Memory Bank: Cornerstone is placed on iconic Irvington building
Mosaic Church and Irvington Vinyl and Books are in the building today.
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Memory Bank: 125 grand pianos at Butler Fieldhouse
At the time, it was considered the world’s largest piano recital—8,250 fingers on 825 pianists who played 125 grand pianos that were lined up inside Butler Fieldhouse (now known as Hinkle Fieldhouse) to open National Music Week in 1936.
Memory Bank: Immigrant works in south-side bakery
The Indianapolis Jewish Welfare Foundation helped Berek “Benny” Kaplan and his family immigrate after World War II to Indianapolis, where they helped him get a job at Kraft’s South Side Baking Co.
Memory Bank: Donut and a movie in the 1950s
A theater stood at 150 N. Illinois St. from 1915, when it opened as Keystone Theatre, through 1924 when it became the Alamo Theatre (and charged 10 cents per ticket), until it closed in 1959, about 15 years after it was renamed Rodeo Theatre.
Memory Bank: Printing papers, binding books
William Mitchell founded Mitchell Printing Co. in 1856 in Greenfield. It initially printed the Greenfield Sentinel newspaper and, starting in 1859, the Hancock Democrat, as well as other brochures, books and journals.
Memory Bank: Entertaining fairgoers: 1929
The Oriole Trio performed each day in the Women’s Building during the 1929 Indiana State Fair.
Memory Bank: A crowd along the Indiana State Fair midway
This aerial view of the Indiana State Fair—taken on Sept. 5, 1938—showcases the midway as well as the Indiana Department of Conservation tent, which is touting its successful raccoon restocking program.
Memory Bank: Inmates care for chickens in prison yard
The Indiana Women’s Prison opened in 1873 on 15 acres about 1.5 miles east of downtown, where it remained until 2009.
Memory Bank: Main Street in Fortville in 1908
This photo was taken on Sept. 21, 1908, looking south from Staat Street (labeled as Statts Street in the photo) in Fortville.
Memory Bank: Motorcycles on the Circle on 1914
It features three men with Yale motorcycles standing in front of the English Hotel & Opera House, which stood on the northwest quadrant of Monument Circle.
Memory Bank: Bowling alley nabs African American tournament
Sea Ferguson, who was an officer with The National Negro Bowling Association, built Sea Ferguson’s Bowling Alleys in 1941 at 750 N. West St. He was believed to be only the third African American to build a bowling center.
Memory Bank: Back on the track after World War I
The Indianapolis 500 took a two-year break during World War I—when the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and several related facilities were used for war efforts—and returned to action in 1919.
Memory Bank: Apartment project rises in 1926
The Shelton apartment building went up at 825 N. Delaware St. in 1925 and 1926 and was developed by F. Rolland Buck and the Foster Engineering Co.—both of which had previously worked with famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
Memory Bank: Zionsville’s Main Street in about 1875
Zionsville was platted in 1852—and named for one of its founders, William Zion—about 30 years after white settlers made their way to southwestern Boone County, not far from an area where Miami Indians lived.
Memory Bank: Inside Haag Drugs in 1949
This photo was taken inside a store at 2401 E. 38th St. on Dec. 15, 1949, when the chain had 29 locations in the Indianapolis area.
Memory Bank: Shooting marbles in 1941
The Indianapolis Times hosted a marbles contest on May 24, 1941, at the World War Memorial Plaza.
Memory Bank: 94 years before IBJ moved in
This photo shows the the southeast quadrant of Monument Circle in 1925, shortly after the Continental Bank building—later expanded and renovated into the IPL building—was constructed.
Memory Bank: Sewing custom suits
Henry Kahn founded Kahn Tailoring in 1903 and employed hundreds of Jewish immigrants, providing benefits that were not offered by many other employers at the time. This photo was taken in 1907, before the company moved to a new building.
Memory Bank: Snowfall in Woodruff Place
Woodruff Place was well established when Walter Carpenter shot this photo on March 27, 1912, at the corner of Michigan Street and West Drive.
Memory Bank: Main Street in Greenwood
Retail did not begin opening in Greenwood until 1845, but soon a commercial corridor developed along West Main Street.