Category: History
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It’s about 1948, and you’re looking over the National Mall in Washington, DC
Among my mother-in-law’s Kodachromes are images of the National Mall from atop the Washington Monument — in about 1948. How the Mall has changed!
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Puzzle solved: The National Road at Pleasant Gardens and Reelsville in Indiana
Thanks to some excellent research by Richard Simpson, the puzzle of the old National Road alignments at Reelsville, IN, is solved!
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The story of Story, Indiana
A surprising amount is known about the little village of Story, today a tourist destination off Brown County, Indiana’s, beaten path. I tell the village’s history in thumbnail.
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single frame: City of Mineral Water
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The incredibly sticky sense of place
The land on which my home stands was farmland not 20 years ago. It’s typical: thanks to sprawl, many American neighborhoods occupy land that produced crops sometime within the last hundred years. In my town, a suburb of Indianapolis, neighboring subdivisions and shopping centers are brand new. I remember well the farmland that was there…
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A sense of place: Going home to Twelve Points
Thirty years ago I lived in Terre Haute’s Twelve Points neighborhood. In this post, which I first shared in 2013, I returned to Twelve Points to see how it had changed.
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Favorite subjects: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Indianapolis
Another favorite subject is St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Indianapolis. Its many intersecting planes and the surprising details in the nooks and crannies make it a great place for photography.
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Tracking the changes at Kessler Blvd. and Michigan Road in northwest Indianapolis
I’ve lived near Michigan Road where it intersects Kessler Boulevard in Indianapolis for most of the last 22 years. I’ve watched a lot change here — and because I’m me, I’ve photographed a lot of those changes.
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Favorite subjects: Broad Ripple Village
I’ve visited Broad Ripple Village many, many times with my various cameras. It’s a favorite place to try a new-to-me old camera. It’s interesting to see how the place has changed over the years, evidenced by my various lenses.
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For sale: Michigan Road Toll House
The 1866 toll house on the Michigan Road in northwest Indianapolis is for sale.
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Goodbye to the last local grocery chain in Indianapolis
Marsh Supermarkets, a central-Indiana institution, has sold many of its stores to competitors and is closing the rest. A look at the chain’s demise here.
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Touring Heslar Naval Armory, Indianapolis
It stands like a monument, this Art Moderne building on Indianapolis’s Northwestside. The first time I saw the Heslar Naval Armory was 20 years ago. I had a job Downtown and I drove I-65 every day to my suburban home. But a major project closed the highway for a couple months, and the detour led…