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POLK'S INDIANAPOLIS (MARION COUNTY, IND.)
CITY DIRECTORY Vol. 1954 XCV
Including Beech Grove, Broad Ripple, Rocky Ripple, Speedway City, University Heights and Woodruff Place
Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citizens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Includ- ing a Complete Street and Avenue Guide, and a Postal Zone Guide; also a
BUYERS' GUIDE
and a Complete
Classified Business Directory
FOR DETAILED CONTENTS SEE GENERAL INDEX
" The
Price
DIRECTORY IS THE COMMON INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN BUYER AND SELLER
$65.00
R. L. POLK & CO., Publishers 322 Board of Trade Building, Indianapolis 4, Ind.
DIRECTORY LIBRARY FOR FREE USE OF THE PUBLIC AT BUSINESS BRANCH OF THE INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY
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Copyright, 1954, by R. L. Polk & Co.
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INDI
OF CORPORATE P
CITY
OLIS,
SEAL
INDIANA
PUBLISHERS NOTE
The information in this Directory is gathered by an actual canvass and is compiled in a way to insure maximum accuracy.
The publishers cannot and do not guarantee the cor- rectness of all information furnished them nor the complete absence of errors or omissions, hence no responsibility for same can be or is assumed.
The publishers earnestly request the bringing to their attention of any inaccuracy so that it may be corrected in the next edition of the directory.
R. L. POLK & CO., Publishers
GENERAL INDEX
Page
Abbreviations
24 and
25
Advertising Department
opp.
960
Airports
1123
Alphabetical List of Names
25
Apartment Buildings
1123
Bands and Orchestras
1132
Banks and Trust Companies
1133
Beech Grove Offices
170
Board of School Commissioners
170
Buildings-Office and Public
1139
Bus and Coach Lines
1140
Bus and Trackless Trolley Lines
following Postal Zone Guide .. opp.
960
Cemeteries
1141
Churches
1142
City Offices
170
Classified Business Directory
1121
Clergymen
1146
Clubs
1148
Convents
1152 198 815
Federal Offices
335
Fire Department
170
Fraternity Houses
1161
General Directory
25
Golf Clubs and Courses
1166
Government Offices
335
Halls
1169
Homes and Asylums
1171
Hospitals and Dispensaries
1171
Hotels
1171
Householders' Directory following Bus and Trackless
Trolley Lines
814
Legal Blue Book
.opp.
1180
Libraries
1183
Museums
1189
Newspapers
1190
Organizations
1192
Parks and Playgrounds
1197
Police Department
170
Post Office
335
Railroads
1204
Rocky Ripple Offices
170 1210
Schools-Public
1210
Schools and Colleges
1211
Sorority Houses
1213
Special Advertising Department opp.
960 805
Speedway City Offices
State Offices
814
State Schools
815
Street and Avenue Guide Trolley Lines
.following Bus and Trackless
Township Offices
862
U. S. Postal Zone Guide
following Classified
Woodruff Place Offices
882
Buyers' Guide
County Offices
Courts
198, 335, 814 and
Indiana State Government
Schools-Parochial
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION
Page
A B C Letter Shop
.right side lines and
92
Acme Building Materials Inc right side lines, X and 95 Acro Realty Co 139
Adams-Rogers Co
100
Advance Paint Products Inc
123
Advance Plating Works Inc .left side lines and 128
