Polk's Indianapolis (Marion County, Ind.) city directory, 1952, Part 542

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Publication date: 1952
Publisher: R.L. Polk
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Choice of Colors - Bonds - Sizes 4"-8"-12" Walls


DISTRIBUTOR SERVICISED PRODUCTS


Asphalt Expansion Joint - Para Plastic Sealing Compound Kork Pak - Vapor Seal Sponge Rubber - Stair Threads and Nosings


1900 S. TIBBS AVE. (44) (R. R. 3, BOX 49) TEL. BELMONT 3471


INDIANAPOLIS CITY DIRECTORY


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BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS


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FLETCHER AVENUE SAVING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION


SAL HOME


MI MIEI K


SYSTE


In the Heart of the Financial District


MEMBER OF FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK SYSTEM


A Speedy-Helpful HOME LOAN SERVICE


Loan applications for home buying, building or loans for home repairs receive prompt action at "Fletcher Avenue." Monthly reduction of interest saves you money over the total loan period. If you are now making home payments out-of-town, refinance with "Fletcher Avenue." You deal directly with friendly, LOCAL officers and your abstract and papers remain here at home.


G. I. and F. H. A. LOANS


FOR SAVERS :- Save a down payment on a home of your own NOW! While you're making good money, save for that home you'll want in the future.


Specializing in Home Financing Since 1890


FLETCHER AVENUE SAVING & LOAN ASSN.


150 East Market Street Tel. Market 3411


R. L. POLK & CO.'S


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BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS


Railroadmen's FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASS'n. 21 Virginia avenue INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA


ESTABLISHED 1887


MEMBER Federal Home Loan Bank


Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation


SAFE SAVINGS SERVICE


Your Account Insured Up to $10,000 by the


Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation


COMPLETE HOME FINANCING


Prompt Inspections No Obligations Low Costs


Telephone IMperial 4491 -- All Departments


21 Virginia Avenue Indianapolis 4, Indiana


INDIANAPOLIS CITY DIRECTORY


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BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS


Union Federal Savings and Loan Association


Safety for Savings Since 1887


Your Savings Account Insured Up To $10,000.00


REAL ESTATE FINANCING


MEMBER


SAVINGS


AND


SAFETY OF YOUR SAVINGS


ANK SY


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INSURED


INS


UP TO $10,000


URATION


INCE


CORPORE


Telephone Imperial 3571 160 East Market Street


7 E. 38th (5) Tel. Hickory 7561


BRANCH OFFICES 806 Broad Ripple Ave. (20) Tel. Broadway 4612 Indianapolis


5646 E. Washington (19) Tel. Irvington 3307


R. L. POLK & CO.'S


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BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS


SHELBY STREET FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASS'N


FIRST MORTGAGE LOANS ON REAL ESTATE


Your Savings Insured Up to $10,000.00


LOA


MEMBER


SAVINGS


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SAFETY OF YOUR SAVINGS


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INSURED


NO


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UP TO $10,000 CORPORA


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Organized 1892. Federal Chartered Feb. 2, 1934. Charter No. 98. Accounts Insured Oct. 11, 1934. Policy No. 5.


Market 2944


1447 Shelby St.


ESTABLISHED IN 1883


TURNER


BUILDING & SAVING ASSOCIATION


FRED H. WUELFING, Secretary


Safe and Friendly Service


SAVINGS


HOME LOANS


MEMBER FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK SYSTEM


116 N. Delaware


Tel. Market 8621


INDIANAPOLIS CITY DIRECTORY


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BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS


ARSENAL BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION


HOME


MEMBER


SAVINGS LAITY OF YOUI LAVIHỘI INSURED


K SY


· NOVO


ICE CORPORA


432 STATE LIFE BLDG.


First Mortgage Loans on Real Estate


15 E. WASHINGTON


TEL. ATLANTIC 1303


COLONIAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION


INCORPORATED 1913


Insured Savings


EDERA INSURED


VATIO


Insured Protection for your Savings


MEMBER


ANCE CORPO


NK SY


Real Estate Financing


FIRST MORTGAGE LOANS ON REAL ESTATE


14 N. Delaware


Indianapolis, Ind.


