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Fred S. Duesenberg and August S. Duesenberg
(Fred S., Dec. 6, 1877-July 26, 1932, and August S., Dec. 11, 1879-Jan. 18, 1955). Sons of Conrad and Kora Duesenberg of Lippe, Germany, Fred and August (Augie) Duesenberg immigrated… Read More »Fred S. Duesenberg and August S. Duesenberg
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Indiana Theatre
In 1927, the Circle Theatre Company, which owned the Circle Theatre on Monument Circle, built the Indiana Theatre on West Washington Street as a movie palace. The Spanish Baroque theatre… Read More »Indiana Theatre
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Visits of Abraham LincolnÂ
President-elect Lincoln’s trip to Washington, D.C., in February 1861, for his inauguration as chief executive was a “progress” rather than a quiet journey. The railroads that controlled the Springfield, Illinois,… Read More »Visits of Abraham LincolnÂ
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Indiana University School of Medicine
Until the 1890s most medical education in the United States occurred at private, proprietary schools. University-based schools with access to state funding and endowments became the model for medical education,… Read More »Indiana University School of Medicine
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Japanese
Census data from 1880 onward reveals the small number of Japanese in Indiana, without a true Japanese-American community either in the state or the capital on the eve of World… Read More »Japanese
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A product of the Indianapolis Bicentennial effort (2020–21), the digital Encyclopedia of Indianapolis integrates and accesses the explosion and fragmentation of knowledge created both as born-digital information and as a large new digital archive.