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Step back to the swinging sixties in Indianapolis—where tennis legends lounged at the Riviera Club, Purdue’s Golden Girl led the marching band, and lifeguards battled the sun. Shoppers flooded shoe stores, fairgoers lined up for rides, and deputies tackled street washouts. Indiana Bell operators fielded wild calls about freezing peaches. Meanwhile, kids got polio shots, Gus Grissom soared into space, and ads warned of fallout shelters. The Marion County Courthouse came down, a chimp named Kimmie helped build a zoo, and a solar eclipse peeked through clouds. Peaceful marches echoed downtown, while fishing, Beatles premieres, and Jayne Mansfield’s 500 Festival sightings turned the city into a cultural hub. By ’65, shopping centers rose, Notre Dame coaches golfed, and Lady Bird Johnson visited. The sixties? A whirlwind of big moments and tiny joys, all captured in these vintage snapshots.

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