To gain a true appreciation of the works of any author, we must first be familiar with his race, his environment, and the period in which and of which he wrote. The Paris of the early seventeenth century was far different from the modern metropolis...
Street railroads; Street railroad tracks; Buildings; Louisville Railway Company; Churchill Downs (Louisville, Ky. : Racetrack); Transportation
Address: 700 Central Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. People cross in front of streetcar 1109 in front of the Churchill Downs entrance. The men wear suits or shirts with their sleeves rolled up and many have light-colored hats with a dark band. One...
An Ahrens-Fox fire truck sits inside the fire station at 1735 Bardstown Road in Louisville, Kentucky. A locker and a rolled hose sit on the running board. On top of the engine the words "L. F. D. No. 20" are painted. A bell is positioned...
Address: 615 E. Market Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Boys and girls are gathered in a lunch room at Hiram Roberts School. They are eating out of white cups with colored rims. The boys wear knee-length pants with long stockings and button-up shirts...
Several tents are set up in a field. The top of one of the buildings from the Kentucky State Fair shows above the top of the tents as do utility poles and lines. A number of men stand near the tents. Some of them are in suits with ties and hats or...
A young man is driving a truck up an incline. He wears a cap and a dirty shirt with rolled up sleeves. The back of the truck is filled with a mound of bricks. Signs on the side of the truck read, "Ruckstell Axle / 4 speeds forward" and...
A referee holds a basketball up between two young African American men. They each have an arm raised in anticipation of the ball being released. The two teams have distinctive uniforms. One uniform is made up of a white tank top with the letter M...
Two smiling men shake hands in front of a black automobile. One man is in a light suit and tie and holds a straw hat. He wears a ribbon that says, "Universal Car Co." The other man is younger and wears his shirt sleeves rolled up. A...
The steamboat America is docked near a shore and crowds of passengers are along the decks and on the shore to observe an event taking place in the water. Three African American men are standing in the water. One is wearing a black robe belted over...
Restaurants; Eating & drinking facilities; Buildings; Men; People; Group portraits
A group of men in white uniforms pose for a group portrait in front of the White Castle restaurant which has crenellations along the roofline. Each man wears a long-sleeved white shirt with the sleeves rolled up to just below the elbow, a long...
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,...
Fontaine Ferry Park (Louisville, Ky.); Amusement parks; Contests; Men; Obesity; People
A young man stands on a stage for the "Fattest man contest" at Fontaine Ferry Park, Louisville, Kentucky. He wears a shirt with the sleeves rolled up, belted pants and shoes and holds a white hat.
Fontaine Ferry Park (Louisville, Ky.); Amusement parks; Contests; Twins; People
Five sets of twins are posed together for a group portrait during the "Twins contest" at Fontaine Ferry Park, Louisville, Kentucky. The men mostly wear shirts with the sleeves rolled up. Only one set of male twins wears a full suit with...
Address: 982 Eastern Parkway, Louisville, Kentucky. Children sit at tables set with plates, bowls, mugs, and spoons. A number of children are in wheelchairs and one sits in a high chair. The dining room has sheer drapes drawn back and roller shades...
African Americans; Boys; Hats; Wheat; Farms; People
An African-American boy with a straw hat sits atop a stack of wheat at Kerlin Farm in Prospect, Kentucky. The boy is wearing knee length pants and a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up.
Political participation; Advertising; Fliers (Printed matter); Stores & shops; Women; People
Four women stand in a shop decorated with campaign ads and the United States flag. Three of the women hold horns as one points to a sign reading, "Keep Louisville Booming. Dont rock the boat. 1921 Huston Quin, 1925 Arthur A. Will," with...
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods; University of Louisville--Buildings; Interiors; Office furniture; Office workers; Men; Women; Cellular telephones; University of Louisville--Employees
Man stands in front of room 150D of the Houchens Building with his pants rolled up. He is smiling and pressing keys on his cell phone.
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods; University of Louisville--Buildings; Interiors; Basements; Stairways; Floor coverings
Flooded lower level of the Houchens Building. Steps in the lower left corner lead to the floor which is covered with brown water. A rolled up carpet lays on a couch against the wall.
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods; University of Louisville--Buildings; Interiors; Passageways; Women; Office workers; University of Louisville--Employees
Two women walk down a flooded hallway toward the camera smiling and waving. One woman is barefoot and has her pants rolled up. A sign over the doorway reads "To Elevator."
West Aberdeen Coal Company's wooden tipple in the woods, for loading and unloading coal on three tracks, or chutes; and a cart which can be rolled on tracks on the ground. Six men and a mule stand at the tipple, behind which is a small shack.
