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...
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.
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods; Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Hoses
Water being pumped out of the basement of the University of Louisville College of Education and Human Development (renamed the Woodford R. and Harriett B. Porter Building in September 2010) pours out of a blue hose that lays on the ramp leading to...
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods; Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Hoses
Water being pumped out of the basement of the Unitas Tower dormitory on the University of Louisville Belknap Campus. Water had to be pumped out of nine buildings on the University of Louisville Belknap campus. Photograph was taken in the evening.
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...
Flooded intersection of Eastern Parkway and Third Street. According to the blogger who contributed the photo: "The traffic lights in the intersection were acting rather crazy. This picture really doesn't convey what was really happening. All...
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...
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods; Streets; Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings
Flooded intersection of Eastern Parkway and Third Street. Dougherty Hall and Patterson Hall on the University of Louisville Belknap Campus can be seen across the street. A television news truck is parked on Third Street in the distance. Photograph...
A partially submerged car sits trapped in the flooded intersection of Third Street and Eastern Parkway under the Southern Railroad overpass. The Reynolds Building, also known as Reynolds Lofts, can be seen in the background. Photograph was taken in...
Two people cross mud-covered Third Street which is still flooded at the intersection with Eastern Parkway. Orange and white sawhorses warn drivers to avoid the intersection. The Reynolds Building, also known as Reynolds Lofts, rises on the right....
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods; Streets; Sawhorses; Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Traffic signs & signals
Eastern Parkway facing east from the flooded intersection of the parkway and Third Street. An orange and white sawhorse stands in the flood water. Yellow caution tape and orange pylons extend across Eastern Parkway in the distance. Dougherty Hall...
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods; Streets; Sawhorses; Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Pumping stations; Traffic signs & signals; Signs (Notices)
Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD) pump station at the corner of Third Street and Eastern Parkway. Dougherty Hall is on the corner and pylons and yellow caution tape extend across Eastern Parkway in the distance. Photograph was taken in the evening.
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.
Waterways; Canals; Louisville and Portland Canal (Ky.); Shipping
Bridge crane of Ohio River Sand Company on the right bank of the Portland Canal, Louisville, Kentucky. The bridge crane is trapezoidal with four thin triangular supports, and there is the impression that it has just walked across the water. On the...
Fort Pitt Blockhouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This structure was built in 1764 and is the only remaining building from Fort Pitt. A guard stands in the doorway of the building. A. W. Terhune wrote on the front of the postcard: "Walked down...
Three-quarter length character portrait of Alfred M. Hampton with hands resting on a table behind him, wearing a three-piece suit and tie with checked pants. Inscription on mount, lower center: Yours in doubt Alf. M. Hampton. Newspaper clipping on...
Portrait of Edith Marie Cress. In 1908, when Edith was a 12-year-old orphan living with her poor grandmother, she wanted an education so desperately that she took what few clothes she had and began to walk over twenty-five miles to ask Professor...
Construction; Maintenance & repair; Sewerage; Construction equipment; Bridges; Pedestrian bridges
Wide trench supported by wood beams with a train on either side. In the distance is a wood pedestrian bridge. Included information reads, ""Covered bridge is passenger overpass--interurban from Louisville stopped--passenger got off,...
Wood pedestrian bridge over a trench. Accompanying information reads ""Tracks stopped at [Hikes?] point; passenger walked over overpass to [??] on South Side and continued onto Shively (St Helen's), Pleasure Ridge Park, Valley Station,...
