Business enterprises -- Indiana -- Indianapolis
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:
Allen A. Wilkinson Lumber Company Christmas card
Collection — Folder S2651
Identifier: S2651
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a Christmas card postmarked December 20, 1924 and sent by the Allen A. Wilkinson Lumber Company of Indianapolis to the G. F. Osterhage Lumber Company of Freelandville, Indiana. The card and envelope each contain the company's logo.
Dates:
1924 December
Bass Photo Company advertisements
Collection — Folder S1684
Identifier: S1684
Scope and Contents
This collection contains advertising cards for the Bass Photo Company, including one from 1921 with pictures from 1856 and 1921 of Pennsylvania Street looking north from Washington Street in Indianapolis; a 1924 card with pictures taken from the same view from 1850, 1908 and 1924; and a card with an image of the frontporch area of a home, possibly Herbert Keller's, with the caption "Bass Photo Company, Commercial Photographs, The Photo Sells the Goods" and information about the company's...
Dates:
1916-1927
Claypool Hotel records
Collection
Identifier: L325
Scope and Contents
The collection primarily consists of papers about the Claypool Hotel in Indianapolis, Indiana from 1947 to 1967 when the hotel was managed by W. Bryan Karr, and the hotel was affiliated with the National Hotel Company of Galveston, Texas. Included in the collection is Karr’s correspondence with the National Hotel Company staff regarding hotel finances, auditing procedures, supplies, and construction work. Also included are correspondence with hotel patrons, suppliers, advertisers, memos to...
Dates:
1947-1967
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Claypool Hotel records
Ernest L. Whittington collection
Collection — Folder S1400
Identifier: S1400
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a letter from D.W. Henry, a lawyer from Terre Haute, Indiana, to General and Mrs. Jesse M. Lee, residing in Manilla, Philippine Islands, regarding a book memorializing Colonel R. W. Thompson, dated December 22, 1906; a Chicago and South Eastern Railway Company letter dated October 29, 1895 from W.S. Parkhurst to railroad agents, regarding a September 14, 1892 tariff correction; a blank Defense Warden Application from the City of Fort Wayne, Indiana, a blank Certificate...
Dates:
1895-1962
Frank K. Sawyer Indianapolis businesses collection
Collection — Folder S2703
Identifier: S2703
Scope and Contents
This collection contains an assortment of approximately 415 items collected by Frank K. Sawyer in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1854 to 1905, including correspondence, advertisements, flyers, brochures, bills, accounts, receipts, financial statements, invoices, and notes. Some receipts are handwritten on scraps of paper, while others are making use of printed business forms which display distinctive letterheads. Most of these receipts are mounted to the pages of a scrapbook and are often...
Dates:
1854-1905
George C. Cram Company collection
Collection
Identifier: L511
Scope and Contents
This collection contains items from the George C. Cram Company ranging from 1845 to 1955 and includes a notebook with patent documents, images and specs (1845-1947); the booklet Trade-Marks, Trade-Names, Unfair Competition by the law offices of Linton, Kellogg, Robic and Bastien (1926); patent document for Arthur Schrenkeisen's globe (1920); correspondence regarding patent dispute (1935-1951); the National Map Company ledger (1916-1917); a company scrapbook with clippings, brochures,...
Dates:
1845-1955
Grocery and Butcher Clerks Association minute book
Collection — Volume V173
Identifier: V173
Scope and Contents
This volume contains the minutes of the Grocery and Butcher Clerks Association in Indianapolis from August to October of 1893.
Dates:
1893 Aug.-1893 Oct.
H. G. Young advertising card
Collection — Folder S1789
Identifier: S1789
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of one advertising card for H. G. Young’s business dealing in hides, tallow, pelts and furs. The card appears to be soliciting different materials for his business, which is located in Indianapolis, Indiana. The card is from 1894 and is addressed to a Mr. John Markert (?) in Newton.
Dates:
1894
Indianapolis business and trade cards
Collection — Folder S2540
Identifier: S2540
Scope and Contents
This collection contains business and trade cards ranging from 1887 to 1908 and undated from businesses, proprietors and local agents for out-of-town companies that engaged in commerce in Indianapolis, Indiana. The cards advertise a variety of businesses, including dry goods stores, clothing stores, shoe stores, florists, druggists, dentists, coffee dealers, and wagon and farm implement dealers. Some products advertised on the cards include the Esterly binder, Fleichmann & Co. yeast, the...
Dates:
1887-1908, undated
Indianapolis businesses collection
Collection — Folder S1795
Identifier: S1795
Scope and Contents
The collection includes items created by four Indianapolis businesses: one piece of stationery for notes, an invoice form, two letterheads clipped off larger pieces of stationery, and a price list, ranging from 1887 to 1915. Dates for the materials extend from 1887 to 1915. The businesses are Frank B. Ainsworth & Co., Condersaar & Co., When Clothing Co., and Hanson, Van Camp Co.
Dates:
1889-1915
