Street View, 1923

ID: 375 ~ Source: W.H. Bass Photo Company Collection, Indiana Historical Society ~ Creator: W.H. Bass Photo Company ~ Date: 1923
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Street View, 1923

The School for the Blind sits to the right behind the newly completed Veteran’s Plaza. The Scottish Rite Cathedral is on the left. William Spering, Mary Spering, and Lewis Laforgue sold the school’s land to the state on February 26, 1847 for $5,000. Image Courtesy of W.H. Bass Photo Company Collection, Indiana Historical Society.

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By Jordan B. Ryan
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