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The building that once housed The English Hotel and Opera House in the northwest quadrant of Monument Circle was demolished in 1949.

Sculptor Adolph Gustav Wolter, a native of Reutlingen, Germany, immigrated to the United States in 1922 and came to Indiana after the state hired him to carve symbolic relief sculptures for the Indiana State Library’s exterior.

Crowds gathered on the northeast corner of Noblesville’s courthouse square on Nov. 2, 1942, during activities to support World War II.

Three buildings in this 1910 photo were later razed, but the two on the far right still stand and are now home to The Capital Grille.

This 1913 photo shows West Michigan Street, where teams of horses are trying to tow streetcars out of the flood waters.

After being forced out of an earlier company he had founded, Homer Capehart (better known in political circles for serving nearly two decades in the U.S. Senate) launched the Packard Manufacturing Co., which developed a mechanism for automatic record changing.

On Aug. 17, 1907, a fire at the Prest-O-Lite factory at 229 E. South St. downtown led tanks of acetylene gas to explode, sending pieces of steel flying through the air.

The Boulevard Station, built in 1922, was a stop on the Monon Route, which connected Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville.

The larger 1951 photo shows the 4-H Club Parade at the fairgrounds’ coliseum, while the inset photo shows Eli Lilly showing a cow at the 1941 fair.

This photo, taken in 1915, shows students operating printing presses at Arsenal Technical High School.