Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Flood damage; Streets; Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings
A south-facing view down Brook Street in front of the Houchens Building on the University of Louisville Belknap Campus after the flood water has subsided. Mud covers the street. According to the blogger who contributed the photo: "It was the...
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods; Streets; Sidewalks; Sawhorses; Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Traffic signs & signals; Signs (Notices)
Third Street facing south toward the Vogt Building and the Southern Railroad overpass. The intersection is still flooded and it appears from tracks in the mud on the street that a car ran up on the sidewalk. Photograph was taken in the evening.
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods; Interiors; Basements; University of Louisville--Buildings; Mechanical systems; Debris
Dirt and mud cover piles of tangled tubing, plastic sheeting, cardboard boxes and plastic garbage cans. Pictured are the chilled water pumps that Physical Plant uses to cool the buildings. All of the motors for all of the equipment were replaced....
A man walks into a white clapboard building with a large stone chimney. Another white clapboard building, with shuttered windows (some shutters missing) and many broken window panes, is the Old Mud Meeting House, built in 1800 as the first Dutch...
This Jeffersonville, Indiana dentist's office sustained damage from the 1937 flood. Mud can be seen on the floor and a water line is visible about a foot up from the floor. Notice that the cabinet is directly in front of the doorway. It may have...
Floods; Automobiles; Automobile service stations; Buildings; Transportation; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Flood damage
A car ruined by the 1937 flood sits outside the Bybee Bros. service station. The car is covered in mud, inside and out, as is shown by the open car door and the front tire is flat. A sign for Standard Oil products stands above the gas pumps.
Buildings; Educational facilities; Universities & colleges; University of Kentucky--Buildings
University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, judging pavilion, Lexington, Kentucky, 1924. Low concrete building with high, industrial windows and flat roof. The nearby land is arid mud but to the side there is some brush grass. A small water...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
CITY OF CAMDEN, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (175 ft. x 35 ft. x 5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1893. Owned by Captain LaVerrier Cooley in New Orleans, CITY OF CAMDEN operated on the lower Mississippi River between New Orleans and the...
Covered wagons; Carts & wagons; Mules; Dirt roads; Men
A mule-drawn wagon full of merchandise is stuck in the mud on the road to Oneida. The drivers and observers appear to be sharing a laugh. Professor James Anderson Burns, in a derby hat, is on the right.
Flooded residential street with only patches of ground visible. A boy stands on a sidewalk to the left. Another boy stands on a patch of mud in the distance. Labeled: 4:10.
Interior of church damaged by flood, likely the 1937 Ohio River flood: floor covered in inches of mud, ruined Bibles scattered along pews and floor, furniture on altar covered in powdery mold. Title supplied by cataloger.
Long one-story brick building with large windows. Paint is on the windows. The building is surrounded by mud. A few men work on a sidewalk or driveway.
Hotels; Olympian Springs Hotel (Olympian Springs, Ky.); Health resorts
Large frame structure with wide dirt road in foreground. Horse drawn vehicles are visible in the foreground, and there is a wooden fence between the road and the structure. Olympian Springs was a resort located near Owingsville, Kentucky, and...
"The outstanding preserved example of early Sumerian temple architecture is the 5,000-year-old White Temple at Uruk, the home of Gilgamesh. Usually only the foundations of early Mesopotamian temples can still be recognized. The White Temple is...
Architecture; Buildings; Temples; Religious facilities; Walls; Drawings; Reconstructions; Architectural drawings
Reconstruction drawing (after S.E. Piggott). "The outstanding preserved example of early Sumerian temple architecture is the 5,000-year-old White Temple at Uruk, the home of Gilgamesh. Usually only the foundations of early Mesopotamian temples...
