Guards controlling crowd at Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky, May 4, 1935. Guards wearing trench coats and bucket hats with chin straps mingle and observe the crowd at Churchill Downs, mainly behind a chicken wire fence....
Kentucky Derby grandstand crowd at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky, May 5, 1934. A crowd stands in the clearing between two pavilions at Churchill Downs.
Portraits; Men; Women; People associated with entertainment & sports; Business people
Samuel A. Culbertson of Louisville, Kentucky wearing a bowler, sitting at what looks to be Churchill Downs with a woman, possibly his wife. He was President of Churchill Downs. Photograph has been painted on and cut down the middle.
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Judges; Government officials; People associated with education & communication
Portrait of Judge Churchill Humphrey of Louisville, Kentucky. He has a freestyle mustache and jacket with striped tie. The photograph has been painted on, attempting to accentuate small details, and is torn, discolored, and creased. Stamped on...
New grandstand, clubhouse, Pari-Mutuel and administration buildings at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky . At the side of the track at Churchill Downs is a grandstand with a twin-steepled roof. There are buildings left and right of the...
A view of the Churchill Downs horse racetrack, clubhouse, and surrounding environs, taken from an airplane (one wing of which appears in the image). A caption beneath the image reads, "Early 20's Birdseye view of Churchill Downs - Notice...
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...
Two men row a raft through flooded street in front of Churchill Downs racetrack during 1937 Flood. Handwritten on bottom of mounted print: "R.G. Potter, Collection / University [crossed out] of Louisville Trustees [crossed out] / During the...
Street railroads; Street railroad tracks; Buildings; Louisville Railway Company; Churchill Downs (Louisville, Ky. : Racetrack); Transportation
Address: 700 Central Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. People cross in front of streetcar 1109 in front of the Churchill Downs entrance. The men wear suits or shirts with their sleeves rolled up and many have light-colored hats with a dark band. One...
Presentation Stand ceremony, Derby 1934, Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky, May 5, 1934. Caption on back: "Mack Garner after 1934 victory on Cavalcade." A small crowd packs the stairs and box at the entrance to the presentation stand....
Carpenters building and remodeling at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky. A man facing the camera saws a board, and to his right a man facing away from the camera looks up at a wood kiosk. The men are within a pillared, roofed area with one...
Kentucky Derby infield crowd at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky, May 4, 1935. At the crowd's left, a sign over a building says in backwards writing, "Not Official." (This error likely occurred when the print was made from a...
Kentucky Derby infield crowd in rain at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky, May 4, 1935. There is only one umbrella in the crowd grouped shoulder to shoulder behind a chicken wire fence. Close to the fence is the profile of a young man in a cap.
Kentucky Derby infield crowd in rain at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky, May 4, 1935. There is only one umbrella in the crowd grouped shoulder to shoulder behind a chicken wire fence. Close to the fence is the profile of a young man in a cap.
Kentucky Derby crowd in boxes at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky, May 4, 1935. Below a shadow, the crowd stands from two levels of railed boxes; the upper rail is ornate and the lower rail is simple. Below the boxes, more spectators stand...
Kentucky Derby crowd at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky, May 4, 1935. Side view of crowd standing below the grandstand, with the track at the left. Many in the crowd are men wearing white hats with dark bands.
Kentucky Derby grandstand crowd at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky, May 5, 1934. Men and women stand cheering from the stands, some of them leaning over the rails. The photograph has been touched up with paint.
View from boxes during Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky, May 5, 1934. Men and women stand cheering from the boxes. The second tier of boxes is edged by an ornate rail. The photograph has been touched up with paint.
Kentucky Derby grandstand crowd at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky, May 5, 1934. Horses and riders walk on the track as a packed crowd watches from the grandstand in the foreground of the photograph.
