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POLK'S INDIANAPOLIS (MARION COUNTY, IND.)
CITY DIRECTORY
Vol. 1940 LXXXVI
Including Beech Grove, Broad Ripple, Speedway City, University Heights and Woodruff Place
Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Pri- vate Citizens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide and Much Information of a Miscellaneous Character; also a
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GENERAL INDEX
Abbreviations
Advertising Department
Page 100 and 101 opp. 1880
Alphabetical List of Names
101
Apartment Buildings
2028
Associations and Clubs-Commercial
2032
Bands and Orchestras
2041
Banks and Trust Companies
2042
Beech Grove Officers
36
Board of School Commissioners
36
Buildings-Office and Public
2053
Bus and Coach Lines-Motor
2054
Buyers' Guide
. opp.
2056
Churches
2058
City Officials
35
Classified Business Directory
2025
Clergymen
2062
Clubs
2065
Consuls-Foreign
2069
Convents
2072
County Officers
36
Courts
43
Federal Officers
39
Fire Department
36
Fraternities and Sororities
2088
General Directory
101
Golf Clubs and Courses
2096
Homes and Asylums
2103
Hospitals and Dispensaries
2104
Householders' Directory
1409
Indiana State Government
37
Labor Organizations
2125
Legal Blue Book
opp.
2128
Libraries
2133
Military
44
Miscellaneous Information
14
Museums
2144
Names Received Too Late for Regular Insertion
46
Newspapers
2145
Parks and Playgrounds
2155
Police Department
35
Post Office
44
Public Schools
44
Railroads
2167
Rocky Ripple Officers
36
Schools-Parochial
2176
Schools, Colleges and Academies
2177
Social Settlements
2181
Societies-Benevolent and Fraternal
2181
Societies-Miscellaneous
2183
Societies-Patriotic
2182
Special Advertising Department
. opp.
1880
Speedway City Officers
36
State Officers
37
State Schools
44
Street and Avenue Guide
1409
Street Car, Bus and Motor Coach Lines
1405
Tourists' Camps 2189
Township Officers
37
Woodruff Place Officers
36
Halls
2101
2105
Incorporated Companies
1880
Cemeteries
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION, THE YELLOW PAGES
Page
Adams-Rogers Co
95
Advance Paint Co. . back cover, 116 and 143
Advance Printing Co. left side lines and 127
Aetna Cabinet Co 112 First Bancredit Corp
Akron Surgical House 122
American Employers Insurance Co ...
.right bottom lines and
78
American Paper Stock Co
118
American States Insurance Co 79
Anderson Lumber & Supply Co.
.right bottom lines and 92
Armstrong & Rhoadarmer.
Legal Blue Book
Ashby Samuel.
. Legal Blue Book
Association of North American Directory Publishers
X
Atkins E C and Co ..
135
Atkins Saving & Loan Assn .. . . left bottom lines
Auto-Owners Insurance Co
79
Ayres L S & Co. ... front stencil edge, right bottom lines and
Babcock James E.
.. Legal Blue Book
Baldwin Piano Sales Room
108
Ballard Ice Cream Co. .left side lines, 66 and 104
Bamberger & Feibleman.
. Legal Blue Book
Bank & Office Stationery Co
11:3
Bankers Trust Co
28
Banner-Whitehill Inc. .right top lines and
53
Bass W H Photo Co
121
Best Letter Shop ...
.left side lines and
:89
Better Business Bureau.
. opposite title page
Billy Grimes Tire Co
Block Wm. H Co. . front cover, right bottom lines and Blue Diamond Coal Co ..
Boyd Abe R Printing Co ..
left side lines and 127
Brannum-Keene Lumber Co ...
.... back cover and
93
Bridgman Dairy Co Inc.
. front cover and
101
Haupt Frank X.
. Legal Blue Book
Brown L M Abstract Co ..
.left side lines and
Burdsal A Co The.
left bottom lines and 116
2
Hayes Bros Inc
123
49
97
Burnet-Binford Lumber Co .. .left top lines and 94 Hickman Oldsmobile Inc .. .left top lines and 9
Capitol Dairies Inc .. right side lines and 102 Holder Chas W . Legal Blue Book Holmes J Frank ..... backbone, right side lines and
Carter-Lee Lumber Co 96
Central Business College 32
Central Press Clipping Service ... left side lines and 124
Central Rubber & Supply Co 15 ... left bottom lines, 58 and 123 Central Supply Co ...
