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Brand/Publisher: Indianapolis Convention and Visitors Bureau, Inc.; Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Item: Original vintage Welcome to Indianapolis travel brochure and city information folder produced on behalf of the City of Indianapolis and distributed through Hotel Williams.
Front cover design features the script title Welcome to Indianapolis in a white oval cartouche above a sepia-toned photographic montage of major downtown landmarks including the Indiana World War Memorial, the Soldiers and Sailors Monument on Monument Circle, and surrounding high-rise buildings.
Back panel carries the printed message On behalf of The City of Indianapolis this folder is provided as an expression of Good Will and Hoosier Hospitality, along with the red HOTEL WILLIAMS imprint and credit line for the Indianapolis Convention and Visitors Bureau, Inc., 1201 Roosevelt Building, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Opening interior panels present an Indianapolis heading with sections on Location and Accessibility, Hotels, Convention and Exhibit Facilities, and Points of Interest, accompanied by a wide photographic view of race cars and packed grandstands at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Interior spread titled Information About Indianapolis provides concise statistical summaries under headings such as General, Population, City and County, Commerce and Industry, Business Indices, Transportation, Education, Universities and Colleges, Religion, and Culture and Recreation.
Surrounding these text blocks are black-and-white photographs of prominent civic and cultural sites including the Fairgrounds Coliseum, Butler Fieldhouse, Indiana Roof Ballroom, Murat Temple, the State Capitol, American Legion National Headquarters, and the War Memorial.
Format and appearance: tall narrow tri-fold travel brochure printed in black and sepia on off-white paper, opening to a multi-panel layout combining promotional text, statistical information, and captioned city landmark photographs aimed at visitors, convention planners, and collectors of Indianapolis ephemera.
Notes: Desirable mid-20th-century Indianapolis tourism piece of interest to collectors of Indiana travel brochures, Indianapolis Motor Speedway memorabilia, and vintage American city promotion literature.
