This clipping from "The Billboard" newspaper features two stories: "Ring stars of fifty years ago" and "In the days of '49." The former includes an obituary of circus man Hiram Marks, and photos of Hiram Marks, Minnie...
Dirt marks the waterline of the flood halfway up the body of a white pickup truck. According to the blogger who contributed the photos, waterlines like this were visible on many of the vehicles lining the road. Photograph was taken in the evening.
Address: 3936 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. (This section is now Shelbyville Road.) Two children stand in front of Plehn's Bakery near where a car had struck a boy. The invoice for this photo indicated that it was recording the skid marks...
Address: 3936 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. (This section is now Shelbyville Road.) People stand in front of Plehn's Bakery near where a car had struck a boy. The invoice for this photo indicated that it was recording the skid marks the...
Portrait of Charles W. Dupius wearing a suit, hard collar and tie. The photograph has crop marks outlining his face, marks of discoloration, and a bent corner. Stamped on bottom, front corner of image: Somers. Handwritten on back: Chas W. Dupuis,...
Portraits; Men; Women; Government officials; Ocean travel; ships
S. Parker Gilbert, Jr. and wife, Louise Ross Todd Gilbert, of Louisville, Kentucky. They are standing on the deck of a ship together. Crop marks outline their heads and there are a lot of discoloration marks. Handwritten on back of image: S. Parker...
Portrait of Stephen S. Jones of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing his hair cut short on the sides and brushed up in the middle. Crop marks frame his face, and the photograph has small tears and marks of discolorations. Stamped on back of image:...
Louisville College of Dentistry; Teachers; Dental students
Louisville College of Dentistry 1897 - Composite photograph of faculty and students for the dental school class of 1897 at Louisville College of Dentistry. Rows of individual portraits of men in academic gowns and caps or mortarboards with a...
Young woman stands next to a sundial in a garden. She holds a hat that matches her dress and flowers in her arms and has one hand on the sundial. In "The Little Colonel's Knight Comes Riding" (1907) by Annie Fellows Johnston, Katie Marks...
This is likely an insurance photograph as it was ordered by lawyers at an insurance firm. The image depicts Baxter Avenue where it intersects with Castlewood Avenue and shows a section of road with what looks like tire skid marks. Along the left...
Temple Adath Israel (Louisville, Ky.); Religious facilities; Buildings; Historic buildings; Synagogues
Address: 834 S. Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky. "Mine house shall be an house of prayer for all people" marks the entry of Temple Adath Israel. The words are carved above a series of Ionic columns which support a pediment with...
A car drives down a rural road which is lined with a post-and-wire fence. To the right a mailbox marks the entry to a property where a couple of people are sitting outside. To the left a utility pole and distant houses are visible among the bushes...
Address: 1033 Story Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Numerous trucks and horse-pulled wagons carry barrels along Story Avenue. A metal fence with an open gate leads into the Stitzel Distillery. A number of men are standing in front of the gate and...
Roads; Automobile service stations; Advertisements; Billboards
Address: Preston Highway near Minor's Lane. Skid marks from a wide-tired vehicle like a car or truck are on the road that leads up to M. Douglas Grocery. The grocery advertises Fehr's Beer and Coca-Cola while a Standard Oil station is next door. A...
State Highway Department workers surveying at underpass, Southern Railway, at Preston Street near Audubon Park, Louisville, Kentucky. Five men surround a surveyor's tripod. One of the men crouches on the ground with a pencil over a large pad of...
Scenic view, Lake Herrington, Jefferson County, Kentucky. View of lake from behind thinly spaced trees. The photograph has been marked in white paint with crop marks and arrows and the words, "Deep BREAK."
Portrait of Florence (Mrs. Arthur) Almsteadt of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing a cloche hat and jacket. The photograph has marks of discoloration from age. Handwritten on back of image: club leader and wife of prominent broker.
A tall, ornamental pillar marks the Louisville, Kentucky, approach to the Municipal Bridge. Now known as the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge or the Second Street Bridge, it spans the Ohio River between Louisville, Kentucky, and Jeffersonville,...