Central Wallpaper & Paint Corp .right side lines and 144
Chambers Plumbing & Supply Inc. .right bottom lines and 123
Church Members Relief Assn .... right top lines and 80
Citizens Gas & Coke Utility .right side lines
Clark Oliver H Agency Inc .. 133 Claycombe & Stump. Legal Blue Book Claypool Hotel 60
Clif Meier Coal Co Inc .. .. right side lines and 35
Colby Ralph L.
.right side lines and
81
Consolidated Finance Co ...... left bottom lines and 91
Continental Coal Co ...
.left bottom lines and
35
Cooling-Grumme-Mumford Co. . right side lines and 80 Indiana Business College.
Cram Geo F Co ... .left bottom lines and .. 99
Crane E A. .. .left side lines and 7.8
Crescent Paper Co 118
Crown Laundry & Dry Cleaning Co.
88
Indiana Hotel Co
Cruse J S Realty Co. right bottom lines and 133 Indiana Insurance Co. .right side lines and
Davey Hugh J 113
Dean Brothers Pumps Inc.
.opposite inside front cover and 130 Dell Frank M. .right side lines
Dunbar & Dunbar. Legal Blue Book
Eagle Creek Nursery Co Inc ..... .left top lines and 110
East End Dairies Inc. .left side lines and 104 15 East Side Chevrolet Inc ...... left bottom lines and Eastgate Hotel 65
Ellison & Co Inc. .left top lines and 111
Emerson-Scheuring Tank Co 140 Empire Life & Accident Insurance Co ..
right top lines and 68
Employers Fire Insurance Co.right bottom lines and Employers Liability Assurance Corp.
78
Employers Mutuals right bottom lines and 78
80 Emrich Furniture Co. .left top lines, 54 and 59 Em-Roe Sporting Goods Co .. 138
Equitable Life Insurance Co of Ia. 76 Evans Printing Co .. left side lines and 125 Excelsior Laundry Co . back cover, right top lines and 87
Farrell-Argast Electric Co ..... right side lines and 44 Fenton Steers Beasley & Klee .... Legal Blue Book Fidelity Trust Co. .. . right top lines and 22 91 48
Flanner & Buchanan Inc .... right bottom lines and Fletcher Avenue Saving & Loan Assn ... .left bottom lines and 31 23 96 Fletcher Trust Co Foster & Messick Forbes Lumber Co 76 Franklin Life Insurance Co .... right side lines and 81 97 66 Fuller-Halpin Lumber Co Inc .. Furnas Ice Cream Co .. Garrison Saml E. . Legal Blue Book Gates F E Marble & Tile Co ... right side lines and 100 General Outdoor Advertising Co Inc .. 138 36 Geupel Carl M Construction Co Gibson Co 13 Goldstein Bros Inc .. .right bottom lines and Grain Dealers National Mutual Fire Insurance Co. 59 77 47 .left top lines and
Grande John A
Grear Marble & Tile Co
100 34
Gregg & Son Inc
Gregory & Appel Inc. .left side lines and 69
Grider Raymon (Ray)
. left side lines and 142
16
Grimes Billy Tire Co
Guarantee Tire & Rubber Co
Guardian Life Insurance Co ...... left side lines and
Gwinn A R Paint & Supply Co.
Hall Geo Oldsmobile Inc .... right bottom lines and Hall-Hottel Co Inc ..
Hall-Neal Furnace Co
Hall & Hill.
.left side lines and
Harlan Myron S.
.left side lines and
Home Finders Realty Co ..
.left bottom lines and 133
Home Lumber & Supply Co.
. back cover and
95
Hood & Hahn ..
Legal Blue Book and 119
Hook Drugs Inc ..
.left side lines
Hoosier Petroleum Co.
.left bottom lines and 120
Hoppe Engineering Co
Hornaday Milk Co
Hoster-Hiser Inc
. left bottom lines and
Hotel Claypool
Hotel Eastgate
Hotel Lincoln
Hotel Marott.
