Foxs Restaurant, Indianapolis, Indiana, circa 1935
| Description: |
Frank Fox and family opened their new Foxs Jail House restaurant and bar in 1933. The jail-themed business was located just east of downtown on the southeast corner of East Washington Street and Highland Avenue and aimed to appeal to a 1930s public fascinated with gangsters and John Dillinger on the loose.This card is a few years after the opening, when the jail theme had been toned down a bit, but some elements remain. In the back of the restaurant is a sign that says Foxs Jail Birds, where customers could dine in cells. In the main dining room, however, formica and chrome popular in the 1940s dominate. A counter with a row of stools lines the left, booths on the right next to the window, and a row of four-top tables down the middle.The jail house theme lasted about ten years, but by the 1940s the family redecorated in a much more upscale manner and was known as Foxs Steak House. (See Object ID # ia-0021-0696 for another view). |
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| Origin: | 1945, circa |
| Source: |
http://indianaalbum.pastperfectonline.com/photo/7A188B80-936D-402F-BADB-914147529725 |
| Collection: |
Indiana Album |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
| Geography: |
1205-13 East Washington Street, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States |
| Subjects: |
Evan Finch Collection Restaurants Indianapolis (Ind.) Marion County (Ind.) |
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