Martha, Hoagy, and Georgia Carmichael Outside House on Washington Avenue

ID: 2052 ~ Source: Photo Courtesy of Indiana University Libraries' Archives of Traditional Music, Hoagy Carmichael Collections 1920-1981 ~ Date: 1925
This file appears in: 1920s Bloomington
Martha, Hoagy, and Georgia Carmichael Outside House on Washington Avenue

While Hoagy was in college in the 20s, he lived with his family at 525 S. Washington Street. Hoagy claimed that this house was where his famous tune "Star Dust" was first born. In this photograph, Hoagy is pictured at the side of the house with his two younger sisters Martha and Georgia. Georgia was the subject of his song "Georgia" made popular by Ray Charles and now the official song of the state of Georgia.

This file appears in: 1920s Bloomington

By Monroe County History Center
Hoagy learned of Black life through socializing with Black communities in Indianapolis and Bloomington. He told a story in his autobiography The Stardust Road about spending many of those spring afternoons with friends out at Granny Campbell’s…