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.
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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.
Memory Bank: Celebrating the end of Prohibition
This 1934 photo is thought to be from the celebration at the formal reopening of the Terre Haute Brewing Co.
Memory Bank: Visiting bears at Riverside Park
In the early 1900s, Riverside Park featured bears as well as foxes, alligators and other animals.
Memory Bank: Fresh produce on Christmas Eve
This photo taken Dec. 24, 1929, in the market shows the members of the Italian-American Jardina family working the Mike Jardina Market Stand.
Memory Bank: The 1947 mayor’s race
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.
Memory Bank: Taking the Santa Express at L.S. Ayres
In 1958, L.S. Ayres introduced the Santa Claus Express, an electric train children rode through the store on their way to see Santa.
Memory Bank: Preparing Thanksgiving baskets for the needy
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.
Memory Bank: Indiana’s Benjamin Harrison runs for president in 1888
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.