lost Indianapolis restaurants Archives - Historic Indianapolis

Sunday Ads: Be a Secret Agent and Win the Jackpot!

by Jeff Kamm | Oct 16, 2016 | Sunday Ads | 4 |

Business: Burger Chef Systems Date of Ad: April 6, 1966 Location: 1300 West 16th Street, and...

This is a patch that a Frisch’s carhop would have worn during the Fifties and Sixties....

by Jeff Kamm | Aug 14, 2015 | At Your Leisure | 3 |

Monument Circle is always a pleasant place to take a stroll on a summer evening. The center of the...

Even those who know little about Indianapolis are likely familiar with that “saintly”...

Crown Hill — America’s third-largest public cemetery — has a few hundred...

by Jeff Kamm | Jul 31, 2015 | At Your Leisure | 2 |

If you happen to see some superheroes or gunslingers walking around this weekend, please, have no...

by Jeff Kamm | Jul 24, 2015 | At Your Leisure | 2 |

Although it’s heartbreaking to think about the buildings and businesses that have been lost over...

by Jeff Kamm | May 29, 2015 | At Your Leisure | 6 |

Not many would picture fine French dining at a roadside motel as this ad from the 1960s boasted....