Cars parked askew after the flood water has subsided. Third street was flooded to the extent that cars were floating away from their parking places along the curb. According to the blogger who contributed the photo: "On 3rd street the most...
A red sport utility vehicle (SUV) is tied to a tree with a length of green garden hose. According to the blogger who contributed the photo: "On 3rd street the most impressive part was the cars that had their trunks float and forced their back...
Address: 1028 W. Walnut Street (now Muhammad Ali Boulevard), Louisville, Kentucky. A two-story brick building is shown. A sign is suspended from the corner of the building that reads, "Joe Bass, Gents Furnishings, Clothing, Shoes, Trunks,...
City & town life; Street railroads; People; City & town halls; City Hall (Louisville, Ky.); Clocks & watches; Buildings; Transportation
Address: 400 block of W. Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky. This view of Jefferson Street captures trolley cars, businesses, the Court House and City Hall. In the foreground on the left are businesses including a stationery store, Laub Bros....
Address: 235 E. Chestnut Street, Louisville, Kentucky. An iron gate separates the small lawn of the Waverly Hills Tuberculosis Clinic from the sidewalk. Two trees in the yard have the bottom portion of their trunks painted white. The three story...
Oxen; Men; Logs; Carts & wagons; Rivers; Lumber industry
Four oxen pull a cart holding two tree trunks, on which a man sits. They are on a dirt road, travelling along a river or stream, through a forested countryside.
A group of men pose among cut tree trunks in a clearing in front of a slope-roofed shelter containing machinery for sawing logs and a large tree trunk. A horse and wagon are in the background.
Buildings; Educational facilities; Universities & colleges; University of Kentucky--Buildings; Gymnasiums; Floods
Flooded gymnasium at University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 1922. Water is halfway up the front door, and trees or bushes can be seen, but no trunks. The gym is brick with high domed windows. The photograph has been enhanced with paint.
Buildings; Educational facilities; Universities & colleges; University of Louisville--Buildings
Architect's rendering of Humanities Building, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, 1936. Wide, two-story brick building with pillars lining most of the first floor except for the two ends where there are projecting facades with...
"The Three Sisters," Siamese triplet sycamore trees, at Cherokee Park in Louisville, Kentucky. Two of the three large trees are close together in front, connected by metal rods, and the third tree is slightly visible close behind. The...
Trails & paths; Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903; Trees; Bridges; Parks
Wooded bridge on trail through heavily wooded area of Jacob's Park in Louisville, Ky. Sunlight plays upon the tree trunks. The park was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr. Jacob's Park later became Iroquois Park.
Weeds and tall grass line a grassy path between gnarled trunks of old locust trees in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. Handwritten on album page by photographer Kate Matthews: "Locust pathway". Inscriptions in the album, which Kate Matthews gave...
Straight, narrow, well-worn path runs between very large trees. Most of the path is shaded by tree trunks and foliage. Written on lower left border in Kate Matthews handwriting: "The Shadowy Lane." Handwritten on the lower right border:...
In the vicinity of Warren Avenue. Field with overgrown grass lined by trees, some of which have been painted white on the lower half of their trunks. Small houses or sheds are in the background. Caption: Warren Ave.
Large white building, possibly a house or church. Details include pointed roofs, a tower or steeple, and a long front porch. Framed by trees with a ladder leaning against one of the trunks. Text on left: Views of Chicago, and Vicinity. Text on...
Snow scene inset against pine bough with pine cones. The scene shows a stream through the snow with trunks of trees visible near the stream on the left and further off in the distance on the right. Beneath the scene and the pine bough is the...
Orange flowered vine growing in a semi-circle, near purple and pink flowered bushes. The vine also grows on a tree; there are several other trees nearby, some with Spanish moss growing on them. Number F119 in a series. Text printed on verso reads,...
