From Indiana with Love: Photos and Stories from Cold War Indiana

“From Indiana with Love: Photos and Stories from Cold War Indiana” is the Indiana Historical Society’s latest exhibit.

Now open in the Lanham Gallery, it showcases photos and documents that portray Indiana’s role in the Cold War. The exhibit covers civilian defense, the 1954 Operation Alert, military production and defense, Indiana’s role in the space race through Hoosier-native astronaut Virgil “Gus” Grissom, and Purdue University’s aerospace engineering program, reactions to censorship and McCarthyism, and anti-war movements.

The exhibit shows that people of all ages, social classes, and political leanings were involved in the Cold War – both in support and opposition of home front efforts.

With support from the Emerson B. and Jane H. Houck Endowment for Hoosier Photography.