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Marilyn K. Glick

(Mar. 8, 1922-Mar. 23, 2012). Marilyn Koffman Glick was active in community work from an early age. At seven years… Read More »

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Rembrandt (Brandt) Steele

(Nov. 16, 1870-Mar. 20, 1965). Son of the celebrated Hoosier artist , Rembrandt (Brand...

Matthew Tully

(Sept. 12, 1969-Oct. 29, 2018). Political columnist, Matthew Tully was born in Washing...

Abraham Reck

(Jan. 2, 1791-May 18, 1869). Born in Littlestown, Pennsylvania, Abraham Reck studied f...

John F. Geisse

(Sept. 1, 1920-Feb. 22, 1992). A native of Madison, Wisconsin, Geisse was a leader in ...

PLACES

Drexel Gardens

Bounded by Minnesota Street, I-70, Sam Jones Expressway, and Lynhurst Drive, Drexel Gardens dates to 1923 when the American Town… Read More »

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Monument Circle

The circular street in the center of Mile Square is one of the city’s shortest yet m...

Major General Emmett J. Bean Federal Center

The principal organization housed in this building has been known by numerous names: F...

Circle Tower

Tower Realty Company’s announcement in 1928 that it would construct a new modern off...

Military Park

Bounded by West, New York, and Blackford streets and the , the 14-acre park is the old...

EVENTS

Butler Relays

Founded by track coach Herman Phillips, the Butler Relays were a prestigious American track and field competition. Phillips had won… Read More »

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1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic

From September 1918 to the late spring of 1919, Indianapolis suffered from a viral inf...

Robert F. Kennedy Speech

On the evening of April 4, 1968, as more than a hundred cities erupted in violence fol...

American Booksellers Association, Inc. v. Hudnut

American Booksellers Association, Inc. v. Hudnut was an action brought against the Cit...

John Freeman Fugitive Slave Case

The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, part of the Compromise of 1850, amended the 1793 Fugit...

ORGANIZATIONS

Christamore House Family and Community Center

In 1905, Butler University alumnae and urban missionaries Anna C. Stover (1870-1944) and Edith D. Surbey (ca. 1872-1972) began settlement… Read More »

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St. John’s Missionary Baptist Church

Established in 1916, Saint John’s Missionary Baptist Church is best-known as the con...

El Sol de Tala Restaurant

Maria Taylor opened El Sol Restaurant at 2444 E. Washington Street on March 26, 1978. ...

Indianapolis Symphonic Choir

The Indianapolis Symphonic Choir (ISC) was founded in 1937 at the request of (ISO) con...

Herron School of Art And Design

The Herron School of Art and Design is Indiana’s oldest and largest art school, now ...

TOPICS

Vaudeville

The history of vaudeville in Indianapolis parallels that of other cities. Touring shows (circuses, musicals, comedies, melodramas, burlesque shows, varieties,… Read More »

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