Connie Zeigler

Gold-Medal Effort

Out of the gate.

From that first weekend to the 11-day extravaganza it is today, Black Expo has blossomed.

The details of Jim Jones’s wedding to Marceline Baldwin belied the bizarre twists their life together would take.

For these boys and girls, the most important car race of the year isn’t the Indianapolis 500; it’s the Soap Box Derby.

The female “Miller” behind Miller House & Garden.

How a top Indianapolis florist planted the seeds of her own destiny.

As the name implies, these clubs were for boys only.

“Steele’s page, on the other hand, was considered both beautiful and educational, teaching young readers tolerance and important topics of the day.”

The first designer to win the Coty Award, fashion’s equivalent of the Oscars, when it was introduced in 1943.

Lined up for a Thanksgiving parade, the neatly attired Station K newsboys in this photograph look like fresh-faced youngsters straight out of central casting.

An officer and a gentleman.

Indy’s first public pool made quite a splash.

Indianapolis Brewing Company took the gold ribbon at every World’s Fair between 1900 and 1915.

The years 1978 to 1985 were downtown Indy’s own Ice Age.