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Organizations

The groups that have shaped Indianapolis.

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Union Federal Savings Bank
Union Federal Savings Bank

Union Federal Savings Bank traces its origins to 1887 when it began as the Indianola Building and Loan Association. The… Read More »Union Federal Savings Bank

USA Group

From its headquarters in , Indiana, USA Group, Inc., known originally as USA Funds, was a nationwide guarantor of federally sponsored… Read More »USA Group

Van Camp Hardware
Van Camp Hardware

The founder of Van Camp Hardware, Cortland Van Camp (1852-1923), was born in Metamora, Indiana, in Franklin County. He was… Read More »Van Camp Hardware

Visit Indy
Visit Indy

Visit Indy is a nonprofit organization that serves as the official sales and marketing arm for the city of Indianapolis… Read More »Visit Indy

Vonnegut Hardware Company
Vonnegut Hardware Company

, a native of Germany, immigrated to America at age 27 and started the Vollmer and Vonnegut business with Charles… Read More »Vonnegut Hardware Company

Walker
Walker

Dorothy “Tommie” Walker could never have imagined what she was starting when she began going door-to-door conducting surveys in 1939.… Read More »Walker

War Manpower Commission
War Manpower Commission

Industries producing war material geared up immediately following Pearl Harbor. To meet the demand for labor, the employment services of… Read More »War Manpower Commission

Western Electric
Western Electric

Western Electric was a telephone manufacturing unit for Bell Telephone with several locations throughout the U.S. The company added a… Read More »Western Electric

Wheaton World Wide Moving

Ohio native Earnest S. Wheaton founded Wheaton Van Lines in 1945. He had entered the moving business in 1916 with… Read More »Wheaton World Wide Moving

William B. Burford Printing Company
William B. Burford Printing Company

The Burford Printing Company had its beginnings in the 1860s in a partnership between Miles W. Burford, a banker then… Read More »William B. Burford Printing Company

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