African Americans in Business African Americans have engaged in business activity since the earliest days of Indianapolis. Early in the city’s history, Black entrepreneurs… Read More »African Americans in Business
Agriculture and Agribusiness Indianapolis has a long history of producing crops and livestock and continues to be one of Indiana’s largest agricultural contributors. … Read More »Agriculture and Agribusiness
Automobile Industry Indianapolis was an early center for automobile manufacturing and design. For a brief period early in the 20th century, it… Read More »Automobile Industry
Book Trade Since the middle of the 19th century, Indianapolis has had important associations with the book world—for its publishers, book designers,… Read More »Book Trade
Brewing Industry During the 19th century and into the first decades of the 20th century, beer brewing in Indianapolis, as in the… Read More »Brewing Industry
Business Cycles In Indianapolis, as elsewhere, business cycles stem from economic shocks. In the 19th century, monetary panics begun by failures in… Read More »Business Cycles
Expositions and Conventions Northern states held various fairs and expositions during and after the Civil War. Part of a larger phenomenon, such national… Read More »Expositions and Conventions
Gatorade Doctors Robert Cade, Dana Shires, James Free, and Alejandro de Quesada, kidney specialists at the University of Florida College of… Read More »Gatorade
Great Depression During the 10 months preceding the stock market crash in October 1929, the Indiana Business Review concluded that there was… Read More »Great Depression
Industrial Expositions During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Indianapolis held a series of industrial exhibitions to promote industry and… Read More »Industrial Expositions
