Two-story dark wood building at the corner of Twenty-Fourth and Rowan, Louisville, Kentucky. Ground floor houses George Kruse Groceries, Meats & Vegetables. Signs in the windows and door advertise Mother's Bread and Ivory Soap. Painted signs on...
This little ice cream shop at 1904 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky, sits on the Clifton Loop near the Market & Frankfort line as evidenced by the trolley car. Another car and a pile of wood are behind the shop as well. Two men in white...
Location: 100 block of South Second Street, Louisville, Kentucky. In this street scene, a man peers down a manhole in Main Street. Behind him is a Gulf Refining Co. service station. Second Street is bustling with cars, trucks, and pedestrians. The...
Stores & shops; Show windows; Automobiles; Buildings; Transportation
Address: 225-227 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Two automobiles park outside the Sutcliffe Co. building in this night scene. The building has a suspended canopy above the first floor display windows. A plaque is posted on the building...
Address: 447-449 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Rodes-Rapier Co., a clothing and furnishings store, displays men's suits and hats in a show window. Another display window shows women's blouses. Embossed metal plates are attached to stone...
Office buildings; Banks; Street railroad tracks; Transportation; Buildings
Address: 431 W. Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Trolley lines cross the street in front of the Keller Building. The first floor of the building is labeled "National Bank of Commerce" and windows of upper stories advertise brokers,...
Address: 321 W. Walnut Street (now Muhammad Ali Boulevard), Louisville, Kentucky. The display window of the Player Roll Shop advertises Q.R.S. Player Rolls, "Records by the Mile" and specific songs, including "My Mammy,"...
Streets; City & town life; Utility poles; Brick wall signs; Signs (Notices); Automobiles; Buildings; Stores & shops
Utility poles line East Broadway near Eighth Street in Louisville, Kentucky. Their wires form a grid in the air. A traffic cop stands in the middle of the intersection as cars and a trolley pass by. On the left side of the street people stand by...
Street railroads; Stores & shops; Buildings; Streets; Air pollution; Traffic signs & signals
Smoke lingers over the Shea Building on West Broadway in Louisville, Kentucky, which sits at the corner of a partially-bricked street. A trolley car heads south as it approaches the intersection of Sixth Street and Broadway where a four-way stop...
Address: 112 S. Fifth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A horse and carriage and three cars are parked in front of the Kenyon building which is announced by a sign painted on the side of the building. The stone and brick building has large plate glass...
This aerial view of Fourth Street in Louisville, Kentucky captures the 600 block with cars rushing down the street and pedestrians on the sidewalks. Signs advertise the businesses in this downtown street, including Brunswick Billiard Parlor,...
Three women stand behind a counter full of doughnuts. Each woman wears a light colored dress with a pointed collar and headbands. Signs advertise, "Fresh Donuts 19 per dozen," "Kresge delicious waffle ice cream sandwich 5," and...
Aerial photographs; Industry; Clocks & watches; Colgate Company
This aerial view of southern Indiana catches the very edge of the Ohio River and the area around the Colgate & Co. plant in Clarksville. Even from the air the company's signs and large clock are visible. Besides the name of the company the...
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...
Address: 2210 Bardstown Road, Louisville, Kentucky. Trolley tracks run down the street where Bardstown Road meets Harvard Drive. On the left side is the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company and on the right are Taylors Drugs and Steiden Stores....
Location: 201 E. Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Karl's Market Store No. 8 is shown among other buildings. A canopy with signs covers fruit stands watched by a woman in an apron. A row of cars are parked on the cobblestone street. Signs in...
Address: 2636 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Banners across the top of the store advertise meats, groceries, and tea. The display windows show potatoes, soap chips, gauze, rolled oats, and Sunnyfield Corn Flakes. One ad reads,...
Address: 741 E. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. Two delivery trucks for Home Town Potato Chips are shown parked across the street from R and B Hardware Co. on Broadway. At the back of each truck is a man unloading boxes. At the hardware store,...
Address: 1303 Bardstown Road, Louisville, Kentucky. Three trucks are parked outside Major Taylor Market House. The side panel of the trucks says the name of the store and "The House of Quality." A man is unloading boxes from the trucks....
