This study explores four economic development theories – classical location theory, human capital theory, agglomeration economies theory and creative cities theory, and their effectiveness in explaining the spatial distribution of high tech...
Automobiles; People; Stores & shops; Transportation; Campaign headquarters; Political campaigns
Address: 609 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A crowd gathers in front of the headquarters of Jouett Todd for Congress. A banner advertises, "Tax reduction through goverment [government] economy / Temperance through repeal and state...
City & town halls; City Hall (Louisville, Ky.); Historic buildings; Clock towers; Automobiles; Brick wall signs; Signs (Notices); Fire stations; Buildings; Transportation
Address: 601 W. Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The City Hall Annex in Italianate and Second Empire style is surrounded by cars parked on the street. The sidewalk is lined with street lamps with round globes. The clock tower shows the time...
Fire fighters; Fire stations; Fire engines; Automobiles; Uniforms; Hats; Historic buildings; People; Men; Buildings
Address: 619 W. Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Fire officials pose with their fire engines and other vehicles in front of the Fire Department headquarters. Near the roof of the building, two men's faces are carved. A number 2 is also...
Fire fighters; Fire stations; Fire engines; Uniforms; Hats; Brick wall signs; Signs (Notices); Historic buildings; People; Men; Buildings
Address: 619 W. Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Fire officials pose with their fire engine in front of the Fire Department headquarters. This building is in Richardsonian Romanesque style and was added to the National Register of Historic...
Women; Democratic Party (Ky.); Hats; Political participation; Signs (Notices); Benches; People
A number of women in dark suits and hats congregate in a room draped with the United States flag. They sit in wooden pews or stand in the aisle. At the back of the room, a couple of women sit at typewriters. On the wall behind them is a sign...
Fire stations; Men; Automobiles; Children; Cobblestone streets; Buildings; People; Transportation
A shiny car is parked in front of the doors of the Fire Department Headquarters at 623 W. Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A young boy with a hat sits at the wheel as four men stand around the car. Three of them wear hats. The side of the...
Fire stations; City & town halls; City Hall (Louisville, Ky.); Historic buildings; Buildings
The Fire Department Headquarters built in 1891 at 617 W. Jefferson Street in Louisville, Kentucky. Designed by the McDonald Brothers in the Richardsonian Romanesque style, it was called "the most complete in the South or West" at its...
Former headquarters of Kentucky Central Life Insurance Company in Anchorage, Kentucky; a two-story building with tile roof and manicured lawn. A woman stands on the curving driveway, and a United States flag flies on a flagpole at left. On back of...
Volunteers of America; Charitable organizations; Day care; Children; Signs (Notices)
Group of children and two caregivers posed for photograph on steps of Volunteers of America Headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky; sign hanging from side of building reads: Volunteers of America Headquarters, Free Day Nursery For Children. The...
Exterior and interior views of Yellow Cab Company headquarters, including a garage, brick office building, parking lots with taxicabs, and office space.
African Americans; African American politicians; African American businesspeople; African American business enterprises; Women politicians; Civil rights; Louisville (Ky.)--Politics and government; Politicians; Integration; Discrimination in housing
Oral history interview conducted with Louise Reynolds on June 13, 1979 by Mary Bobo. Louise Reynolds was the first African American woman elected alderman in the city of Louisville. Ms. Reynolds discusses her work with the Republican Party,...
Fire fighters; Fire stations; Fire engines; Automobiles; Uniforms; Hats; Clock towers; Historic buildings; People; Transportation; Buildings
Address: 617-621 West Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky. This street scene shows a fire engine coming out of Steam Engine Co. #2 and fire department headquarters as onlookers watch. Above the fire engine bay a sign says, "STOP, Caution,...
Bridges; Rivers; Steamboats; Buildings; Transportation; Military facilities
Two steamboats are docked along the shore of the Ohio River. In the background are the Louisville Municipal Bridge, now known as the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge, and the Big Four Bridge. A truck is parked on shore next to a ramp leading to...
Address: 1303 Bardstown Road, Louisville, Kentucky. Three trucks are parked outside Major Taylor Market House. The side panel of the trucks says the name of the store and "The House of Quality." A man is unloading boxes from the trucks....
Floods; Western Union Telegraph Company; Hotels; Disaster relief; People; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville
Address: 612 W. Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. In 1937, after a January of intense rainfall, the Ohio River Valley flooded. The 1937 flood was one of Louisville's greatest natural disasters. This photo shows police and Kentucky State Health...
Address: 612 W. Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. In 1937, after a January of intense rainfall, the Ohio River Valley flooded. The 1937 flood was one of Louisville's greatest natural disasters. This photo shows police and Kentucky State Health...
