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Then & Now: Billboards in Indianapolis

by Joan Hostetler | Nov 27, 2014 | Then & Now | 3 |

Billboards have had a long and sometimes controversial place in Indianapolis history and are in...

Sunday Adverts: Thanksgiving Love and Lard

by Lisa Lorentz | Nov 23, 2014 | Vintage Vittles | 4 |

Vintage Meat Recipe Book, 1946… an Adventure in Fat! There are some history enthusiasts who...

Sunday Adverts: Van Camp’s Cookin’ Up Some History

by Lisa Lorentz | Sep 7, 2014 | Sunday Ads | 1 |

History on the Hearth: Will translating A 90-year-old Van Camp’s cookbook into the modern...

Sunday Ad: Barney’s Jewelers, Lincoln Hotel

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Feb 3, 2013 | Sunday Ads | 0 |

If you missed Libby’s fascinating article of yesterday, take a look at the map that shows...

Sunday Ads: Landscape Architect

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Jan 27, 2013 | Sunday Ads | 3 |

One of the wonderful surprises of old city directories is finding adverts in the margins and below...

1910 Indianapolis Veterinarian

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Jan 20, 2013 | Sunday Ads | 1 |

Though its unknown exactly when the first veterinarian came to Indianapolis, it was interesting to...

Sunday Ads: 1910 Indy Christmas

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Dec 23, 2012 | Sunday Ads | 6 |

Christmas ads of 1910 are all over the map. From milk to diamonds and well wishes from all forms...

Sunday Adverts: Atkins Saw

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Oct 28, 2012 | Sunday Ads | 2 |

To piggyback on the fabulous Indianapolis Collected article of yesterday… Here’s a...

Sunday Adverts: L. E. Morrison & Co

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Jul 29, 2012 | Sunday Ads | 7 |

“TRUNKS. BEE HIVE TRUNK FACTORY. GOODYEAR’S RUBBER GOODS. RUBBER” lined the...

Sunday Ad: Cajun meets Birdseye view Artists

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Jul 22, 2012 | Sunday Ads | 5 |

This vintage advert for the Edward Mason Company (circa 1910?) at the southwest corner of Wabash...

Sunday Ads: Parquet, not a creamy spread

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | May 6, 2012 | Sunday Ads | 0 |

The warmer weather inevitably makes me grateful for wood floors–just seems to make the house...

Sunday Adverts: Architects in 1914 Indianapolis

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Apr 29, 2012 | Sunday Ads | 3 |

Last night’s fundraiser for Indiana Landmarks included (among many fabulous features) the...

Sunday Adverts: Hoosier Kitchens, Cabinets, and Refrigerators in 1919

by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Oct 23, 2011 | Sunday Ads | 7 |

I think most of us have heard of the Hoosier Kitchen Cabinet, right? (There is one on display at...

Indianapolis Collected: Antique ad show brings back Indy’s Wonder Years

by Libby Cierzniak | Oct 8, 2011 | Indianapolis Collected | 5 |

In late September, there was a spirited bidding war on ebay over an item that most people would...

Tag: advertising

Then & Now: Billboards in Indianapolis

Sunday Adverts: Thanksgiving Love and Lard

Sunday Adverts: Van Camp’s Cookin’ Up Some History

Sunday Adverts: Atkins Saw

Sunday Ads: Parquet, not a creamy spread

Indianapolis Collected: Antique ad show brings back Indy’s Wonder Years

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