Tel. IMperial 3326


Standard Saving & Loan Association


Mortgage Loans on Real Estate Savings Accounts


142 N. DELAWARE


TEL. FRANKLIN 1428


DON'T USE AN OLD DIRECTORY!


One Address taken from an old Directory may send you miles out of the way and waste a whole day's time. You take pride in keeping a fresh stock of merchandise on your shelves-


Avail yourself of FRESH information for your daily use!


R. L. POLK & CO.'S


SAVINGS


Dividends Paid Annually Since 1885


I . FEDER


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BUILDING MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES


Riverwood Company


SASH, DOORS AND MILLWORK SPECIALTIES


SLIDING DOOR POCKETS INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR DOORS


BILT WELL


WOOD WORK


SUPERIOR WINDOW UNITS NU-STYLE CABINETS


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WOOD LOUVRED SHUTTERS


Distributors


LIFETIME WINDOWS OF ALUMINUM


WOOD LOUVRED DOORS


7425 Westfield Blvd.


Broadway 5403


DWYER KITCHENS Formerly "Murphy-Cabranette"


Electric or gas range with full-size oven. Modern refriger- ator with push-button door ice cube and frozen food compart- ment. Trouble-free hermetically sealed unit. One-piece porcelain sink and range top.


All exposed surfaces of genu- ine vitreous porcelain. Never require repainting, kept clean with a damp cloth.


Available from 39 to 69 inches in width. Full height matching storage cabinets may be added.


If you plan to build or re- model, you'll he interested in DWYER KITCHENS-the finest in compact kitchens for over 26 years.


FULL KITCHEN CONVENIENCE IN MINIMUM SPACE


DURATILE


Zinc electroplated steel wall tile. Rustproof, waterproof, bonderized, baked on enamel finish will not chip, crack or peel. 20 colors, sizes from 41/4 to 10" x 10". Expert installers.


Thompson-Dee, Inc.


Distributors and Manufacturers Representatives of Building Specialties


Tilecrafters, Inc.


1305 N. PENN. PLAZA 5335


Modern I-XL Sectional Kitchen Units in Natural Grain Birch or Enamel in Color or White. Boro Kitchens. Sealwall, Masonry Waterproofing. Chromesmith Bath Accessories. The Packard Line of Bath Cabinets. "Adjusto" Tub and Shower Fixtures. ,


INDIANAPOLIS CITY DIRECTORY


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BUILDING MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES


SCHUSTER'S BUILDING MATERIAL


C. W. BRAUGHTON, Proprietor


Everything for the Building (EXCEPT LUMBER) WAYLITE BLOCKS - SEPTIC TANKS COAL AND COKE


A Square Block Makes a Square Building


Office Phone Garfield 2431


824 E. Troy Ave. Residence Phone Garfield 4727


SPICKELMIER COMPANY


PER-FIT PRODUCTS CORP. BUILDING MATERIALS -- ALUMINUM WINDOWS Wholesale and Retail


1100 East 52nd Street (5)


Tel. BRoadway 2424


East Yard-105 S. Denny (1), Tel. Irvington 1192 Sand and Gravel-73d and Keystone Ave. (20) Tel. Broadway 2464


BUSINESS SCHOOLS


PIANO- Popular and Classical


THEORY AND HARMONY -- INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION Elementary or Advanced Adult Beginners


SECRETARIAL COURSES BUSINESS


CORRESPONDENCE


ENGLISH SPELLING FILING


ARITHMETIC SHORTHAND TYPING


Margaret R. Weathers Studio


46 N. PENN, Suite 318


TEL. MARKET .4830


R. L. POLK & CO.'S


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CASH REGISTERS


THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY


National


We Pay Liberal Prices For Used Cash Registers


422 N. Meridian


SALES


SERVICE SUPPLIES


Phone Lincoln 2418


CEMETERIES


THE CROWN HILL CEMETERY AND MAUSOLEUM


Visit One of the Newest and Finest Mausoleums in the Country


Mausoleum Entombment - Cremation Service Columbarium Inurnment


Boulevard Pl. and 34th and Northwestern Ave. and 32d


Tel. Talbot 4561


CHILDREN'S WEAR


D'ARCY'S CHILDREN'S WEAR


LAYETTES - MATERNITY APPAREL TOTS' 1 TO 12 WEARING APPAREL GYM AND STREET SHOES, SIZE 0 TO 131/2 AND 1 TO 3 DANCING SHOES TO MISSES 10 DANCING COSTUMES BY CAPEZIO CUDDLY AND EDUCATIONAL TOYS


