Posted in: Then & Now Then & Now: Laycock Manufacturing

Recognize this view? If you frequent the canal, it will look familiar, as a view from Bugg’s Temple. Ever wonder what may have preceded the current shiny newer business buildings? For this site, it was...

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Posted in: Flashback Fridays Flashback Fridays: Joanie Nichols

Indianapolis history is not just made up of buildings, historic homes, and age-old events. After all, it IS people who make history happen, so what better way to know Indianapolis history than to hear from...

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Posted in: Indianapolis Collected Indianapolis Collected: Local bedmaker T.B.Laycock dreamed of a better workplace

Money was tight on a preacher’s salary, but that didn’t deter my great-grandparents from buying a brand new Mission-style bed when they first set up housekeeping in the early 1900s. Over the next half century, their...

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