Posted in: Sunday Ads Sunday Ads: Goodbye City Life!

Business:  Glendale Shopping Center Date of Ad:  December 2, 1958 Location:  Keystone Avenue and 62nd Street Years of Operation: 1958-present Notable: Even though it’s only Halloween, shoppers around the Circle City will notice Christmas decorations...

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Posted in: Sunday Ads Sunday Ads: Button It!

 Colonel Mustard… in the Library… with a Button Hook. Wait. What’s a button hook?  Long before the invention of spandex and Velcro, our ancestors wore a number of button-up garments, such as shoes, dresses and gloves....

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Posted in: Ladies Lounge Ladies Lounge: Glamour For an Indy Woman, Born 1913

Does the sight of a baby ever prompt you to wonder what the world will look like for that child when he or she is decades older? Or maybe when they are your age? Think...

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Posted in: Ladies Lounge Ladies Lounge: The Evolution of Block’s Branding

Does your heart skip a beat when you chance upon an old hometown brand while out vintage shopping–especially when it’s a long-time favorite like Block’s or Ayres? With a beloved company such as Block’s that...

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Posted in: Then & Now Indianapolis Then and Now: West Market Street

Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company, ca. 1907 This clear view of Indianapolis, taken circa 1907 according to the the Library of Congress, shows West Market Street looking east toward the Soldiers and Sailors Monument....

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Posted in: Ladies Lounge LADIES LOUNGE: WM H BLOCK CO SUIT

Oh to have been able to select an entire wardrobe from the early 50’s (local expert Thomas Brown informs me this is from 1951–thank you; I just had a loose image in a stack). Even...

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Posted in: Ladies Lounge Ladies Lounge: Pinteresting

It’s often difficult to find vintage Indianapolis ads or other ephemera we’d love to acquire to share with the fine readers of HistoricIndianapolis.com –so what a delight to find some on Pinterest.com. We’ve taken the...

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Posted in: Ladies Lounge Ladies Lounge: Indianapolis Brands, Winter Suits

    Rarely does a gal receive more compliments than when wearing a vintage suit, yet so many are timid about trying them out. After looking at the above vintage adverts for suits of yesteryear,...

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Posted in: Indianapolis Collected Indianapolis Collected: Miracle on Washington Street

Long before Ralphie told a bearded man in a red suit about his secret desire to own a Red Ryder BB Gun, American children have been sharing their Christmas lists with department store Santas. The...

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Posted in: Ladies Lounge Ladies Lounge: Fall suits- William H. Block or That Ayres Look?

Ahh, to have been a Lady Who Lunched in Indianapolis in the 1930’s, 40’s or 50’s. Would you have opted for “That Ayres Look” or …well, what would you have been called if you preferred...

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