For persons with disabilities, access to transportation is necessary for integration into society. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has been instrumental in assuring transportation access to individuals with disabilities for purposes of...
Government facilities; Buildings; United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.); United States. Congress. House; Memorial rites & ceremonies; McKinley, William, 1843-1901
United States Capitol chamber filled with people during a eulogy for President William McKinley. The desks on the floor, the mounted desk, and the galleries above are full. Title: (6)-8961-A tribute to McKinley's memory-Secretary Hay's eulogy...
Theaters; Cultural facilities; Interiors; Historic buildings
Address: 2313 W. Market Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Wooden seats are fixed in rows facing the stage at Ideal Theatre. An aisle provides walking space to the seats and the stage where a curtain is down. The stage is framed almost like a photograph...
Theaters; Cultural facilities; Buildings; Interiors
Interior of Gayety Theatre, located at 313 W. Jefferson, Louisville, Kentucky. Orchestra seats, balcony, and box seats are visible. The building was razed in 1936.
Several passengers ride a trolley in Louisville, Kentucky. The doors are open as a man wearing a white banded hat steps off. A young woman wearing a sleeveless top sits near the front. An African American woman and teenage boy also sit near the...
Railroad cars; Electric railroads; Indiana Railroad; People; Transportation
A group of well-dressed people sit in a railroad car. The seats are couches and armchairs and face each other as if one were in a sitting room. The car includes side tables with lamps and standing ashtrays. The men wear suits and the women wear...
This may have been the library in Colonel Charles Christopher Mengel's home at 1325 S. Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The fireplace is flanked by bookcases which have pictures, vases and candles atop them. A number of seats are available as...
This image of Colonel Charles Christopher Mengel's home at 1325 S. Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky, shows a hallway leading into what may be a library. The hallway has vases or urns on pedestals, two bench seats facing each other and what might...
Louisville Water Company (Louisville, Ky.); Office buildings; Automobiles; Street railroad tracks; Cobblestone streets; Transportation; Buildings
Address: 433 S. Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A cobblestone street with trolley tracks runs in front of the Louisville Water Company building. The sidewalk is lined with a street lamp and utility poles. A convertible automobile with...
A pendant light with a shade hangs down low over a dining room table at 2515 Longest Avenue in Louisville, Kentucky. The table and chairs are made of dark wood and the seats are upholstered. A sideboard sits against the back wall along with a table...
Address: 1560 Fulton Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A woman in a dark dress and glasses sits at a small wooden desk as children stand in line to give her money or small booklets. Next to her is a chalkboard above which a sign reads, "Savings...
Wooden benches line the walls of the Shibboleth Lodge. A waist-high wooden stand is at the center of the room opposite a large wooden seat set atop a small dais. Stairs lead up to a balcony above the dais where a few seats and an organ are. Other...
A man with a long white beard, short hair and glasses stands outside a covered work area. The walls appear to be made of split logs. A younger man holds a chair as the older man works on another high-backed chair with a hammer in his hand. Several...
Theaters; Motion picture theaters; Cultural facilities; Interiors; Buildings
Address: 649 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The projection screen of the Kentucky Theater has ornate decorations around it including two sphinxes facing the letter K at the top center. In front of the stage is a cover with musical symbols...
Union Station (Louisville, Ky.); Railroad stations; Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company; Buildings; Transportation
Passengers sit in bench seats or wander through the open area of Union Station. A concession stand appears on the left and men in white hats with dark bands approach the counter. There is a ticket window to the left of the entryway with its three...
Address: 625 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The interior of Loew's Theatre shows the stage set up for a band with a drum, two pianos and music stands. The backdrop curtain has a patterned design and a side panel blocks the view of the...
Loews Theater, Fourth Street between Broadway & Chestnut, Louisville, Kentucky. Written on back: "Loews Theater one of the castle-like side walls in the new theater." Side view of seats, left theater wall and left half of stage and...
Orchestra, lodges and balcony at Loews Theater on Fourth Street between Broadway and Chestnut, Louisville, Kentucky. Side view of seats, right theater wall and much of the balcony seating area as well as the edge of the orchestra in which are...
Buildings; Health care facilities; Hospitals; Louisville City Hospital; Amphitheaters
Amphitheater at Louisville City Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky. Caption below: "The Amphitheater." Stadium seating on collapsible round backless seats curves around the pit below, where there is a standing chalkboard and four wood chairs....
