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	Search results for Where > W H Bass Photo Company    Refine your search Format of Original Photographic Print, B&... (21) Acetate Negative (3) Photograph of a Drawin... (1) Photographic Print (1) Print (1) Subject Amphitheaters (3) Automobiles (3) Buildings (3) Crowds (3) Debris (3) Show more... Date 1963-11 (3) 1917 (2) 1905 (1) 1907 (1) 1908 (1) Show more... results 1-20 of 27 item(s)  page 1 of 2 : ( <<  1  2  >> ) :: previous : next select all : clear all : add to favorites   Image: Title: Subject: Description: 1. Columbia Theatre, formerly the Empire Theatre Theaters; Business districts; Transportation In the early 1890s, Leedy began spending more time in Indianapolis, where he had a job playing in the orchestra at the Empire Theatre, and moonlighted at other events and theatres. The Empire Theatre is... 2. Indianapolis Marion County Public Library Libraries; Columns; Cornices; Automobiles View of the Greek-style Indianapolis Marion County Public Library. The building is constructed of Indiana limestone and has carved stone cornices. Steps lead up to the entrance where there is a row of... 3. Indiana Statehouse Draped for Lincoln's Funeral Capitols; Funeral rites & ceremonies; Presidents; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Death & burial The columns of the state house are draped in black fabric. A special shelter was designed where the coffin was unloaded from the funeral wagon and then carried up to the state house. The structure is draped... 4. Soldiers Digging a Trench at Fort Harrison Fort Benjamin Harrison (Ind.); Military camps; Military facilities; Military training; Military life; Tents; Soldiers; Digging; Shovels Soldiers are using shovels to dig a trench. Pipes lie on the ground next to where they are working. Behind them are tents that have the lower part of their sides rolled up. The tent closest to the trench... 5. Hyatt Regency Hotel, Merchants Plaza Hotels; Parking lots; Atriums The two wings of the hotel are connected by a glass atrium. On top of the hotel is a circular structure where a restaurant is located. A parking lot is across the street from the hotel. 6. Tractors, Wagons, and Farmers Agriculture; Agricultural laborers; Agricultural machinery & implements; Harvesting; Tractors A long belt connects the steam tractor to the other piece of equipment. Dark smoke is coming from the tractor. A man with a pitchfork is standing in the wagon while others are standing next to the equipment... 7. Dedication of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument Monuments & memorials; Monument Circle (Indianapolis, Ind.); Crowds; Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849-1916; Patriotism; Dedications; Indiana State Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Indianapolis, Ind.) Monument Circle is crowded with people. The speakers platform is decorated with flags and shields. An eagle is mounted on the platform where James Whitcomb Riley is standing. The base of the limestone... 8. Gas Explosion at the State Fairgrounds Coliseum Explosions; Accidents; Amphitheaters; Debris Structural damage can be seen where the explosion took place. Workmen are in the seating area holding on to ropes. Other men are standing by a ladder out on the ice. Some of the stage set from the ice... 9. View into Concession Booth Where Gas Explosion at the State Fairgrounds Coliseum Occurred Explosions; Accidents; Amphitheaters; Debris; Ladders; Ice The concession stand was below the seating area. Seats above it were blown out with the force of the explosion. Supplies for the consession stand can be seen in the debris. Men on ladders are near the... 10. Concession Area Where Gas Explosion Occurred at the State Fairgrounds Coliseum Explosions; Accidents; Debris; Amphitheaters; Walls The force of the explosion is shown by the damage done to the stone walls. Debris is all around. Concession supplies are seen in the background. There is a hole in the back wall. 11. World War I Rally on Monument Circle War rallies; Flags; Automobiles; Monument Circle (Indianapolis, Ind.); World War, 1914-1918; Women View of participants in a war rally on Monument Circle. A flag is draped on the hood of the first automobile. A man is sitting on it holding another flag and blowing into a horn. The car is full of people,... 12. D. H. Baldwin & Co. Buildings; Musical instrument industry; Pianos View of the D. H. Baldwin & Company store where pianos were manufactured. The store is located in the Rialto building next to the Bretzman Photographic studio. 13. Indianapolis Speedway 1929 Indianapolis Motor Speedway; Indianapolis Speedway Race; Automobile racing; Crowds; Racing automobiles; Racetracks; Sports spectators View of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with cars on the track. The stands are filled with fans and people are standing along the infield fence. Two men are standing on a platform where the finish line... 14. Sheaves of Corn Corn; Harvesting; Sheaves; Farms; Corn shocks View of a field where the corn stalks have been cut and gathered together into sheaves. A farmhouse and outbuildings can be seen in the background. 15. Men with Bicycles Bicycles & tricycles; Men; Bicycle shops; Ice cream & ices A large group of men with their bicycles have gathered in front of the Hearsey Bicycles and Furnas Ice Cream shops. At the bottom of the image is a note saying that the site is where the Federal Building... 16. Waverley Electric Vehicles, Indiana Bicycle Co. Automobiles; Merchandise displays; Exhibitions; Carriages & coaches; Electric automobiles Waverley Electric Vehicles, Indiana Bicycle Co. display showing horseless carriages in an area where other merchancise is displayed. 17. Indianapolis Journal Building Fortune, William, 1863-1942; Newspapers; Buildings In January of 1882, at the age of 19, Fortune left for Indianapolis, a city that was in the midst of expansion and modernization. Fortune got his first job at the Indianapolis Journal, where he doggedly... 18. Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Freight Engine #3 at Indianapolis Locomotives; Railroads; Transportation Terre Haute Indianapolis & Eastern freight steeplecab switching locomotive #3 was used at the White River power plant in Indianapolis where it hauled coal cars. It was built at the company’s shops in... 19. Propylaeum Buildings; Clubs; Clubhouses Dedicated in 1891, the Propylaeum building in Indianapolis, funded entirely through the contributions of women, became a cultural center for the community where men and women met as intellectual equals.... 20. General Foch with Wreath at Monument Circle Monument Circle (Indianapolis, Ind.); Wreaths; World War, 1914-1918 General Ferdinand Foch, a Frenchman, served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Armies in WWI. After the war, General Foch toured the United States, visiting select cities across the country. Because of... select all : clear all : add to favorites results 1-20 of 27 item(s)  page 1 of 2 : ( <<  1  2  >> ) :: previous : next
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