Sunday, February 28, 2016

If Walls Could Talk

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Sometime in the mid-1950s, Indianapolis Public Schools teacher, Barret Diehl, heard that the city of Indianapolis was removing the stone blo...
Sunday, February 21, 2016

Who Lived Here? A Politician Along South Arlington Avenue

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In their middle years, Cassius and Jane Hogle, both 53, built a home at 30 South Arlington Avenue in 1913. They had lived in many Irvington ...
Sunday, February 14, 2016

Rental Agreement From 1947

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In 1922 Harold and Nell Whitsett Scott built their dream home at 5435 Pleasant Run Parkway East Drive. The couple enjoyed several wonderful ...
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Sunday, February 7, 2016

Who Lived Here? A Career Woman Along South Emerson Avenue

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Leonora Showalter Ross, a journalist, wrote for the Indianapolis Star  throughout the late 1910s and most of the 1920s. She served as both t...
Saturday, January 30, 2016

South Audubon Road a Century Ago

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Sometime in 1915 a young Edward Lollis posed along the front walk of his home at 275 South Audubon Road.  He had come to live with his Uncle...
Sunday, January 24, 2016

East Washington Street and Audubon Road in 1924

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Sometime in the late fall or early winter of 1924 an unidentified Butler University sorority girl who dwelled at 5657 East Washington Street...
Sunday, January 17, 2016

A Young Attorney Defends D.C. Stephenson

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George O. Cowan grew up in Decatur County, Indiana and graduated from Greensburg High School in 1915. In May of 1917, he became one of the f...