Moment of Indiana History
podcasts Archive
February 28, 2005
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Martin’s Photo Shop
From a small studio in Terre Haute, The Martin family documented almost a century of history with their photographs.
February 21, 2005
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Madame C.J. Walker
Madam C.J. Walker, the daughter of former slaves, founded the Walker Manufacturing Company and built a factory that would remain in Indianapolis for the next seven decades.
February 14, 2005
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Lockfield Gardens
Lockefield Gardens was one of the first public housing projects. It also provided jobs for unemployed Hoosiers in an ailing economy struggling to recover from the great depression under the New Deal.
February 7, 2005
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Lincoln’s Sum Book
Abraham Lincoln was a studious young man, though by his own account he had less than a year of formal schooling. A rare artifact from Abe’s school days in Indiana is from a student notebook.
January 24, 2005
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Lewis "Lew" Wallace
Lewis “Lew” Wallace led troops in the battle of Shiloh, and later in defense of Cincinnati and Washington. Wallace is little remembered today for his his literary masterwork, Ben-Hur.
January 17, 2005
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James Whitcomb Riley
Hoosier poet James Whitcomb Riley worked as a sign painter, traveling actor, and newspaperman before finally enjoying success. He was initially turned away by many of the larger publishers.
January 10, 2005
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James Oliver and the Chilled Plow
Since its earliest days, Indiana has been an agricultural state. And it was a South Bend resident, James Oliver, who was responsible for simplifying farmers’ lives by revolutionizing plow design.
January 3, 2005
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Indiana and The Jazz Age
in Indy, Gary, Fort Wayne, and Muncie, Black entertainment in Indiana flourished during the period from 1930 through the 1950’s. Indiana Avenue in Indianapolis became a hotspot of Black culture.
January 3, 2005
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Automobile Industry
When you think of the early automobile, you likely picture Henry Ford, the Model T, and Detroit, but did you know that Indiana also played a prominent role in the early automobile industry?
December 27, 2004
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Hoagy Carmichael
Hoagland “Hoagy” Carmichael attended law school at Indiana University where he started a jazz band, “Carmichael’s Collegians.” He graduated, but music soon eclipsed his legal ambitions.
