Nevada Sue (Vade) Preston (right), mother of Blanche Preston Jones, and Priscilla (Pricy) Preston Burgess (left), aunt of Nevada Sue and great aunt of Blanche, hold up a quilt bearing a repeating triangle pattern in front of a log cabin (probably...
Automobiles; Transportation; Streets; Automobile service stations; Signs (Notices)
A number of cars are parked along the side of Preston Street Road (now known as Preston Highway). To the left is an inn and signs for Oertels and Fehr's beer. To the right is a street sign indicating Clark's Lane. In the middle is an intersection...
A woman, identified by Jean Thomas as Blanche Preston Jones but by Jones' ancestors as Priscilla (Pricy) Preston Burgess, great-aunt of Blanche Preston Jones, holds up a quilt bearing a repeating triangle pattern in front of a log cabin (probably...
Streets; Buildings; Brick wall signs; Billboards; Electric signs; Stores & shops; Charitable organizations; Religious groups; Southern Baptist Convention. Woman's Missionary Union; Street railroad tracks
Looking down Preston Street at intersection with East Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky, 1930. Building at right (Southeast corner of Preston) was the Kentucky Baptist Woman's Missionary Union Training School. Drugstore is across Broadway from WMU...
Roads; Automobile service stations; Advertisements; Billboards
Address: Preston Highway near Minor's Lane. Skid marks from a wide-tired vehicle like a car or truck are on the road that leads up to M. Douglas Grocery. The grocery advertises Fehr's Beer and Coca-Cola while a Standard Oil station is next door. A...
Looking down East Broadway at Preston Street intersection, Louisville, Kentucky, 1930: traffic, vehicles parked on either side of street, pedestrians. Handwritten on back of print: "Broadway, East 400 block; View eastward from just west of...
One-story building at 2100 South Preston Street (corner of Preston & Lynn Streets, Louisville, Kentucky). Sign above building advertises Royal Crown Cola, Beer & Sandwiches, and Chile & Soup. Unlit neon signs in windows advertise Fehr's...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; University of Louisville. School of Dentistry; Columns; Pumpkins;
Dental School building seen from across the street. The building has a contemporary-style columned front. A pumpkin sits atop a cement structure in the courtyard in the foreground. The University of Louisville School of Dentistry was organized in...
Address: 770 Preston Street, Louisville, Kentucky. This building appears to be vacant and there seem to be several ghost signs layered on top of each other, the most legible of which reads "Pianos." The only other legible portion of...
Address: 1010 S. Preston Street, Louisville, Kentucky. This building has three ghost signs, two of which read "Ohio Valley Bags and Burlap Co." and the other is "Enro Shirts."
Address: 1026 S. Preston Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The ghost sign on this building is completely painted over with red paint and the sign underneath is illegible.
This building is located at the corner of Preston Street and College Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The ghost sign on the side of the building facing College Street is almost completely illegible.
Address: Preston St and Augustus Ave, Louisville, KY 40217. Old Grocery store sign painted on a currently abandoned building. Detail of top advertisement, reading, in part, "Belshoff's Food Center." Date: 1950s?
Address: 1010 S. Preston St., Louisville, KY. Two ghost signs are visible in the same area of this building -- Ohio Valley Bag & Burlap as well as Enro Shirt Co. Burkhardt Company, a custom woodworking business, is now located in the building....
Address: 1323 S. Preston St., Louisville, KY. "Geo. Wurster Saloon" is painted in a box and "Chew" and indistinguishable words is painted below, on the north side of this brick building. Currently it appears to be a residence,...
Address: 1713 South Preston Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40218. Ghost sign on northern facing side of building reads, "Drink High Rock"; "Old Prentice Whisky."
Address: 1713 South Preston Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40218. Ghost sign on southern facing side of building reads, "Belshoff's Food Center," overlaying at least one other ghost sign reading "Groceries Fresh Meats &...
Blanche Preston Jones and a boy pose in wooded area (possibly Mayo Trail near Traipsin' Woman Cabin, Boyd County, Kentucky) in period attire, possibly as part of the American Folk Song Festival. Jones is said to be a descendant of Lady Elizabeth...
Blanche Preston Jones, wearing a long black dress and shawl, leans down to a suspender-clad little boy holding a stick in a wooded area (possibly Mayo Trail near Traipsin' Woman Cabin, Boyd County, Kentucky). Jones is said to be a descendant of...
