Shortridge High School is a public high school located in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Shortridge is the home of the International Baccalaureate and arts and humanities programs of the Indianapolis Public Schools district (IPS). Originally known as Indianapolis High School, it opened in 1864 and is Indiana's oldest free public high school. New Albany High School (1853) was Indiana's first public high school, but was not initially free.
Shortridge High School.
Shortridge High School in 1904
Front page of The Daily Echo from February 13, 1902.
Kurt Vonnegut was an American writer and humorist known for his satirical and darkly humorous novels. He published 14 novels, three short-story collections, five plays, and five nonfiction works over fifty-plus years; further collections have been published since his death.
Vonnegut in 1965
Vonnegut in army uniform during World War II
Dresden in 1945. More than 90% of the city's center was destroyed.
Vonnegut with his wife Jane and children (from left to right): Mark, Edith and Nanette, in 1955