George's Bar in the 1950s

ID: 1829 ~ Source: Emmett I. Brown Papers, courtesy of Indiana Historical Society ~ Creator: Emmett I. Brown ~ Date: ca. 1950s

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Bar patrons begin to line the sidewalk before the establishment opens for the evening's jam session.

This file appears in: Indiana Avenue

Indiana Avenue

By Braden Catt, Carey Nigh, Jonnie Fox, Indiana Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology

One of the four original diagonal streets of the 1821 plan for Indianapolis, Indiana Avenue tells an important part of the story of African American life in Indianapolis, much of which was centered here on the near northwest side of the downtown…