Hotel Riley
Hotel Severin
Hotel Spencer
Hotel Washington
Hutchinson Robt L.
.Legal Blue Book
Hydraulic-Press Brick Co
Indiana Farmers Mutual Insurance Co.
left bottom lines and . . left side lines and 70 18 60 80
Indiana Lumbermen's Mutual Insurance Co.
left top lines and
71
Indiana National Bank
.backbone and
24
33. Indiana Terminal & Refrigerating Co. 144 Indiana Trust Co . 27 Indianapolis Cement Block Co
Indianapolis Engraving Co Inc. .. right side lines, 46 and 121 Indianapolis Life Insurance Co .. . backbone, left top lines and 72
Indianapolis Lumber Co
96
Indianapolis News ...
right top lines and 109
Indianapolis Paint & Color Co .... left top lines and 115
Indianapolis Power & Light Co. right side lines and 42
Indianapolis Public Welfare Loan Assn.
.left bottom lines and
91
Indianapolis Railways Inc .... left bottom lines and 131 Investors Syndicate 85 Jessup & Antrim Ice Cream Co 66 John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. 82 Jones, Hammond, Buschmann and Gardner. .Legal Blue Book Jones W Frank Studios 121
Fadely Anderson Co. .left bottom lines and 15 Joyce Tom 7 Up Co 29
Farquar Heating Service Co .... right side lines and 52 Katz Max Bag Co. .left side lines, 21 and 140
143 105 16 60 65 61 65
Herrmann G H Funeral Home ... . left side lines and Hetherington & Berner
Capital Paper Co 118 Hisey & Titus. .left side lines and 48 67
Burford Wm B Printing Co.
112
Capitol Motors .left side lines and 15
16 38 35
.right bottom lines, 13 and 130 81 117 14 132 51 81 81
36
Brayton Alembert W Jr ..... right bottom lines and
Brennan W A Inc ..
.. right bottom lines, 80 and
132
Hatfield Paint Co
.right side lines and 114
37
Bessire & Co 21
Page
right side lines. and 62 64 63 65 64 29 32
Indiana Garage Co ..
Circle Engraving Co
46
Hotel Linden.
.left side lines and
9
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Page
Page
Pratt Printing Co. . . left bottom lines and 128 Progress Laundry 188 Provident Mutual Life Insurance Co. 84 Railroadmen's Federal Savings & Loan Assn. .bottom stencil edge, left top lines and 30
Rainey James L. . . left side lines and 81
10 Rauch John G .. Legal Blue Book
Rhoads Memorial Studio. .right side lines and 100
89 Riley Hotel 64
Roberts Wm H & Sons Inc. . right side lines and 104
Rocap & Rocap.
Legal Blue Book
Rockwood Manufacturing Co. 129
Rogers & Co, Accountants. .. right bottom lines and 4
Rollins W P Inc .. .. right bottom lines and 83
Rosedale Guernsey Dairy Farm 105
Rubush & Hunter. 8
Rybolt Heating Co
52
44
Sanborn Electric Co. Sargent Harry G Paint Co ..... left side lines and 117 Scanlon Thos M. . Legal Blue Book
Schley & Trask. Legal Blue Book and 119
Schlosser Chalmer.
. Legal Blue Book
Schoen Bros Inc. .left top lines and 34
Schwitzer-Cummins Co.
.right top lines and 139
Security Trust Building.
.left top lines and 111
Security Trust Co.
. Severin Hotel
Seward Roy L ..
Shirley Bros Co. .right side lines and 50 84
Shoptaugh, Spence & Barrett
Short Cecil E ..
.left side lines and
81
IShotwell Grier M.
.'Legal Blue Book
Smither Henry C Roofing Co ... left bottom lines and 134
Spencer Hotel
65
'Staley & Crabb Inc. . left side lines and 138
84 117
Meier Clif Coal Co Inc. .right side lines and
Meier Electric & Machine Co. .. top stencil edge and Merchants National Bank.
Meridian Garage. .left bottom lines and
Meridian Mortgage Co ..