3822 N. ILLINOIS


TEL. HUMBOLDT 1358


From 50 to 70 per cent


Of the Information in the DIRECTORY of a city or town changes each year. Did you know this? For this reason is it not money saved to have the latest information handy? The only way is to have the


LATEST CITY DIRECTORY


INDIANAPOLIS CITY DIRECTORY


ONLY AUTHORIZED OFFICE IN THIS CITY


NEW AND USED CASH REGISTERS - ADDING MACHINES BOOKKEEPING MACHINES - ACCOUNTING MACHINES Convenient Terms . Easy Payments


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CLEANERS


FOR EVERY


DRY CLEANING SERVICE


GREGG CLEANERS Imperial 6501 Talbot 5050


SWISS CLEANERS Lincoln 3505


COMET CLEANERS, INC. PICK UP AND DELIVERY


3602 W. 16th St. 8340 EAST WASHINGTON ST.


TEL. CAPITOL 3008 TEL. BLACKSTONE 2494


6122 E. Washington ERMINE CLEANERS, INC.


Tel. Irvington 1398


DRESS SUITS -


Quality Work - EVENING GOWNS


5223 E. Washington


Branches : 1106 College Ave.


5107 E. 10th


R. L. POLK & CO.'S


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CLEANERS


FASHION


1901 Central Ave.


DRY CLEANERS INCORPORATED


"There Is Real Beauty In Skillful Cleaning"


Tel. WAbash 1501


LAUNDRY


MECHANICS LAUNDRY AND SUPPLY, INC. Complete Industrial Rental Supply Service COATS - WIPING TOWELS - SHIRTS APRONS -COVERALLS - TROUSERS 333 N. Noble St. (2)


Call FRanklin 3541


CLOTHING


Nationally Famous as America's Largest MAIL ORDER HOUSE Specializing in Slenderizing Fashions for Stout Women


Also ... Everything for the Expectant Mother and Her Baby


Visit Our RETAIL SALESROOM in Our Mail Order Building


See Current Catalog Fashions and Unadvertised Close-Out Bargains


Lane B ryant


Retail Sales Room in Mail Order Building 752 EAST MARKET ST.


PLENTY OF FREE PARKING SPACE


INDIANAPOLIS CITY DIRECTORY


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CLOTHING


N. MERIDIAN


Jacobs E. OHIO


MEN'S WEAR


9 E. OHIO


Specializing in Styled Men's Wear SUITS Sportswear, Topcoats and Haberdashery All Sizes - All Styles


TEL. MARKET 3539


COAL


BETHLEHEM COAL CO.


Blue Diamond's Famous "Southern Sunshine" Coal


WILL-BURT STOKER


479 Bethel (Beech Grove)


WILL-BURT STOKERS Complete Line of Will-Burt Coal, Gas and Oil Fired Heating Equipment AUTHORIZED SALES and SERVICE


Tel. GArfield 4481


BLACK DIAMOND COAL CO., INC. The Best in Fuels


ROBT. W. BIDLACK, Pres.


1001 SOUTHEASTERN AVE.


PHONE IMPERIAL 4433


VIRGIL W. POTTS, Pres.


H. MAURICE ANGELL, Sec .- Treas.


GEM COAL CO.


"Tons of Satisfaction


1125 Roosevelt Ave.


Tel. IMperial 6561


R. L. POLK & CO.'S


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COAL


GUARANTEE COAL CO.


SERVICE


COAL More Heat Less Waste


DEALERS IN


High Grade Coal - Coke - Stoker Coal Use Our Time Payment Plan


1745 ENGLISH AVE.


TEL. MARKET 4018


Yes! We serve you the highest quality Coal and Coke, and we continue to give you the prompt, efficient, cour- teous service that you have always been accustomed at the . . .


