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1887; completed, 1901, cost, $600,000-284 feet 6 inches in height
Motion-Picture Houses Park Acreage 3,350
Parks 32
Population (1957 special census) 461,654
Metropolitan Area (1957 estimate) 655,000 $14,954,503
Post-Office Receipts (1957)
Radio Broadcasting Stations - WIRE, WFBM, WISH, WIBC, WXLW, WFMS and WGEE.
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Railroads-6 systems 16 lines
Residences-(County) 185,000 Schools-Public and Parochial 226
Streets 891 miles
Tax Rate (payable in 1957, Center Township) $6.667 Telephones (December, 1957) 321,842
Television Stations - WFBM-TV, WISH-TV, WLW-I and WTTV 4
Union Station-all tracks elevated, covers 7 acres Water Accounts (December, 1957) 128,401
FACTS ABOUT INDIANA
Area: 36,291 square miles; ranks 37th in area among the states.
Indiana in 1816 became the 19th state.
State Flower: Peony.
State Tree: Tulip Tree.
State House built 1878-1888, at a cost of $1,980,969. Population, 1950 U. S. Census, 3,934,224; Jan. 1, 1958, estimate, 4,504,000.
Products: Iron and steel products, automobile bodies and parts, airplane engines and parts, aeration engines and parts, railroad equipment, boats and ships, foundry and machine shop products, pharmaceuticals, hosiery, clothing, food and meat products, furniture, radios and radio parts, television sets and parts, rubber products, etc. Chief in- dustries: Steel manufacture and manufacture of motor ve- hicles.
Prominent Indiana Statesmen: President Benjamin Harrison; Vice-Presidents Thomas R. Marshall, Charles W. Fairbanks, Thomas A. Hendricks and Schuyler Colfax; Senators Albert J. Beveridge, James E. Watson, Fred C. Van Nuys, Homer E. Capehart, Charles A. Halleck and Wm. E. Jenner; Senator and Postmaster-General Harry S. New; Governor, Federal Security Administrator and U. S. High Commissioner to the Philippines, Paul V. McNutt. Present Governor-Harold W. Handley (R).
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POPULATION OF U. S. CITIES OF 30,000 OR MORE IN 1950 (AS PER FINAL FIGURES OF THE 1950 U. S. CENSUS REPORT)
ALABAMA
INDIANA
Anniston
31.066
Anderson
46.820 54.263
Kansas City
456.622
Eugene
35.879
Birmingham
326.037
East Chicago.
St. Joseph
78.588
Portland
373.628
Salem
43.140
Gadsden
55.725
Evansville
128.636
Mobile
106.525
Gary
133.911
MONTANA
Altoona
77.177
ARIZONA
Phoenix
106.818
Tucson
45.454
Marion
30.081
NEBRASKA
Lincoln
98.884
Hazelton
35.491
Fort Smith
47.942
Little Rock.
102.213
South Bend
115.911
North Little Rock
44.097
Terre Haute
64.214
Reno
32.497
Mckeesport
51.502
Pine Bluff.
37.162
IOWA
Burlington
30.613
Manchester
82.732
Philadelphia
2.071.605
Alameda
64.430
Cedar Rapids
72.296
Nashua
34.669
Pittsburgh
676.806
Alhambra
51.359
Clinton
30.379
Bakersfield
113.805
Davenport
74.549
Atlantic City
61.657
Bayonne
77.203
Wilkinsburg
31.418
Compton
47.991
Dubuque
49.671
Belleville 32.019
Williamsport
45.047
East Bakersheld
38.177
Ottumwa
33.631
Bloomfield 49.307
York
59.953
RHODE ISLAND
Cranston
$5.060
East Providence
35.871
Hutchinson
33.575
Hoboken
50.676
Newport
37.564
Oakland
384.575
Kansas City
129.553
Irvington
59.201
Pawtucket
81.436
Pasadena
104.577
Topeka
78.791
Jersey City
299.017
Providence
248.674
Warwick
43.028
Linden
30.644
Woonsocket
50.211
Montclair
43.927
Sacramento
137.572
San Bernardino
63.058
San Diego
334.387
San Francisco
775.357
San Jose.
