Memory Bank: Band leader comes to Indy in 1946
Jazz singer, saxophonist and band leader Tony Pastor signs his name on albums and photos at Wasson’s department store in downtown Indianapolis on July 19, 1946.
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Memory Bank: Selling fall produce outside Tomlinson Hall
This photo of an Indianapolis City Market vendor taken Oct. 6, 1923, shows the back side of the stands, with vehicles pulled up and fruit and vegetable crates tossed aside.
Memory Bank: Hotel Washington was upscale option
The 17-story building now known as Symphony Centre at 32 E. Washington St. was constructed in 1912 as the upscale Hotel Washington, a project developed by local hotelier J. Edward Krauss and designed by Indianapolis architecture firm R.P. Daggett & Co.
Memory Bank: Bootlegger busted
In this Dec. 9, 1920, photo, three Indianapolis police officers pose with a still and some of the ingredients they confiscated during a raid at a farm a half-mile east of New Bethel (a town in Marion County now called Wanamaker).
Memory Bank: Kentucky Avenue stretches to Washington
An amateur photographer, Walter Carpenter, captured the street scene on March 9, 1913, where Kentucky Avenue met the intersection of Illinois and Washington streets.
Indiana Historical Society names CEO to replace retiring Herbst
The CEO of the Connecticut Historical Society will take over the post in late January, marking the first leadership change at the organization in more than a dozen years.
LOU’S VIEWS: Historical Society telling Indiana stories on road and in print
A look inside the new mobile touring exhibition and a new book on Presidential visits to Indiana.
LOU’S VIEWS: Hardwood hindsight and hopes on display at Historical Society
In pursuit of the essence of Hoosier basketball, photographers Michael E. Keating and Chris Smith logged over 10,000 miles and visited 130 gyms across the state, taking more than 150,000 photos along the way.
LOU’S VIEWS: Two historical venues celebrate state’s 200th
State Museum demonstrates breadth with “Indiana in 200 Objects” while Historical Society shows the depth of artist T.C. Steele.
LOU’S VIEWS: Mapping book and exhibit show where we’ve gone
Maps have captured history in snapshot form, revealing not just what was known, but what was unknown. They offered unique insight into what we prioritized at particular moments in time.
LOU’S VIEWS: Rarified Ayres
Indiana Historical Society celebrates the famed department store… and brings the cherub to eye level.
Indiana history group to auction valuable Audubon collections
The Indiana Historical Society says it plans to auction complete sets of valuable works by John James Audubon in April to raise money to benefit its mission. The sets are expected to raise millions of dollars.
LOU’S VIEWS: A critical mass of theater critics descend on Indy
A pack of conferencing critics had their eyes opened to Indy’s arts pleasures. In turn, they opened my eyes to some things I shouldn’t take for granted.
Indiana Historical Society wraps up $19M campaign
The Indiana Historical Society has raised $19.5 million to support the Indiana Experience, its series of interactive history lessons intended to draw more visitors to the local not-for-profit’s downtown facility.
Advertising art to find home at historical society
The collection brings to light a bygone era in advertising when Block's and other big downtown department stores ruled the retail landscape and employed their own fashion illustrators.
Veteran broadcaster Ahern joins Indiana Historical Society team
The retired WISH-TV anchor will be a community affairs adviser and make presentations at the history center.
LOU’S VIEWS: Verse comes to verse
Indiana-connected poets fill new book from Indiana Historical Society Press.
Historical society to operate former Ruth Lilly estate
The Indiana Historical Society will entertain its members in Ruth Lilly's former Indianapolis estate, Twin Oaks, under a contract with owners William and Laura Weaver, the society announced Tuesday.