UNION TRACTION CO. OF INDIANA

Map showing the connection of Anderson, Alexandria, Elwood, Marion, Muncie and Indianapolis by Electric Traction.(1901)  Reg. Price $10

Life in a Three-Ring Circus

Notecards

Published By

Indiana Historical Society Press

The circus posters featured on these cards are part of a collection of posters acquired in 1968 by the Indiana Historical Society’s William Henry Smith Memorial Library. The posters represent such circuses as Clyde Beatty, Cole Brothers, Hagebeck-Wallace, Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey, and Al G. Kelly and Miller Brothers. The Hoosier State’s circus heritage is explored in the IHS book Life in a Three-Ring Circus:Posters and Interviews. In addition to the colorful posters, the book includes essays by Sharon L. Smith and Stephen J. Fletcher.

Set of 15 cards/envelopes © 2002

Mary Lyon Taylor Notecards

Domestic Women

Published By

Indiana Historical Society Press

By the turn of the century a group of photographers known as pictorialists had joined battle to gain recognition for photography as an art form. Pictorial photographs, synonymous with artistic photographs, were impressionistic and painterly. Once improvements in technology made photography an acceptable hobby for women, many took up pictorialism with enthusiasm. One such amateur was Indianapolis resident Mary Lyon Taylor, who in 1906 turned her hobby into a profitable business. Taylor’s work was described as having “a charm and individuality” that entitled it to be ranked among the best achievement of the pictorialists.

Set of 16 cards/envelopes © 2002

4 Different Images

Mary Lyon Taylor Notecards

Children

Published By

Indiana Historical Society Press

By the turn of the century a group of photographers known as pictorialists had joined battle to gain recognition for photography as an art form. Pictorial photographs, synonymous with artistic photographs, were impressionistic and painterly. Once improvements in technology made photography an acceptable hobby for women, many took up pictorialism with enthusiasm. One such amateur was Indianapolis resident Mary Lyon Taylor, who in 1906 turned her hobby into a profitable business. Taylor’s work was described as having “a charm and individuality” that entitled it to be ranked among the best achievement of the pictorialists.

Set of 16 cards/envelopes © 2002

4 Different Images

Mary Lyon Taylor Notecards

Mothers and Children

Published By

Indiana Historical Society Press

By the turn of the century a group of photographers known as pictorialists had joined battle to gain recognition for photography as an art form. Pictorial photographs, synonymous with artistic photographs, were impressionistic and painterly. Once improvements in technology made photography an acceptable hobby for women, many took up pictorialism with enthusiasm. One such amateur was Indianapolis resident Mary Lyon Taylor, who in 1906 turned her hobby into a profitable business. Taylor’s work was described as having “a charm and individuality” that entitled it to be ranked among the best achievement of the pictorialists.

Set of 16 cards/envelopes © 2002

4 Different Images

Life in a Three-Ring Circus

Posters and Interviews

Sharon L. Smith, Stephen J. Fletcher

Published By

Indiana Historical Society Press

From ringmasters to clowns, animal trainers to trapeze artists, Indiana’s long association with the circus industry is highlighted in Life in a Three Ring Circus: Posters and Interviews. The book features full-color posters from the Society’s collection and oral histories from Hoosiers who participated in life under the big top.

79 pp • © 2001 • cloth • ISBN: 0-87195-151-7

Frontier Indiana

Focus on the frontier period of Indiana History (1700-1800). Explore encounters among the indigenous tribes (in particular the Miami and Potawatomi), the French, the English, and the Americans.

   *  Includes CD-Rom, Teacher’s Guide, and Poster. 30 Minutes. VHS

    © 2002

Pioneer Indiana

Follow the transformation of Indiana from a frontier into a settled state in the period from 1800 to 1851. This video begins with consideration of the treaties with the Indians and their removal from Indiana. Review the Constitution of 1816 and the later settlement and growth of the state.

