Polk's Indianapolis (Marion County, Ind.) city directory, 1949, Part 2

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Publication date: 1949
Publisher: R.L. Polk
Number of Pages: 1460

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Indiana Visual Aids Co Inc ..... left side lines and 124 40

.. right side lines, 52 and 138 Indianapolis Life Insurance Co .. . backbone, left top lines and 84 Indianapolis Lumber Co ...... right top lines and 112 Indianapolis Office Supply Co Inc ... left bottom lines and 129

93 36 Inland Container Corporation .. Indianapolis Railways Inc .. left bottom lines and 144 29 19 97

Investors Diversified Services Inc.

Jefferson National Life Insurance Company. .

right bottom llnes and

Johnson Ernest Coal Co. 40 158 75

Ermine Cleaners Inc

28 Excelsior Laundry Co .. .right top lines and 101 Inland Motors.

Fadely-Anderson Inc ... . left bottom lines and l'armers Mutual Liability Co .... left side lines and Farrell-Argast Electric Co .. . left side lines and

Farrell Young & Davis Agency

.left side lines and Fashion Dry Cleaners Inc. . left top corner cards and Fidelity Trust Co .. .right top lines and

Jones & Hurt Mortuary ... left side lines and 58 Fieber & Reilly. .right top lines and 150 54 First Bancredit Corp

39 Fletcher Avenue Saving & Loan Assn 17 King & King Funeral Directors. . right side lines and Kirby Mortuary. right side lines and 59 18 Fletcher Trust Co .left bottom lines and 31 Kay Jewelry Co .. . left side lines and 99

147

Foster R S Lumber Co. left side lines and 113

68 45

Brown E B Transfer & Storage Co. 127

111

2 Gates Motors Inc ... right top lines and 16 40 49

Gem Coal Co. .right top lines and General Dyeing Co Inc. 5 left side lines and 45 22 37 Lee's Incorporated. . .left side lines and

Geupel Carl M Construction Co Inc .. Gibson Co The ..

9 129

Golden Guernsey Farms Inc.

123 43 Linden Hotel. left side lines and 72

Linden Hotel Coffee Shop. left side lines and 72 72 40 89 Litzelman Coal & Supply Corp. Lyman Brothers Inc. 139

Marsh-Eberly Insurance Agency Inc. .. left bottom lines and 94

Champe & Garland Coal Co Inc. left bottom lines and Chevrolet Motor Cars . front cover, right top corner cards and Chrsyler & Plymouth Automobiles. .right top lines and 21 Churchmembers' Life Insurance Co. .right top lines and 92

City Securities Corporation. .. .. right side lines Clty Securitles Insurance Agency .. 92 43

Hisey & Titus ... .. left side lines and 56 Morrison L E & Co ..

Cooling-Grumme-Mumford Co Inc. Cram George F Co Inc The ..

. left bottom lines and 67 88 117 135 Hoosier Petroleum Co Inc ... .left bottom lines and 137

Dodd Lloyd .. Dodge-Plymouth Motor Cars and Trucks

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Adams-Rogers Co. Advance Palnt Products Inc. .130 and 161 139 138

Advance Plating Works.

Alsco Inc ... .. right top corner cards and Aluminum Finishing Corp.right top corner cards and American Employers Insurance Co.

right bottom lines and

American Estates Co. left side lines and 148

American Loan Co .. .left side lines and 104 American Paper Stock Co ... .right side lines and 136 Anderson Lumber & Supply Co. . front cover, right bottom lines and 107 Apartment Rental & Service Bureau Inc .. 42 .right top corner cards, 6 and Approved Indianapolis Protection Co .. .. right side lines and 104 Arsenal Bullding & Loan Assn .. .

Employers Liability Assurance Corp The. .right bottom lines and 87 Emrich's Factory Furniture Store .. .left top lines and 60

Equitable Life Insurance Co of Iowa. left side lines and

82 51

117

127

Foxworthy C T Co Inc 93 . right top lines and Franklin Life Insurance Co .... right side lines and Frost-Air Co Inc ...... left top corner cards and 153 Fuller-Halpin Luniber Co Inc.

LaShelle Vocal & Danse Studios.

right top corner cards and 93 Marott Shoe Store Inc ..

