The Floods of 1913
Postcards
Postcards of the Tornadoes and Floods of March 1913 - Indianapolis, Indiana
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Kingan Packing Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 27th March 1913
This unused postcard has just the printed text #16
Kingan and Company were a meat packing company and was in operation from 1862 to 1966 at Maryland and Blackford streets along White River. In 1845 Samuel Kingan opened a meat-packing plant in Northern Ireland and began a lucrative trade supplying salt pork to British ships. After plants in Brooklyn and Cincinnati burned, he opened an Indianapolis facility in 1862. Thomas Kingan, Samuel's brother was the first manager of the Indianapolis plant. In 1875, Kingan merged with another Belfast, Ireland. firm.J & T Sinclair. Family member W. R. Sinclair came to Indianapolis in 1906 and later directed the American opcrauon for 16 years. Many of Kingin original workers were Irish and some were recruited by the company in Ireland. Kingan employed more than 3,000 workers, including many of the city’s Irish and Eastern European immigrants, and its facility covered 27 acres on the city’s westside. Kingan was sold in 1952 and the building closed in 1966.
North Meridian Street Bridge, Indianapolis, Indiana
This unused postcard has the printed text...
3230
Woodworth Photo
Oliver Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana
This unused postcard has the printed text...
3231
Woodworth Photo
It also has an AZO stamp box which dates the postcard from between 1904 and 1918.
River Avenue, West Indianapolis, March 27, 1913
This postcard kindly submitted by Aaron Heckler.
West Washington Street Bridge, Indianapolis an hour before it collapsed
This unused postcard has no other printed text. It shows the phenomenon known as backwater very well.
The bridge was built in 1870 before being destroyed in 1913. The bridge was rebuilt in 1914. That bridge was closed to cars in 1982 and in 1994 became part of the White River State Park. Behind the brisge can be seen the Uneeda Biscuit factory that began life in 1821 as Acme Milling and then Acme Evans the makers of the regionally famous EZ Bake Flour.
White River from Washington St. Indianapolis, Indiana, March 25, 1913
This postcard kindly submitted by Aaron Heckler.
In the background can be seen the Uneeda Biscuit factory. Uneeda Biscuits were first manufactured in 1899 as a National Biscuit Company (Nabisco) brand.