Vintage Irvington

      On November 19, 1961, excited eastside residents laced up their skates and hopped onto the very first outdoor public skating rink in I...

      In January of 1944, Janice and John W. Kern, along with an unidentified family member, walked in Ellenberger Park. Pockets of snow can...

      I do not know the name of the young man in this photo. Who is he? On the back of the photo, someone has written "January, 1944...

North Audubon Road, sometimes referred to as "Lovers' Lane," is a perfect setting for local photographers who want to capture ...

Ellenberger Park served as the perfect spot for local families to host reunions, receptions celebrations, and birthday parties.  When Steve ...

I love it when readers respond to posts.  After reading my most recent blurb on Ellenberger Park, Don Rouse, a frequent contributor to this ...

The city of Indianapolis purchased several acres of woods from John Ellenberger for a city park in 1910.  The neighbors loved the forest and...

In 1914, the extended family of the Ellenbergers gathered for a reunion.  They sat for this formal portrait in front of the family farm hous...

He has been gone for 95 years, but the beautiful oak tree commemorating the life of Hilton U. Brown, Jr. towers above the intersection of Ea...

Deforrest and Marilois Meek Bowman grew up just a block apart in Irvington and settled down in the neighborhood.  They set up housekeeping a...

Two Vollrath children enjoy a day in Ellenberger Park sometime in 1918.  They seem to be enjoying the park benches and a watering jug o...

William Schneider and his daughter, Evelyn, pose for a photo in 1925 towards the bottom of the Ellenberger Park sledding hill. The Schneid...

Prior to the purchase of Ellenberger Park in 1910 by the city of Indianapolis, this tract of land was known as Ellenberger Woods by local I...

Martha Scott laughs as a family member takes a photo of her in Ellenberger Park. Perhaps she is smiling because she is also about to take...

This wonderful shot shows three friends and others in the background enjoying the day. It looks like the girls are enjoying a day of ...

This lovely photo shows Ellenberger Park in the winter of 1922 just after a snowstorm. The view is of the southern edge of the park near P...

Martha Scott poses with her dog "Drug" in 1925. She dwelled at 5435 Pleasant Run Parkway with her parents. Behind her in this p...

The Ellenberger family dwelled in a large Italianate farmhouse on what is today East 10th Street. The family was one of the wealthier fami...