Saturday, October 24, 2015

Who Lived Here? The DeJarnatts of Rawles Avenue

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Rawles Avenue sits along the southern edge of Irvington. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad abuts the properties all along the street.  Most of...
Sunday, October 18, 2015

South Audubon Road Scenes--1940s

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Carrold and Blanche Bastin Stevenson leased a double at 72 South Audubon Road from 1943 until 1951. Mr. Stevenson was a pipe fitter and late...
Thursday, October 15, 2015

Who Lived Here? The Wishards of Oak Avenue

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In 1918, Dr. Ernest Elmer and Mary Bickell Wishard moved into 5828 Oak Avenue. The couple had been married for eighteen years and they had t...
Sunday, October 11, 2015

Upon the Rock Then and Now

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Mary Margaret Ham lived all over the United States as her father was in the military. In the late 1920s, she came to Irvington to live with ...
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Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Who Lived Here? A University Avenue Cottage in 1926

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In 1926, several thousand city residents submitted a photo to a publication titled Fellow Citizens of Indianapolis. (Jno. V. Coffield Publis...
Saturday, October 3, 2015

Growing Up Along Audubon Road

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Nancy Ostrander and Eva Ruth Ham grew up as sisters at 323 North Audubon Road. They were, however, not actually sisters.  Eva Ruth's mot...
Saturday, September 26, 2015

The Ostranders Settle Along Audubon Road

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In 1921, local Irvingtonian Joseph Ostrander married Guinevere Ham of Shirley, Indiana at the Irvington Presbyterian Church. The...