Hatfield Motors Inc ... . right top lines and 10 Mid-West Machinery Mart. .. right top corner cards and 117

58 Midwest Tent & Awning Co.

North Side Chevrolet Inc .... left bottom lines and North Side Lumber & Hardware Inc. .right side lines and 113 Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co .... . left side lines 37

Hotel Lincoln

Imperial Washable Wallpaper. . right side lines and 131 Indiana Equipment Company Inc. . 44 Indiana Fan Co ... 53 Indiana Farmers Mutual Insurance Co. . . left side lines and 82 Indiana Lumbermen's Mutual Insurance Co ... .left top lines and 83

East End Dairies Inc. . back cover, left side lines and 120 East Side Chevrolet Inc .... left bottom lines and Eastside Landscaping Service. . left bottom lines and 101

Indiana Union Mutual Insurance Co. . .left side lines and 82

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

Page

Seward Roy L 105

Stratten & Shaw Mortuary. 59

Strauss L & Co Inc. ... right top corner cards and 48

Studebaker Realty Co .... .... left top lines and 147 Superior Chevrolet Inc. ... front cover, right top corner cards and 14

61 66 18 Shoptaugh & Barrett .... . right bottom lines and 5.9 Short Cecil E .. . .. left side lines and 88 144 44

Perry J C & Co Inc.

Pinnell Lumber Co.

Plowman Studio. . left side lines and 137 Sipe's J C Son. . bottom edge and 98

Polar Ice & Fuel Co .. left side lines and 76

Polk Sanitary Milk Co The .. . back cover, left side lines and 121

154 100 130

Soundscriber Sales & Service. Southern Automatic Music Co Inc ..

137

Underwood Transfer Co Inc. Union Central Life Insurance Co. . Union Federal Savings & Loan Assn. .right bottom lines and 33

Union Title Company. .. front cover, right side lines and 3

Union Trust Company of Indianapolis. . . left and right top lines and 27 United Home Life Insurance Co ... . left top lines and 96

United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. Standard Enamel & Paint Corp. .. . left top lines and 78 Standard of Detroit Group ..

Stanley Jewelry Co ...

76 Utility Insulation & Sales Corp. . left top lines and . left side lines and 130 VanAusdall & Farrar ..

Rainier Furniture

Raup Tile & Cabinet Co .... left bottom lines and 100 Ray & Dithmer Inc ..

Reeder Ralph R & Sons Inc. ... right top lines and 154

State Farm Insurance Companies ..

back cover, right side lines and 86

State Farm Life Insurance Co ...

back cover, right side lines and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company .back cover, right side lines and State Mutual Life Assurance Co of Worcester, Mass 86 .. left side lines and 96

55 Steek Wm F Co. .. right top corner cards and 139

45 Sterling Laundry .. 36 and 102

Stewart's Inc. .right bottom lincs

Stirling Funeral Home .. .left side lines and 57 Williams Guy H Co .. 152

Stohlers Continental Stores

21 Woodruff Realty Co. . 152

73 | Stone, Stafford & Stone. . .. right bottom lines and 87 Woodsmall H H Ageney Inc. . right top lines

LEGAL DEPARTMENT (In Classified Section at Lawyers)

Page

Armstrong & Gause. Legal Blue Book

Hartman, McManamon, Leffler & Wynn. .

Mattocks Charles Quincy Legal Blue Book D

Legal Blue Book C Means & Buenting .. . Legal Blue Book D

. Legal Blue Book C Mitchell D Orval. Legal Blue Book

Holder Charles W. . Legal Blue Book C Olive Frank C ... Legal Blue Book D

Hood Harold B .. Legal Blue Book C Ross, McCord, Ice & Miller

Legal Blue Book E

Cox & Cox .. . Legal Blue Book B Johnson Fred Bates. . Legal Blue Book C Schley, Trask & Jenkins ..

Legal Blue Book E

Fenton, Steers, Beasley & Klee. . Legal Blue Book C Kothe & Shotwell Legal Blue Book

D | Stump Albert ..

Legal Blue Book

21 21

Sharp Harry A Co Inc. . right top corner cards and 13 154

Sharpe's Restaurant. ..

