Saturday, August 26, 2023

Local Woman Operated a Library Near the White House

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     The Anderson Cemetery sits along East Tenth Street north and east of Irvington. Many older families in eastern Marion County are buried...
Friday, August 11, 2023

The Longs Celebrate an Anniversary--1954

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     On September 14, 1954, Robert Bryant Long and Daisy Lee Long sat in their living room at 222 South Ritter Avenue on the day of their 50...
Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Local Artist and His Wife Moved to Maine

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      Recently, while perusing some historic postcards in a local antique mall, I came across a brief note on stationery postmarked on May 2...
Saturday, May 6, 2023

A Veteran in Ellenberger Park

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      I do not know the name of the young man in this photo. Who is he? On the back of the photo, someone has written "January, 1944...
Monday, April 10, 2023

Factory Workers Gift a Bust of Washington Irving

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      There are many busts of Washington Irving, but most of them are located in his home state of New York. He died in 1859 and eleven year...
Sunday, March 26, 2023

Scouts, School #82, and a Long Lost House

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      Ron Huggler, who grew up at 4613 Young Avenue, participated in both Cub and Boy Scouts. Many of his friends in the neighborhood joined...
Saturday, March 18, 2023

The Young of Young Avenue

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      They gathered under a beautiful shade tree at the intersection of South Drexel and Young Avenues each race-day weekend for the unoffic...