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MCHS
THIS WEEK IN INDIANAPOLIS
1924
news stories & adverts from one hundred years ago
Compiled by Steve Barnett
Ads & Illustrations clipped by Carl Bates
Dec 14, 2019
City Leader in Fine Cars
From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, December 14, 1919: More luxury cars are made in Indianapolis than anywhere else in the United States....
Mar 10, 2019
Auto Show Will Hold Boards This Week
From The Indianapolis Star, Monday, March 10, 1919: The Indianapolis Automobile Trade Association will hold its eighteenth annual show...
Oct 29, 2018
Stutz Company Gets Order for Tractors
World War I – From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, October 27: While workers at the Nordyke & Marmon Co turn out Liberty motors to power...
Sep 6, 2018
Changes Are Made in Auto Parking Rules
From The Indianapolis News, Friday, September 6: The Indianapolis public safety board today announced changes to the recent plans for...
Sep 2, 2018
Autoless Sunday is Generally Observed
From The Indianapolis News, Monday, September 2: Few pleasure cars were on the streets of Indianapolis Sunday as the city observed the...
Aug 7, 2018
Marion Roads to Be Marked
From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, August 7: The Marion County commissioners will mark all main roads in the county this fall with...
Jul 11, 2018
Board Adopts Traffic Rules
From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, July 11: The Indianapolis board of public safety adopted a sweeping reform of the city’s traffic...
Feb 12, 2018
Motor Rangers, New Battalion
From The Indianapolis Star, Tuesday, February 12: The Indianapolis Automobile Trade Association offered its services and cars to Gov....
Dec 2, 2017
The Prestigious Maxwell Car
From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, 2 December 1917, p. 20: "The Maxwell, equipped for the blustry [sic] months, is a magnificent,...
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