#Indiana history

[bloodtiesandbrickways]

Indiana Fact #1:

The Indianapolis Freeman (or more simply The Freeman) was the first illustrated Black-owned newspaper in the United States, publishing from 1884 to 1926. It employed a full staff of Black artists and illustrators and had a circulation of 25,000 copies. It closed due to the inflation caused by World War I and due to competition from another Black-owned newspaper, the Indianapolis Recorder.

(source)

#black history #black journalism #indiana history #american history

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

Caption from the back on the photograph reads: “Members of the Indiana national guard air corps unloading ammunition and tear gas shells and bombs consigned to national guard troops who moved in to Terre Haute, IN, Aug. 3, to relieve the besieged 65 workmen in the Dixie Bee Coal Mine. The arrival of additional state militia planes forced the union pickets to abandon their two-day siege of the non-union workers.”

Photograph courtesy of the Edward Levinson Collection.

#terre haute #coal miners #coal mining #strike #picket line #picketing #picketers #strikebreakers #scabs #indiana national guard #indiana history #terror from the air #tear gas #the great depression #scenes from the class struggle

[sovietpussy]

Knightstown, IN Celebrates its First Poop Transplant

Entire Knightstown population gathers to witness history.

#indiana history #Knightstown #science #miracles

[illustratus]

Knights attempting a Leap of Faith to reach the Holy Grail

— Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

#knights #knight #holy grail #grail #graal #indiana jones #indiana jones and the last crusade #knights templar #medieval #middle ages #chivalry #art #crusades #crusaders #templars #templar #crusade #crusader #history #film #films #cinema #religion #arthurian #esoteric #christian #christianity #christendom #religious #chain mail

[vintagecamping]

A gentleman is using the hatchback of his International Scout II XLC to prep his fishing rod in Fort Wayne.

Indiana

1977

#vintage camping #campfire light #indiana #international scout #harvester #fishing #road trips #history #camping #1977

[yeoldenews]

Two different approaches newspapers took for printing kids’ completely illegible Dear Santa letters:

(source: The Grove (OK) Sun, Decemeber 23, 1920.)

and

(source: The Muncie (IN) Morning News, December 23, 1898.)

#Dear Santa #kids #old newspapers #1920s #1890s #history #christmas #oklahoma #indiana #ye olde keyboard smash

[ochipi]

Weird thing I have done as an archaeologist 2

Teaching students how to describe soil colors, but you’ve got no clue what greyish-brown or brownish-grey is yourself

I’ve probably eaten dead Roman

Trowel throwing competitions

Giving names to skeletons you’re excavating

You’re on a constant field walk. Architecture, place names, street signs... You spot it all

Comparing weather app predictions with your colleagues

Collecting pretty stones, preferably quartz or silex

Being very possessive over a shovel

Trying to find north without a compass so the lot of us are standing there hoping the sun breaks through

Bonus addition: I’ve seen plenty of archaeologists who collect broken bits of ceramic smoking pipes and they hold competitions to who has more, measured by weight

#archaeology #history #indiana jones #archaeology problems #archaeology meme #geology #archaeology stereotypes #archaeology humor #field archaeology #field archaeologist #geology meme #history meme #ancient egypt #ancient rome

[moodboard-d]

#moodboard #aesthetic #icons #indie #pinterest #naturecore #paleontology #paleocore #paleoblr #history #museum #archeology #indiana jones #travel #beige moodboard #dinosaur

[heavenskiriot]

The Treasury الخزنة | Petra, Jordan

Tumblr | Instagram | Society6

#The Treasury #Petra #Jordan #الخزنة #middle east #asia #travel #wanderlust #seven wonders #archaeology #ancient history #indiana jones #Al-Khazneh #photographers on tumblr #canon photos #original photography #original photographers #lensblr

[20th-century-railroading]

Specialized hauling

A very special high and wide movement pauses in Griffith, Indiana. Couldn't have been that hot though, the crew was uptown at beans when I shot this.

Griffith, Indiana. January 1975.

#ej&e #elgin joliet & eastern #1975 #trains #freight train #history #griffith #indiana

[forever70s]

students at Indiana University's Black Market, a cultural & commercial center (1968)

#indiana university #black history month #yearbook #1968 #60s fashion #60s friends

[yesterdaysprint]

Muncie Evening Press, Indiana, January 21, 1926

#1920s #roaring 20s #jazz age #vintage #history #newspapers #historic #indiana #muncie #1926 #bandit #cartoonist #cartoons

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

“La Liberté du Travail,” Le Petit Journal (Montreal). November 13, 1932. Page 21. --- A Pimento, dans I'Indiana, des mineurs ont été au travail sous la protection des mitrailleuses de l’armée, car les grévistes qu'ils n’avaient pas voulu suivre leur avaient fait de sérieuses menaces.

[AL: The ‘freedom to work’ argument, used often today in ‘right to work’ states, here trotted out by a Montreal newspaper about a Indiana coal mining strike.]

#pimento indiana #indiana national guard #machine gunners #coal mining #coal miners #strike #picket line #picketing #picketers #scabs #scenes from the class struggle #crackdown #indiana history #the great depression

[harmonictechnicality]

So for no particular reason other than terminal brainrot, I spent my morning researching if Indiana had any notable theme parks…

Now mostly, they have water parks. Which, okay fine. That’s good to know too. But also, there used to be a theme park in the mid 80s to late 90s that had an entire Renaissance Fair Village as one of its attractions. The whole article and wiki page on this place is super interesting (and tragic), so I highly recommend reading it if you’re as into defunct theme parks as I am.

But I just know that our fantasy-loving metalhead was there opening day in 1983 to fuck up a turkey leg and watch some jousting tournaments. He probably went every weekend and was thrilled to learn the construction plans were to build bigger attractions. Thrill rides. Roller coasters.

That is, until, he found out who the park owner was: the most popular guy at his high school’s father. And as much as Eddie hates the rich and despises Steve Harrington’s undeniable charm…

… He’ll do just about anything for a discount.

#and by ‘anything’ I mean Eddie is willing to barter drugs to Steve to get free tickets #did I just make up a fic plot by spiraling into Indiana theme park history? #yes. #no I am not ashamed #cringey maybe - but not ashamed #steddie #steddie drabble

[illustratus]

The Leap Of Faith - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

#holy grail #grail #graal #art #indiana jones and the last crusade #indiana jones #crusader #knight #crusaders #knights #crusade #crusades #film #history #medieval #middle ages #christianity #christian #religion #religious

[deadpresidents]

"He's All Right." was genuinely one of the slogans of Benjamin Harrison's 1888 campaign for President. They didn't even use an exclamation point. It was just "He's All Right." with a period.

He won!

Or maybe I should say: "He won."

(Photo courtesy of the Indiana Historical Society's website.)

#History #Presidents #Benjamin Harrison #President Harrison #Presidential History #Presidential Elections #Presidential Campaigns #Campaign Slogans #1888 Election #Harrison-Morton '88 #He's All Right. #Indiana Historical Society #Elections #Campaigns #Election History #Politics #Presidential Politics #Political History