"Aid" Radio-TV Service & Sales right side lines and 156
Air-A-Lum Of Indiana
„left top corner cards and
18
Akron Surgical House Inc
128
Aluminum Finishing Corp .. right top corner cards
American Estates Co
left side lines and 139
American Loan Co
left side lines and
93
American Loan Corp
93
American National Bank Of Indianapolis 20
American Paper Stock Co „right side lines and 126
Anderson Lumber & Supply Co
front cover, right bottom lines and
96
Dearborn Hotel
65
Delaware Flower Shop
Arsenal Building & Loan Assn ...... left bottom lines and 29
Artcraft Decorating Co
124
Asphalt Surfacing Co
37
Del-Ray Nursing Home
left side lines and 121
Auto-Imports Ltd Corp
right bottom lines and
13
69
Ballard Ice Cream Co
Dillon's Wholesale Bakery
left top lines and
19
Don-Lee Heating Co
.right top corner cards and
63
Bankers Trust Co
24
E & E Plumbing Co
129
Barnes Hotel 65
Barney's Quality Jewelers 89
Bertermann Bros Co Inc 53
Bethard Wall Paper & Paint Co Inc
left side lines and 158
Better Business Bureau Inc
5
Bivin Transfer Co Inc 113
Blackmore & Buckner Roofing Co
right bottom lines, C and 147
Blackwell John J & Sons Inc
Z
Block Wm H Co The .front cover and 43
Borden Co The (Ice Cream Division)
left top lines and 68
Borden's Milk Division
left side lines and 108
Bramwood Press The ...... front cover, left top lines and 122
Brehob Electric Equipment Inc
front edge and
48
Fashion Dry Cleaners Inc
left bottom lines and
33
Brennan W A Agency Corp
83
Fashion Floor Coverings
left side lines and
52
Brennan W A Inc 136
Bridges W L & Son Inc left side lines and 139 Brown L M Title Co Inc 2
Bryant Lane Inc
34
Burford Wm B Printing Co
Burnet-Binford Lumber Co left top lines and 97
Cain Ralph & Associates
Capitol Motors .left top lines and 13
Carr Jack C Inc Realtors left bottom lines and 139 Carr K W Motor Co
14
Carter-Lee Lumber Co 98
Central Press Clipping Service ...... left bottom lines and 131 Central Supply Co „left bottom lines, 63 and 130 Circle Realty Co Inc 140
Citizens Gas & Coke Utility ... right side lines City Securities Insurance Agency ...... right side lines and 83 Cline Frederick B 134 Gibson Co The 6
Cloverleaf Creameries Inc 69 Grady Asphalt Inc 40
Colonial Savings & Loan Assn left bottom lines and 29
Page
Cooling-Gumme-Mumford Co Inc
81
Cram George F Co
107
Crescent Paper Co
125
Crist Douglas R
left side lines and
Y
Crown Hill Cemetery & Mausoleum
Crown Laundry & Dry Cleaning Co
right bottom lines and 126
Curt and Young Sewer Service Co
149
D'Arcy's
eft side lines and 32
Darlington Business Brokers
backbone, right top lines, 31 and 135
Darlington Realty
Co Inc
backbone, right top lines, 31 and 135
Dean Brothers Pumps Inc
B and 133
Eagle Creek Nursery Co Inc
.left top lines and 119
Eaglesfield & Shepard
94
East End Dairies Inc
left side lines and
111
East Side Chevrolet Inc
left bottom lines and
12
Economy Radio & Television Co ...... right side lines and 156
Elite Cleaners
33
Empire Life & Accident Insurance Co
right top lines and
70
Em-Roe Sporting Goods Co
125
Emrich's Factory Furniture Store ......... left top lines and Equitable Securities Co 59 Enterprise Iron & Fence Co ............. right side lines and 50 93 90
Excelsior Laundry Co Inc
.right top lines and
Fadely-Anderson Inc
left bottom lines and
12
Farrell-Argast Electric Co.
