Not so long ago, in a place that?s not so far away, 3,000 Italians found themselves in a prisoner of war camp at Camp Atterbury. In 1943, Italian soldiers captured in North Africa got sent to various POW camps across the United States. A large group of them arrived in Indiana beginning April 30. These […]
Do you ever picture what life was like 10 years ago today? Or maybe what people were doing 50 years ago today? OK, how about 200 years ago today? In late June of 1816, the constitutional convention delegates were wrapping up more than two weeks of deliberation and conversation to create Indiana?s first constitution. While […]
My favorite painting in the History Center’s newest exhibit Impressions: The Art of T.C. Steele is Fall in the Ravine (1915). The colors and light make it feel as if you are standing there in the woods of Brown County by a ravine in the middle of Autumn. This stunning landscape was one of many […]
You Are There: That Ayres Look is nearing the end of its run; it closes Aug. 6. Much like You Are There 1945: Hoosier Home Front the first You Are There Ayres has been one of those exhibits that has an immediate connection to Indiana and especially Indianapolis residents. I predict that You Are There […]
The grandniece of the Italian Renaissance art connoisseur Bernard Berenson, Rachel Berenson Perry worked at the T. C. Steele State Historic Site in Brown County for more than a decade, doing everything from giving tours to mowing the property. Today, the fine art curator emeriti of the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites, Perry is […]
If you clicked on this blog post thinking I was going to write about Tommy Wiseau?s cult classic film, The Room, then you are sadly mistaken. If you came here to learn about the room used for You Are There 1816: Indiana Joins the Nation, then you have come to the right place. Sorry, Tommy. […]
If you clicked on this blog post thinking I was going to write about Tommy Wiseau?s cult classic film, The Room, then you are sadly mistaken. If you came here to learn about the room used for You Are There 1816: Indiana Joins the Nation, then you have come to the right place. Sorry, Tommy. […]
A lawyer. A surveyor. A tavern keeper. A poet. Is this some sort of weird, old-timey Village People tribute band? Not even close. These are just a few of the occupations that could be attributed to the men who descended upon tinyCorydon in June 1816 to write the state constitution for the Indiana Territory. I […]
Behind-the-scenes in the Indiana Historical Society, people work to preserve Indiana?s past. They care for, organize and share the many artifacts in our collection. In the process, they get to see old maps, read personal correspondence, and discover unique objects and stories. Since they get to see so many items in the collection, I asked […]
Twenty-five dollars and a sunburn … that?s what Audrey Howland, then a 19-year-old model and dancer, got for posing for this poster, advertising the Indiana Dunes along the South Shore Line. School has started again and a few leaves have even started changing color languid summer days spent at the beach seem long gone. Yet, […]
