Vintage Irvington

Haag's Drugstore operated in the Irvington Plaza at 6401 East Washington Street. Besides serving as a pharmacy for the neighborhood sinc...

The Dickerson Family moved from Oregon to a variety of states before finally settling in Indianapolis.  Jesse Earl Dickerson worked as a fru...

Hartsock Family (59 N. Hawthorne Lane) Christmas Tree in 1940 Hunt Family Christmas at 341 S. Audubon Road in 1955 Hunt Family (...

Newly-married Evelyn Schneider Ferling paused in front of the newly-built Fourth Church of Christ Science at 5201 Pleasant Run Parkway Sout...

Prior to the 1950s, most Irvington residents obtained their grocery products from small neighborhood stores within walking distance of the...

Hundreds of young Irvington residents served their country during World War II. Life magazine came to the neighborhood in the middle of ...

Previous posts revealed images of Poplar Road in the 1920s. By the 1940s, you will note that the trees had matured and that some of the ...

Bosart Avenue is five blocks west of Emerson Avenue. North of Michigan Street, the avenue is considered part of Emerson Heights. South ...

Nine-year old Thomas Ferling proudly stands next to his friends on the occasion of his birthday party on September 2, 1923. The Ferlings d...

George and Rae Ferling dwelled at 311 North Bosart Avenue for several decades. Over the years, they planted and built stunning gardens ...

George W. Ferling and his wife Rae moved into their Arts and Crafts era bungalow at 311 North Bosart Avenue around 1919. They would re...

Bob and Tom Ferling posed for their mother in September of 1920, before going off to school at School #58. The boys were the sons of Geor...

On June 1, 1960, a passenger train bound for St. Louis, Missouri and originating in New York City derailed in Irvington along the Pe...

The Emerson Avenue Baptist Church has been a part of the Irvington area since 1913 and on the northwest corner of Emerson Avenue and East...

Tom and Evelyn Schneider Ferling purchased 5823 Beechwood Avenue in 1952 from Robert W. and Kathryn Wetzel Ferling, Tom's brother a...

Beechwood Avenue sits neither higher nor lower than any other street in southern Irvington. It is not near any stream, yet for decades ...