The importance of physical activity in preventing disease and promoting health is increasingly evident in health outcomes research. Although most adults in the U.S. have initiated exercise programs at some point in their lives, research suggests...
Real estate business; Real estate development; Land subdivision; Planning drawings
Plan for Seneca Gardens subdivision, bounded by Broadmeade Ave., Trevilian Way, Woodbourne Ave., and Gladstone Ave. (now Seneca Valley Road), with Seneca Park at top and Cherokee and Douglas Parks at left. Development on this tract began in 1922.
Utility poles; Dwellings; Houses; Louisville Gas and Electric Company; Buildings
Taken for Louisville Gas & Electric, this photograph shows high voltage lines near telephone lines. Handwritten on the front of the photograph is, "March 31, 1927. Louisville Gas & Electric Co. Highland Ave West of Everett Ave. Railway...
Abandoned buildings; Printing industry; Buildings; Brick wall signs; Electric signs
Address: 18th and Portland Ave., Louisville, Kentucky. Portland Printing advertises their Reduced & Enlarged Copies, as well as a Fax Service. A Neon "OPEN" sign appears in the window to the left of the ghost sign.
Original address: Flat Lick Road at G Street. 2008 address: 2301 Bradley Ave. This school building served first the Louisville and then the Jefferson County Boards of Education for more than seventy years. The photograph shows a three story Beaux...
Buildings; Religious facilities; Churches; Choirs (Music)
Interior view of the front of a church with a choir and two men in suits on the stage behind a cross, plants, and flowers. Text on bottom: Virginia Ave. Baptist Church Choice - Easter Sunday 1946.
Tall brick building with multiple windows at the corner of two city streets. More buildings are behind it. People are on the street and sidewalk in front. Title: 107. Chicago, Auditorium Hotel and Michigan Ave. Text on left: World Series....
City & town life; Street railroads; Railroads; Pedestrians
Two streets, identified as Broadway and Fifth Avenue, meet at an angle with the Flat Iron Building in between them in New York City. Both streets are lined with buildings and have pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages and wagons on them. The street...
Train cars on elevated railroad tracks over a city street in New York. Pedestrians walk on the sidewalk below the tracks. Title: 15094 Elevated R. R. at 4th Ave., New York. Text on left: American and Foreign Views. Text on right: Sold only by...
Elevated railroads; Railroads; Cities & towns; Buildings; Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
Section of elevated railroad with two sets of tracks diverging. City buildings are in the background. Pedestrians are on the sidewalk, and streetcars, carriages, and wagons are on the street below. Cooper Institute is the Cooper Union. Title: 2926....
City & town life; Elevated railroads; Railroads; Pedestrians; People
Narrow city street with an elevated railroad to the right and buildings on either side. The sidewalk on the left is crowded with pedestrians. A train passes on the elevated railroad. Title: New York's great 'shopping' district and Elevated Railway,...
Large room with high ceilings and rows of glass booths. Some people sit on benches in the middle of an aisle. Title: 872- Main Building, Main Ave. Text on left: Centennial Series. Text on right: Philadelphia 1876.
Cities & towns; Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871; Buildings
Long, four-story building close to the street with small trees in front. Handwritten Title: Terrace Row, Mich [Michigan] Ave. Text on left: Views in Chicago & Vicinity Before and after the Fire. Text on right: P.B. Greene, Photographer, 315...
City & town life; Street railroads; Railroads; Pedestrians
City street with low commercial buildings lining it. On the street are pedestrians and streetcars. On back of card: Riverside Ave. Spokane, Wash. Stamp: O.W. Watson Co. 02021 Division St. Phone M 8287 Spokane, Wash.
Railroad stations; Grand Central Terminal (New York, N.Y.); Railroads; Buildings
Exterior view of the Grand Central Depot from down the block and across the street. Three-story building with at least three four-story towers. The building is stone or brick with decorative white trim around the windows. The building next to it...
Schools; Group portraits; Students; Teachers; Buildings; People
Address: 1649 Everett Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. A large group of students and teachers pose in front of the Kentucky Home School for Girls. This two-story building has Doric columns on the front porch and the balcony above it. The symmetrical...
Address: 1713 W. Madison Street, Louisville, Kentucky. This photograph, commissioned by the Board of Education, was shot to keep track of the progress on the renovation of this building into a new high school for African American children....
