Theaters; Motion picture theaters; Cultural facilities; Interiors; Motion picture posters
The entryway of Le Rose Theatre includes a carpet with an L and an R intertwined which sits in front of a set of double doors. On the far wall is a combination mirror and poster display. The poster reads, "Richard Dix, The Gay Defender, a...
Theaters; Motion picture theaters; Cultural facilities; Interiors
The interior of Le Rose Theatre includes an aisle between a front and back section of seating as well as aisles dividing the front seating into three sections. The movie screen is framed by arched windows on either side. Short windows at the tops...
Rialto Theatre (Louisville, Ky.); Theaters; Cultural facilities; Street railroad tracks; Cobblestone streets; Buildings; Motion picture theaters
Address: 616 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A cobblestone road with trolley tracks runs in front of the Rialto Theatre. The entryway to the theater includes an inset, multi-story area with a ticket booth and decorative tile flooring. The...
Majestic Theatre (Louisville, Ky.); Theaters; Buildings; Electric lighting; Cultural facilities
Address: 618 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The Majestic Theatre is shown lit up at night. The marquee advertises "Mysterious Rider" above the multi-story entry. Above the ticket booth is a lit sign reading, "Popular prices...
Buildings; Theaters; Hotels; Cultural facilities; Brown Hotel (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 300 block of W. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. A lit sign in the foreground announces "Brown Theatre" while others in the background indicate, "The Brown Hotel" and "Coffee Shoppe." Another sign on the...
City & town life; Motion picture theaters; Cultural facilities; Stores & shops; Automobiles; People; Buildings
Address: 625 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. This street scene shows crowds of people lining the sidewalks to get into Loew's and United Artists Theatre. The features are Ronald Coleman in Unholy Garden and a Charlie Chase comedy. Other...
Buildings; Theaters; Motion picture theaters; Cultural facilities
Address: 610 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A crowd of people, a sound truck, and a couple of cars are in front of the Mary Anderson Theatre. The marquee advertises "Gold Diggers of '33" with "wide range sound."...
Crowds; Men; Women; People; Theatres; Cultural facilities; Electric signs
Address: 416 W. Walnut Street (now Muhammad Ali Boulevard), Louisville, Kentucky. A crowd stands under a marquee that reads, "Drury Lane / Oertel's Radio Theatre." The men wear suits and most have hats. The women wear dresses and...
Theaters; Cultural facilities; Interiors; Historic buildings
Address: 2313 W. Market Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Wooden seats are fixed in rows facing the stage at Ideal Theatre. An aisle provides walking space to the seats and the stage where a curtain is down. The stage is framed almost like a photograph...
Motion picture theaters; Theaters; Cultural facilities; Interiors; Motion picture posters
Address: 2313 W. Market Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Two posters grace the wall of the Ideal Theatre lobby. One advertises "Second Honeymoon" with Tyrone Power and Loretta Young. The other advertises the movie "Sally, Irene and...
Address: 649 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. An automobile is parked by the sidewalk in front of the Kentucky Theater. Scaffolding holds a sign perpendicular to the building from the roof. It has a lot of little lights and the word Kentucky...
Theaters; Motion picture theaters; Cultural facilities; Interiors; Buildings
Address: 649 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The projection screen of the Kentucky Theater has ornate decorations around it including two sphinxes facing the letter K at the top center. In front of the stage is a cover with musical symbols...
Address: 616 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. (Demolished, 1969). The entryway of the Rialto Theatre is shown. The flooring is either tile or parquet and has a runner protecting the main traffic area. To the right are ticket windows and just...
Address: 625 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The interior of Loew's Theatre shows the stage set up for a band with a drum, two pianos and music stands. The backdrop curtain has a patterned design and a side panel blocks the view of the...
Majestic Theatre (Louisville, Ky.); Theaters; Cultural facilities; Buildings; Group portraits; African Americans; Boys; Boy Scouts of America; People
A group of African American Boy Scouts pose in front of the Majestic Theatre at 618 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. (Building no longer exists.) Most of the boys wear coats or thick jackets and caps. Handwritten on back: "March 1923,...
Buildings; Cultural facilities; Libraries; Louisville Free Public Library; Public libraries
Frame building with shaded porch which served as the free public library, probably in Buechel, Kentucky. A horse and buggy are stopped in front. The photograph is torn at upper and lower right.
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...
Columbia Theater, Fourth Street south of Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. Stone, ornamented, three-story building with a one-story wing at the left. Central entrance and an entrance on the wing are reached by stone stairs over a slight embankment;...
