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Harry and Albert Von Tilzer

Harry and Albert Von Tilzer

(Harry, July 8, 1872-Jan. 10, 1946; and Albert, Mar. 29, 1878-Oct. 1, 1956). Harry and Albert Gumbinsky (later Von Tilzer)… Read More »Harry and Albert Von Tilzer

Herman Bamberger

Herman Bamberger

(Feb. 21, 1837 – Mar. 2, 1901). Herman Bamberger came to Indianapolis in his late teens, and he went on… Read More »Herman Bamberger

Hose Company No. 9

Hose Company No. 9

Indianapolis established the (IFD) in 1859, six years after Cincinnati, Ohio professionalized firefighting with a full-time, paid, career fire department. … Read More »Hose Company No. 9

James E. Roberts School for Crippled Children

James E. Roberts School for Crippled Children

In 1936 Indianapolis architects designed the James E. Roberts School for Crippled Children, first public school in Indiana for physically… Read More »James E. Roberts School for Crippled Children

Jewish Merchants

Jewish Merchants

The first Jewish immigrants to come to Indianapolis arrived in 1849 and settled on the south side of the city.… Read More »Jewish Merchants

Kenosha Sessions

Kenosha Sessions

(Mar. 23, 1862–Jan. 27, 1947). Kenosha Sessions was born and raised in Anna, Illinois and began her teaching career there in… Read More »Kenosha Sessions

Lucinda Burbank Morton

Lucinda Burbank Morton

(May 16, 1825-July 28, 1907). Born in Centerville, Indiana, Lucinda Maria Burbank Morton spent her early life as the well-educated… Read More »Lucinda Burbank Morton

Maurice Davis

(Dec. 15, 1920 – Dec. 14, 1993). Rabbi Maurice Davis was an outspoken civil rights activist who used secular and… Read More »Maurice Davis

Mayer Messing

(Dec. 10, 1843 – Jan. 30, 1930). Rabbi Mayer Messing was a prominent Jewish religious leader and philanthropist, best known… Read More »Mayer Messing

Michael Tamer

(1904–Nov. 13, 1974). Born in Appalachia, Virginia, Tamer was the son of Syrian-Lebanese immigrants. After moving to Indianapolis in the… Read More »Michael Tamer

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.

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