96.280
San Mateo
41.782
Santa Ana
45.533
Santa Barbara
44.913
Santa Monica
71.595
South Gate
51.116
Stockton
70.853
COLORADO
Colorado Springs.
45.472
Denver
415.786
Pueblo
63.685
CONNECTICUT
Bridgeport
158.709
Bristol
35.961
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Fairfield
30.489
Greenwich
40.835
Hartford
177.397
Manchester
34.116
Meriden
44.088
New Britain
164.443
Boston
801.444
Brockton
62.860
Manhattan
1.960.101
Laredo
51.910
Norwalk
49.460
Brookline
57.589
Queens
1.550.849
Lubbock
71.747
Stamford
74.293
Cambridge
120.740
Richmond
191.555
Port Arthur
57.530
Stratford
33.428
Chelsea
38.912
Waterbury
104.477
Chicopee
49.211
Poughkeepsie
41.023
Rochester
332.488
Tyler
38.968
Waco
84.706
Wichita Falls
68.042
DELAWARE
Wilmington
110.356
Holyoke
54.661
Troy
72.311
Ogden
57.112
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington
802.178
FLORIDA
Malden
59.804
Yonkers
152.798
Burlington
33.155
NORTH CAROLINA
Asheville
53.000
Charlotte
134.042
Danville
35.066
Lakeland
30.851
Durham
71.311
Lynchburg
47.727
Miami
249.276
Fayetteville
34.715
Newport News
42.358
Miami Beach
46.282
Orlando
52.367
High Point 39.973
Petersbura
35.054
Pensacola
43.479
Raleigh
65.679
Portsmouth
80.039
St. Petersburg
96.738
Tampa
124.681
West Palm Beach
43.162
GEORGIA
Albany
31.155
Ailanta
331.314
MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor
48.251
Battle Creek
48.666
Bay City
52.523
Cleveland
914.808
Savannah
I19.638
Dearborn
94.994
Detroit
1.849.568
Flint
163.143
Dayton
243.872
East Cleveland
40.047
Elyria
30.307
Euclid
41.396
Alton
32.550
Jackson
51.088
Hamilton
57.95
Belleville
32.721
Lansing
92.129
Lima
50.246
Appleton
34.010
Berwyn
51.280
Muskegon
48.429
Lorain
51.202
Eau Claire
36.058
Bloomington
34.163
Pontiac
73.681
Mansfield
43.564
Green Bay
52.735
Champaign
39.563
Port Huron
35.725
Marion
33.817
Kenosha
54.368
Chicago
3.620.962
Royal Oak
46.898
Middletown
33.695
La Crosse
47.535
Cicero
67.544
Saginaw
92.918
Newark 34.275
Madison
96.056
Danville
37.864
Wyandotte
36.846
Norwood 35.001
Milwaukee
637.392
Decatur
66.269
MINNESOTA
Duluth
104.511
Elgin
44.223
Minneapolis
521.718
St. Paul
311.349
Joliet
51.601
MISSISSIPPI
Biloxi
37.425
Zanesville
40.517
West Allis
42.959
Oak Park
63.529
Jackson
98.271
Peoria
111.856
Meridian
41.893
Enid
36.017
Cheyenne
31.935
Rockford
92.927
MISSOURI
Lawton
34.757
Rock Island
48.710
Columbia
31.974
Muskogee
37.289
TERRITORY OF HAWAII
Springfield
81.628
Independence
39.963
Oklahoma City
243.504
Honolulu
248.034
Wenkegan
38.946
Joplin
38.711
Tulsa
182.740
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Elkhart
35.646
St. Louis
856.796 66.731 39.892
PENNSYLVANIA
Allentown
106.758
Tuscaloosa
46.396
Hammond
87.594
Billings
31.834
Bethlehem
66.340
Chester
66.039
Great Falls
39.214
Easton 35.632
Erie
130.803
Harrisburg
89.544
ARKANSAS
Muncie
58.479
Omaha
251.117
Johnstown
63.232
Lancaster
63.774
New Castle
48.834
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Norristown
38.126
Reading
109.320
Scranton
125.536
Berkeley
78.577
Des Moines
177.965
Fresno
95.702
Waterloo
65.198
Clifton
64.511
East Orange
79.340
Long Beach
250.767
KANSAS
Los Angeles.
