desert” of...
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Misc Monday: On Liberty and Whiskers
Lajos Kossuth in a daguerreotype by Southworth & Hawes, 1851 The list of famous visitors to...
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Misc Monday: The Russian Connection
Dos Equis might have “The Most Interesting Man in the World” doing beer ads today. ...
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Misc Monday: John Muir’s Vision Lost and Found
The great naturalist John Muir lost his sight in an industrial accident in Indianapolis in March...
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Misc Monday: African American and Catholic in Early Indianapolis
Two Daughters of Charity with African American children at St. Ann’s School, probably in the...
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Misc Monday: Preservation One Artifact at a Time
Ever wonder the worth of that old painting collecting dust in the depths of your attic? Or have...
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Misc. Monday: Reminisces of an Ayres Christmas
Guest Author: Mary Jane Teeters-Eichacher For seventy years, from 1922 to 1992, the place to...
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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: William J. Forsyth’s Irvington Connections
Forsyth Irvington House ca. 1914, photo courtesy of Susan Forsyth Selby Sklar Guest Author: Rachel...
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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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The Courtroom Where Jack Daniels “Got Served”
During the height of 1920’s Prohibition, the Federal Courthouse in downtown Indianapolis was home...
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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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Misc. Monday: Porch Parties
Good news for those of us who love old traditions. A beloved early Indianapolis ritual has...
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Misc. Monday- It wasn’t just zoning…
…that kept the use of the southeast corner of Illinois and Georgia Streets the same for so...
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Misc. Monday: Bicycling Indy in 1896
In the 1890’s, bicycles were more than a hot commodity, but also an obsession–...
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Misc Monday: Twin Oaks Home & Garden Tour
At 555 Kessler Boulevard, West Drive, Lyman S. Ayres II and his wife, Isabel, built a Colonial...
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