That is what is displayed in the window of this house at 6207 Bellefontaine (pronounced bell fountain). In this circa 1900 photo, owners Charles H. and Louella Clare (Ringer) Pearce are standing in front with their daughter Blanche Pearce (Smith). The 6207 Bellefontaine address no longer exists. After the annexation of the Town of Broad Ripple by the City of Indianapolis in 1922, many of the streets were renamed and addresses renumbered. This was done to make the addresses conform, and to make the street names consistent with Indianapolis streets. Bellefontaine became Guilford, and 62nd Street became 63rd Street or Broad Ripple Avenue. The Pearce house would have been near today's Brothers Bar and Grill. In the 1940's Haag Drugs was at this corner.

An inspirational side note: In 1941, the young girl in this photo, Blanche, took her cousin out of his sixth grade class at School 80 for a day trip to Purdue. He spent the day with her son going to engineering classes and therefore decided that he wanted to become an engineer. Before that day, however, he had never heard of engineering. He went on to be the Director Of Engineering at the Naval Avionics Facility Indianapolis (NAFI) for over twenty years, and later became the CEO. He was later awarded a doctorate from Purdue. He showed his diploma to Blanche, then 89 years old, and the twinkle in her eye showed that she knew it started with her.

A single act of kindness can change a life.