1.970.358
Pomona
35.405
Richmond
99.545
Riverside
46.764
Ashland
31.131
Newark
438.776
Charleston 70.174
Columbia
86.914
Orange
38.037
Passaic
57.702
Paterson
139.336
Perth Amboy
41.330
Plainfield 42.366
Trenton
128.009
Union City
55.537
TENNESSEE
Chattanooga 131.041
Jackson
30.207
Knoxville
124.769
Monroe
38.572
Memphis
396.000
Nashville 174.307
Oak Ridge.
30.229
Albany
134.995
Amsterdam
32.240
Auburn
36.722
Abilene
45.570
Amarillo
74.246
Portland
77.634
Buffalo
580.132
Austin
132.459
Elmira
49.716
Beaumont 94.014
Brownsville
36.066
Mount Vernon
71.899
Corpus Christi
108.287
Newburgh
31.956
Dallas
434.462
New Rochelle
59.725
El Paso
130.485
New York
7.891,957
Fort Worth
278.778
Bronx
1.451.277
Galveston
66.568
Houston
596.163
Niagara Falls 90.872
San Angelo
52.093
San Antonio
408.442
West Hartford
44.402
West Haven
32.010
Fall River
111.963
Rome
41.682
Fitchburg
42.691
Schenectady
91.785 220.583
Haverhill
47.280
Syracuse
UTAH
Salt Lake City
182.121
Lynn
99.738
66.113
Daytona Beach
30.187
Fort Lauderdale
36.328
Jacksonville
204.517
Pittsheld
53.348
Quincy
83.835
Revere
36.763
Greensboro 74.389
Norfolk
213.513
Springfield
162.399
Taunton
40.109
Waltham
47.187
Watertown
37.329
Weymouth
32.690
Fargo
38.256
Bellingham
34.112
Everett
33.849
Seattle
467.591
Augusta
71.508
Columbus
79.611
Tacoma
143.673
Vancouver
41.664
Yakima
38.486
Cleveland Heights
59.141
Columbus
375.901
WEST VIRGINIA
Charleston
73.501
Clarksburg
32.014
Huntington
86.353
Wheeling
58.891
Aurora
50.576
Kalamazoo
57.704
Lakewood
68.071
WISCONSIN
Oshkosh
41.084
East St. Louis
82.295
Springfield
78.508
Racine
71.193
Steubenville
35.872
Sheboygan
42.365
Toledo
303.616
Superior
35.325
Warren
49.856
Wausau
30.414
Youngstown
168.330
Wauwatosa
33.324
OKLAHOMA
WYOMING
Quincy
41.450
Evanston
73.641
Galesburg
31.425
Moline
37.397
Salem
41.880
Somerville
102.351
Wilmington
45.043
Richmond
230.310
Winston-Salem
87.811
Roanoke
91.921
NORTH DAKOTA
Worcester
203.486
OHIO
Akron
274.605
Canton
116.912
Cincinnati
503.998
Macon
70.252
IDAHO
Boise
34.393
Grand Rapids 176.515
Hamtramck
43.355
Highland Park
46.393
Utica
101.531
Lawrence
80.536
Lowell
97.249
Watertown
34.350
White Plains 43.466
VERMONT
Medford
New Bedford
109.189
Newton
81.994
Alexandria
61.787
Jamestown
43.354
Baltimore
949.708
Cumberland
37.679
Hagerstown
36.260
MASSACHUSETTS
Arlington
44.353
Brooklyn
2.738.175
New London
30.551
Alexandria
34.913
Baton Rouge
125.629
Lafayette
33.541
Lake Charles
41.272
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque
96.815
New Orleans
570.445
Shreveport
127.206
MAINE
Bangor
31.558
Lewiston
40.974
Binghamton
80.674
Greenville
58.161
Newport
31.044
Spartanburg
36.795
Owensboro
33.651
Paducah
32.828
SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls. .