161

Shelby Paint & Enamel Co .. 132

Shirley Bros Co Inc ... .left top lines and 34 Shelby Street Federal Savings & Loan Assn. ... right side lines and 57 95 Swiss Cleaners .. . .36 and 102 Taylor J H Transfer & Storage Co .. .. back cover, right side lines, 126 and 160 Thornton-Levey Co. left side lines and 142 Tiffany Laundry 36 and 102 Townsend J R Agency The .. .. left side lines and 93 96 Shumaker Bros Industries Inc

Smither Henry C Roofing Co Inc

Solotken J & Co Inc ...

Polk's Bankers Encyclopedia 23 55 Spann Company Inc The ... . right top lines, 95 and Specs Gravel Co ..

Potts C and G and Co .. Pratt & Lambert Inc .... ... right side lines and 131 Pratt Printing Co ... .left bottom lines and 141 Spencer Hotel. .left bottom lines and 75 Price Seward B .. 130 Spickelmier Company .left top lines and Spickelmier Industries ... left top lines and 30 30 75

Prichard & Dison Sheet Metal Co. . left side lines and 156

Spink Arms Hotel

.left top lines and

Progress Laundry Co Inc .36 and 102 Staley Sign's Inc.

Provident Mutual Life Insurance Co.

Rafferty C Phil. .right bottom lines and 95 91

Railroadmen's Federal Savings & Loan Assn .. left top lines and 32

Reliable Sales & Service Corp. . right top lines and 69 Rhoades Perry O Moving Co. ... left side lines and 127 Roberts Wm H & Sons Inc ... . right side lines and 122 Rogers & Company. .right bottom lines and 1 91

Root Theodore E

Sargent Harry G Paint Co ...... left side lines and 133 Savage Bruce Company .. .right side lines and 151 Schwomeyer Florist ...

Sears Roebuck and Co. . right side lines and Sentinel Printing Inc .right side lines and 129 44

Service Construction Co ..

Severin Hotel

Severin Hotel Co Inc

State Farm Fire Insurance Co ..

.right top corner cards and 85

Vonnegut Hardware Co ...... right side lines and

21 Washing Machine Parts & Service Co .. Waterman H A Co. 52 Washington Park Cemetery .... .left side lines and 35 53 69

Weather-Seal Distributors Inc. . left top lines and Wege Marble & Tile Co of Indiana .. . left top lines and 118 Welch John R & Sons Inc ... . left side lines and 152 Wiegand's Evergreen Nursery 129 Wichmann A J Co Inc ........ right side lines and 97 Williams Fred Jr Inc .... left top corner cards and 21

42 5

Tri-State Construction Co The Turner Roscoe Aeronautical Corp.

Tway Joseph R Co .. 163 117 96

151 62

.right side lines and 158

Standard Brands Inc. . left side lines and 55 134

State Automobile Insurance Association ..

VanCamp Hardware & Iron Co.

.back cover, right side lines and 86 Voorhis Studio. ... right bottom lines and 138 Wallerich C H Co Inc .... .right top lines and

Page B

Bamberger & Feibleman Legal Blue Book B

Bobbitt, Martz & Beattey Legal Blue Book B Holder Cale J.

Buschmann, Krieg, DeVault & Alexander .... Legal Blue Book B

Packard-Indianapolis Co Inc ... . right top corner cards and Packard Motor Cars .... right top corner cards and Patterson Shade and Floor Covering Co. Fearson Furniture & Music Stores. .left bottom lines and

Peerless Foundry Co The. . right top corner cards and Pennsylvania Motor Inn ...... left top lines and Peoples Funeral Home Inc The. . left side lines and Peoples State Bank. . left side lines and 26 62 Simmons J L Company Inc. 114 Sipe J C Jeweler. .. right top lines and 99

Traylor Joel T ..

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 1949 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.

Seven Major Departments

The seven major departments are arranged in the following order :-

THE MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT, pages 13 to 27, on white paper, presents lists of city, township, county, state and federal officials; statistical review; and manufacturing, trade and civic surveys.

THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is included in pages 29 to 874, 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, na- ture and address of each firm and corporation.

THE BUYERS' GUIDE, preceding the Classified and separately paged from 1 to 164, 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.

THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 1041 to 1145, 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.