.left side lines and
47
Ferguson Electric Sales Co
.. right side lines and
63
Fidelity Trust Co
right top lines and
21
Fieber & Reilly
right top lines and 140
Fireside right side lines and insert at beginning Street Guide
First Bancredit Corp 52
Fletcher Trust Co
22
Florence Plumbing & Heating Co 129
Foster & Messick
left top lines and
71
Foster R S Lumber Co
left side lines and 102
Franklin Life Insurance Co
... right side lines and
84
Fruin-Colnon Contracting Co
... left top lines and
38
Gem Coal Co
.right top lines and
35
4
General Apartments Inc
General Outdoor Advertising Co Inc
3
General Septic Tank Service Co right bottom lines and 150 Geupel Carl M Construction Co Inc 38
Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance Co
left top lines and 72
Community-Buick Inc .left side lines and 14 Continental Hotel The „left top lines and 64 Grande John & Sons „left top lines and 53
left side lines and
32
Crystal Flash Petroleum Corp
90
left top lines, left top corner cards and 53
4 A
Buckeye Finance Co
93
132
81
9
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Great Fidelity Life Insurance Co
Great West Life Assurance Co right top corner cards and
Gregg Cleaners
Gregory & Appel Inc .right bottom lines and 74
Griener C E Co Inc
.right bottom lines and
92
Kay Jewelry Co
left side lines and
90
Grinstiner Funeral Home
.right top lines and
56
Kelly Sales Co
right bottom lines and
16
Guarantee Insurance Co
.left bottom lines and
84
Guarantee Tire & Rubber Co ...... right bottom lines and 156 Guaranty Cafeteria 146 Klein & Kuhn
Gwinn A R Paint & Supply Co Inc
right bottom lines and 124
Haas Max Co
right top corner cards, 130 and 148
Hains Robert right top corner cards and 40
Hall-Hottel Co 140 Lane Bryant Inc
Hall-Neal Furnace Co Inc 58
Harding & Glover Construction Co 39
Harley-Davidson Sales & Service
112
Hatfield Motors Inc
.right top lines and
7
Hayes Bros Inc
130
Haynes Realty Service
.. right side lines and 140
Hedges Pontiac Inc
right side lines and
14
Lynch Marvin Insurance Agency
Herrmann G H Funeral Home
.left side lines and
56
Maloof Realty Co
.right side lines and 137
Marbaugh Engineering Supply Co ...... right top lines and 127
Martinique Cocktail Lounge & Restaurant 144
Mason Robert L
138
Mayer George J Co Inc right top lines and 147 McCarty Charles R Mortuary left side lines and 57 McCormick Lumber Co Inc 102 16
McGinty Sales Co Inc
Mckinley Orman O & Co
left side lines and
64
Mechanics Laundry & Supply Co ...... right top lines and
92
Merchants National Bank & Trust Co
24
Meridian Mortgage Co
right bottom lines
Meridian Mutual Insurance Co
back cover, left top lines and 77
Merz Engineering Inc
103
Midwest Tent & Awning Co
18
Mid-Western Tree Experts .left side lines and 158
Milk Foundation of Indianapolis 111
Model Loan Service Inc
.right top lines and
94
Moldthan A C ............ back cover, left bottom lines and 141
Monarch Buick Co Inc
left bottom lines and
16
Mooney-Mueller-Ward Co
46
Moore & Kirk Mortuaries 55
Morrison L E & Co
94
39
Moynahan Apartments
right top lines and
4
Moynahan Construction Co
Mueller Ernie Auto Service Co insert at Alphabetical Name
Murphy's Auto Sales Inc
left side lines. and
17
Mutual Fire Insurance Co of Indianapolis
left top corner cards and 82
National Cash Register Co
.. right side lines and
32
Indianapolis Coal Co Inc
35
New Bamboo Inn Inc
145
Newcomer Lumber Co
.right side lines and 102
Indianapolis Engraving Co Inc 49 and 127
Indianapolis Lumber Co Inc 101 and 111
Indianapolis Nash Inc
left side lines and
Indianapolis Office Supply Co Inc 121
Inland Container Corp
A
Insurance Savings and Loan Assn
82
Insurance Underwriters
left side lines and
85
Investors Diversified Services Inc
right top lines and 87
J & L Agency Inc
136
Jacobs Men's Wear .left bottom lines and 34 Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co 85
Johnson Chevrolet Co Inc
back cover and
9
Jones Hotel left bottom lines and 64
Jordan Funeral Home
backbone and
54
Justus Contracting Co Inc 141
Kasle J & Sons Inc 148
Kirby Mortuary .left bottom lines and King & King Funeral Directors ...... right side lines and 57 57 137
Klingstein Hugo Machinery Co
...... left side lines and 105
Knight F M Realty Co
right top lines and 141
Koehring Charles & Son
Krebay Construction Co „right bottom lines and
Larman's Furniture Corp
.right side lines and
Lawrence Auto Co
Liberal Loan Co
„right side lines and
Lincoln Hotel
Linwood Beauty Shop right side lines and 25 36 85
Litzelman Coal & Supply Corp ...........
