Joe Lazarus, Louisville attorney, stands with one leg on the running board of a 1927 Packard sedan, holding open the car's passenger door. The car is parked outside a building that appears to be the main branch of the Louisville Free Public...
View of Fourth Street south of Chestnut Street in Louisville, Kentucky. It appears to be winter: the trees are bare and there may be some snow on the road. Handwritten on bottom of mounted print: "4th St. looking north toward Chestnut...
Baseball players; Athletes; Group portraits; Uniforms
Handwritten on photo of scrapbook page (Image number P_02588): "'Pee-Wee' Reese 'The Bat Boy'. New Covenant Presbyterian Church team, 37 & Broadway, July 31, 1931 R. G. Potter, Collection. Top Row - J. Wilton, Keith Sparks (Mgr.) M....
Theaters; Motion picture theaters; Cultural facilities; Group portraits; Children;
Children gathered in front of the Alamo Theatre, 444 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Sign advertises movie: "Spencer Tracy 'Young America' Doris Kenyon, Startling Tender Thrilling Entertainment." Title supplied by cataloger.
Theaters; Motion picture theaters; Cultural facilities; Buildings; Interiors
Interior of Alamo Theatre (movie theatre in Louisville, Kentucky), photographed from back of theater. The theater was razed circa 1930. Handwritten on bottom of mounted print: "Alamo Theatre; R.G. Potter Collection; Alamo Theater 441-443 So....
Parades & processions; American Legion; Spectators
American Legion Parade at corner of Third Street and Broadway, downtown Louisville, Kentucky, circa 1929. Soldiers marching, carrying flags and rifles. Title supplied by cataloger.
Dining room of American Restaurant at 431 West Market Street. Tables set for four make three columns down the room, with potted plants dispersed and standing coat racks dispersed throughout the area. The room is unoccupied. Title supplied by...
Group portrait of nine men standing in front of the entrance to American Restaurant at 431 West Market Street. The storefront is a collection of glass windows, and patrons can be seen inside. Title supplied by cataloger.
Three-story brick Speed apartment building in Old Louisville neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. Handwritten on back of print: "107 W. Kentucky St." Title supplied by cataloger.
Parades & processions; Horses; Flags--United States
Horse-drawn carriage full of people holding American flags, waving and smiling. Handwritten on bottom of mounted print: "R.G. Potter, Collection; Armistice Day Nov 11-1918 A wagon load of celebrants in front of Citizens Union Bank on Jefferson...
Parades & processions; Celebrations; World War, 1914-1918; People; Streets
Scene in downtown Louisville after Armistice Parade has ended and thousands of people mill about on the sidewalks and trash-covered streets. American flags hang from the windows of several buildings. Title supplied by cataloger.
Auditoriums; Theaters; Cultural facilities; Buildings
Ampitheatre Auditorium in Louisville, Kentucky, built by William F. Norton Jr. in 1889 from material salvaged from the Southern Exposition, and razed in 1904 following Norton's death in 1903. Handwritten on mounted print: "Auditorium, S.W....
Men examine early aviation accident at Churchill Downs. Biplane wing appears to have broken in what R.G. Potter described as a "slight mishap" that occurred when American aviation pioneer Glen H. Curtiss brought two planes to Churchill...
Biplane landing during first aviation flight in Kentucky staged by American aviation pioneer Glen H. Curtiss, June 18, 1910 at Churchill Downs racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky. Title supplied by cataloger.
Biplane preparing to take off during the first aviation flight staged by American aviation pioneer Glen H. Curtiss at Churchill Downs racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky on June 18, 1910. Title supplied by cataloger.
Baseball players; Athletes; Group portraits; Parkway Field (Louisville, Ky.)
Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig with Louisville Colonels baseball team, Parkway Field, Louisville, Kentucky, October 24, 1928. Babe Ruth is wearing Bustin Babes jersey and Lou Gehrig is wearing Larrupin Lou's jersey. Photo included in R.G. Potter's book:...
