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Monument Place looking northeast from Market Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, circa 1910

Subjects
Monuments & MemorialsStreet ScenesTown & City Views
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1907 (Golden Age)
Front of Monument Place looking northeast from Market Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, circa 1910, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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Back of Monument Place looking northeast from Market Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, circa 1910, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

The view looks northeast across Monument Place (now Monument Circle) in Indianapolis, with the base and lower sculptural groups of the Soldiers' and Sailors Monument filling the right foreground, an ornamental lamp post and small lawn in the center, and a streetcar-less open plaza where pedestrians and a horse-drawn wagon move about. Behind the circle stand a red-brick commercial block with a corner turret, a Gothic-style stone church with a tall spire, and several office buildings. The Indiana Soldiers' and Sailors Monument, designed by Bruno Schmitz, was completed in 1901 and anchors the center of the city; Christ Church (Episcopal), visible at left, stood on the Circle until it was demolished in the 1950s.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

from Papa Nov 16 - 08.

PublisherMajestic Publishing Company
Monument Place looking northeast from Market, Indianapolis, Ind. --- Post Card THIS SPACE FOR CORRESPONDENCE THIS SPACE FOR ADDRESS ONLY Majestic Publishing Company, Indianapolis.
PostmarkedIndianapolis, IN, November 15, 1908, 13:30
Stamp
Addressed to
Miss Charlotte Houser

Annesburg

Postcard record

Postmarked, Indianapolis, IN
PublisherMajestic Publishing Company
ConditionGood
Place addressedMiss Charlotte Houser, Highland House, Annesburg
Place depictedSoldiers' and Sailors Monument, Indianapolis, IN
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902
NotesColour-printed card with no border; light edge and corner wear, image intact. Postmark: INDIANAPOLIS, IND. NOV 15 1:30 PM 1908. Divided-back private card with Majestic Publishing Co. imprint; 1¢ Franklin stamp; light soiling and edge wear.

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Monument Place looking northeast from Market Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/monument-place-looking-northeast-from-market-street-indianap. Accessed October 24, 2026.