INDIANAPOLIS COAL COMPANY


2301 Winthrop Ave.


WAbash 4527


LITZELMAN COAL & SUPPLY CORP. "Once Coaled by Us - Never Cold Again"


Coal and Coke Paint


445 North Holmes Ave.


"DOG-ON GOOD COAL


COAL


Building Materials and Supplies


Phone: FRanklin 1318


V ALLEY ICE AND FUEL CO. PROVEN-DEPENDABLE GRADES


COAL - COKE - BRIQUETS -STOKER COAL TEL. ATLANTIC 4466 VERLIN L. WEAVER


OFFICE AND YARD 2820 W. MICHIGAN


RES. TEL. BELMONT 5604


INDIANAPOLIS CITY DIRECTORY


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COINS AND JEWELRY


TURNER'S OLD COIN SHOP & GOLD STORE


WE BUY OLD GOLD - HIGHEST PRICES PAID FOR ALL KINDS OF GOLD AND SILVER ARTICLES We Buy and Sell All Coins and Paper Money Having Value Free Coin and Gold Appraisals We Buy Diamonds, Watches and Antique Jewelry 138 N. ILLINOIS (4)


RES. TEL. PLAZA 2607


COLLECTION AGENCIES


CAN COLLEC


ERICA


CTORS.


ORGANIZED M ASSOCIATION


COLLECTIONS


COMMERCIAL ADJUSTMENT BUREAU, Inc. We Collect Your Accounts COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL Accounts Collected Everywhere


Personal Adjuster Service In All States


ADJUSTMENTS


201 HOLLIDAY BLDG., 241 E. OHIO


TEL. FRANKLIN 2388


CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT RENTAL


CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT RENTALS


CRANES - SHOVELS - BULLDOZERS - GRADERS - ROLLERS PUMPS - AIR COMPRESSORS - PAVING BREAKERS MIXERS - FRONT END LOADERS - LOW BOYS


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The TRI-STATE CONSTRUCTION Co.


3100 E. 56th (20) Tel. Broadway 5488


MR. CITIZEN! CORRECT INFORMATION IS VALUABLE TO YOU!


Cooperate with the City Directory enumerators to see that your name and those of your family are correctly listed in each edition. Your name, listed correctly in the City Directory, is a great asset. This has been proved thousands of times, es- pecially in cases of employment application, proof of residence, questions relating to citizenship, application for welfare assistance, distribution of mail, etc. Be better established ... be on record as a local citizen by seeing that your name is not missed or incorrectly listed in the Directory.


R. L. POLK & CO.'S


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CONTRACTORS


DOMESTIC EXCAVATING INDUSTRIAL


* BACK FILLING


GRADING


* BASEMENTS


* STREETS


* BULLDOZING


CONCRETE AND ASPHALT FOR DRIVEWAYS PARKING LOTS SURFACE TREATMENT


All Work Guaranteed


OFFICE AND PLANT IDLEWOOD 0481


TISDALE & COLLINS CONSTRUCTION CO.


S. EMERSON


BEECH GROVE


INDIANAPOLIS CITY DIRECTORY


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CONTRACTORS


Carl M. Geupel Construction Co. (INCORPORATED)


STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS


1919 N. Meridian


Tel. Hickory 9251


Indianapolis


Specializing in Reinforced Concrete and Commercial and Industrial Building Construction


ASPHALT PAVING CONTRACTORS


ENGINEERS


ROADWAYS - PARKING LOTS - DRIVEWAYS PRIVATE - PUBLIC - INDUSTRIAL SERVICE FIRST - HIGHEST QUALITY ALL TYPES ASPHALT INSTALLATIONS AND CONCRETE WORK


HARDING & GLOVER CONSTRUCTION CO.