*Includes CD-Rom, Teacher’s Guide, and Poster.  45 minutes. VHS

© 2002

 Honoring Those Who Paid the Price

Forgotten Voices from the Korean War

Randy K.Mills

Published By

Indiana Historical Society Press

Read the story of those who served, fought and died in the Korean War and the story of their loved ones back home who struggled to understand the horrors of war. This book features interviews with Korean War veterans, letters from the front lines and local and national media accounts. Author Randy Mills states, “It is hoped that these verbal snapshots of the war convey a larger picture – a rich collage of Indiana and her citizens during the Korean War.”

          276 pp.  © 2002, cloth

Author:  Jason Bitner. 

“These are real people. The grace and dignity one sees in their faces should be a source of hope for us all.” 
—John Mellencamp      

One Shot

The World War II Photography of John Bushemi

Ray Boomhower

Published By

Indiana Historical Society Press

Assigned to the Yank, the weekly magazine written by and for enlisted men, John A. Bushemi documented World War II through his photographs. Nicknamed “One Shot” for his uncanny ability to capture even the liveliest action with just one click of his shutter, he specialized in “photography from a rifle’s length vantage point,” according to his colleague Merle Miller. “One Shot” captures Bushemi’s early days photographing soldiers training at Fort Bragg in North Carolina to his front line assignments among the grizzled American forces engaged in fighting in the pacific. The book includes approximately 100 photographs by and of Bushemi.

164 pp • © 2004 • cloth • b&w photos • ISBN: 0-87195-174-6

Remembrance, Faith, and Fancy

Outdoor Public Sculpture in Indiana Historical

 Glory-June Greiff

Published By

Indiana Historical Society Press

In the early 1850s Henry Cross, a stone carver, fashioned three road-marker heads in Brown County, Indiana. The markers, on of which survives today on maps as Stone Head, were the first outdoor public sculptures in the Hoosier State. Through the years, counties throughout the state have continued to add to Cross’s legacy, dotting the landscape with sculptures both realistic and fanciful.

The wealth of outdoor public sculpture in Indiana is highlighted in an authoritative examination of the art by noted public historian Glory-June Greiff. Remembrance, Faith, and Fancy: Outdoor Public Sculpture in Indiana examines the more than 1,500 pieces of outdoor sculpture through such broad categories as commemorative, religious, aesthetic, whimsical, and abstract/contemporary. In addition, the book includes a county-by-county accounting of the location of each outdoor sculpture and approximately 200 photographs.

In addition to describing each outdoor sculpture, and its location, the book offers biographical details on a large number of the artists responsible for crafting the artwork.

“My purpose,” notes Greiff, “is to open the public’s eyes to the amazing and growing collection of public sculptures in Indiana—for I firmly believe that simply seeing more art helps to educate the viewer as well as the reader to understand at least some of the many reasons why sculpture is erected and to encourage observers to become more discerning.”

approx 350 pp • © 2005 • cloth • 200 half tones illustrations • ISBN: 0-87195-180-0

Indiana in Stereo

Three-Dimensional Views of the Heartland

George R. Hanlin & Paula J. Corpuz

Published By

Indiana Historical Society Press

Nearly two hundred historical stereo views and more than thirty contemporary views by noted Indiana photographer Darryl Jones have been reproduced to make up this charming book. These stereographs chronicle the changing nature of life in the Hoosier State—from the days of small family farms and travel by horse to the growth of cities and the rise of the automobile. Pictured are scenes from across the state showing landscapes, prominent buildings, natural disasters, families, ect. Included is a handheld viewer so readers can view all the stereographs, both historical and modern, as they were intended to be seen in three-dimensional wonder.

289 pp. © 2003 • cloth • illustrations • ISBN: 0-87195-165-7

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The Art of Healing

The Wishard Art Collection

Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko

Co-Published By

Indiana Historical Society Press

Wishard Memorial Foundation,Inc

In 1914, a group of renowned Hoosier artists came together for the benefit of patients at Wishard Memorial Hospital, Indiana’s largest public hospital. The prominent artists painted murals to decorate the new building and to lift spirits. Ninety years later the Indiana Historical Society and Wishard have produced a book featuring the works. The project involved a total of sixteen Indiana artists, including, William Forsyth, Wayman Adams, Otto Starke, Carl Graf, William Edouard Scott, T.C. Steele and others.

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