THE POSTAL ZONE GUIDE, on pink paper, follows the Classified Business Directory and is separately paged from 1 to 10. This section is reproduced verbatim from copy supplied by the postal authorities.

THE GUIDE TO STREET-CAR, BUS AND TRACKLESS TROLLEY LINES follows the Postal Zone Guide and is separately paged from 11 to 13, on pink paper.

THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, follows the Guide to Street-Car, Bus and Trackless Trolley Lines and is separately paged from 15 to 298. 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. 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

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INTRODUCTION

INDIANA STATE SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' MONUMENT

Universally admitted to be the grandest achievement of architectural and sculptural art in the world, designed to glorify the heroic epoch of the Republic and to commemorate the valor and fortitude of Indiana's soldiers and sailors in the War of the Rebellion and other wars.

Begun, 1887 ; completed, 1901; dedicated, 1902; cost, $600,000 ; diameter of plaza surrounding monument, 342 feet 7 inches; diameter of terrace, 110 feet; height of terrace, 16 feet 4 inches ; monument foundation, 69x53 feet; depth of foundation, 30 feet; height of monument, including foundation, 314 feet 6 inches ; height of monument from street level to top of statue, 284 feet 6 inches; height of Victory statue, 38 feet ; shaft at top, 13 feet 3 inches; balcony, 16 feet.

The balcony, 2281% feet above the ground, is reached by an electric elevator or by stairway consisting of . 32 flights-324 steps. On reaching the balcony, visitors look over a beautiful panorama of Indianapolis and vicinity-a delightful view, not surpassed anywhere. Below the balcony is a bronze astragal bearing tbe dates 1861-1865 on the four sides of the shaft. Midway the monument is a second bronze astragal, em- blematic of the Navy, and further down, a third bronze astragal, representing the Army. On the east and west sides of the monument are the two largest groups that have ever been carved out of stone-the one on the east representing War, the other, Peace. On the south front are two heroic statues, each cut out of a buge block of stone; one representing the Infantry, the other an ideal Cavalry Scout. On the north front are the Artillery and Navy representatives, same as on the south. On the east and west sides of the terrace are magnificent cascades, over each of which flow 7,000 gallons of water per minute. With eigbt immense candelabra and four groups of huge flood-lamps, Monument Place is brilliantly and beautifully lighted. On subordinate pedestals occupying positions in the four segments are bronze statues of Gov. Morton, Gov. Whitcomb, Gen. Wm. Henry Harrison and Gen. George Rogers Clark.

Above the entrance facing the south is the inscription of dedication :

"To Indiana's Silent Victors"

INTRODUCTION

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

THE LOGICAL LOCATION FOR BUSINESS INSTITUTIONS HAVING NATIONAL DISTRIBUTION

When Indiana was admitted to the Union in 1816 it became the nineteenth state. Congress adopted a resolution donating four sections of land to the State for its capital. The present down- town square mile, chosen in 1821 as the site for the location of the state capital, after considerable discussion, was named Indian- apolis. On this one mile square, at almost the geographical center of Indiana, the city was laid out by the same engineer who de- signed the street plan of Washington, D. C. Not only is Indian- apolis near the exact center of the state of Indiana, but it is like- wise near the center of the great Middle West, called the most typically American section of the nation.

Population

The Federal Census for 1940 gave Indianapolis a population of 386,972. It is the capital and largest city of Indiana, and is the twentieth city in population in the United States. It is the second largest state capital. Indianapolis has maintained a steady, normal growth in population.

1949 Estimate 427,500

1940 386,972

1930 364,161

1920 314,194 Per Cent Distribution

Color, Nativity and Citizenship

1940

1930

1920

1940

1930

1920

Total population

.386,972

364,161

314,194

100.

100

100.

White

335,755

320,064

279,411

86.7

87.9

88.9

Native

325,200

306,324

262,453

84.0

84.1

83.5

Foreign-born

10,565

13,740

16,958

2.7

3.8

5.4

Negro

51,142

43,967

34,678

13.2

12.1

11.0

Other races

130

105

The Bureau of the Census established a metropolitan district for Indianapolis, having an area of 402 square miles and a total population in 1940 of 460,926, of which 386,972 were in the city of Indianapolis and 73,954 outside. The estimated 1949 metropolitan area population is 536,250. The general rule followed has been to include with the central city all surrounding contiguous minor civil divisions having a density of not less than 150 inhabitants per square mile, but to include also any minor civil division of less density, if it directly adjoins the central city or is nearly surrounded by other minor civil divisions that have the required density.