Office and Plant 3580 W. KELLY (44)


Office Tel. CA. 0242 Plant Tel. Belmont 9065


R. L. POLK & CO.'S


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CONTRACTORS


MOYNAHAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY T. A. MOYNAHAN, President


GENERAL OFFICES


850 N. Pennsylvania St. Phone LIncoln 5555


INDIANAPOLIS 4, INDIANA


J. L. Simmons Company, Inc.


GENERAL CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS


ARCHITECTURAL, INDUSTRIAL, PUBLIC WORKS, CONSTRUCTION


12th FLOOR, INLAND BLDG., 156 E. MARKET


TELEPHONE MA. 9546 INDIANAPOLIS 4, IND.


Established Over 40 Years


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CONTRACTORS


ASPHALT SURFACING COMPANY


ARCHITECTS


ENGINEERS


CONTRACTORS


ORGANIZATION, EQUIPMENT AND EXPERIENCED PERSONNEL


For Landscape Development and Asphalt Construction, Earth Moving, Bulldozing, Fine Grading, Finished Landscape Service, Asphalt Streets, Commercial Parking Areas, Residence Drives, Playgrounds


A. W. BRAYTON, JR., Mgr. JACK M. SRADER, Supt.


GL. 0084


Office and Yard 4200 EAST 82d ST. (State Road 100)


BROWN, ANNING & JOHNSON, INC. CONTRACTORS


ROOF DECKS-GYPSUM


POURED IN PLACE AND PRECAST


ACOUSTICAL U. S. GYPSUM CO. ACOUSTONE - AUDITONE AND OTHERS TEL. WABASH 2461


1720 ALVORD (2)


W. O. CARTER


GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER REMODELING REPAIRS Free Estimates - Financing Arranged 2033 E. 10th


TELS. ATLANTIC 0631, NITES ATLANTIC 3434


GRADY BROTHERS, INC.


ASPHALT ROADS - DRIVES - STREET CONSTRUCTION MARKETERS AND APPLIERS OF ROAD OIL, TAR AND CRUSHED STONE · Plant No. 1, Indianapolis, Ind .- Tel. BE. 2059 Plant No. 2, Noblesville, Ind .- Tel. 205


OFFICE, 6101 COLLEGE AV. BR. 2368


R. L. POLK & CO.'S


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CONTRACTORS


SEE ...


ROBERT HAINES for POINTING - CAULKING - WATERPROOFING MASONRY REPAIR


OFFICE, 4116 E. 16th ST. (1)


PHONE BL. 4467


JOHN HOFFMAN AND SONS, INC.


2626 N. JAMES ST. HICKORY 6655


Old Reliable


Excavating . Grading . Wrecking


. Bulldozing Dump Trucks


NIGHTS, SUNDAYS, HOLIDAYS


C. O. Hoffman Hickory 7484 Howard Hoffman Irvington 7386


Harvey Hoffman


- Irvington 3195


Virgil Hoffman


Cherry 6249


Henry Hoffman


Hickory 6655


KREBAY CONSTRUCTION CO. ERA GENERAL CONTRACTORS


AG


HI . OF AMERICA


108 E. 9th (2)


JOHN C. WILSON, Pres.


TEL. PLAZA 7395


CEMENT CONTRACTOR FOUNDATIONS - FLOORS - PARKING LOTS DRIVEWAYS - REINFORCED CONCRETE


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LESLIE CONSTRUCTION CO. INC.


1102 E. 52d


TEL. BROADWAY 5424


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CONTRACTORS


S & L EXCAVATING CO. 图域


INC.


INDUSTRIAL - RESIDENTIAL


BULLDOZING DRIVEWAYS CRANE WORK


GRADING PARKING LOTS DUMP TRUCKS


SURVEYING AND INSTRUMENT LEVELS


6080 N. Oxford St.


TEL. BROADWAY 1621 TEL. GLENDALE 3287


H. D. Tousley Company, Inc. GENERAL CONTRACTORS INDUSTRIAL AND HEAVY CONSTRUCTION


925 E. St. Clair Indianapolis 2, Ind. Phone Imperial 5505


The Tri-State Construction Co. ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS EXCAVATING - ROADS - STREETS - SEWERS Sole Distributors of Perma-Crete Drives 3100 E. 56th (20)


BR. 5488


From 50 to 70 per cent


Of the Information in the CITY DIRECTORY changes each year. Did you know this? For this reason is it not money saved to have the latest information handy? The only way to do this is to have the


Latest City Directory


R. L. POLK & CO.'S


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CONTRACTORS' AND PLANT EQUIPMENT


CONSTRUCTION AND INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT


INTERNATIONAL TRACTORS


DIESEL ENGINES


CONTRACTORS' EQUIPMENT


Mixers - Pumps - Compressors - Shovels - Cranes


INDIANA EQUIPMENT COMPANY, INC.


