Streets Gay for Motor Bus Parade
- Steve Barnett
- May 19
- 1 min read
From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, May 19, 1925: A parade, carnival features, and speeches marked today’s opening of the Red Ball Bus Terminal, the world’s largest bus terminal, at the southeast corner of Senate Av and Maryland St. Hundreds of visitors and Indianapolis residents crowded downtown streets to watch a two-mile procession of motor buses, representing carriages of vintage design to the most luxurious and latest design, wind its way along gayly decorated thoroughfares renamed for the occasion – the “Avenue of Wonders (Washington St), “Indianapolis Industrial Lane” (Senate Av), and “Bus Promenade” (Maryland St). Ward Hiner, Bus Terminal Co president whose vision brought about this terminal building, presented Mayor Lew Shank with a large key which he used to open the gilded entrance gates, throwing the terminal building open to public inspection while musicians and performers entertained throughout the area.
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“Streets Gay for Motor Bus Parade,” The Indianapolis News, 19 May 1925, p. 1:3
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