Your Savings Store
S.S. Kresge and Company appeared in the newspaper October 28, 1923 touting the opening of their...
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Sunday Ads: Goodbye City Life!
Business: Glendale Shopping Center Date of Ad: December 2, 1958 Location: Keystone Avenue and...
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Sunday Ads: Be a Secret Agent and Win the Jackpot!
Business: Burger Chef Systems Date of Ad: April 6, 1966 Location: 1300 West 16th Street, and...
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Sunday Ads: Music to Your Ears
Business: Wilking Music Company Location: 120 East Ohio Street, near Massachusetts Avenue Years...
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Sunday Ad’s: Hook’s for Drugs
Business: Hook’s Drugs Date of Ad: July 29, 1906 Location: Various Locations, Originally Prospect...
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Sunday Ads: Be a Good Sport!
Business: Em-Roe Distributors Date of Ad: July 29, 1906 Location: Downtown – 209-211 West...
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Sunday Ads: Tip of the Hat
This Sunday ad from 1966 targets the “back to school” crowd. Who doesn’t want to...
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Sunday Ads: Refreshment Delivered
Business: Robert’s Dairy Date of Ad: September 2, 1956 Location: 4201 Millersville Road Years of...
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Sunday Ads: We’re All Nuts
Business: Morrow’s Nut House Date of Ad: December 30, 1945 Location: 50 North Pennsylvania Street,...
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Sunday Ads: Burlesque at Empire
Name of Business: The Empire Theater Date of Ad: April 13, 1913 Date Established: 1892...
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Sunday Ads: More Than Just Jewelry
Goodman Jewelers at 30 West Washington Street dabbled in “slenderizing” equipment back...
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Sunday Adverts: Saving for a Rainy Day
Name of Business: Fidelity Trust Company Date of Advertisement: April 1, 1956 Neighborhood:...
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Sunday Adverts: Mad for Millinery
Image: Indiana State Library Name of Business: African Ostrich Feather Company Date of this...
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Sunday Ads: Barney’s at The Lincoln
Ever wonder what Alexander Ralston might say if he strolled around downtown Indianapolis today?...
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Sunday Ads: Selig’s
When considering Indy’s shopping legacy, many think of longtime institutions, L. S. Ayres,...
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At Your Leisure: Congratulations, Seniors!
Manual High School students enjoy a picnic, courtesy of Stark and Wetzel meats. The plant, located...
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Back to the When
38 North Pennsylvania Street Years of Operation: 1932-1997 Notable: Before Office Depot or Staples...
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At Your Leisure: Rebirth Along Tinker Street
The neighborhoods bordering Sixteenth and Meridian Streets are some of the next “in” places to be....
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At Your Leisure: Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
A promotional magazine ad from the late 1950s. (Image: Indiana State Library) Valentine’s...
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At Your Leisure: Key West Shrimp House
The view driving down South Madison Avenue would never be mistaken for being particularly scenic....
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