W. 16th at INDIANA AVE.


TEL. MARKET 8371


DAIRY EQUIPMENT


CENTRAL EQUIPMENT, INC.


RECEIVING EQUIPMENT


PROCESSING EQUIPMENT


Weigh Cans


Scales


Testers


Heaters and Coolers Separators


Butter Churns


UTILITY EQUIPMENT Boilers . Sanitary Fittings Sanitary Pumps Water and Brine Pumps


Bottle Washers Can Washers


Homogenizers


Ice Cream Freezers


Filters


Wash Tanks


Bottle Fillers and Cappers


Mixers


Motors


Mix Tanks


Refrigeration


SUPPLIES


Metal Dairyware, Rubber Goods, Glassware, Paper Goods, Flavors, Brushes, Crates, Cleaners


Complete Equipment and Supplies for Dairy, Cheese, Butter and Ice Cream Plants


943 S. Meridian St.


Office Market 5365 Nights Talbot 5941


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Pasteurizers Storage Tanks


Cheese Vats Presses and Hoops


Butter Printers


Receiving Vats


Thermometers


Package Fillers


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CLOSED MONDAYS SHOP TUESDAY THRU SATURDAY 9.00 10 5.25


Crossroads


of America . . .


Since 1872, L. S. Ayres and Company has been known for courteous service and thoughtful in- terest in your needs. "The Ayres' Clock" marks the store where you'll find fine quality, fashion- right things for yourself, your family, your home.


Telephone FR. 4411


L. S. Ayres & Co.


R. L. POLK & CO.'S


DEPARTMENT STORES


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through these portals flows the life of Indiana


Throughout the whole year our entire store is wholly devoted to the wants and desires of the people of Indiana.


Since 1896 The Wm. H. Block Co. has been an important factor in the retail life of Indian- apolis.


Block's


ILLINOIS at MARKET Telephone CApitol 8511


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DEPARTMENT STORES


Strauss Says:


"The Best at the price, no matter what the price"


CUM QUALITATE.


Gentlemen's Suits and


Outer Coats ... Sportswear


Dobbs Hats . . . Cavanagh Hats Hanan, Nettleton and British Walker Footwear


Shirts, Ties, Socks and accessories


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A Special Shop for Boys (from 2 to 20) Sixth Floor


Specialty Shop- Women's Tailored Suits, Coats, Dresses and Sportswear Third and Fourth Floors


L. STRAUSS


& CO.,


Inc.


Corner Washington and Illinois, Indianapolis


R. L. POLK & CO.'S


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DEPARTMENT STORES


SEARS ROEBUCK AND CO.


INDIANAPOLIS' MOST COMPLETE DEPARTMENT STORE


4 LARGE FREE PARKING LOTS


Phone Imperial 5381


DETECTIVE AGENCIES


GREGORY DETECTIVE AGENCY


MIKE GREGORY, Mgr.


INVESTIGATIONS OF ALL KINDS


· INDUSTRIAL


CRIMINAL


ARMED GUARDS


· CIVIL


· DOMESTIC


· PLANT PROTECTION


WORLD-WIDE SERVICE - LICENSED AND BONDED


108 E. WASHINGTON, Room 1008


TEL. DAY OR NIGHT ATLANTIC 9727


DICTATING MACHINES


ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURING


FOUND SCRIDER FECEILENCE OF DESICH


FIRST AND ONLY


. . office machine to win coveted Fashion Academy Gold Medal Award, "for excellence of design."


NO OTHER DICTATING EQUIPMENT OFFERS:


. "Quick Review" Microphone


· "Television" Indexing


. On-the-Disc Indexing


. Lightest Magnesium Construction


· Disc-on-Disc Dictation


. Sealed Gear Drive


. Two-Arm Versatility


AMERICAN BUSINESS MACHINES, Inc.