.left side lines and
49 41 34 60 16
93 66
Hickman Oldsmobile Inc left bottom lines and 8 Marott Hotel The .. right side lines and 67 151
Hicks Radiator Service
left side lines and
14
Marott's Shoe Store
Hiser-Feeser Inc
„left top corner cards and
15
Hisey & Titus
.left side lines and
56
Hockett Motors Inc
15
Hoffman John & Sons Inc
41
Hogan J M
„right side lines and 150
Hogan Transfer & Storage Co
front cover, right side lines and 114
Holliday W J & Co Inc
left bottom lines and 154
Home Outfitting Co Inc
Homestead Lumber & Coal Co Inc
100
Hoosier Addressing Co
right side lines and
3
Hoosier Casualty Co
right side lines and
85
Hoosier Fence Co Inc
51
Hoosier Motor Club
87
Hornaday Milk Co Inc
.right side lines and 107
Hotel Lincoln 66
Hotel Severin right bottom lines and 64
Humphrey Motor Co Inc
right bottom lines and
15
Hydraulic-Press Brick Co
25
Iaria's Restaurant insert at beginning street guide and 143 Indiana Equipment Co 42
Indiana Fan Co
50
Indiana Farmers Mutual Insurance Co
left side lines and 75
„right side lines
Indiana Lumbermen's Mutual Insurance Co
backbone, left top lines and 76
Indiana Refrigeration Service ....... ... left side lines and 142
Indiana Terminal & Refrigerating Co 159 Indiana Visual Aids Co Inc 112
15
North Side Chevrolet Inc
„left bottom lines and
13
North Side Lumber & Hardware Inc
right side lines and 101
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co
left side lines
O'Donnell's Ed Consignment Plan Inc ...... top edge and
10
Old Line Automobile Insurors
Z and
82
Ozman's Appliance Center ......... right bottom lines and
4
Packard-Indianapolis Co Inc
left top lines and
17
Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis ...... right top lines and 154
Patterson Shade & Floor Covering Co Inc
left side lines and 158
Page
Page 73
84 33
Indiana Insurance Co
60
Holmes J Frank
right side lines and
84
Merchandise Warehouse Co Inc
160
104
Hetherington & Berner Inc
10
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Peerless Furnace & Foundry Co Inc
left bottom lines
Peoples State Bank left side lines and 23 Per-Fit Products Corp 30 61
Perry J C & Co Inc
Petri Edward E Inc left bottom lines and 90
Pilgrim Laundry 47 and 91
Polk Sanitary Milk Co
.... back cover, left side lines and 109
Post Photo Shop
.. right side lines and 127
Pratt Printing Co left bottom lines and 131
Progress Laundry Co Inc 91
Railroadmen's Federal Savings & Loan Assn
left top lines and
26
Rainier Furniture 60 Studebaker Realty Co .left top lines and 138
Randall Paul Movers 115
Red Ball Storage Corp
116
Reeder Ralph R & Sons Inc .right top lines and 147
Reid-Holcomb Co
Resthaven Memorial Lawns Cemetery
right side lines and 32
Rhoades Perry Moving Co ..... .left side lines and 118
Riverwood Co 30 Tousley H D Co Inc 41
Roberts Wm H & Sons Inc .right side lines and 110
Rogers & Co
3
Savage Bruce Co right side lines and 141
Schakel Fred C 83
Schlosser Bros Inc right side . lines and 68
Schuster Coal Co .. right side lines and 29
Sentinel Printing Inc right side lines and 121
Service Engraving Inc
„left bottom lines and
49
Severin Hotel right bottom lines and 64 Union Federal Savings & Loan Assn right bottom lines and 27
Seville Restaurant Inc .right top lines and 146
Sexson Bros Coal & Oil Co .right side lines and 35 United Home Life Insurance Co .left top lines and 86
Shelby Street Federal Savings & Loan Assn
left top lines and 28
Shirley Bros Co Inc right side lines and 57
Simmons J L Co Inc 40 Wallerich C H Co Inc „right top lines and 17
