Visits of Abraham Lincoln President-elect Lincoln’s trip to Washington, D.C., in February 1861, for his inauguration as chief executive was a “progress” rather than… Read More »Visits of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln’s Funeral Cortege The Lincoln funeral train arrived in a rainy Indianapolis at 7 A.M. on Sunday, April 30, 1865. The coffin was… Read More »Abraham Lincoln’s Funeral Cortege
Josiah Kirby Lilly Jr. (Sept. 25, 1893-May 5, 1966). Born in Indianapolis, the younger son of and Lilly Ridgely Lilly, “Joe” earned a pharmacy… Read More »Josiah Kirby Lilly Jr.
Col. Eli Lilly (July 8, 1838-June 6, 1898). Eli Lilly was born in Maryland but soon thereafter moved with his family to Kentucky… Read More »Col. Eli Lilly
Eli Lilly (Apr. 1, 1885-Jan. 24, 1977). Eli Lilly was the son of and Lilly Ridgely Lilly; the grandson of ; and… Read More »Eli Lilly
Liberty Fund Begun in 1960, the Liberty Fund was established “to encourage the study of the ideal of a society of free… Read More »Liberty Fund
Irving Leibowitz (Aug. 5, 1922-Apr. 28, 1979). Columnist and managing editor of the , Irving (Leibo) Leibowitz was a native of New… Read More »Irving Leibowitz
Leedy Manufacturing Company Ulysses G. Leedy (1867-1931), the trap drummer for the , established a shop in the Building in 1895 with Sam… Read More »Leedy Manufacturing Company
Laughner’s Cafeterias In 1888, Jonathon Wesley Laughner opened a candy store, the Boston Confectionery, at 4 Indiana Avenue. About 1900 the confectionery… Read More »Laughner’s Cafeterias
L. S. Ayres & Company L. S. Ayres and Company was the first modern Indianapolis department store in Indianapolis and long one of the city’s… Read More »L. S. Ayres & Company
