Keep Your Sauerkraut Away From My Bicycles
In 1896, readers of the Christmas Eve edition of Cycling Life, a trade magazine for...
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At Your Leisure: Football Fantasies
This simple black and white press guide introduced the Capitols during their championship season....
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The Scientific Scrapper Who Played Uncle Tom
If you’re into sports history, you’re probably familiar with the great cyclist...
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Indianapolis Then and Now: Charles E. Emmerich Manual Training High School
Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection (ca. 1900-1910) In the...
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In the Park: JTV Hill Park
A cold wind whipped through the bare trees as I walked the perimeter of JTV Hill Park. There was...
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HI Mailbag: Tab Recreation
Reader’s Question: I played several different sports at Tabernacle Presbyterian Church...
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Pan Am Plaza
Over 26 years ago, Indianapolis was making huge strides in changing its struggling, rust-belt...
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HI Mailbag: Marshall “Major” Taylor
Reader’s Question:Â I recall that cyclist Marshall “Major” Taylor was born in...
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Indianapolis Collected: What goes around, comes around – the oval road to the Super Bowl.
Celluloid pin promoting the 1898 League of American Wheelmen National Meet. There’ll be...
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Sunday Prayers: A Hail Mary Saves Bush Stadium
Surely you’ve heard by now: Bush Stadium is not going to be flattened, but rather, is going...
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