Friday, March 27, 2026

Irvington Intersection Then and Now

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       A winter storm arrived in Indianapolis on January 30, 1914. It began as sleet and then as folks slumbered several inches fell upon th...
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Saturday, March 14, 2026

Photos Show East Tenth Street Before Linwood Square

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      On May 12, 1950, patrolman Millard Swain guided his motorcycle westbound on East Tenth Street near Linwood Avenue. It was a beautiful ...
Saturday, March 7, 2026

Brookville Village Opened in 1949

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      Four years after the end of World War II, the city of Indianapolis faced a housing shortage. Prices for existing homes remained out of...
Sunday, March 1, 2026

The Marchal Family Purchased an Irvington Double in 1942

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      In 1942, Clarence and Edna Marchal purchased a nearly-twenty-year-old double on the northwest corner of South Audubon Road and Julian ...
Friday, February 20, 2026

Renowned Black Baritone Graduated from Butler University's Irvington Campus

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          On June 15, 1925, Butler University seniors gathered outside under a grove of trees on Irvington's campus to receive their dip...
Saturday, January 31, 2026

Important Indianapolis Black-Owned Landmark Discovered in Sumner Images

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      For the past several years, a group of local researchers have been busy trying to identify hundreds of images in the Osbert Sumner pho...
Sunday, January 11, 2026

Family Posed on Emerson Heights Porch, c1920

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     Alonzo and Ada Gordon Shepherd moved into their new home at 729 North Riley Avenue in 1919. The lovely two-story Arts and Crafts house ...