Memory Bank: Duvall dinner
Republican John Duvall took office as Indianapolis’ 27th mayor on Jan. 4, 1926.
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Memory Bank: Crowd gathers on the Circle for FDR’s first run in 1932
In his first presidential campaign, Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was governor of New York at the time, made a stop in Indianapolis on Oct. 20, just days before the 1932 election, which was taking place in the middle of the Great Depression.
Memory Bank: Remembering Riley in 1916
In this photo from 1916, fans of poet James Whitcomb Riley gather outside his home to pay their respects after his death.
Memory Bank: Demolishing the Marion County Courthouse in 1961
The Marion County Courthouse was completed in 1876 at 200 E. Washington St.
Memory Bank: Speaking outside Wheeler Mission in 1921
Wheeler Mission was founded in 1893 under the name Door of Hope and led by William V. Wheeler, a hardware salesman who volunteered his time.
Memory Bank: Announcing MLK’s death in Indy in 1968
While campaigning in Indianapolis on April 4, 1968, for the Democratic nomination for president, U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy of New York, broke the news of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination.
Memory Bank: Celebrating the end of the war
In this photo, Hoosiers came to Monument Circle for what the photo’s caption describes as an impromptu celebration.
Memory Bank: Booth Tarkington at his desk in 1914
Booth Tarkington, born in Indianapolis in 1869, became one of Indiana’s most famous authors and playwrights, enjoying both commercial and literary success.
Memory Bank: State Bank of Advance in 1910
The Boone County bank featured equipment that was modern at the time, including model screw door safes with triple-time locks and substantial vaults.
Memory Bank: The first Statehouse in Indianapolis
The original Statehouse in Indianapolis was designed by architectural firm Town and Davis of New York in a Greek revival style and built in 1835 of brick and wood with a stucco exterior.
Memory Bank: Building drums in Indianapolis in 1910
Leedy Manufacturing Co. in 1910 built a three-story building at the corner of Palmer Street and Barth Avenue, later expanding it to more than 51,000 square feet, to build drums.
Memory Bank: Barges loaded with coal float on Ohio River
The first mine in Warrick County—in the heart of Indiana’s coal country—opened on Pigeon Creek in 1818. By the end of that century, the Pigeon Creek area had some 97 active mines.
Memory Bank: Circle Tower builds up in 1929
The 17-story building—the tallest building that sits directly on the Circle—is part of a National Register of Historic Places designation.
Memory Bank: Touring the Stokely-Van Camp canning plant
In this photo taken on Nov. 15, 1949, Vegetable Growers Association of America convention attendees tour Stokely-Van Camp’s canning facility near East and Raymond streets.
Memory Bank: Tunnel funnels traffic under tracks at Union Station
In 1872, to accommodate the growth in rail use, the city constructed a tunnel in the middle of Illinois Street so mule cars and other traffic could avoid railroad tracks that divided downtown.
Memory Bank: Benjamin Harrison seeks to ‘keep the ball rolling’ in 1888
Benjamin Harrison of Indianapolis ran for president in 1888, but typical of that time, he did not travel the country to campaign. Instead, supporters rolled a giant ball decorated with campaign slogans across the country,
Memory Bank: A Hoosier runs for president in 1940
Native Hoosier Wendell Willkie lost a fight against FDR’s Tennessee Valley Authority, which he called a monopoly, but gained the attention of Republicans, who nominated him to run for president against FDR in 1940, despite never having held public office.
Memory Bank: Early computer education at The Children’s Museum
In this 1983 photo, Milton Allen helps students learn about computers during a science and engineering exhibit at The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis.
Memory Bank: Emmett Brown reopens the Brown Show Case photo studio in 1959
His second studio stood at Martindale and 19th streets, where Brown focused on portrait and freelance photography. He died just months after opening it.
Memory Bank: A double Slovenian funeral
The flu killed 20 parishioners within three months, including the two shown in this photo of a 1918 funeral at Holy Trinity Catholic Church.