Meridian Pontiac Inc ....... left bottom lines and Merrifield Hugh D. Legal Blue Book
Meyer Howard M.
Legal Blue Book
Michigan Mutual Liability Co .. . left side lines and 83 Midland Construction Co. 134 100
Milk Foundation of Indianapolis.
Model Loan Service Inc ........ right top lines and 90 Moldthan A C. . .left side lines and 134
Mooney-Mueller-Ward Co
Morrison L E & Co ..
Moynahan Apartments. . .right side lines, 7 and Mutual Fire Insurance Co ..... left bottom lines and 77
Mutual Insurance Agency .. .left top lines and 71
National Life Insurance Co of Montpelier, Vt ....
. left bottom lines and 83
National Map Co. . left bottom lines and 99 Thornton-Levey Co .. . left side lines and 128
Neff F B Printing Co. .right bottom lines
News The .. .right top lines and 109
North Side Chevrolet Inc. . ... left bottom lines and 16
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.
. left side lines and 78
Off C & Co ..
left side lines and 17
Ogden James M. Legal Blue Book
Old Line Automobile Insurors. . right side lines and inside back cover Olive & McCurdy. . Legal Blue Book One Thirty East Washington Realty Corp ..
.left top lines and 111
Orbison Robt H . Legal Blue Book
Park-Ways Co. right bottom lines and 36
144
Pearson Co Inc ... left bottom lines and 55 Wallerich C H Co. .right top lines and 17
8.6 Warnock C O Co. . right top lines and 12
6.4
Pickens, Gause, Pickens & Gause. . Legal Blue Book Pioneer Distributing Co.
Poehner R E
Polk Sanitary Milk Co.
. back cover, left side lines and 103
58
Kord Leonard E
Kothe Herman W . Legal Blue Book
Lain Business College
32
Langsenkamp F H Co. right side lines and 29 34
Leonard Wm M Inc.
Levey Printing Co. . left top lines and 126
Liberal Loan Co right side lines and 91
Liberty Electric Co
45
Lincoln Hotel
Linden Hotel. left side lines and
61 65
Lockwood, Goldsmith and Galt, Legal Blue Book and 119 London & Lancashire Indemnity Co .. 82
Lumber Mutual Agency . left top lines and 71
Lux Laundry Inc.
88
Lyman Bros Inc ...
122 85
Maas Albert G Co Maplehurst. Farms .. right side lines and 105
Marion County Farm Bureau Co-Operative Assn. ..
47 28
Marion County State Bank.
62 Marott Hotel. . right side lines and Marott Shoe Store. . front cover, left side lines and 137 Marsh & McLennan Inc. 82
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.
.right bottom lines and .83
Matson, Ross, McCord & Ice ..... Legal Blue Book Mccullough John G Agency. 133 Standard Accident Insurance Co, right top lines and Standard Enamel & Paint Corp ..
73 84 32
Sterling Laundry
Stewart Wm M ..
Stewart's Inc ..
. right bottom lines and 112
Stokol. . .right top lines and 139 Stone, Stafford & Stone .... right bottom lines and Strauss L & Co
39 78 Suesz Otto J. . back cover, 140 and 142
Sun Life Assurance Co of Canada .. .left side lines and 84
36 Swiss Cleaners 34
Tarpenning-LaFollette Co 136
Taylor J H Transfer & Storage Co .. . back cover, right side lines, 107 and 141 Thirtieth & Central Sales Co ........ top lines and 14 Tiffany Laundry 88
Treat A J & Son Inc. . back cover
Turner Building & Saving Assn.
. right bottom lines and 106 Union Central Life Insurance Co.
right side lines and
79
Union Title Co ..... front cover, right side lines and 3
Union Trust Co.
.top lines and
26
United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.
76
Utility Insulation & Sales Corp .right bottom lines and 66 VanCamp Hardware & Iron Co. .left bottom lines and 5.6
Vonnegut Hardware Co.
right side lines and
57
Vortex Petroleum Co.
left bottom lines and 120
Peek Chas C Inc. . left side lines and Peerless Electric Supply Co. Peerless Foundry Co. Washington Hotel 45 51 Washington Park Cemetery . left side lines and 33 Peoples State Bank. .left side lines and 28 Wasson H P & Co. .right bottom lines and 40 Wege Marble & Tile Co ..... right side lines and 100 6 Wiegand's Evergreen Nursery 110
52 Williams & Schlosser. Legal Blue Book
Polk R L & Co.