52.696
West New York.
37.683
91.669
Sioux City
83.991
Glendale
46.185
Inglewood
34.784
Council Bluffs 45.429
NEW JERSEY
Wilkes.Barre
76.826
Burbank
Indianapolis
427.173
Butte
Kokomo
38.672
Lafayette
35.568
Mishawaka
32.913
Springfield
University City
Montgomery
129.009
Fort Wayne
133.607
MISSOURI-Continued
OREGON
CALIFORNIA
Richmond
39.539
NEVADA
168.279
Kearny
39.952
SOUTH CAROLINA
Covington
64.452
Lexington
55.534
New Brunswick 38.811
Louisville
369.129
Camden 124.555
Elizabeth 112.817
Wichita
KENTUCKY
LOUISIANA
NEW YORK
TEXAS
MARYLAND
New Haven.
73.726
Everett
45.982
VIRGINIA
WASHINGTON
Spokane
161.721
Portsmouth
36.798
ILLINOIS
33.251
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9480 E. Washington Hwy. 40 Indianapolis, Indiana NOBLE AND JUANITA COX APPRAISALS FOR ESTATES INSURANCE AND ADMINISTRATORS Buy and Sell Fleetwood 6-5649
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ASPHALT MANUFACTURERS
"Pave With Emulsified Asphalt"
ASPHALT MATERIAL & CONSTRUCTION, Inc.
Manufacturers of
. THE McCONNAUGHAY PROCESS
EMULSIFIED ASPHALTS COMPLETE LABORATORY AND CONSULTING SERVICE AVAILABLE TRANSPORT SERVICE AVAILABLE FOR CENTRAL INDIANA R. L. STEPHENSON, Mgr.
960 E. 22d St. (2)
Tel. WAlnut 5-9246
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ASSOCIATIONS
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THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU, INC.
707 Lemcke Bldg.
MElrose 2-6446
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Commercial Banks and Trust Companies
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AUTOMOBILE DEPARTMENT
JOHN FEESER, INC.
FORD
YOUR NORTH SIDE FORD DEALER
FORD
SALES
Ford SERVICE
ILLINOIS AT 39th STREET Tel. ATwater 3-1314
GENUINE Ford PARTS
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL PAINT AND BODY SHOP
USED CARS 2227-37 East Washington Tel. MElrose 5-5347
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AUTOMOBILE DEPARTMENT
The Gibson Company
Established 1898
INDIANAPOLIS, U. S. A.
BRANCHES
SOUTH BEND, INDIANA
GREENSBURG, INDIANA
FORT WAYNE, INDIANA
EVANSVILLE, INDIANA
TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA
KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN
LOGANSPORT, INDIANA LIMA, OHIO
RICHMOND, INDIANA
Wholesale Distributors
Automotive Equipment and Supplies Replacement Parts
433 N. Capitol Ave. at Michigan Phone MElrose 4-3321
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AUTOMOBILE DEPARTMENT
HATFIELD MOTORS, Inc. Ford
CARS AND TRUCKS
Sales and Service
GENUINE Ford PARTS
Wholesale and Retail
623-27 N. CAPITOL AVENUE Phone MElrose 5-9326
Leased Transportation and Truck Dept. 120 W. North 4 Tel. MElrose 4-2917
Emergency Parts Phone MElrose 5-6823
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AUTOMOBILE DEPARTMENT
"You'll Always Be Ahead" at
SUPERIOR CHEVROLET, INC.
