Posted in: Friday Favorites Friday Favorite: The Quincy Kid Caper

Indiana National Bank, 1880’s. Built “when stumps dotted Washington Street.” Image credit: History of Indiana National Bank The earliest banks in Indianapolis did business on a handshake and not much more. College students, business moguls,...

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Posted in: Friday Favorites Friday Favorite: Easter Leggacy 1877

An Easter Egg Dye Recipe: April 1877 The custom of Easter egg decorating is believed to date back to the 13th century. Eggs were once a forbidden food during the Lenten season. Over the years, people...

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Posted in: Friday Favorites Friday Favorite: The Battle of Irvington

The first Irvington school began as one room in 1874 and grew to two stories with a tower by the time this picture was taken in the late 1890s. The building stood immediately east of...

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