241 East Ohio St.


CApitol 1154


Indianapolis 4, Ind.


INDIANAPOLIS CITY DIRECTORY


FIRST AND ONLY


. . dictating equipment to win ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURING Cer- tificate of Award, for "outstanding achievement in product development, design, and engineering."


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DRUGS-WHOLESALE


Mooney-Mueller- Ward Co.


Wholesale Druggists


SUNDRIES - FOUNTAINS FIXTURES


LIQUOR DIVISION


708 MADISON AVE. (6) TEL. LINCOLN 1531


WINES AND LIQUORS


501 Madison Ave. (6)


Lincoln 1531


R. L. POLK & CO.'S


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DRY CLEANERS


Pilgrim Laundry and DRY CLEANING


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MEMBER


WE OPERATE


OUR OWN PLANT


SAFEGUARDING PUBLIC HEALTH


OF LA


15% DISCOUNT ON CASH AND CARRY At Our Convenient Location 2179 North Illinois St. at 22nd St. Plenty of Parking Space For Pickup and Delivery PHONE WABASH 1596


DYERS


"DYEING SAVES BUYING" Over 20 Years in Business


"DYEING SAVES BUYING"


GENERAL DYEING COMPANY, Inc.


Indiana's Largest Dyers of . .


Garments, Furniture Covers, Drapes, Spreads, Table Cloths, Rugs, Can Be Transformed As Good As New


J. H. EGLI, Pres .- Treas.


RUGS DRAPERIES and GARMENTS


TEL. IMPERIAL 3445


Your Advertisement Here


Would be constantly before the public --- the buyers --- twenty-four hours a day --- three hun- dred and sixty-five days a year --- every year


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ELECTRICAL


ELCHICO


INDIANAPOLIS PLANT 1


Wherever electricity is in use --- so are Mallory Products


BATTERY DIVISION Grid Bias Cells Mercury Dry Batteries


CAPACITOR DIVISION Ceramic Capacitors Dry Electrolytic Capacitors Mica Capacitors Noise Filters Paper Dielectric Capacitors


CONTACT DIVISION


Contact Assemblies Contact Facings Contacts and Contact Materials


METALS AND CERAMICS DIVISION


Copper Base Alloys, Fabricated Parts, Materials


Heavy Silver Plating High Density Metal


Powder Metal Materials Tungsten and Molybdenum Metal Ceramics


RECTIFIER DIVISION Battery Chargers Magnesium-Copper Sulfide Rectifier Stacks Power Supplies


RESISTOR DIVISION


Adjustable Vitreous Enamel Resistors


Dual Concentric Controls


Fixed Vitreous Enamel Resistors


Potentiometers


Variable Carbon Controls


Variable Wire-wound Controls


Vitreous Wire-wound Power Rheostats


SWITCH DIVISION Interval Timer Switches Jacks and Plugs Lever Action Switches Motor Voltage Change Switches Rotary Switches Special Industrial Switches


TUNER DIVISION UHF Converters UHF and VHF Tuners


VIBRATOR DIVISION Electrical Vibrators Electrical Vibrator Power Supplies


RESISTANCE WELDING DIVISION Accessories Alloys Castings


Dies and Fixtures Electrodes Electrode Holders


Forgings Seam Welding Wheels


Branch Offices and Distributors Are Located in Principal Cities


P.R. MALLORY & CO., Inc. MALLOR Y


SERVING INDUSTRY WITH THESE PRODUCTS:


Electromechanical . Resistors, Switches, Television Tuners, Vibrators Electrochemical . Capacitors, Rectifiers, Mercury Dry Batteries Metallurgical . Contacts, Special Metals and Ceramics, Welding Materials


P. R. MALLORY & CO., Inc., INDIANAPOLIS 6, INDIANA


R. L. POLK & CO.'S


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ELECTRICAL


48 Years of


MEIER


Dependable Service


ELECTRIC & MACHINE CO., INC.


3525-3535 EAST WASHINGTON ST.


