Add to ORKGDuring the Depression there were cost-cutting measures and smaller shows. The Salon was able to expand however when the W.H. Block Co. held the first Indianapolis version of the Hoosier Salon in April 1937. By 1941 the Association headquarters moved to Indianapolis and Block’s offered auditorium and office space to the Association for a Hoosier Art Gallery. By 1942 the first official Salon was held in Indianapolis just weeks after Pearl Harbor was attacked. The show was declared a triumph in spite of the war
Extensive remodeling of the store provided jobs to some 150 men in Depression-ridden Muncie. The sto...
The Strand Theatre was originally called the Metropolitan Theatre. Located at 148 West Washington St...
The 4-H Clubs Clothing and Canning exhibits are on display in the Women's Building on September 9, a...
In 1924, the Daughters of Indiana, a group of women from Indiana living in Chicago, held a tea where...
The Hoosier Salon continued in the 1980s at L.S. Ayres store but the Salon offices moved again. The ...
To mark the 60th anniversary in 1984 the Salon commissioned a poster featuring a painting of the 193...
On November 5, 1973 fire destroyed several buildings on east Washington Street. The Salon Gallery, l...
Sales at the store always attracted large crowds. [1924]Appears in Destination Indiana 2
In those early years the Hoosier Salon was open to artists who had lived in Indiana for at least one...
The Great Depression was well underway in 1933 when this Marion County rug-making display at the Sta...
This dramatic night view shows how Block's investment in the lighting along the roofline enabled him...
Illinois Street was a major thoroughfare in Indianapolis and a perfect location for Block's new stor...
A view of the William H. Block Department Store from the corner of Market and Illinois Streets in 19...
The department store retailing concept grew out of the nineteenth century dry goods retail trade. Dr...
The Indianapolis City Beautiful phase reached its zenith during the 1920s with construction of the I...
Extensive remodeling of the store provided jobs to some 150 men in Depression-ridden Muncie. The sto...
The Strand Theatre was originally called the Metropolitan Theatre. Located at 148 West Washington St...
The 4-H Clubs Clothing and Canning exhibits are on display in the Women's Building on September 9, a...
In 1924, the Daughters of Indiana, a group of women from Indiana living in Chicago, held a tea where...
The Hoosier Salon continued in the 1980s at L.S. Ayres store but the Salon offices moved again. The ...
To mark the 60th anniversary in 1984 the Salon commissioned a poster featuring a painting of the 193...
On November 5, 1973 fire destroyed several buildings on east Washington Street. The Salon Gallery, l...
Sales at the store always attracted large crowds. [1924]Appears in Destination Indiana 2
In those early years the Hoosier Salon was open to artists who had lived in Indiana for at least one...
The Great Depression was well underway in 1933 when this Marion County rug-making display at the Sta...
This dramatic night view shows how Block's investment in the lighting along the roofline enabled him...
Illinois Street was a major thoroughfare in Indianapolis and a perfect location for Block's new stor...
A view of the William H. Block Department Store from the corner of Market and Illinois Streets in 19...
The department store retailing concept grew out of the nineteenth century dry goods retail trade. Dr...
The Indianapolis City Beautiful phase reached its zenith during the 1920s with construction of the I...
Extensive remodeling of the store provided jobs to some 150 men in Depression-ridden Muncie. The sto...
The Strand Theatre was originally called the Metropolitan Theatre. Located at 148 West Washington St...
The 4-H Clubs Clothing and Canning exhibits are on display in the Women's Building on September 9, a...