Indianapolis: Indianapolis Journal Newspaper Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket; Light crease at head of front endpaper. Spine ends bumped and rubbed. Corners rubbed and tail corners rubbed through cloth to boards. Short stain at tail of fore edge on back cover. Scattered light dings to the head and tail edges of the covers. Spine faintly darkened. 1902. No edition stated; No printing stated. Hardcover. A turn-of-the-century history of Indianapolis Indiana "and description of the capital of Indiana with over three hundred illustrations from photographs made expressly for the work." Descriptions and photographs divided thus in the Contents: Index, Historical (historic information), Indianapolis at Present (area; population; wealth; statistics), The Rule of the City (city; county and state government; officers; courts), Protection and Correction (police; fire; military; militia; salvage corps; detectives; prisons; houses of correction), Thoroughfares and Adornments (streets; avenues; parks; squares; drives; monuments; statues; fountains), Churches and Charity (cathedrals; churches; synagogues; institutions for the poor and unfortunate; homes and asylums; temporary relief), Overhead and Underfoot (bridges; tunnels; sewers; water; lighting by gas and electricity; utilities), Transportation and Transit (railroads: steam, electric, and interurban; express and transfer companies), Life in the Hoosier Capital (hotels; inns; cafes; restaurants; apartment houses; flats; homes; clubs; places of amusement), General Culture (educational institutions; art museums; scientific, literary, musical, and kindred institutions; libraries), The Sanitary Organizations (Board of Health and health statistics; hospitals; dispensaries; morgues; curative institutions; insane and other asylums), Journalism and Publishing (newspapers and periodicals; books, music, and other publishing), Notable Manufacturers (prominent industries carried on or represented in Indianapolis), Financial, insurance, and Commercial Institutions (banks; brokers; clearing house, trust, and security companies; safe deposit; insurance companies), Notable Wholesale Establishments (concerns whose transactions involve millions of dollars), Notable Retail Establishments (interesting and prominent retail concerns). A "booster" publication that is actually an excellent, concise snapshot of Indianapolis as it entered the 20th century. Text goes beyond the general and delves into neighborhoods and sections of the city. Extensive index. Textured cloth on boards with illustrated cover. With the tiny ownership stamp of E.M. Lutz and the blind stamp of Jack McKim Vorhies, noted numismatic author on obsolete bank notes. Essential to the historian. No edition or subsequent printings stated: assumed 1st. Quite scarce, actually. Clean and VG.; Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 380 pages .