Memory Bank: TV cowboys visit Riley Hospital
Actors Jackie Coogan and Russell Hayden, stars on the television program “Cowboy G-Men,” visited Riley Hospital on Sept. 23, 1953, before heading to an appearance at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. The
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Memory Bank: Busy Clerk’s Office in old courthouse
This photo of the Marion County Clerk’s Office in the old courthouse was taken Oct. 21, 1954.
Memory Bank: Liquor for sale at Claypool Hotel in 1942
This photo taken on Dec. 10, 1942, shows the inside of a liquor store at the Claypool Hotel, although the description does not name the store. It could be the Estates Liquor store, which was located in the building for decades.
MEMORY BANK: Fighting polio
In this Nov. 26, 1945, photo, two women are at an Indianapolis department store to promote a fundraising effort for the State Board of Health’s infantile paralysis clinical research and for Kenny Institute treatment programs.
Memory Bank: Checking tires for the military
In this April 24, 1943, photo, workers at the United States Rubber Plant in Indianapolis look over deflated inner tubes at standing work tables.
Memory Bank: A singing stopover
Soldiers during World War II traveled often by train, which brought them through Union Station in Indianapolis. Both the USO and the Travelers Aid Society set up shop at the train station to help the troops with food, lodging and entertainment.
Memory Bank: Seeking cures at the Martinsville Sanitarium
In the late 1890s and early 1900s, mineral waters fed from local springs fueled the Martinsville economy, drawing thousands of people seeking cures for dysentery, rheumatism and muscle pain.
Memory Bank: Tavern along the National Road
What would become the Gooding Tavern was built, at least in part, in 1832 by Joseph Chapman at the southwest corner of State and Main streets in Greenfield.
Memory Bank: ISTA building rises along Market Street
This photo was shot on April 26, 1957, from a balcony on the east side of the Statehouse, looking east down Market Street, with construction of the ISTA Center on the left.
Memory Bank: Block’s budget store takes over Kresge building
S.S. Kresge Co.—then one of the nation’s largest retailers—built a 65,000-square-foot office building at the southwest corner of Pennsylvania and Washington streets in 1924.
Memory Bank: Sanding parts at the GM stamping plant
This photo was taken in the 1940s of a woman sanding parts using a power grinder at the plant. T
Memory Bank: Governor, first lady meet with Eleanor Roosevelt
Democrat Paul McNutt was governor from 1933 to 1937, after serving as dean of the Indiana University Law School and then state and national commander of the American Legion.
Memory Bank: Shopping at Standard Grocery
By the early 1900s, groceries became self-service stores, in which customers would pick up their own goods and pay for them at check-out stations, like the ones shown in this Aug. 9, 1941, photo at a Standard Grocery.
Memory Bank: Photographer exposes child labor abuses
New York-based schoolteacher and photographer Lewis Hine took these pictures in about 1908 at a glass factory in Indiana,
Memory Bank: Art instruction on the Circle
Circle Hall was constructed for the Second Presbyterian Church in about 1840 on the northwest quadrant of the Circle at Market Street—the spot where the English Hotel and Opera House, a J.C. Penney and then the Anthem headquarters would later be located.
Memory Bank: White River bridge collapses in 1902
The city finished repairs and upgrades to an 1870 bridge over the White River on Jan. 15, 1902. The next day, the middle section collapsed.
Memory Bank: Trucks, wagons line up for goods
The Indianapolis Traction Terminal opened in 1904, taking up much of the downtown block bordered by Ohio Street, Illinois Street, Market Street and Capitol Avenue.
Memory Bank: Columbia Club rises on Monument Circle
The Columbia Club formed in 1889 and had two homes on Monument Circle before the group spent $827,000 to construct the 10-story clubhouse it still uses today.
Memory Bank: Crowds gather to see L.S. Ayres displays
The L.S. Ayres department store opened at the southwest corner of Washington and Meridian streets in 1905 and within 20 years had become known for its festive Christmas-themed windows.
Memory Bank: Young Republicans protest price limits in 1946
On Oct. 1, 1946, the Young Republicans Club protested the Office of Price Administration, an agency created in 1941 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to prevent runaway prices, profiteering and hoarding during World War II.