Posted in: Vintage Vittles Sunday Adverts: Thanksgiving Love and Lard

Vintage Meat Recipe Book, 1946… an Adventure in Fat! There are some history enthusiasts who yearn to recreate the “good old days.” These intrepid time travelers long to capture the mindset of an ancestor… feel...

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Posted in: Indianapolis Collected Indianapolis Collected: The Day Indy Got Her Wings

Before the advent of planes, trains and automobiles, the fastest route from point A to point B was usually by water.  So when a new state capital was selected in 1820, the fact that Congress...

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Posted in: Sunday Ads Sunday Adverts: Kingan & Co.

These days, bacon is everywhere – on sandwiches, in omelettes, and in cupcake icing.  Back in the 1920’s, when this ad appeared, Kingan’s Bacon was “reliable.” Kingan & Co., featured in this Indianapolis Collected article,...

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Posted in: Indianapolis Collected Indianapolis Collected: Butterine, anyone?

When Thomas and Samuel Kingan boarded a boat in Belfast in 1848, they had no intention of landing on the banks of the White River. Instead, they were bound for New York City, where they...

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