Photograph album, 1914-1928.

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Photograph album, 1914-1928.

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This collection consists of one album of photographs of Riverdale, James Allison's estate in Indianapolis, from 1914-1928, along with text from Sarah Allison's "The Building of Riverdale by Sarah." The text discusses the building process and Sarah's memory of each room. There are thirty-eight photographs showing the exterior of the house and the landscape and formal gardens, as well as the great hall, music room, dining room, bedrooms, breakfast room, sun porch, sleeping porch, the master bathroom, library, card room, and aviary.

1 photograph album.

Indiana Historical Society Library

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Indiana Historical Society Library

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Allison, James, 1872-1928

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James Ashbury Allison was born in 1872 in Marcellus, Michigan. The Allison family moved to South Bend, Indiana in 1874 and eventually settled in Indianapolis in 1880. James Allison's father Noah operated the Allison Coupon Company, printing coupon books for coal mine company stores. James took over the business when his father died in 1890. Allison's rise to fortune started with his partnership with Carl Fisher and Percy Avery. They began manufacturing carbide gas-based headlights and their Pres...

Allison, Sarah E.

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Jensen, Jens, 1860-1951

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Mormon from Cottonwood Ward, Utah. From the description of History of Alexander H. Hill Richards, 1930. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 503404173 From the guide to the History of Alexander H. Hill Richards, 1930, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Jens Jensen was one of America's most visionary prairie school landscape architects. Born in 1860 in Denmark, Jensen emigrated to the United States in 1884, settling in Chicago, where he was hired a...

Riverdale (Indianapolis, Ind.)

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