Posted in: Mailbag HI Mailbag: Celtic Federal Savings and Loan Association

Reader’s Question: I am trying to find info on what happened to Celtic Saving and Loan Association.  My grandmother had this certificate from 1936 (pictured below).  Thanks, Tom D.    HI’s Answer: Celtic Saving and Loan Association was the first institution in...

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Posted in: Then & Now Indianapolis Then and Now: Progress Laundry, 422-26 E. Market Street

Courtesy of the Indiana Album, ca. 1911 lantern slide from the collection of Joan Hostetler This week I showcase two lantern slides that I purchased on eBay of the Progress Laundry Company. Lantern slides were...

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Posted in: Then & Now Indianapolis Then and Now: West Market Street

Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company, ca. 1907 This clear view of Indianapolis, taken circa 1907 according to the the Library of Congress, shows West Market Street looking east toward the Soldiers and Sailors Monument....

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Posted in: Then & Now Indianapolis Then and Now: West Market Street and the 500 Festival Parade

Thanks to Jon Berg, a Historic Indianapolis reader, who shared this photograph at the Indiana Album Scan-a-Thon at the Harrison Center for the Arts earlier this month. The caption for this parade image reveals that...

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Posted in: Historic Miscellania Favorite Friday of the Forgotten…Tomlinson Hall

Sadly, we are nearing the point that few living actually have firsthand accounts of this building before it burned and was bulldozed. Even if you are too young to remember doesn’t mean you should forget....

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