Ivorys Saloon, Indianapolis, Indiana, circa 1900

Description:	Glass negative depicting a man wearing an apron toasting with a glass of beer in the doorway of Ivorys Saloon and sample room. On the corner is an Indianapolis Brewing Company sign promoting the local beer. The two-story brick building, built in the Federal style, was located on the northeast corner of South Illinois and West South Street. To the left (north) are brick Italianate buildings with a second-floor balcony housing the Home Laundry (address 375 South Illinois) and a Flour Depot. The Home Laundry was owned by E. S. Eberhardt.Scratched into the dry plate glass negative is Indaples [?] Ind.Peter J. Ivory (1871-1917) owned this saloon from about 1898 until his death in1917. He is listed in the 1900 census as a 29-year-old saloonkeeper, renting the space at 377 South Illinois. Also living there was his brother Frank Ivory, a 24-year-old bartender; 37 year-old saloon porter William F. Sweeney; and three male lodgers. The corner buildings 2nd floor was eventually removed, but the first floor remains as of 2022.George Hoppe purchased the corner lot in 1861 and erected this brick building before his death in May 1868. [A history of this building appears in the Indianapolis Star, September 19, 1926, p. 32. Note that in 1887 the address was 199 South Illinois. After 1898 it was 377 South Illinois.]
Origin:	1900, circa
Source:	http://indianaalbum.pastperfectonline.com/photo/EB8B5412-1C65-4E2B-8803-794352820590
Collection:	Indiana Album
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Geography:	377 South Illinois Street, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States
Subjects:	Deedee Davis Collection Bars Bartenders Storefronts Laundries (Rooms & spaces) Federal style Wholesale District (Indianapolis, Ind.) Indianapolis (Ind.) Marion County (Ind.)

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