"The son and successor of Artaxerxes, Shapur I (r. 241-272), succeeded in further extending Sasanian territory. He also erected a great palace at Ctesiphon, the capital his father had established near modern Baghdad in Iraq. The central...
Address: 903 W. Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A cobblestone street with trolley tracks runs in front of a building with a sign declaring it, "9th St. Public Warehouse." Other signs indicate a number of businesses using the building,...
Three-story brick building with a pillared section, an awning, plate glass windows, and arches on the first floor. The building is at the corner of wide, unpaved streets with a few pedestrians. There are many more pedestrians on the sidewalk in...
Nine unidentified young ladies in harem costumes pose for a picture in the parlor or music room in the Howard Mansion in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana, presumably after a recital or show. The room's decor is Moorish, with cream walls,...
Students; Schools; Group portraits; Religious facilities; Buildings; People
Address: 3136 W. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. Students dressed in white uniforms stand on the front steps of Holy Cross Church. The girls wear ribbons in their hair and the boys where dark bow ties. A man in the back is holding the United States...
School children; Schools; Group portraits; Religious facilities; Priests; Graduation ceremonies; Buildings; People
Address: 3136 W. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. Students stand on the front steps of Holy Cross Church. The girls wear dresses and hold a bouquet of flowers. The boys are dressed in white with long ties. All the students hold scrolls of paper. Two...
School children; Schools; Group portraits; Religious facilities; Graduation ceremonies; Buildings; People
Address: 3136 W. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. Students stand on the front steps of Holy Cross Church. The girls wear dresses and hold bouquets of flowers. The boys are dressed in white with long ties. All the students hold scrolls of paper. The...
Hotels; Cobblestone streets; Street railroad tracks; Automobiles; Street lights; Buildings; Transportation
Address: 516 W. Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Willard Hotel is shown facing a cobblestone road with trolley rails embedded in it. Street lamps with globed lanterns flank the entrance which is ornamented with three arches that extend up...
Canopies; Buildings; Schools; Educational facilities; Historic buildings; Louisville Male High School (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 911 S. Brook Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Starting in 1915, this building hosted Louisville Male High School. The multi-story stone building includes four pairs of Corinthian columns supporting a canopy over the front steps and entryway....
Address: 500 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Laub Trunk Co., Gresham & Quinlan Haberdashers, and Jas. K. Lemon & Son sterling silver and diamonds stores are shown on the first floor of the Seelbach Hotel. The lower level includes...
A stream or pond is surrounded by grassy areas and trees in this view of Reservoir Park in Louisville, Kentucky. Along the right side a wooden privacy fence can be seen. In the center back of the photo is a building attached to a bridge. The bridge...
Jefferson County Jail (Louisville, Ky.); Automobiles; Street railroad tracks; Buildings; Detention facilities; Jails
Address: 540 W. Liberty, Louisville, Kentucky. At the corner of Armory Place and Liberty Street is the Jefferson County Jail. The stone and brick building includes a raised basement plus three stories topped by two hexagonal towers with lightning...
Theological seminaries; Religious facilities; Schools; Automobiles; Buildings; Transportation
Address: 109 E. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. Constructed in sections from 1904 through 1909, this complex of buildings originally housed the Presbyterian Theological Seminary. In 1967 it was purchased by Jefferson Community College. A great lawn...
Churches; Religious facilities; Buildings; Historic buildings
Address: 213 E. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. St. Paul's German Evangelical Church and Parish House is set back from the street by a wide sidewalk and parkway with immature trees. Built in 1906 in the late Gothic Revival style, the church is made...
City & town life; Streets; Banks; Automobiles; Buildings; Historic buildings; Stores & shops
Address: 208 S. Fifth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. At the intersection of Fifth and Market Streets in downtown stands the Louisville Trust Building. Oversized arches mark the entries and are repeated several stories above with smaller arched...
The Henri Barret Montfort Home stands at 413 W. Broadway in Louisville, Kentucky. The building is set off from the public by an iron fence and has a walk leading up to a double-sided staircase. The staircase leads to the entryway which is supported...
Churches; Religious facilities; Buildings; Steeples
Address: 805 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The First Unitarian Church stands at the corner of Fourth and York Streets. Built in 1871, this stone building has two entries. Two sets of double doors under pointed arches face Fourth Street...
Built in Queen Anne style, this house is set off from the sidewalk by a plaster or concrete retaining wall topped with a decorative metal fence. The faade and base of the house is made of stone while the side of the house is made of brick. Several...
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...
Vaults (Architecture); Buildings; Religious facilities; Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani (Trappist, Ky.)
Address: 3642 Monks Road, Trappist, Kentucky. Stained glass windows are set in pointed arches along the walls of the Abbey of Gethsemani. A vaulted ceiling towers over the wooden pews and altar. Books rest at an incline on wooden stands. In the...