Sales CHEVROLET Service
DIRECT FACTORY DEALER
552 East Washington St. 4 Phone MElrose 5-3315 "Where Friend Meets Friend" THE BEST IN SERVICE
Complete Parts Modern Equipment
Factory Trained Mechanics Truck Specialists
COMPLETE WRECK REBUILDING On All Makes of Cars and Trucks
E. J. VOELKER
First with Chevrolet in Indianapolis Since 1923
Trust Our OK Used Cars
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AUTOMOBILE DEPARTMENT
for Economical Transportation
CHEVROLET
EAST SIDE CHEVROLET, Inc.
"Trust our Reputation Not Your Luck" Large Stock Genuine Chevrolet Parts Used Cars With an OK that Counts NEW CARS AND TRUCKS
5436 E. Washington St. (Irvington) Phone Fleetwood 7-1121 BILL KUHN, Pres.
GATES MOTORS, Inc.
Sales and Service
Genuine Exclusively Plymouth Parts
PLYMOUTH
Complete Repair Service
3409-3411 N. ILLINOIS
TEL. WAlnut 6-3343
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AUTOMOBILE DEPARTMENT
Does Your Present AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE
IT PAYS AAA
TO BELONG
? ? ? Protect EVERY member of your family when driving other cars.
? ? ? Pay doctor and hospital bills for your CHILDREN if injured in cars other than your own.
? ? ? Protect YOUR LIABILITY for damage to rented property ... or for injuries caused by accidents while pulling a house trailer.
EVERY POLICY from your Hoosier Motor Club can give you this EXTRA PROTECTION . .. it will pay you to investigate our service . .. insurance sold to members of the Hoosier Motor Club.
HOOSIER MOTOR CLUB
and
H. M. C. INSURANCE AGENCY, Inc.
Hoosier Motor Club Bldg.
WAlnut 3-3311
"A Complete Line of Automobile Insurance"
for Economical Transportation
CHEVROLET
NORTH SIDE CHEVROLET, Inc.
"Trust our Reputation Not Your Luck" Large Stock Genuine Chevrolet Parts
Used Cars With an OK that Counts NEW CARS AND TRUCKS
1045 Broad Ripple Ave. (63d St.) (20)
Phone Clifford 5-2471
BILL KUHN, Pres.
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AUTOMOBILE DEPARTMENT
AUTO-IMPORTS, LTD., CORP.
W. H. BALL, SR., President BERNIE B. MORGAN, JR., Vice President-General Manager Importers of Fine Motor Cars Complete Parts Service
VOLKSWAGEN
1930 W. 16th
Telephone MEIrose 5-2481
DODGE-PLYMOUTH MOTOR CARS AND TRUCKS COMPLETE SERVICE SPECIALIZING IN WRECK REBUILDING Retail and Wholesale Genuine Parts
CAPITOL MOTORS HOME OF DODGE AND PLYMOUTH CARS
MAIN STORE Job-Rated TRUCK HEADQUARTERS
Gibson Bldg., 447 N. Capitol Ave. at Michigan St. Sales and Service Tel. MElrose 4-5394 1404 W. Washington St. Tel. MEIrose 5-6431 USED CAR PARK: Daylight Corner - Capitol at Michigan America's Oldest Automobile Dealer - Established 1898
K. W. CARR MOTOR CO.
PLYMOUTH
New, Modern and Complete MoPar Parts Dept. Modern, Fully Equipped Service Dept. Indiana's First Exclusively Plymouth Dealer
PLYMOUTH
NEW CARS Direct Factory Dealer - Sales, Service, Parts USED CARS 501 845-49 Virginia Ave. MELROSE 7-2494 MELROSE 7-8730 Virginia Ave.
WHERE?
