African Americans; Urban renewal; Small Business Administration (United States); African American business enterprises; African American real estate agents; Youth--Political activity; Busing (School integration); Low-income housing
Oral history interview conducted with Joseph Hammond on April 16, 1979 by Mary Bobo. Mr. Hammond, a small business owner and real estate agent, discusses his childhood, education and life as a young adult living and working in Louisville. He...
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...
Industrial facilities; Buildings; Railroad tracks; Automobile industry
Address: 2500 S. Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Several cars are parked next to a factory building. Signs in the parking lot indicate "Parking for Ford Motor Co. employees only." The building consists of a long low section for most...
Interior of Whitehaven: wide hall with dark floors and walls and lighter woodwork and pillars; the hall leads to a light painted staircase. A delicate potted plant sits on the top step in front of a window on the landing. Along the walls of the...
This building was part of the House of Refuge campus, opened in 1866. The buildings were later purchased by the University of Louisville to become part of Belknap campus.
Address: 900 East Market Street, Louisville, Kentucky. This building has a large ghost sign painted on the side of the building which reads "Hausman Motor Co." The building has been vacant but was recently purchased and being remodeled at...
Buildings; Educational facilities; Schools; Louisville Male High School (Louisville, Ky.)
Boys High School, later Male High School, at the corner of Brook Street and Breckinridge Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Four-story building with front entrance pillars and also a small side porch. There are pediments over the top floor's windows,...
White wood house with stone details, Pewee Valley, Kentucky. Known as The Beeches, this house was once owned by the Lawtons, who were models for the Walton family in the Little Colonel book series. The author of the books, Annie Fellows Johnston,...
Bashford Manor, now a shopping center on Bardstown Road, near Buechel, Louisville, Kentucky, 1923. Right diagonal view of light colored three-story house with a porch that has pillars and a central portico. The third floor has attic rooms with...
Bashford Manor, now a shopping center on Bardstown Road, near Buechel, Louisville, Kentucky. Behind tall grass and a picket fence and flanked by two trees sits a light colored house with shuttered windows featuring small, two dimensional pillars; a...
Old Kentucky State Fairgrounds, Louisville, Kentucky, aerial view. Caption: "From 2000 feet in air." A track, low buildings and houses, land, and a few trees are shown. The Old Kentucky State Fairgrounds were in the neighborhood now known...
Merchants & Manufacturing Building at Old Kentucky State Fairgrounds, Louisville, Kentucky. Wide dark three-story building with corner roofed towers and two central domed turrets around entrance. A dome of clouds has been painted in black and...
Merchants & Manufacturing Building at Old Kentucky State Fairgrounds, Louisville, Kentucky, at night. Against a black sky the well lit building glows. Part of the building is shown, from a corner roofed tower to a domed turret. The Old Kentucky...
Inside the Merchants & Manufacturing Building at Old Kentucky State Fairgrounds, Louisville, Kentucky. A long room with very high domed ceilings covered in flags. The room is filled with company kiosks including "Southern Star" and...
Merchants & Manufacturing Building at Old Kentucky State Fairgrounds, Louisville, Kentucky. A long room with very high domed ceilings covered in flags. The room is filled with company kiosks including "Southern Star" and "Auto...
Merchants & Manufacturing Building at Old Kentucky State Fairgrounds, Louisville, Kentucky. A long, bare room with very high ceilings covered in flags. There is a crowd of people near the front. There are also a couple of cows. More people sit...
Log cabin located on Old Kentucky State Fairgrounds, Louisville, Kentucky. Two-story log cabin with stone chimney and porch, obscured by trees. Split rail fence in front. The Old Kentucky State Fairgrounds were in the neighborhood now known as...
Log cabin located on Old Kentucky State Fairgrounds, Louisville, Kentucky. Two-story log cabin with stone chimney, porch in front, and a projecting wing in back. Two men lean over some wood in the back yard. Split rail fence in front. The Old...
Poultry Building, Old Kentucky State Fairgrounds, Louisville, Kentucky. Caption on back: "A roof-top view of one section of the State Fair grounds, with the new Poultry Building in the foreground, and with a glimpse of the Merchants and...
Poultry Building, Old Kentucky State Fairgrounds, Louisville, Kentucky. Light, one and two story building includes two small towers with geometric cutouts near top. Telephone poles, grass, and a few small trees. The Old Kentucky State Fairgrounds...
