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.
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.