Sipe's J C Son bottom edge and 88 Waterman H A Co
Skinner Radio Co
18
Smither Henry C Roofing Co
Snider Auto Service Inc. left side lines and 17
Solar Sales
left top lines and 107 .left side lines and 64 Southern Automatic Music Co Inc 126 Welch John R & Sons Inc .left side lines and 142
Southport Lumber Co „right top lines and 99 Wheeler J J Co Inc „right top lines and 142 Wild Herman L .left side lines and 89
Spann Co Inc The right top lines, 86 and 142
Spickelmier Co „left top lines and 30
Staley Signs Inc
„right side lines and 152
Standard Enamel & Paint Corp .left side lines and 124
Page Standard Materials Corp „left side lines and 148 Standard Savings & Loan Assn ..... .left side lines and 29 State Automobile Insurance Assn
right top corner cards and 78
State Farm Insurance Companies back cover, right side lines and 79
Sterling Laundry Co Inc
91
Stone, Stafford & Stone .. right bottom lines and 80 Stonybrook Nursery Co .right top corner cards and 120 Stone Fixtures Inc 155
Strauss L & Co Inc right top corner cards and 44
Superior Chevrolet Inc front cover and 11 Syndicate 'Glass Inc 155
Tanner & Co .right side lines and 153
42
Taylor J H Transfer & Storage Co
back cover, right side lines, 117 and 157 Thompson Detective Service Inc ...... left side lines and 45
Tiffany Laundry Inc 91
Traylor Joel T .right side lines and 86
Tripp Warehouse Co The 160
Tri-State Construction Co 41 and 42
Turner Building & Savings Assn
left bottom lines and 28
Turner's Old Coin & Gold Shop
36
Underwood Transfer Co Inc
back cover, right top lines and 106
Utility Insulation & Sales Corp 69
Van Camp Hardware & Iron Co 62
Vonnegut Hardware Co ...... right and left bottom lines
50
Wayside Nursery
right bottom lines and 121
147 Wearly Monuments .left bottom lines and 112
Willsey C R Agency
.right side lines
Winthrop Supply Co
left top corner cards
Woodsmall H H Agency Inc „right top lines
LEGAL DEPARTMENT
(In Classified Section at Lawyers)
Page
Page
Bamberger & Feibleman
B Kothe & Shotwell C
Buschmann, Krieg, DeVault & Alexander
B Maloof Joe C
Dickerson M A Ashley
B Olive, Knox & O'Hara C
Gregg Fillion Fillenwarth & Hughes
B Ross, McCord, Ice & Miller C
Johnson Fred Bates
B Stump & Emswiller C
Wege Marble & Tile Co Of Indiana
Page
Pinnell Lumber Co 102 State Mutual Life Assurance Co ......... ... left side lines and 86 Steck Wm F Co .right bottom lines and 129
INTRODUCTION
R. L. POLK & CO., publishers of more than 750 city, county, state and national Directories, present to sub- scribers and the general public, this, the 1954 edition of the Indianapolis City Directory, which also includes Beech Grove, Broad Ripple, Rocky Ripple, Speedway City, University Heights and Woodruff Place.
Confidence in the continued growth of Indianapolis' industry, population and wealth, and in the advance- ment of its civic and social activities, will be maintained as sections of this Directory are consulted, for the Direc- tory 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 organization, and having had the courteous and hearty cooperation of the business and professional men and residents, the publish- ers feel that the result of their labors will meet with the approval of every user, and that the Indianapolis Direc- tory 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 ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is included in pages 25 to 960, on white paper. This is the only resord 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, na- ture and address of each firm and corporation.
