Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Winter Scene 1944 and Today

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Norman and Lora Koepper took turns posing with two of their children, Paul and Susan, on a winter's day in 1944.  The Koeppers dwelled i...
Saturday, February 21, 2015

Winter in Irvington--1941-42

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Irvington residents had a lot on their minds in the winter of 1941-42. The Japanese had just bombed Pearl Harbor and President Roosevelt had...
Saturday, February 14, 2015

The Lindeman Cottage on Michigan Street

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Dr. Robert and Mary Margaret Blottman Lindeman moved into their brand new brick cottage at 5234 East Michigan Street in 1938.  The young cou...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Butler Students Performed Booth Tarkington Play at School #57 in 1926

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In March of 1926, nine members of the Pi Epsilon Delta Theater Fraternity performed "Tweedles," a comedic play written by Booth Ta...
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Thursday, February 5, 2015

The Arlington Theater (1949-1985)

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The Arlington Theater opened its doors at 1025 North Arlington Avenue in 1949.  For the next thirty-six years Irvingtonians flocked to the A...
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Friday, January 30, 2015

Over Forty Years in a Bosart Avenue Bungalow

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Carl and Marianna Swego Koepper bought a bungalow at 21 North Bosart Avenue from William H. Polk in either late 1929 or early 1930.  Mr. Koe...
Sunday, January 25, 2015

Just Getting Started: Life in the Homewood Apartments--1938

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What does a photograph reveal about an era or a moment in time?  In 1938, the younger couple in this photograph, Lora and Norman Koepper, in...