Tag: Indiana
The Who and How of Indiana’s State Flag
Mrs. John N. Carey was attending a convention of the National Society of the Daughters of the...
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Then & Now: Laundering Behind Old City Hall
Local history buffs love to regale Circle City newbies with anecdotes of yesteryear about the...
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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: 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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New Life at Central State Part III: The 1899 Building
The 1899 Building, formerly the Men’s Dining Hall for Central State Hospital. (Photo:...
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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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Deja Vu Tuesday: Would a Hoosier by any other name smell as sweet?
In a rare display of bipartisanship during a campaign season otherwise marked by epic ugliness,...
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Deja Vu Tuesday: Celebrating 200 years of history repeating itself
In 1905, philosopher George Santayana penned the oft-repeated maxim, “Those who cannot...
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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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At Your Leisure: On Tour
The La Tour dining room in all of its swanky seventies glory. (Image: eBay) Valentine’s Day has...
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At Your Leisure: That’s the Spirit!
It’s easy to pick out an out-of-towner at the grocery store on a Sunday. Often times he or...
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Sunday Ads: Indy’s Industrious, Illustrious Illustrators
Let’s set the scene… Indianapolis in the 1890s: Due to recent technological advances...
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In the Park: Canterbury Park
Passenger rail service was nearly eliminated by the late 1950s or early 1960s. (William H. Bass...
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In The Park: Forest Manor Park
Welcome to Forest Manor Park, established in 1937 Welcome to Forest Manor Park on Indianapolis’s...
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At Your Leisure: The Hoosier Grand Prix
1965 Program (Image: eBay) This weekend, the month of May heats up at the Indianapolis Motor...
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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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In The Park: Haughville Park
Welcome to Haughville Park! This five-and-a-half acre park on the city’s west side opened in...
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In the Park: Reverend Mozel Sanders Park
From Colonel Eli Lily to Mayor Thomas Taggart to basketball great Oscar Robertson, there is a...
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