ECONOMY CAR WASH
PICK-UP AND DELIVERY SERVICE
WASHING
POLISHING
SIMONIZING
2918 NORTHWESTERN AV.
WHY PAY MORE
TEL. WAInut 6-6833
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HEDGES
PONTIAC, INC. 3215 E. WASHINGTON MElrose 8-2531
USED CAR LOTS: 3202 E. Washington MElrose 8-2537
DIRECT FACTORY DEALERS PONTIAC SALES AND SERVICE
GENUINE PONTIAC PARTS Wholesale - Retail Complete Automotive Service ALL MAKES J. W. HEDGES, Pres.
INDIANAPOLIS NASH, INC.
SALES AND SERVICE CAR FOR EVERY PURPOSE - COMPLETE PARTS RAMBLER OR METROPOLITAN COMPLETE SERVICE AND BODY SHOP
MElrose 2-8521
342 E. MARKET ST.
JOINT AND CLUTCH SERVICE, INC.
· UNIVERSAL JOINT
· CLUTCHES AND DRIVE SHAFTS
· POWER TAKE-OFFS
· AUTOMOTIVE- TRUCK - INDUSTRIAL
977 W. WASHINGTON ST. TEL. MElrose 4-2428
LAWRENCE AUTO CO., INC.
+ +
LAWRENCE, INDIANA
AUTHORIZED SALES AND SERVICE
THE BEST SERVICE ON ALL MAKES OF CARS AND TRUCKS "THE HOME OF QUALITY AND SERVICE"
8550 Pendleton Pike (U. S. 67)
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Tel. Liberty 7-3521
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AUTOMOBILE DEPARTMENT.
McGEE MOTORS, INC.
Franchised Dealer For CONTINENTAL - LINCOLN - MERCURY - EDSEL
Exclusive Marion County Dealer For Continental and Lincoln Motor Cars
850 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis (4)
Telephone MElrose 4-3363
"Successor to the Fred Williams Jr., Inc., Lincoln-Mercury Dealership"
Ford
Sales
Ford
Service
Ford
RAY MCKAY
Inc.
INDIANA'S FASTEST GROWING FORD DEALER
PARTS - ACCESSORIES BODY AND PAINT SHOP
1703 East 38th St. (18) Tel. WAlnut 5-9815 1703 East 38th St. (18) Tel. WAlnut 5-9815
Parts and Service Open Until 6 P. M. Weekdays, Saturday 12:30 P. M.
MONARCH AUTO SALES, INC.
"Foreign Cars Our Specialty"
. AUTO LEASING
. SUNNY INSURANCE AGENCY
· SALESMAN FINANCE CORP.
. FAST SERVICE TO ALL MOTORISTS
Meridian at Eleventh St. Phone MElrose 5-3341
SERVICE THAT SATISFIES ON ALL MAKES OF CARS
MONARCH BUICK CO., Inc.
WILLYS JEEPS
BUICK
OPEL
MONARCH Buickized "USED CARS .. J
ALL MAKES OF USED CARS
6525 E. Washington
Phone Fleetwood 9-3222
USED CAR LOTS - 6525 E. Washington, 1002 N. Illinois 4
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AUTOMOBILE DEPARTMENT
NORTHSIDE RAMBLER, INC.
711 Fairfield Ave. Tel. WAlnut 3-1518
RAMBLER-NASH- HUDSON - PARTS and SERVICE
NEW CARS
USED CARS
COMPLETE AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE WORK GUARANTEED
SNIDER AUTO SERVICE, Inc.
STUDEBAKER - PACKARD
VIRGIL SNIDER, President Studebaker - Packard - Mercedes - Benz Cars and Trucks SALES AND SERVICE "Buy Your Car from a Service-Minded Studebaker-Packard-Mercedes-Benz Dealer" MERCEDES-BENZ Most Modern Body Shop in Town - Certified Used Cars and Trucks 30 Years of Studebaker Experience INDIANAPOLIS 8, INDIANA Tel. WAInut 5-9611
3757 N. ILLINOIS ST.
AUTOMOBILE RENTALS
RED CAB inc. Complete Transportation Services SERVICE IS OUR BUSINESS - SAFETY OUR MOTTO
RENT A NEW
RED CAB TAXI SERVICE WAInut 5-5351
FORD OR OTHER FINE CAR MElrose 5-6444 FREE RESERVATION SERVICE
HARRY A. SHARP CO., INC.
