A hexagonal marble desk sits in the lobby of an ornate bank. A sign on the desk reads, "Information" while other signs hang above teller windows with signs like "Savings." The floor is a checkerboard pattern with the lighter...
Stores & shops; Lamps; Showrooms; Department stores; Commercial facilities
Address: 427-437 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. This showroom of the Kaufman-Straus department store shows displays lamps, cookware, candle holders and other home goods. As the picture was commissioned by the Acme Lighting Fixture Company,...
A factory workroom at the Claude C. Matlack Company. Various parts of lamps and chandeliers sit on and around workbenches. Signs on the column read: "Gas Fixtures Made Electric Matlack" and "Special Designs Executed Matlack."...
Automobile service stations; Signs (Notices); Advertising; Buildings
Address: 130 E. Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The Gulf Refining Company service station on Main Street shows gas pumps under a canopy. The lot has a number of street lamps with round globes. Signs read "That Good Gulf Gasoline,"...
Automobile service stations; Signs (Notices); Cobblestone streets; Buildings
Address: 130 E. Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The Gulf Refining Company service station on Main Street shows gas pumps under a canopy. The lot has a number of street lamps with round globes. Signs read "That Good Gulf Gasoline," and...
Automobile service stations; Signs (Notices); Cobblestone streets; Buildings
The Gulf Refining Company service station at Locust and Court in Jeffersonville shows gas pumps under a sign reading, "That Good Gulf Gasoline." A number of street lamps with round white globes appear on the property. A brick building is...
Two rooms with an extra-wide doorway connecting them are shown in this unidentified residence. The first room has a stuffed armchair and another chair. The second room is a dining room with table, chairs, and cabinet. While the first room has two...
Automobile service stations; Automobiles; Advertising; Signs (Notices); Buildings; Transportation
Address: 1200 S. Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Two automobiles are pulled up to the gas pumps at the Aetna Oil service station. The canopy over the pumps advertises, "Safe Pennzoil Lubrication. The Better Motor Fuel. Benzol-Gas. Power....
Address: 1100 W. Market Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A brick road with trolley tracks runs outside the Goldstein & Moseson store. Advertising itself as "The Home of Good Clothes" the store's windows display shirts, ties, canes, and...
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...
A bedroom in the home of Colonel Charles Christopher Mengel, at 1325 S. Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky, is shown. The four-poster bed has a white spread and roll of pillow near the headboard. A small rocking chair and chest are directly in...
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...
A four-story apartment building sits on a corner of a cobblestone street. A fire hydrant is near the street on one of the sidewalks. Utility lines cross from poles to street lamps. Handwritten on front: "St. Ives Apts."
Buildings; Theaters; Hotels; Cultural facilities; Brown Hotel (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 300 block of W. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. A lit sign in the foreground announces "Brown Theatre" while others in the background indicate, "The Brown Hotel" and "Coffee Shoppe." Another sign on the...
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 black Harley-Davidson motorcycle stands on its kickstand next to a wet field. A tag is attached to the front-wheel bumper which reads "Police." It has a central headlight with two side lamps, one of which has a tinted cover that...
A black Harley-Davidson motorcycle stands on its kickstand next to a wet field. A tag is attached to the front-wheel bumper which reads "Police." It has a central headlight with two side lamps. On the side of the engine is lettering...
Location: 600 block of S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Cars line Fourth Street as pedestrians walk on the sidewalks. Banners are strung across the street. The ones in the foreground have two patterns: striped with white stars and a horse's...
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...
