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	Search results for Transportation    Refine your search Creator W H Bass Photo Company (81) W. H. Bass Photo Compa... (11) W H Bass (2) Subject Transportation (80) Business Districts (38) Street Railroads (19) Electric Railroads (17) Streets (11) Show more... Format of Original Photographic Print, B&... (41) Nitrate Negative (16) Acetate Negative (14) Photograph, B&w (5) Glass Plate, B&w (3) Show more... Date 1910 (7) 1943-08-24 (7) 1944-01-14 (4) 1944-06-21 (3) 1904 (3) Show more... results 1-20 of 94 item(s)  page 1 of 5 : ( <<  1  2  3  4  5  >> ) :: previous : next select all : clear all : add to favorites   Image: Title: Subject: Description: 1. Mule Drawn Streetcar Street-railroads--Indiana; Transportation; Mules Mule-drawn streetcars provided public transportation in Indianapolis in the 1860s. 2. Washington and Illinois Streets, Indianapolis Business districts; Transportation; Pedestrians; Street railroads; Clothing & dress The intersection of Washington and Illinois Streets at the heart of the busy capitol city less than 100 years after its founding. The automobile has not yet taken over the streets as pedestrians and streetcars... 3. Union Station Grand Hall Interior with Wheel Window Railroad facilities; Railroad stations; Railroads; Transportation; Windows Built in 1887, Union Station is shown with the opening to a tunnel used by streetcars before elevated tracks were built. This interior view shows the Grand Hall. 4. Union Station Streetcar Tunnel Railroad facilities; Railroad stations; Tunnels; Transportation Built in 1887, Union Station is shown with the opening to a tunnel used by streetcars before elevated tracks were built. The interior view shows the Grand Hall. The wheel window can be seen in both images.... 5. Traction Terminal, Indianapolis Electric railroads; Transportation; Railroad facilities; Railroads; Railroad stations Built in 1904, the nine-track train shed of the Traction Terminal in Indianapolis once saw 600 interurban electric trains per day and carried 7 million passengers a year as well as freight. 6. Antioch Platform and Interurban Passenger Shelter Railroad facilities; Railroad stations; Railroad tracks; Transportation; Transportation facilities This track through Clinton County was part of a 2,400-mile network of interurban lines that reached the Traction Terminal, earning Indianapolis the title of Interurban Capital of the World. 7. 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... 8. Interurban Car Railroads; Electric railroads; Transportation 9. City in Transition Transportation; Office buildings; Traction Terminal Building (Indianapolis, Ind.) As depicted in this 1905 image, Indianapolis was a city in transition with the varying modes of transportation. Notice the horse-drawn carriage, bicycle, automobile, and interurbans all found on the same... 10. New Fleet of Trackless Trolley Buses in Front of the Indiana State House, 1932 Indiana State Capitol (Indianapolis, Ind.); Trolley buses; Transportation; Street railroad tracks; Transportation; Indianapolis Railways, Inc. The Indianapolis Railways began replacing their electric streetcars with trackless trolley buses in 1932. Resembling buses, but powered by electric motors attached to wires overhead, the trackless trolleys... 11. People Waiting for Transportation Crowds; Transportation; Buses; Railroads; Raincoats; Rain; Umbrellas; Vending stands A crowd is waiting in an area where buses and trains are boarded. People are wearing raincoats and holding umbrellas. Vendors' stands are in the background. The train has the Red Cross symbol on one of... 12. L.S. Ayres & Company Buildings; Automobiles; Department stores; Water towers; Business districts; Railroad tracks; Street railroad tracks; L.S. Ayres Department Store; Transportation Fred Ayres continued expanding the store occupying land from Washington Street down to Pearl, and adding air-conditioning and escalators. He helped start the Retail Research Association, later called the... 13. Wagon Train on the National Road Wagon trains; Ox teams; Dirt roads; Ruts; Transportation; Travel; Dogs Illustration of oxen pulling covered wagons and people walking along the National Road. The man in the foreground carries a stick to guide the oxen. There are deep ruts in the road. A dog in the foreground... 14. Washington and Illinois Streets Street railroads; Business districts; Pedestrians; Children & adults; Clothing & dress The intersection of Washington and Illinois Streets was the heart of the busy capitol city less than 100 years after its founding. The automobile has not yet taken over the streets as pedestrians and streetcars... 15. Parry Buggy Co. Factories; Smokestacks; Transportation industry Aerial view of the Parry Buggy Co. factory buildings. Smokestacks can be seen in the distance. 16. Greyhound Bus Buses; Garages; Transportation facilities View of a Greyhound Lines bus, with a destination sign for Indianapolis-Detroit on the front. The bus is parked outside of a bus garage. 17. 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... 18. Claypool Hotel Pu Lun, Crown Prince of China--Travel--Indiana; Royal visitors--Indiana--Indianapolis; Visits of state--Indiana--Indianapolis; China--Foreign relations--United States--1644-1912; Claypool Hotel (Indianapolis, Ind.); Hotels; Streets; Business districts; Transportation The Prince and his party occupied 11 rooms at the Claypool Hotel, facing Washington St. While the prince was out seeing the city, other members of his party spent time on the small balconies of the hotel... 19. Replica of the U.S.S. Kearsarge on Display in Front of the Indiana State Capitol Building in 1893 Grand Army of the Republic; Fortune, William, 1863-1942; Indiana State Capitol (Indianapolis, Ind.); Ships; Gunboats; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Transportation; U.S.S. Kearsarge Fortune’s leadership role in the Commercial Club led to the establishment for the new charter for Indianapolis, improvements to the city’s roads, and also to increasing tourism numbers. In 1893, Fortune... 20. William H. Block Store William H. Block Department Store; Department stores--Indiana--Indianapolis; Window displays; Business districts; Transportation During the Depression there were cost-cutting measures and smaller shows. The Salon was able to expand however when the W.H. Block Co. held the first Indianapolis version of the Hoosier Salon in April... select all : clear all : add to favorites results 1-20 of 94 item(s)  page 1 of 5 : ( <<  1  2  3  4  5  >> ) :: previous : next
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