Sunday Adverts: Ballard Ice Cream Company
It’s Christmas in July! Business:Â Ballard Ice Cream Company Year of this Advertisement:Â 1921...
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Sunday Adverts: Indianapolis Tent and Awning Company
Business:Â Indianapolis Tent and Awning Co. Year of this Advertisement:Â 1900 Location: Â 20 S....
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Sunday Adverts: Pink’s Pharmacy
Business:Â Pink’s Pharmacy Year of this Advertisement:Â 1907 Location: Â 550 Indiana Avenue...
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Sunday Adverts: American Hominy Company
Business:Â American Hominy Company (formerly Cerealine Manufacturing Company) Year of this...
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Sunday Adverts: J. I. Holcomb Manufacturing Company
Business:Â J. I. Holcomb Manufacturing Company Year of this Advertisement:Â 1939 Location: Â Barth...
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Sunday Adverts: The Marott Hotel
Image courtesy of Evan Finch Business:Â Â The Marott Hotel Year of this Advertisement:Â Based on the...
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Sunday Adverts: Fendrick’s Restaurant
Matchbook scan courtesy of Evan Finch. Business:Â Fendrick’s Restaurants Year of this...
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Sunday Adverts: Polk’s Milk
Photo courtesy of Evan Finch Business:Â Polk’s Milk Year of this Advertisement:Â pre-1950...
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Sunday Adverts: The Claypool Shop
Business: The Claypool Shop of L.Strauss & Co. Year of this Advertisement: 1920 Address: 116...
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Sunday Adverts: Indianapolis Light and Heat Company
Image Courtesy of IMCPL Digital Collections From 1904 – 1926, the company now known as the...
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Sunday Adverts: George William Hoffman Co. (Bar-Keepers’ Friend)
In 1883, George William Hoffman, an Indianapolis chemist and owner of the George William Hoffman...
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Sunday Adverts: Metropolitan Theater
Earlier this week, Historic Indianapolis featured the Metropolitan Theater in “A Room with a...
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Sunday Adverts: Ad. Hereth & Co.
In 1852, John C. Hereth, a German immigrant who came to Indianapolis via Jefferson County,...
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Sunday Adverts: The Freeman Newspaper
In July 1888, Edward Elder Cooper, originally from Florida, founded The Freeman, the first...
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Sunday Adverts: Real Silk
In 1922, brothers Jack and Lazure Goodman formed the Real Silk Hosiery Company, one of the first...
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Sunday Adverts: The Pink Poodle
Image courtesy of personal collection of Evan Finch. In the early 1960’s an up and coming...
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Sunday Adverts: Boncilla Cosmetics
In 1896, John M. Price, born in 1872 in Washington County, Indiana, started the Crown Chemical...
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Sunday Adverts: Granada Theatre
On April 8, 1928, the Granada Theatre, owned and operated by Universal Pictures, opened in...
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Sunday Adverts: William B. Burford Printing Company
In the 1860’s Miles W. Burford, a banker from Independence, Missouri, moved with his wife to...
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Sunday Adverts: American Box Ball Company
James I. Holcomb (the namesake of the J.I. Holcomb Observatory and Planetarium) and Jacob...
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