Address: 427 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Automobiles park in front of the Kaufman-Straus Co. building. A crowd of pedestrians walk along the sidewalks in front of the display windows. On the side of the building is a sign indicating,...
Stores & shops; Lamps; Showrooms; Department stores; Commercial facilities
Address: 427-437 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. This showroom of the Kaufman-Straus department store shows displays lamps, cookware, candle holders and other home goods. As the picture was commissioned by the Acme Lighting Fixture Company,...
Stores & shops; Department stores; Window displays; Circuses & shows
Window display at Kaufman-Straus Company with a circus theme and pictures of elephants and a lion with lion tamer, plus a sign for war bonds in the corner. Address: Kaufman-Straus Company, 427-437 South 4th Street, Louisville, Kentucky.
African Americans; Race relations; Civil rights demonstrations; Civil rights; Louisville Free Public Library; Girl Scouts; Libraries; Integration; African Americans--Social conditions
Oral history interview with Murray Atkins Walls and John Walls, conducted July 27, 1977 by Dwayne Cox. Most of the interview focuses on Murray Atkins Walls, although her husband, John Walls, is also an active participant. They were both involved in...
People stand around a display with a small-scale model home at Kaufman-Straus. A sign above the house reads 'Preview of Your Home of Tomorrow Homasote Exhibit.'
Stores & shops; Department stores; Window displays; War posters
Series of window displays at Kaufman-Straus showing cut-outs of Soviet soldiers during World War II with Russian-language war posters and English translations.
Stores & shops; Department stores; Window displays
Kaufman-Straus window display with Spanish-language materials, a map of Spain, and a poster advertising a radio program that teaches Spanish. Address: Kaufman-Straus Company, 427-437 South 4th Street, Louisville, Kentucky.
Buildings; Stores & shops; Department stores; Clothing & dress
Dress department inside Kaufman-Straus. Dresses hang from the walls. Three women stand in the center at merchandise display tables. Address: Kaufman-Straus Company, 427-437 South 4th Street, Louisville, Kentucky.
A man sits on the porch of display building designed as a run-down wood farmhouse at a Kaufman-Straus exhibit at the Kentucky Hotel. Address: Kentucky Hotel, southeast corner 5th Street and Walnut Street (now Muhammad Ali Boulevard), Louisville,...
A man stands with a dog behind a white picket fence in front of a display building designed as a small farmhouse at a Kaufman-Straus exhibit at the Kentucky Hotel. Address: Kentucky Hotel, southeast corner 5th Street and Walnut Street (now Muhammad...
Stores & shops; Department stores; Window displays; Portraits
Window display with shelves of portraits and a chair and ottoman in front. Address: Kaufman-Straus Company, 427-437 South 4th Street, Louisville, Kentucky.