THE BUYERS' GUIDE, preceding the Classified and separately paged from 1 to 160, on goldenrod paper, con- tains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Indianapolis and vicin- ity. The advertisements are indexed under headings descriptive of the business represented. This is reference ad- vertising 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 immedi- ately available, is obvious. General appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.
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THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 1121 to 1224, on yellow paper. This depart- ment 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 intermediary between buyer and seller. As such it plays an important part in the daily activities of the commercial and professional world. More buyers and sellers meet through the Classified Business Directory than through any other medium. A special feature of the Classified is the section devoted to restaurant advertisements.
THE POSTAL ZONE GUIDE, on pink paper, follows the Classified Directory and is included in pages 1125 to 1234. This section is reproduced verbatim from copy supplied by the postal authorities.
THE GUIDE TO BUS AND TRACKLESS TROLLEY LINES follows the Postal Zone Guide and is included in pages 1235 to 1236, on pink paper.
THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, fol- lows the Guide to Bus and Trackless Trolley Lines and is included in pages 1237 to 1560. In this section the num- bered streets are arranged in numerical order, followed by the named streets 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 intersect- ng streets appear at their respective crossing points on each street. Special features of this section are the designation of tenant-owned homes and the designation of homes and places of business having telephones.
Community Publicity
The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the community, 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 educational cen- ter. 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 reliable advertise- ments of Indianapolis and vicinity.
The Indianapolis Directory Library
Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Indianapolis City Directory, a Directory Library is main- tained in the Business Branch of the Indianapolis Public Library, for free reference by the general public. This is one of more than 600 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada by members of the Association of North American Directory Publishers, under whose supervision the system is operated.
The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recognition by those progressive business and professional men who have demonstrated their confidence in the City Directory as an advertising medium, with assurance that it will bring a commensurate return.
R. L. POLK & CO., Publishers.
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INTRODUCTION
INDIANA SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' MONUMENT
The Indiana Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument is in the center of Monument Circle, and was begun in 1887 and completed in 1901. The monument is an impressive column 2841/2 feet high. It is exceeded in height only by the Washington Monument and the Sam Houston Memorial in Texas. It is considered one of the world's most outstanding works of monumental architecture. Four epochs of Indiana history are commemorated by bronze statues of representative men: George Rogers Clark, the period of the Revolution: William Henry Harrison, the War of 1812 and the Battle of Tippecanoe; Governor James Whitcomb, the War with Mexico; and Governor Oliver P. Morton, the Civil War. This monument cost the people of Indiana $600,000. Its basement houses a museum, and an elevator carries visitors to an observation room at its top.
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ORVOSIS
INDIANAPOLIS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE North Meridian St., Opp. University Park
INDIANAPOLIS
"THE CENTER OF INDUSTRIAL AMERICA" Capital of Indiana; County Seat of Marion County
Some of the Things That Serve to Visualize the Importance of This Modern and Progressive City in Its Commercial, Financial and Industrial Aspects Prepared by the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce
HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT
Indianapolis is a great metropolis which arose in the wilderness - a city built upon plans made by hardy pioneers bent upon creating a social order as well as a fine state capital.
Today it is a teeming center of commerce and industry, located in a rich agricultural area.
Here, creative genius and the will to enrich the life of every citizen, has developed a vast and balanced wealth of culture and a promise of better things for all who cherish the American Way of Life-freedom and opportunity.
The 1950 U. S. Census gave Metropolitan Indianapolis a population of 551,777, and a population of 427,173 within the city limits.
Indianapolis 132 years ago was a lone cabin in a virgin forest. Today it is a fast-growing metropolis of more than 575,000 persons . .. a highly-diversified and vitally-important industrial city in the midst of a vast, rich agricultural region.
It is a typically American city in a typically American state ... the physical, political, economic and cultural capital of a great commonwealth . . . a city proud and grateful for its heritage, industrious, ambitious, and confident of a glowing destiny.
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