.5, 20, 89 and
98
Wilson J C Co.
.. right bottom lines and: 49
Woodsmall H H Agency Inc. . right top lines, 75 and 134
York J E & Son. .
142
Kay Jewelry Co. ... right top lines and 86
Kentucky Home Mutual Life Insurance Co. 82
Kiefer Floral Co. right side lines and 47 Kiefer-Stewart Co 41 49 50
King & King Funeral Directors.
Kirby Mortuary .. . right side lines and Kirschner Auto Service Inc ..... right side lines and Koehring Chas & Son.
35 43 27 19 90 17
Standard Nut Margarine Co .. left side lines
Standard Oil Co ..
. inside front cover
State Automobile Insurance Assn. . left top lines and. State Mutual Life Assurance Co
State Stenotype School
Stein Theodore Jr. .left top lines and
74 88 52
. right top lines and 25 63 106
.left side lines and
Means & Buenting. . Legal Blue Book
Patterson Shade & Floor Covering Co.
Monarch Motor Co .left bottom lines and 16 41 142 Superior Chevrolet Inc. front cover and 11
INTRODUCTION
R. L. POLK & CO., publishers of more than 750 city, county, state and national Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1940 edition of the Indianapolis City Directory, which also includes Beech Grove, Broad Ripple, Speedway City, University Heights and Wood- ruff Place.
Confidence in the continued growth of Indianapolis' industry, popula- tion and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and social activities, will be maintained as sections of this Directory are consulted, for the Di- rectory is a mirror truly reflecting Indianapolis to the world.
The enviable position occupied by R. L. POLK & CO.'S Directories in the estimation of the public throughout the country, has been established by rendering the best in Directory service. With an unrivaled organiza- tion, and having had the courteous and hearty cooperation of the business and professional men and residents, the publishers feel that the result of their labors will meet with the approval of every user, and that the Indian- apolis Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the community.
Six Major Departments
The six major departments are arranged in the following order :-
THE MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT, pages 14 to 45, on white paper, presents lists of city, township, county, state and federal officials; post office, public school and court Directories; statistical review; and manu- facturing, trade and civic surveys.
THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is included in pages 101 to 1401, on white paper. This is the only record in existence that aims to show the name, marital status, occupation and address of each adult resident of Indianapolis and vicinity, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation.
THE GUIDE TO STREET-CAR, BUS AND TRACKLESS TROLLEY LINES extends from page 1405 to page 1408, on pink paper.
THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, covers pages 1409 to 1877. In this section the names of the streets are arranged in alphabetical order; the numbers of the residences and business concerns are arranged in numerical order under the name of each street, and the names of the householders and concerns are placed opposite the numbers. The names of the intersecting streets appear at their respective crossing points on each street. Features of this section are the designation of tenant-owned homes and the desig- nation of homes and places of business having telephones.
THE BUYERS' GUIDE, beginning opposite page 1880 and separately paged from 1 to 144, on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Indian- apolis and vicinity. The advertisements are indexed under headings de- scriptive of the business represented. This is reference advertising at its best, and merits a survey by all buyers eager to familiarize themselves with sources of supply. In a great commercial and industrial center like Indianapolis, the necessity of having this kind of information immediately available, is obvious. General appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.
THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 2025 to 2197, on white paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns in alphabetical order under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable catalog of the numerous interests of the community. The Directory is the common inter- mediary between buyer and seller. As such it plays an important part in
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the daily activities of the commercial and professional world. More buyers and sellers meet through the Classified Business Directory than through any other medium.
Community Publicity
The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the com- munity, depicting in unbiased terms what it has to offer as a place of residence, as a business location, as a manufacturing site and as an educa- tional center. To broadcast this information, the publishers have placed copies of this issue of the Directory in Directory Libraries, where they are readily available for free public reference, and serve as perpetual and re- liable advertisements of Indianapolis and vicinity.
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