Posted in: Then & Now Then & Now: Twente Upholstery Company, 1010 Central Avenue

Courtesy of the Indiana State Library Among the thousands of businesses to call Indianapolis home was the upholstery shop of L. G. Twente located at what was then 8 Central Avenue (today 1010 Central Avenue...

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Posted in: Then & Now Indianapolis Then and Now: Bass Photo Company, 308 S. New Jersey Street

Much of Indianapolis’s visual history from the past century is known due of the  foresight of one commercial photography studio: The W. H. Bass Photo Company, located at 308 S. New Jersey Street from 1897...

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Posted in: Then & Now Indianapolis Then and Now: Kraft’s South Side Baking Company, 915 S. Meridian Street

Today a drive on South Meridian Street between McCarty and Morris Streets gives few hints that this stretch was once a vital commercial corridor heavily populated by the Jewish community. In the past one could...

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