Wednesday, December 20, 2023

New York Street Home Then and Now

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         Sometime in the mid-1940s, a member of the Shimer family snapped an image of Edna Webster Shimer as she walked up to her home at 58...
Monday, December 11, 2023

Shimer Family Purchased New York Street Bungalow

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      Thomas and Edna Webster Shimer bought their relatively new bungalow at 5815 East New York Street in 1930. They were not the first fami...
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Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Family Hosted Wedding in Bosart Avenue Home

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  A Beautiful Day for a Wedding--Saturday, April 2, 1921      Residents near the intersection of North Bosart Avenue and East New York Stree...
Thursday, November 30, 2023

Emerson Avenue Used to Have a Median Strip

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          In the early twentieth century, local Irvington residents traveled on many brick streets including South Emerson Avenue. Additiona...
Monday, November 27, 2023

Pennsylvania Railroad Had a Double Track Through Marion County.

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       Sometime around the year 1910, a member of the Shimer family crossed South Emerson Avenue and took a photograph of the double tracks ...
Monday, November 20, 2023

New York Street House Visible in Historic Photo

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      Charles S. Townsend took out a building permit for 5821 East New York Street in 1910.  While Mr. Townsend may have been responsible fo...
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...