Thousands Witness Great Industrial Parade

From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, August 19, 1925:  The main spectacle of Greater Indianapolis Week was this afternoon’s parade witnessed by thousands of residents and visitors.  The largest parade in the city’s history included approximately 18,000 participants riding or marching along behind 1,400 elaborately decorated floats, and hundreds of automobiles, trucks, and wagons representing the city’s business firms, industries, and civic organizations.  Music from twelve bands and the rhythmic beat of seven drum corps kept the miles of pageantry moving without pause. Cheers went up along the parade route for the Red Cross and American Legion floats.  Shrieks from Broad Ripple Park’s calliope accompanied the roaring engines of three airplanes flying in formation over the parade route.  Five other aviators performed thrilling aerial stunts over downtown.  The festivities concluded at Broad Ripple Park with a barbecue, swimming, and athletic events.

“Thousands Witness Great Industrial Parade,” The Indianapolis News, 19 August 1925, p. 1:1

Photographs from The Indianapolis Star, 20 August 1925, p. 10

Musicians Coming to City for Convention

From The Indianapolis News, Saturday, July 25, 1925:  Beginning tomorrow, Indianapolis will host the seventh annual National Association of Negro Musicians convention.  The Indianapolis Music Promoters, a branch of the national association, will provide entertainment.  Colored musicians, artists, and instructors from across the country will gather Sunday afternoon for a songfest at Caleb Mills Hall featuring a local chorus of 150 voices singing negro spirituals and special numbers.  In the evening, several of the negro artists will appear in churches throughout the city with the object of increasing interest in negro music and to encourage negro composers and artists.  Contralto Marian Anderson and the Hampton Quartet will be among the prominent attendees.  WFBM radio will broadcast nightly programs by representatives of the national association.  Simpson A. M. E. Church, 1034 N. Missouri St, will be the site of business sessions.

“Musicians Coming to City for Convention,” The Indianapolis News, 25 July 1925, p. 31:6

Architects Selected to Plan News Homes

From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, June 24, 1925:  Indianapolis architects Pierre & Wright have been selected to design five homes for the great $200,000 (2024:  $3,653,142) home building project sponsored by The Indianapolis News.  The purpose of this undertaking is to acquaint the public with harmonious and satisfactory modern and artistic residences. Homes representing French, English, Spanish, Italian, and Colonial styles have been selected to demonstrate the discernment of combining beauty and useful art with sturdy utility in building that ideal of every true American – a real home.  Working with a landscape architect, Pierre & Wright will select the five home-sites from land under consideration by the News that provides natural beauty – wooded terraces and a restful vista for tired eyes – and accessibility.  Every step of development from groundbreaking to final landscaping details will be closely followed by the News.

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“Architects Selected to Plan News Homes,” The Indianapolis News, 24 June 1925, p. 1:6