Skyline View of Indianapolis From the Top of the Severin Hotel, October 27, 1925

This skyline view of Indianapolis was taken from the roof of the Severin Hotel in October 1925. The camera is looking north up Illinois Street. The view shows South Illinois Street filled with pedestrians, automobiles, and streetcars. The Lincoln Hotel is on the left at the intersection of Washington Street and Kentucky Avenue. It was built in 1921 by Rubush & Hunter.The original nitrate negative was copied with funds provided by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission in 1990. This digital image was created from that copy. The copy prints and negatives are stored in Microfiche Number order. Interpositives are stored in PAN number order