@LiterateIndy

It's all here, if you know where to find it.

 Indiana
Joined June 2012
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Made in Indianapolis and patented 152 years ago tomorrow, the Wooton Desk:
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Mario Andretti saw the film as a young boy in Italy. The Italian title was "Indianapolis," and it was his introduction to the Indy 500 !
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October 5th, 1950. World Premiere of "To Please A Lady" at Loew's Theatre. 35 N. Pennsylvania St. (Larry Foster, Indiana Historical Society)
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Clark Gable, Barbara Stanwyck, and the Borg-Warner at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway while working on To Please A Lady, 1950. #IsItMayYet
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October 5th, 1950. World Premiere of "To Please A Lady" at Loew's Theatre. 35 N. Pennsylvania St. (Larry Foster, Indiana Historical Society)
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October 5th, 1950. World Premiere of "To Please A Lady" at Loew's Theatre. 35 N. Pennsylvania St. (Larry Foster, Indiana Historical Society)
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The truly cultured are capable of owning thousands of unread books without losing their composure or their desire for more. - Gabriel Zaid
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WalkingTractor@TractorWalking
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Sunset over Cromer this evening… @WeatherAisling @ChrisPage90 @StormHour @metoffice #loveukweather #Norfolk #Cromer
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Conor Lynch@c_k_lynch
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Today
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Andrew Locking@andrewswalks
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Path through the woods
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Sold!
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A tiny hanging light can turn an ordinary bookshelf into a cozy little scene straight out of an old story. Add a touch of vintage charm to your reading corner. Shop now ➤ everydaylivinggoods.com/vint…

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Civil War sword belonging to a soldier of the 87th Indiana. At auction: invaluable.com/auction-lot/u…
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Over The Gate. 16°C and cloudy skies. Pheasants galore.
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October 5, 1946. Willie Gillis, Norman Rockwell's fictional WW2 soldier, enters college on the GI Bill, after a long, long war.
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And here are the boys of Hoosiers after their haircuts. That's Harvey Waldman, the 2nd Assistant Director, in the center, standing next to Casting Director Ken Carlson.
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October, 1985: the boys of Hoosiers before their 1950s haircuts.
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Herman Weitkamp and hired hand Mr. Werremeyer loading pumpkins, Pike County, c1910. (Indiana Historical Society)
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Hello Monday.
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The truly cultured are capable of owning thousands of unread books without losing their composure or their desire for more. - Gabriel Zaid
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Revd Nicholas Pye@RevdPye
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5 Oct 1535, Miles Coverdale (1488-1569) published first authorised English translation of Bible. He drew on work of the martyred William Tyndale. In 1539, he helped with Great Bible, so called due to its size. This was #Bible Henry VIII ordered be placed in every parish church.
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Andrew Edwards@AndrewOpera
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Monday morning tranquility, before the day gets underway. Have a good one 🥰
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To be silent the whole day long, see no newspaper, hear no radio, listen to no gossip, be thoroughly and completely lazy, thoroughly and completely indifferent to the fate of the world is the finest medicine a man can give himself. - Henry Miller #ScreenFreeSunday
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