Vintage Irvington

     Four years ago this month, I started down an unknown path.  Could I create a blog that concentrated on collecting historic photos of th...

The Reverend John H. Bergen, the pastor of the Wallace Street Presbyterian Church, received a surprise on his 62nd birthday when the local c...

As World War II wound down, speculators and developers began to prepare for the return of millions of veterans.  Where would they live?  Irv...

Emerson Avenue Baptist Church has been an important institution in the neighborhood since 1921.  Located at the northwest corner of North Em...

Entrepreneur Fred Azbell opened his own business in the mid-twentieth century selling Bowes Auto Parts.  Eventually, he secured a commercial...

Most of the homes in the 1100 block of North Butler Avenue were built in the 1920s although the lovely brick Tudor-Revival structure at 1121...

The 1100 block of North Butler Avenue was at the far edge of the city in 1943. In fact, the people who canvased the area for the Polk's ...

While Fred Azbell was away serving the country during World War II, his father-in-law, T. Newton White, took over the family business locate...

The Azbell family celebrated two joyous births in the 1940s.  In top photo, Fred and Vivian Azbell welcomed little Barbara Azbell into their...

They gathered in the living room in the home of Fred and Vivian Azbell at 1115 North Butler Avenue for a beer and a smoke. The stories they ...

Fred and Vivian White Azbell moved into 1115 North Butler Avenue in 1936. Built in 1928, two previous families, the Stanleys and Vornholts, ...

Fred and Vivian White Azbell married in 1934 and moved into the Mary Elizabeth, an apartment building located at 4801 East Washington Street...