Dunn Meadow

ID: 2036 ~ Source: Photo Courtesy of Monroe County History Center ~ Creator: Rod Spaw ~ Date: 2019

This file appears in: Hoagy Carmichael Growing Up in Bloomington

You're looking northeast at Dunn Meadow on the Indiana University campus. The large open field was and still is used for a variety of campus programs and athletics. In Hoagy's childhood days, the meadow was the site of neighborhood baseball games as well.

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In his unpublished memoir Jazzbanders, Hoagy said of his hometown, “Bloomington offered everything.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…