Buildings; Cultural facilities; Theaters; Stores & shops; Variety stores
400 block of 4th Street on the west side. Entrance to the Rex Theater with an ornate overhang. Stores are on either side of the theater, including a Woolworth's.
444 south 4th Street on the west side. View of the Alamo Theatre entrance with an ornate overhang lit up. The marquee is advertising 'Daredevil's Reward.'
Buildings; Cultural facilities; Theaters; B. F. Keith Theatre (Louisville, Ky.)
Northeast corner of 5th Street and Walnut Street, now Muhammad Ali Boulevard. B.F. Keith's Theater at the corner. It is a rounded white building with a sign mounted to the front of the building.
“An aerial view of the Acropolis as it might have appeared at the beginning of the fourth century BC. Besides the important sanctuaries on the summit, many shrines dating back to the Bronze Age were located along the sides of the hill. / A-...
Theaters; Motion picture theaters; Cultural facilities; Group portraits; Children;
Children gathered in front of the Alamo Theatre, 444 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Sign advertises movie: "Spencer Tracy 'Young America' Doris Kenyon, Startling Tender Thrilling Entertainment." Title supplied by cataloger.
Theaters; Motion picture theaters; Cultural facilities; Buildings; Interiors
Interior of Alamo Theatre (movie theatre in Louisville, Kentucky), photographed from back of theater. The theater was razed circa 1930. Handwritten on bottom of mounted print: "Alamo Theatre; R.G. Potter Collection; Alamo Theater 441-443 So....
Arcadia Hall, northwest corner, Fourth and Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. Large, high roofed room with a shiny bare floor. Domed trellises high over the floor, lit below with many bulbs, are supported by pillars at the room's wings. At the back of...
Address: 1603 S. Second Street. This building served as the neighborhood theater for a mixed professional and working class area near the present duPont Manual High School. An arched entryway appears to have drapery suspended from above. The...
Auditoriums; Theaters; Cultural facilities; Buildings
Ampitheatre Auditorium in Louisville, Kentucky, built by William F. Norton Jr. in 1889 from material salvaged from the Southern Exposition, and razed in 1904 following Norton's death in 1903. Handwritten on mounted print: "Auditorium, S.W....
Buildings; Theaters; Cultural facilities; Organs; Balconies; B. F. Keith Theatre (Louisville, Ky.)
Original address: 506 W. Walnut Street (Demolished, 1952). Built as a vaudeville theater by the National Theater Company in 1913, the design came from the architectural workshop of Albert Kahn. The National Theater was sold within the year to the...
Buildings; Theaters; Cultural facilities; Canopies; Billboards; B. F. Keith Theatre (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 506 W. Walnut Street (Building demolished in 1952.). The exterior of the B. F. Keith Theatre (a.k.a. National Theatre) is shown with signs for upcoming shows. The structure includes a rounded canopy accenting the roundness of both the...
Buildings; Theaters; Cultural facilities; Canopies; Carriages & coaches; B. F. Keith Theatre (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 506 W. Walnut Street (Building demolished in 1952.). This street scene shows a side view of the exterior of the B. F. Keith Theatre (a.k.a. National Theatre) and includes a globe-lanterned street light, a horse with delivery cart, and...
Buildings; Theaters; Cultural facilities; B. F. Keith Theatre (Louisville, Ky.)
Original address: 506 W. Walnut Street (Building demolished in 1952). The lobby of the B. F. Keith Theatre (a.k.a. National Theatre) had a domed and decorated ceiling with pendant chandeliers. Handwritten on front: Caufield & Shook Photo....