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24-HOUR SERVICE


VENTILATING FANS


Meier 1


lu-air TRADE MARK NGƯ ƯỢTIH


650 R. P. M.


1150 R.P.M.


50 R.P.M.


AMERICAN


SPEED REDUCER


American Speed Reducers Pulleys - Vee Belts Automatic Belt Tension Control Bases for Motors Application Specialists to Consult With You -- No Obligation


ELECTRICAL


MOTORS and CONTROLS


New and Renewed - Bought - Sold - Rented - Installed and Repaired - Indus- trial Power Wiring - A Complete Service from Sale of Equipment to Installation


Ingersoll-Rand Air Compressors and Water Pumps


For Industrial Applications


OFFICE Rvington 1151 Nights, Sundays and Holidays Call MArket 3321


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ELECTRICAL


Everything Electrical


SUPPLIES -- FIXTURES -- APPLIANCES -- MOTORS AND MOTOR EQUIPMENT -


FARRELL-ARGAST ELECTRIC CO.


"The House Electric" WHOLESALE AND RETAIL


Plaza 6321


Meridian at Maryland


RICHARD E. ERBER


WM. M. LOHMAN


CAPITAL ELECTRIC SERVICE


Electric Motor Rewinding, Repairing Service Motors and Controls Bought and Sold


Lincoln Welders Repaired and Serviced A Complete Stock of Lincoln Foctory Ports and Accessories Always on Hond


620 Pierson Ave. Tels. Lincoln 6029 and Plaza 3888


· Feels Like Sunshine!


· Space-Thrifty!


. Fully-Automatic!


· Clean, Safe, Healthful!


· Quick, Easy Installation!


for LESS than a dime a day . . . you can heat that cold room


Frankhouse Electric Sales


ELECTRIGLAS


RADIANT HEAT . Supplies . Hardware . Tools Everything for House Wiring 1032-34-36-38 E. WASHINGTON CAPITOL 2217 - FRANKLIN 6030


R. L. POLK & CO.'S


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ELECTRICAL


GRAHAM ELECTRONICS SUPPLY, INC.


WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS


EVERYTHING IN RADIO - TELEVISION - INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS


· INDUSTRY Industrial Tubes


Relays


Tubes Kinescopes


Supplies for


Broadcasting Stations,


Police, Aircraft and Other


Mobile Communications


Auditorium and Centralized Sound Systems


Tel. Lincoln 8488


CHARLES KOEHRING & SON


ESTABLISHED 1885


SPECIALISTS IN OIL AND GAS HEATING APPLIANCES MONCRIEF-UTILITY AND BASEMENT FURNACES KLEER-KLEEN-UTILITY BASEMENT AND IN THE FLOOR FURNACES


A Complete Line of Nationally Advertised Appliances


880-882 VIRGINIA AVE.


PHONE FRANKLIN 0968


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ELECTRIC COMPANY ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS


COMMERCIAL - INDUSTRIAL - RESIDENTIAL


ROBOT AUTOMATIC GARAGE DOOR OPERATOR


Electronically controlled to operate any standard type door. Thousands in use. Many over 19 years. Residential - Commercial - Industrial. For- merly AVCO Approved by Und. Laboratory, Inc.


4606 E. MICHIGAN


CALL IRVINGTON 1138


ENGRAVERS


For Quality Engraving and Quick Service Call FR. 4535 COPPER, ZINC AND MAGNESIUM PLATES Black and White or Color


ERVICE


Engraving


INC.


FRanklin 4535


227 North Delaware Street, Indianapolis, Indiana


Intercommunication Equip- ment


Wire and Cable


Intercommunication and Sound Equipment


102 S. Pennsylvania


. TV AND RADIO SERVICE DEALERS


· BROADCASTING AND COMMUNICATIONS


. SOUND EQUIPMENT


Public Address Systems Recorders


Electronic Parts


Service Parts


Test Equipment Antennas and Accessories Wire and Cable


Parking Facilities for Customers


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ENGRAVERS


ERNEST C. ROPKEY, President


ERNEST A. MORRIS, Sec'y-Treasurer CHARLES C. GOODRICH, Vice-President ALBERT M. SHOUSE, Asst. Treasurer F. NOBLE ROPKEY, Vice-President


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