FORD
"B. SHARP - C SHARP" FORD CARS AND TRUCKS SALES AND SERVICE
FORD
443-459 VIRGINIA AVE.
TEL. MELROSE 2-9341
SALES LOT - 3110 MADISON AVE., TEL. STATE 7-1310
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AUTOMOBILES
PALMER DODGE, INC.
DO
3820 N. KEYSTONE AVE.
Your Northside Service Minded Dodge Dealer
Official Auto License Bureau Branch
Tel. Liberty 7-5207
BANKS
MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK & TRUST COMPANY OF INDIANAPOLIS
The Oldest National Bank in Indianapolis - The Oldest Trust Department in Indiana
Complete Banking and Trust Service
MAIN OFFICE Meridian & Washington Streets
INDIANA TRUST OFFICE 120 E. Washington St. ( Temporary)
THIRTY-EIGHTH STREET OFFICE 21 W. 38th Street BRIGHTWOOD OFFICE 2355 Station Street
BELMONT OFFICE 2134 W. Washington Street E. WASHINGTON STREET OFFICE 6031 E. Washington Street
MASSACHUSETTS OFFICE 811 Massachusetts Avenue
WEST SIXTEENTH STREET OFFICE 2501 West 16th Street ARMY FINANCE FACILITY Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana
FOUNTAIN SQUARE OFFICE 1059 Virginia Avenue BEECH GROVE OFFICE 700 Main Street, Beech Grove, Indiana NORA OFFICE 1405 E. 86th St. GLENDALE OFFICE 62nd and Keystone
SOUTHEASTERN OFFICE 3119 English Ave. MARS HILL OFFICE Kentucky Ave. and Holt Rd. DEVINGTON OFFICE 46th and Arlington
MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION MEMBER INDIANAPOLIS CLEARING HOUSE ASSOCIATION
MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
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BANKS
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CONVENIENT OFFICES
For Your Complete Banking and Trust Services
DOWNTOWN OFFICES
American Office Fletcher Trust Office
45 North Pennsylvania Street 108 North Pennsylvania Street
NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICES
COMMERCIAL BANKING CHECKING ACCOUNTS ELECTRONI-CHECK CHECKING ACCOUNTS SAVINGS ACCOUNTS COMPLETE TRUST SERVICES AUTO FINANCING REAL ESTATE LOANS HOME IMPROVEMENT LOANS BUSINESS LOANS
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North Side Broad Ripple Office 42nd Street Office Keystone Office 30th Street Office
706 Broad Ripple Avenue 4209 North College Avenue 2428 East 38th Street 3001 North Illinois Street
North Meridian Office 16th Street Office
2829 North Meridian Street 20 West 16th Street
South Side South Side Office 1125 South Meridian Street Hanna Avenue and U. S. 31 Southern Plaza Office Wanamaker Office Post Road and U. S. 421 Wanamaker, Ind.
East Side East Washington Office Roosevelt Avenue Office
500 East Washington Street 1533 Roosevelt Avenue
East 10th Office 2122 East 10th Street
East Side Office 2506 East Washington Street
Irvington Office 5501 East Washington Street
Arlington Avenue Office 6000 East 10th Street
Cumberland Office 11701 East Washington St., Cumberland, Ind.
West Side West Street Office West Indianapolis Office West Michigan Office
474 West Washington Street 1233 Oliver Avenue 2600 West Michigan Street
AMERICAN FLETCHER NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
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BANKS
Grow with FIDELITY
. In a recent 10-year period, Fidelity increased its total assets 480%-more than any other bank in Indiana. We feel this outstanding record of growth is due largely to our consistent policy of providing friendly, personal service for all accounts - including small and medium-size businesses as well as larger corporations.
Make Fidelity, Indiana's fastest-growing bank, your bank. Your inquiry receives prompt attention.
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