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Fountain in University Park with Chamber of Commerce Building behind, Indianapolis, Indiana, circa 1940

Subjects
Commercial BuildingsMonuments & MemorialsPublic Parks & Commons
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1930 (White Border)
Front of Fountain in University Park with Chamber of Commerce Building behind, Indianapolis, Indiana, circa 1940, c. 1930 linen postcard
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Back of Fountain in University Park with Chamber of Commerce Building behind, Indianapolis, Indiana, circa 1940, c. 1930 linen postcard
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A multi-tiered fountain topped by a bronze figure rises among trees in University Park, with a tall tan-brick office tower — the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Building — filling the background. The fountain is the Depew Memorial Fountain, sculpted by Alexander Stirling Calder and dedicated in 1919 in what is now the Indiana World War Memorial Plaza. The Chamber of Commerce Building, a 1920s skyscraper on North Meridian Street, stood beside the plaza until it was demolished in the 1970s.

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PublisherMorris Brothers Company
FOUNTAIN IN UNIVERSITY PARK, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUILDING IN BACKGROUND, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA 16 --- University Park is one of Indianapolis' beautiful public parks. The building of the Chamber of Commerce is shown in the background. PUB. BY MORRIS BROTHERS COMPANY, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA "TICHNOR QUALITY VIEWS" REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. MADE ONLY BY TICHNOR BROS. INC. BOSTON, MASS. POST CARD PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE MADE IN U.S.A 63613
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PublisherMorris Brothers Company
ConditionVery good
Place depictedUniversity Park, Indianapolis, IN
Place depictedChamber of Commerce, Indianapolis, IN
NotesLinen-textured stock with visible crosshatch grain; no white border; printed number "16" at the end of the caption line. No postmark. Divided back; linen texture; no white border; printed Tichnor/Morris Bros. imprint; unused.

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Fountain in University Park with Chamber of Commerce Building behind, Indianapolis, Indiana, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/fountain-in-university-park-with-chamber-of-commerce-buildin. Accessed October 25, 2026.