Indianapolis Then and Now: Better Babies Building and Hook’s Drug Store Museum, Indiana State Fairgrounds
Better Babies Building during the Indiana State Fair, 1926. (Courtesy of the Indiana Historical...
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Indianapolis Then and Now: Morris-Butler House, 1204 Park Avenue
Circa 1867-1885 photograph of the Morris-Butler House (Courtesy of Indiana Landmarks) As a...
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Indianapolis Then and Now: 500 Block of West Washington Street / Eiteljorg Museum
This 1953 view shows the 500 block of W. Washington Street as it appeared in 1953. (Courtesy of...
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Indianapolis Then and Now: Briggs Flats, 550 Fletcher Avenue
People gather to look at the fire-damaged Briggs Flats in this August 30, 1948 photograph. The...
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Indianapolis Then and Now: Louisa Magruder’s House, 564 N. Highland Avenue
An early resident of what is now Cottage Home neighborhood was an elderly black woman named Louisa...
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Indianapolis Then and Now: Bass Photo Company, 308 S. New Jersey Street
Much of Indianapolis’s visual history from the past century is known due of the foresight...
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Indianapolis Then and Now: DeLuxe Cake & Pastry Shop, 657 E. 38th Street
DeLuxe Cake & Pastry Shop, ca. 1945 / Courtesy of IUPUI Library, Neighborhood of Saturdays...
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Indianapolis Then and Now: The Reid-Dickson House, 1456 N. Delaware Street
1906. Courtesy of the Herron Art Library, Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission Collection...
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Then & Now: SW Corner New Jersey & Vermont (Recycled)
Then: Hyde School #1 was constructed by the school system in the 1860s and stood for many...
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Indianapolis Then and Now: The Ryan/Gasaway Home, 1103 E. 9th Street
Finding photographs of the homes and businesses of the Vonneguts, Efroymsons, Ayres, and Blocks...
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Indianapolis Then and Now: Kroger Grocery and Big Al’s Superstore, 4601 N. College Avenue
Courtesy of Ball State University, University Libraries, Drawings + Documents Archive, ...
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Indianapolis Then and Now: Bird’s-Eye View of the City Market 222 E. Market Street
In this week’s Room With a View column featuring Chelsie Roy’s photo of the...
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Indianapolis Then and Now: The House of a Thousand Candles, 1500 N. Delaware St.
The Library of Congress owns over 14 million prints and photographs and only a small fraction have...
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Indianapolis (Almost) Then and Now: Cantor Drive-In Restaurant
In honor of the birthday of architect Mies van der Rohe (March 27, 1886 – August 17, 1969), I have...
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Indianapolis Then and Now: Briggs Flats, 550 Fletcher Avenue
People gather to look at the fire-damaged Briggs Flats in this August 30, 1948 photograph. The...
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Indianapolis Then and Now: W. E. Mick Building and Aquilina Apartments, Central Avenue and East 30th Street
The W. E. Mick Building, also known as the Aquilina Apartments, was a brick structure built in...
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