STATE HOUSE

Indianapolis is the center of and the capital of a state having a population of 3,427,796 in 1940, and is within 70 miles of the population center of the United States. It is nearly in the center of the corn belt and the wheat belt. It is in the center of the Mid- West manufacturing region that produces thirty per cent of the nation's industrial output. In the heart of the city is a magni- ficent circle, surrounded by a street ninety feet in width and one- fifth of a mile around, in the center of which stands a 2841/2-foot massive stone monument erected in honor of the soldiers and sailors of Indiana who participated in the Civil and other wars. Radiating from this circle are four wide avenues affording outlets to all parts of the city. It has been around this regularly-platted area that Indianapolis has grown from a mere village in 1821 to its present population. More than 97 per cent of its inhabitants are American-born.

Topography

The topography of the territory surrounding Indianapolis has never hindered the city's growth in any direction. Indianapolis covers an area of 55.43 square miles.

Climate and Precipitation

There are less than four months in the year in which the lowest daily temperature runs below freezing. Yet summer temper- atures do not range excessively high, and are rendered unoppres- sive by the low humidity which usually prevails. The average January temperature in Indianapolis (74-year average) is 21.7 degrees, and the average July temperature (74-year average) is 86 degrees. There are times during the summer when as much as 16 hours of outdoor work may be performed without artificial light. The average annual precipitation for 74 years has been 39.69 inches.

National Market

Finished goods are sold, not to square miles, but to population. So far as theoretical analysis goes, Indianapolis stands supreme as a center from which to serve the national market, either for finished products going directly to the consumer, or for semi- finished goods requiring further manufacture. Indianapolis is already famous as a center for national distribution and is rapidly increasing its prestige in this respect.

This Middle Western district is the heart of the nation's manufacturing activities. Among the first 18 cities in the United States with respect to the annual value of manufactured products 10 are in this great section of the country. The manufacturing density of this district in relation to its area is five times the average for the country as a whole. The center of population of the United States, the center of manufacture, the corn center and other centers are located in the immediate center of this area. The territory as a geographical unit is probably the richest and most intensified producing region in the world. Although repre- senting less than 6% of the total area of the country, it contri- butes 30% of the total of manufactured products. It has a population of 30,000,000, or 20% of the total population of the United States.

Trading Radius

Indianapolis is located in the heart of a rich buying market. Few cities enjoy such stability of commerce and industry. Its security is its surrounding farm land, where great agricultural wealth abounds and where 2,000,000 prospective buyers within two hours' ride, over 10,000,000 within a few hours' ride, and more than 60,000,000 within a radius of 500 miles can be reached over-night. The immediate trading radius includes the central portion of Indiana. It extends practically 70 miles in every direction. The business of this district is so closely tied up with that of Indian- apolis as to be practically inseparable. To the people living in cities in this district, whether 1,000 population or over 30,000, Indianapolis is the market place. One distinguishing feature of this district is the transportation situation. A network of steam railways, together with numerous motorbus lines and four major

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air lines, welds this territory in one compact unit. County seats and hundreds of smaller towns and villages around Indianapolis have direct connections with the city. The purchasing power of the City of Indianapolis was estimated to be $864,780,000 in 1948. The purchasing power of the trading area was above $2,300,000,000.

Manufacture

Indianapolis is a city of diversified industries. The products of these are motor vehicle parts, airplane parts, meat-packing and slaughtering products, metal and machine shop products, hosiery, pharmaceuticals, etc. The 954 industries of Indianapolis use a wide variety of raw materials and turn their finished and semi- finished products into many different lines of consumption. More than 1,200 different commodities are manufactured in Indian- apolis. The city is not dominated by any one industry or one group of related industries. Diversification has long been recognized as a desirable characteristic of a city's industry.

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Polk's Indianapolis (Marion County, Ind.) city directory, 1949, Part 2

Author: Publication date: 1949 Publisher: R.L. Polk Number of Pages: 1460

Author:
Publication date: 1949
Publisher: R.L. Polk
Number of Pages: 1460