Heads up! Featuring a 100-foot-long “assembly line” carrying Indiana products, much of this gallery is suspended overhead creatively showcasing Indiana industry from 1920 to 1950. The gallery explores the changing nature of work in Indiana, including the increase of mass-produced products, during this period when more people lived in towns than in farms.
And did you know that fluoride toothpaste, the personal digital satellite system and the Breathalyzer test are just a few of the innovations from Indiana’s past? Look up in this gallery to see the innovations developed during this era.
Without a doubt, in this chapter of Indiana’s Story, plants thrived in Indiana—both manufacturing plants and farm crops. The state’s unusual mix of industry and agriculture nurtured steady, stable growth.
Hoosiers welcomed the increasing prosperity, but they didn’t always welcome the new neighbors that came with prosperity. Jobs attracted both immigrants and migrant workers, bringing social changes that ignited tension and friction. The intolerance and bigotry of the Ku Klux Klan also sparked violent conflicts.