Vintage Irvington
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Christian Park Heights Developer Resumed Construction as Great Depression Ebbed
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Developers first began construction for housing in the Christian Park Heights subdivision on the former Moore-Christian farm in 1924. ...
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Rufus Hammons First Black Politician in Irvington
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Editor's Note: After a hiatus of several months, I have returned to Vintage Irvington. I hope to add many more stories and histori...
Friday, September 23, 2022
IPS #77 Dedication, November 14, 1951
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Last year the Irvington Historical Society acquired a recording of the dedication of I.P.S. #77 and then had it digitally converted ...
Monday, August 22, 2022
Postcard Sent to the Miller Family of 312 South Downey Avenue
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Many years ago, I collected historic postcards, especially those of my childhood home of Rushville, Indiana. My middle-aged world inter...
Friday, April 29, 2022
Graduation Day at Howe High School--1948
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315 seniors from Thomas Carr Howe High School gathered on the evening of May 28, 1948, for their graduation ceremony. There had been a...
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Parties Along Both Spencer Avenue and Audubon Road in 1947
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Howe High School student, Phyllis Halcomb, cultivated many friendships during her tenure in the school from the mid to late-1940s. In ...
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