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#tbt 1929 Shortridge High School athletics.  In Tennis: “Agnes [Hinkle], will defend her title  in the Spring tournament.” She would indeed keep her title, winning three tournaments before she graduated from Shortridge in 1932.

original: http://bit.ly/2f7e1s0

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Humor from the 1948 November issue of The Helmet, a magazine published by the Indiana Fireman’s Association, Indianapolis local. 

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Casper, making ghosts less spooky since 1945. 

Original: http://bit.ly/2dSWpAK

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Victorian-inspired fall craft idea: a wreath made from seeds and pits!

Original: http://bit.ly/2e3Ppzy

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Staff member Margaret Anne Paul at the Indianapolis Public Library with a banned books display in 1941. 

original: http://bit.ly/2doUNxN

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Today is the 50th anniversary of Star Trek! The internet is buzzing with articles, memes and emojis paying homage to the original series, but how many of you remember Star Trek: The Animated Series?

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We can’t let World Photography Day pass us by with only one post! Here’s another camera from the collection: The Land Camera. Edwin Land invented the process that enabled film to be developed inside the camera for the Polaroid company. Eventually Land’s name was dropped and the process became so inextricable from the Polaroid brand that instant film became known simple as “a Polaroid.”

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In honor of World Photography Day, here's an interesting one from the collection: The Vanity Kodak. Introduced in 1928, this camera marketed itself as the perfect gift for young women, be they new brides or college graduates. In addition to the brown seen here, it came in blue and red. Another gem from our The Children's Museum of Indianapolis collection! Original: http://bit.ly/2bm6VQy

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The Indiana State Fair is now well under way. This year’s festivities are part of the Indiana Bicentennial celebration, so it is definitely not one to miss!

Original: http://bit.ly/2azZNgT

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HAPPY INTERNATIONAL CAT DAY!

From the Oregon State Library Collection

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This is from the World War I poster collection at the Indianapolis Public Library  Indianapolis Special Collections Room. Though it is a century old, it seems relevant now, as the “shop local” movement continues to grow. 

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Artwork from the Indianapolis Warren Central High School Wigwam from 1991.  Original: http://bit.ly/2aVgEf5

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Indianapolis is hosting GenCon for another year, and in honor of the best four days of gaming, we’ll be posting games from our Children’s Museum of Indianapolis Collection.  Today we have the Speedway Motor Race game from the 1930s. The toy’s maker boasted that it was “designed to furnish all the excitement and skill of an actual automobile race.” Players selected their cars- Fiat, Stutz, Pierce-Arrow, Cadillac,Packard or Locomobile and jockeyed for pole position. Carl Fisher, along with 3 business partners, built a "motor parkway" in Speedway, Indiana in 1909 to test automobiles. Central Indiana was quickly becoming a dominant force in automobile manufacturing with dozens of companies like Marmon, Cole, Stutzand Duesenberg using the facility to test cars. Out of this competitive spirit, automobile racing exhibitions began in 1910. A year later in 1911, the first Indianapolis 500 was held on Memorial Day. Spectators came by train from as far away as Chicago, Cleveland, Cincinnati, St. Louis, and even New York ! Forty cars participated with average speeds of at least 75 miles per hour.

Visit the collection: http://bit.ly/2awEoGV

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Though a paper bikini might not sound like a great idea, paper clothing was all the rage in the late 1960s. Even though many users felt that the paper was itchy, the clothing never needing to be cleaned you simply threw it away and bought a new one. In fact, this suit wasn’t intended for swimming, just for sun bathing!

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In 1957, the Lionel Corporation toy manufacturing company introduced its "girl" train set. The set flopped, a failure that has been attributed to children's desire to own realistic-looking train sets, regardless of their gender. The set is now quite rare.

Original: http://bit.ly/29rznBC

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We recently added a photograph of Shirley Chisholm to our Indypl African American History Committee collection and it couldn't have come at a more fitting time. The first African American woman to be elected to Congress, in 1972 Chisholm also became the first woman to make a bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. Still "unbought and unbossed," in 1986 she gave a lecture for the African American History Committee at the St. Peter Claver Center.

View the rest of our Shirley Chisholm-related material, including a program from the event, here: http://bit.ly/2akcigu

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Costumes from the 1942 Junior Vaudeville program at Shortridge High School in Indianapolis.