Bowen-Merrill Company
| Description: |
Originally called the Bobbs-Merrill Company, the Bowen-Merrill Company first opened as a bookstore in 1850 and eventually published its first book in 1866. In 1885, the firm merged with Bowen, Stewart and Co., creating Bowen-Merrill Company, creating a company that combined a bookstore, book publishing and a wholesale business. The company published a variety of famous Indiana authors including James Whitcomb Riley. The image shows a series of store fronts in the background, with Bowen Merrill Company being the predominant one. There are several tram cars in the fore ground and a number of people walking along the sidewalk in front of the store fronts. Source: Bodenhamer and Barrows, “The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis”, 1994. |
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| Origin: | 1898 |
| Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16066coll13/id/2654 |
| Collection: |
Indiana State Library Photograph Collections |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/ |
| Copyright: |
In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted |
| Geography: |
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States |
| Subjects: |
photographs books booksellers bookstores Bowen-Merrill Company business business enterprises buildings Indianapolis (Ind.) streets cities and towns streetcars men women pedestrians |
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