Philanthropy and Business Leaders of Indianapolis’ business community have been actively involved in charitable and philanthropic endeavors since the city’s founding. Early leaders,… Read More »Philanthropy and Business
Polk Sanitary Milk Company James T. Polk, a prominent businessperson from , Indiana founded Polk Sanitary Milk Company on July 1, 1893. Polk’s milk… Read More »Polk Sanitary Milk Company
Prest-O-Lite In 1904, partners , , and P. C. Avery formed the Concentrated Acetylene Company to assemble and fill acetylene cylinders… Read More »Prest-O-Lite
Printing and Publishing Industries In the early 19th century, the demand for printed information in new Indiana settlements often led to the establishment of… Read More »Printing and Publishing Industries
Public Service Indiana Public Service Indiana, one of the state’s largest electric utilities, was headquartered at the in Indianapolis for its first four… Read More »Public Service Indiana
Public Utilities Public utility services are of recent origin, gradually evolving into their current form over the last century or so. Indianapolis… Read More »Public Utilities
Purposeful Design Since 2013, Purposeful Design has worked to rebuild the lives of those people in Indianapolis struggling with addiction or homelessness… Read More »Purposeful Design
Railroadmen’s Federal Savings and Loan Association Founded in 1887 by William T. Cannon, paymaster of the Indianapolis Union Railroad, Railroadmen’s Federal Savings and Loan Association originally… Read More »Railroadmen’s Federal Savings and Loan Association
Ransburg In 1938, Harold Ransburg and Harry Green began experiments in Indianapolis attempting to conserve paint, in short supply during the… Read More »Ransburg
Freeman Briley Ransom (July 7, 1884-Aug. 6, 1947). Born in Grenada, Mississippi, Ransom graduated from the law department of Walden University in Nashville,… Read More »Freeman Briley Ransom
