Tag: postcard
At Your Leisure: Inn the Huddle
Posted by Jeff Kamm | Jun 26, 2015 | At Your Leisure | 14 |
At Your Leisure: A Stay off of The Circle
Posted by Jeff Kamm | Jun 5, 2015 | At Your Leisure | 0 |
How the Claypool Hotel Began
by Tiffany Benedict Browne | May 15, 2019 | General | 11 |
Early vintage luggage label from Claypool Hotel (Don’t forget–May is preservation...
Read MoreA Local Place for Young Women: Y. W. C. A.
by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Sep 19, 2018 | General, Ladies Lounge | 2 |
Christian women, that is. And white. At least in the beginning. It was getting close to 1900 and...
Read MoreThen & Now: Wesley Hotel, 16th & Capitol
by Tiffany Benedict Browne | Jul 13, 2017 | Then & Now | 6 |
Hard to believe how many buildings in Indianapolis have been razed under the guise of...
Read MoreSunday Ads: Goodbye City Life!
by Jeff Kamm | Oct 30, 2016 | Sunday Ads | 7 |
Business: Glendale Shopping Center Date of Ad: December 2, 1958 Location: Keystone Avenue and...
Read MoreAt Your Leisure: We’ve Got Next
by Jeff Kamm | Oct 9, 2015 | At Your Leisure | 0 |
Tonight the Indiana Fever will try to extend its quest for a second WNBA Championship. Although...
Read MoreAt Your Leisure: In the Woods
by Jeff Kamm | Aug 28, 2015 | At Your Leisure | 0 |
This postcard shows how the Pennsylvania Hotel would have looked shortly after opening. (Image:...
Read MoreAt Your Leisure: History Paved Over
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...
Read MoreAt Your Leisure: The Fading of the Orange Roof
by Jeff Kamm | Jun 19, 2015 | At Your Leisure | 4 |
A postcard showing the grandeur of the downtown Howard Johnson’s. (Image: Amazon) We often...
Read MoreAt Your Leisure: Summertime Cruisin’
by Jeff Kamm | May 1, 2015 | At Your Leisure | 3 |
Happy May 1st! As spring heads into summer, we start thinking of how to take advantage of the warm...
Read MoreAt Your Leisure: A Lost Roadside Beacon
by Jeff Kamm | Apr 17, 2015 | At Your Leisure | 13 |
The big green sign could once be seen by drivers exiting turn one at the Indianapolis Motor...
Read MoreAt Your Leisure: The Hotel Antlers
by Jeff Kamm | Feb 27, 2015 | At Your Leisure | 2 |
The Scottish Rite Cathedral looms large on the northern fringes of downtown. Aside from the...
Read MoreAt Your Leisure: We Gotta Get Out of This Place
by Jeff Kamm | Feb 20, 2015 | At Your Leisure | 4 |
On these colder-than-cold winter days, one’s mind tends to wander to locales with a more temperate...
Read MorePenny Post: Mass Ave at Night
by Ashley Haynes | Jan 14, 2015 | Penny Post | 3 |
Postmarked: INDIANAPOLIS, IND. – AUG 1-, 1913 – 6-PM Message: 230 South Illinois St....
Read MoreAt Your Leisure: Key West Shrimp House
by Jeff Kamm | Jan 9, 2015 | At Your Leisure | 17 |
The view driving down South Madison Avenue would never be mistaken for being particularly scenic....
Read MoreSunday Adverts: The Postcard From Nowhere
by Lisa Lorentz | Jan 9, 2015 | Sunday Ads | 3 |
A “Postcard from Nowhere,” side one: found in Indianapolis Marion County Public...
Read MorePenny Post: Riverside Bathing Beach
by Ashley Haynes | Jan 7, 2015 | Penny Post | 1 |
Postmarked: INDIANAPOLIS, IND., FEB 1911 – 12:30 PM Message: Dear Annie – Rec’d...
Read MorePenny Post: Yuletide Joys
by Ashley Haynes | Dec 24, 2014 | Penny Post | 0 |
Postmarked: IND., 1916 – 6 PM Message: My dear little Granddaughter, I have been wondering...
Read MoreAt Your Leisure: Jackets Required
by Jeff Kamm | Dec 12, 2014 | At Your Leisure | 9 |
1930s postcard showing the interior that became the King Cole. (Image: eBay) Do you have a special...
Read MorePenny Post: The Highest Building in Indianapolis
by Ashley Haynes | Dec 3, 2014 | Penny Post | 3 |
…Well, at least in 1916! Postmarked: INDIANAPOLIS 2 IND., MAR 12, 1916 – 5:30 PM...
Read MoreAt Your Leisure: Rubbing Elbows with Indy’s Elite at The Marott Hotel
by Jeff Kamm | Nov 14, 2014 | At Your Leisure | 3 |
An early postcard showing the Marott Hotel and Meridian Street Bridge. (Image: eBay) Today’s...
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