Friday, March 27, 2026

Irvington Intersection Then and Now

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       A winter storm arrived in Indianapolis on January 30, 1914. It began as sleet and then as folks slumbered several inches fell upon th...
Saturday, March 14, 2026

Photos Show East Tenth Street Before Linwood Square

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      On May 12, 1950, patrolman Millard Swain guided his motorcycle westbound on East Tenth Street near Linwood Avenue. It was a beautiful ...
Saturday, March 7, 2026

Brookville Village Opened in 1949

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      Four years after the end of World War II, the city of Indianapolis faced a housing shortage. Prices for existing homes remained out of...
Sunday, March 1, 2026

The Marchal Family Purchased an Irvington Double in 1942

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      In 1942, Clarence and Edna Marchal purchased a nearly-twenty-year-old double on the northwest corner of South Audubon Road and Julian ...
Friday, February 20, 2026

Renowned Black Baritone Graduated from Butler University's Irvington Campus

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          On June 15, 1925, Butler University seniors gathered outside under a grove of trees on Irvington's campus to receive their dip...
Saturday, January 31, 2026

Important Indianapolis Black-Owned Landmark Discovered in Sumner Images

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      For the past several years, a group of local researchers have been busy trying to identify hundreds of images in the Osbert Sumner pho...
Sunday, January 11, 2026

Family Posed on Emerson Heights Porch, c1920

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     Alonzo and Ada Gordon Shepherd moved into their new home at 729 North Riley Avenue in 1919. The lovely two-story Arts and Crafts house ...