Automobile service stations; Automobiles; Advertising; Signs (Notices); Buildings; Transportation
Address: 1200 S. Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Two automobiles are pulled up to the gas pumps at the Aetna Oil service station. The canopy over the pumps advertises, "Safe Pennzoil Lubrication. The Better Motor Fuel. Benzol-Gas. Power....
City & town life; Canopies; Stores & shops; Automobiles; Street railroad tracks; Bicycles & tricycles; Transportation
Address: 240-244 W. Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A man in a suit and white hat holds a "STOP" sign in the middle of the intersection at Third and Jefferson Streets in Louisville, Kentucky. The busy intersection includes...
Health care facilities; Hospitals; Automobiles; Buildings
Address: 1157 S. Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky. John N. Norton Memorial Infirmary faces Third Street. Two cars are parked by the curb in front of the four-story brick building. The left half of the building mimics the decorations of the right,...
Offices; Office workers; Telephones; Desks; Typewriters; People
Address: 309 S. Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Four employees of the Peoples Provident Association are shown in an office with large windows. A man is sitting at the largest desk with a phone in his hand. He wears a tie and a suit as does the...
Several boys pose for a picture at the pool in the Elks Club at the southwest corner of Third and Chestnut Streets in Louisville, Kentucky. Each boy wears a swimsuit that covers his torso. The pool area is decorated with tile. One boy sits on a...
Automobile service stations; Buildings; Transportation; Brick wall signs; Signs (Notices)
A Gulf service station sits at the corner of a street which is likely located in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. The lot has two tall lampposts with five white globes. Fuel pumps sit by a small brick building with terra cotta roof tiles. Cars are...
A sign for Berman Printing Company, Printers and Engravers, is attached to the corner of a building at Third and Main Streets in Louisville, Kentucky. Further along is the Louisville Chemical Company at 108-114 S. Third Street, followed by signs...
Buildings; Automobiles; Transportation; Dance halls; Garages; Electric signs; Signs (Notices)
Address: southeast corner of Third and Guthrie Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. The Madrid Ballroom, labeled with a neon sign indicating "Madrid / Dancing," opened in September 1929 as a dance hall in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. White...
This was the scene of an accident between a Jameson car and a Louisville Water Co. truck. The firm of Caufield & Shook often did photographic work for insurance companies. Beyond the intersection, stoplights, and utility poles, the Confederate...
Address: 604 S. Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A car is stopped at the traffic lights in front of the Henry Clay Hotel at the corner of Third Street at Chestnut Street. The brick and stone building has a suspended canopy above the entrance and...
Address: 604 S. Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Couches and chairs sit empty in the Henry Clay Hotel lobby. The registration desk is to the right with a clock above it. The ceiling includes ornate molding. Lighting is provided by two...
Address: 604 S. Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A double bed with a bedspread sits by two windows in this room at the Henry Clay Hotel. A dresser with a mirror and small lamp sits in the corner. A desk with blotter and a chair is against one...
Address: 604 S. Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Empty tables in the dining room of the Henry Clay Hotel. The tables have white cloths, carafes, and salt and pepper shakers on them. The chairs are dark wood. Near the windows is a large reception...
Churches; Religious facilities; Nightclubs; Buildings
Address: 539 S. Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky. On the left is the Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church. The church has a dome and cupola. On the right is the Madrid Ballroom. The Madrid Ballroom was added to the National Register of Historic...
Address: 539 S. Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The Madrid Building is shown with its sign advertising, "Bowling Dancing Billiards." On the first floor of the building is an entrance to a parking garage and Short's Tire Service. A...
Levy Brothers (Firm); Clothing stores; Stores & shops; Canopies; Buildings
The Levy Bros. store at 235 W. Market Street in the heart of downtown Louisville is shown with cloth canopies protecting its first floor display windows. A suspended canopy framed with glass globes covers the main entryway on Market Street. Cars...
Hospitals; Norton Infirmary (Louisville, Ky.); Health care facilities; Buildings; Automobiles; Transportation
Address: northeast corner of Third and Oak Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. Norton Infirmary is shown with people standing on curved stairway in front of the building. The lower level of the building is stone, while the upper floors are made of...
Stores & shops; Clothing & dress; Department stores
The interior of Loevenharts & Co. on the southeast corner of Third and Market Streets in Louisville, Kentucky, shows some of the wares of the store including clothing for men and boys. The display case in the center shows shirts and ties, and...
Automobile service stations; Signs (Notices); Dwellings; Houses; Buildings
Address: 602 W. Oak Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The Gulf Refining Company service station on Oak Street is shown. Gas pumps stand outside near a street lamp. Signs read "That Good Gulf Gasoline" and "Map and Touring...
Street railroads; Street railroad tracks; Buildings; Streets
Buildings on south side of Liberty Street (then Green Street), looking toward Third Street in 1895. Two trolleys are about to pass each other on the street, and wires crisscross the street between three-story telephone poles. Title supplied by...
