Street railroads; Street railroad tracks; Buildings; Louisville Railway Company; Transportation
Address: Seventh and Myrtle Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. A trolley barn is shown with two open bays. The front of the building is two stories while the back portion is a single story. Utility lines crisscross in front of the building and trolley...
Historic buildings; Apartment houses; Buildings; Building construction
Address: 2140 Bonnycastle Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Built in 1928, this 11-story building became the Commodore Apartments and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. This photograph shows the building almost completed. A...
Address: 1713 W. Madison Street, Louisville, Kentucky. This photograph, commissioned by the Board of Education, was shot to keep track of the progress on the renovation of this building into a new high school for African American children....
Religious facilities; Synagogues; Schools; Buildings; Signs (Notices)
Address: 232 E. Jacob Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The congregation of Keneseth Israel poses for a picture during the cornerstone laying ceremony of their new school. Children stand in front in coats and hats and adults form lines to the back. A...
Several passengers ride a trolley in Louisville, Kentucky. The doors are open as a man wearing a white banded hat steps off. A young woman wearing a sleeveless top sits near the front. An African American woman and teenage boy also sit near 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...
Schools; Educational facilities; Automobiles; Domes; Transportation; Buildings; St. Xavier High School (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 118 W. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. St. Xavier's College, a Catholic High School for Boys, was housed in a building made of stone and brick and including a raised basement, three stories, and a dome with a cross on it. Stone steps lead...
Industrial facilities; Buildings; Cobblestone streets; Utility poles
Address: 2934 Grand Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. The U. S. Foil Company building sits close to the sidewalk, with a small green space between the sidewalk and the cobblestone street. Utility poles are planted in this space and a light layer of...
A wide unpaved street is flanked on each side by a boulevard and a row of houses. The boulevards are lined with immature trees and have two signs posted. One reads, "Western Parkway" and the other, "No Wagons Allowed / Board of Park...
Republic Building (Louisville, Ky.); Cathedral of the Assumption (Louisville, Ky.); Office buildings; Churches; Canopies; Stores & shops; Buildings
Address: 429 W. Walnut Street (now Muhammad Ali Blvd.), Louisville, Kentucky. This view of Fifth Street includes the Republic Building and the Cathedral of the Assumption. The Cathedral was completed in 1852 and is one of the oldest public...
Telegraph offices; Military personnel; Disasters; Masks; Young Women's Christian associations; People; Camp Zachary Taylor (Ky.)
Military personnel and others are standing or sitting in the Young Women's Christian Association Hostess House at Camp Taylor in what is now Louisville, Kentucky. The hostess house is being used as a telegraph office. They are wearing masks due to...
A dirt road leads to a covered bridge in Prospect, Kentucky. A pole and wire fence as well as utility lines follow the road. A utility pole is next to the bridge which is made of wood and has signs posted at the entrance. Trees and grass surround...
Address: 1232 Bardstown Road, Louisville, Kentucky. A street or driveway splits around a landscaped island in front of the German Protestant Orphan's Home. The brick and stone edifice was built in a plain symmetrical style. The entryway section...
On the southeast corner of Broadway and First Street in Louisville, Kentucky stands the Frank Aufenkamp Delicatessen. A sign painted on the side of the building indicates groceries, bakery goods, lunches, and fruit are also sold. To the left is a...
Address: 2352 Lexington Road, Louisville, Kentucky. A car is parked next to a two-story brick building. A sign is posted on the roof reading "Old Kentucky Tavern." The same words appear on the glass windows and on a sign which extends...
Industrial facilities; Building construction; Buildings; Automobiles; Employees; African Americans; Ladders; Utility poles; People; Men; Children
Address: 800 Logan Street, Louisville, Kentucky. This view shows two sides of the Frank Fehr Cold Storage plant during its construction. On the site of the Schaefer-Meyer Brewing Co., Frank Fehr Brewing Co. Plant #2 opened in 1911, and began this...
African Americans; Women; Hats; Political participation; Political posters; People
Four African American stand in the street. One of them is writing on a sheaf of paper. All of the women wear hats and jackets. Political advertising is visible posted on the walls behind the women.
The Frank Fehr Cold Storage Plant is shown nearly completed. Parts of the top floors are still unfinished and scaffolding can be seen. Signs posted on a shack in front of the construction read: "Electric Elevators furnished by Kaestner &...
Women; Democratic Party (Ky.); Political participation; Advertising; Fliers (Printed matter); Politicians; Flags--United States; People
Address: 808 E. Walnut Street (now Muhammad Ali Boulevard), Louisville, Kentucky. Eleven women from the Democratic Women's Group pose outside by a staircase. Some are holding United States flags. Others are holding signs for Democratic mayoral...
Atherton High School; Schools; Clock towers; Buildings; Educational facilities
J. M. Atherton High School for Girls is the sign posted over the entryway. This impressive building includes large plate glass windows, and a stone and brick exterior topped by a clock. The edifice was built in 1923 at 1418 Morton Avenue and named...
