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Nicknames and slogans that successfully create a new community "ideology or myth" [2] are also believed to have economic value. [1] Their economic value is difficult to measure, [ 1 ] but there are anecdotal reports of cities that have achieved substantial economic benefits by " branding " themselves by adopting new slogans.
The nickname “City of Railroads” was first used in the Indianapolis Locomotive of September 1849, two years after the arrival of the Indianapolis and Madison Railroad and four years before the opening of the world's first union station in the city. It was frequently used through the 1870s. [1]
Interior of a party store. Specialist stores selling supplies for parties began developing in the late 1970s in the United States and rapidly expanded into the 1990s. [1] They can offer a wide variety of products, and will often stock seasonal items for holidays—such as Christmas or New Year. [2] Commonly stocked merchandise may include: [3] [4]
L. Strauss & Co. was a distinctly upscale department store chain headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. The store was founded in 1853 and declared bankruptcy 140 years later in 1993. The store originally was named the Eagle Clothing Company.
With the death of H. P. Wasson in 1910, and his son Kenard Wasson in 1912, the store was sold to Gustave A. Efroymson and his brother-in-law Louis P. Wolf. The chain would eventually consist of seven stores with the flagship store located at 2 West Washington Street in downtown Indianapolis. Efroymson was president of the company from 1912 to 1930.
The William H. Block Company was a department store chain in Indianapolis and other cities in Indiana. It was founded in 1874 by Herman Wilhelm Bloch, an immigrant from Austria-Hungary who had Americanized his name to William H. Block. The main store was located at 9 East Washington Street in Indianapolis in 1896.
Party America is a chain of stores that sell supplies for parties such as balloons, party favors, cards, seasonal items (e.g. fog machines for Halloween). [1]There are 144 total Party America stores (not counting Paper Warehouse, the party store chain Party America owns) and they are located in 46 states (counting Paper Warehouse stores).
L. S. Ayres and Company was a department store based in Indianapolis, Indiana, and founded in 1872 by Lyman S. Ayres.Over the years its Indianapolis flagship store, which opened in 1905 and was later enlarged, became known for its women's fashions, the Tea Room, holiday events and displays, and the basement budget store.