Bloomington 1906

ID: 2031 ~ Creator: Photo Courtesy of the Indiana University Archives ~ Date: ca. 1906

This file appears in: Hoagy Carmichael Growing Up in Bloomington

This map of Bloomington circa 1902-1906 shows how close Hoagy's childhood home on Dunn Street was to the University campus, Dunn Meadow and the Jordan River, Hoagy's childhood hangouts.

This file appears in: Hoagy Carmichael Growing Up in Bloomington

Hoagy Carmichael Growing Up in Bloomington

By Monroe County History Center

In his unpublished memoir Jazzbanders, Hoagy said of his hometown, “Bloomington offered everything. Creeks, ponds, rabbits, circuses and wide open spaces. I could cross a dusty street here in my bare feet without the aid of a traffic cop.” The…