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Woodruff Place was well established when Walter Carpenter shot this photo on March 27, 1912, at the corner of Michigan Street and West Drive.

Retail did not begin opening in Greenwood until 1845, but soon a commercial corridor developed along West Main Street.

This 1934 photo is thought to be from the celebration at the formal reopening of the Terre Haute Brewing Co.

In the early 1900s, Riverside Park featured bears as well as foxes, alligators and other animals.

In this photo, taken April 12, 1947, girls are carrying “Wemmer for Mayor” balloons supporting Republican William Wemmer as they walk down the 100 block of West Washington Street.

In 1958, L.S. Ayres introduced the Santa Claus Express, an electric train children rode through the store on their way to see Santa.

Members of the Indiana Civic Workers Club prepared Thanksgiving food and supply baskets at the home of Effie Crowe at 2116 Bellefontaine St., in a photo published in the Indianapolis Recorder on Nov. 26, 1960.

Harrison conducted what’s now considered the first “front porch” campaign, in which he delivered short speeches to visiting delegations at his home on Delaware Street and later from a platform created for him in University Park.

In this photo, taken Oct. 9, 1944, workers are packaging October Ale at the company’s facility at 316 Agnes St., which is now University Boulevard.