Hugh McKennan Landon (June 22, 1867 – Apr. 2, 1947). Hugh McKennan Landon was born in Muscatine, Iowa, to George Washington and Emily… Read More »Hugh McKennan Landon
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
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
Violet Temple Lewis (May 27, 1897-Mar. 22, 1968). Violet Temple Lewis was born in Lima, Ohio, to William David Harrison and Eva Brown… Read More »Violet Temple Lewis
Richard Lieber (Sept. 5, 1869-Apr. 15, 1944). Born into an affluent family in St. Johann, the Saarland, Germany, Richard Lieber attended the… Read More »Richard Lieber
Lilly Industries Lilly Industries was the outgrowth of a varnish company started by Henry B. Mears in 1865. Two years later, J.… Read More »Lilly Industries
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
Josiah Kirby (J. K.) Lilly Sr. (Nov. 18, 1861-Feb. 8, 1948). Son of and his first wife Emily Lemon Lilly, Josiah Kirby (J. K.) Lilly Sr.… Read More »Josiah Kirby (J. K.) Lilly Sr.
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.
