African Americans; African American business enterprises; African American Business people; Drugstores; Pharmacists; African American pharmacists; Urban renewal; Service stations; Standard Oil Company; Civil rights
Oral history interview with Frank Moorman, Sr., conducted on August 17, 1978 by Kenneth Chumbley. Mr. Moorman was a businessman in Louisville's Walnut Street area. Mr. Moorman discusses his parents and grandparents, and his early life in Owensboro,...
Address: 1764 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. A man in a dark suit and hat talks with a young man in striped pants and a white jacket. They are standing near the display cases in Young's Pharmacy. Products in the cases include cameras,...
Address: 2000 Cherokee Parkway, Louisville, Kentucky. Turner's Cherokee Pharmacy sits at the corner of Cherokee Parkway and Bardstown Road. Cherokee Apartments are also visible. A couple bicycles lean up against the front of the pharmacy which...
Address: 2116 Bardstown Road, Louisville, Kentucky. An automobile is parked in front of the Bardstown Road Pharmacy. The hood of the car appears to be seamed down the middle with hinges so that it can be opened from the side. Two headlamps, metal...
Address: 2200 Bardstown Road, Louisville, Kentucky. Trolley tracks are embedded in the street in front of Taylor Drugs and Steiden Stores. Utility lines parallel the street. The drug store advertises cigars and sodas and Steiden Stores showcase...
Address: 2210 Bardstown Road, Louisville, Kentucky. Trolley tracks run down the street where Bardstown Road meets Harvard Drive. On the left side is the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company and on the right are Taylors Drugs and Steiden Stores....
Address: 132 W. Chestnut Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A shiny marquee announces "koby drugs" with decorative curvy lines. The store is at the corner of Second and Chestnut Streets and the main door opens to the corner. The floor in front...
Bicyclists and pedestrians meet at the doorway of Young's Pharmacy at Frankfort Avenue and Pope Street. The building is multiple stories tall and likely includes an apartment on the upper floors. Beyond the pharmacy is Rosalind Beauty Shoppe and...
Address: 601 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. At the intersection of Fourth and Chestnut Streets, this photograph shows Taylor Drug Store with a large sign on its roof for Levy Bros. The sign has a picture of the Levy Bros. building and also...
Address: 741 E. Oak Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The building appears to be vacant. A ghost sign painted on the brick wall of the building reads, "Votteler's Drug Store. Garden Seeds. Wholesale and Retail."
Commercial art galleries; Brick wall signs; Buildings; Drugstores
Address: 1764 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, KY. View of Architype Gallery. Woman standing at window looking inside. Ghost sign on Pope Street side of building reads "H.G. Young, Druggist."
Ghost sign reads "Neff Pharmacy. Over 100 years Professional Service, Prescriptions are our Business. Home health care services. Money Orders, TARC Tickets, Postage Stamps. Utility Bill Collection, Copie & Fax Service."
Address: 1252 S. Shelby Street, Louisville, Kentucky. View of sign painted on the side of a brick business building. Sign appears to read "Mack's Drug Store." Cars, a pedestrian, a church, and other businesses are also visible.
Address: Corner of Dixie Highway and West Saint Catherine Street, Louisville, Ky. View of south wall of vacant building. Partially legible ghost sign on wall for "parking" and "prescriptions priced right." Signs on front of...
Address: Corner of Dixie Highway and West Saint Catherine Street, Louisville, Ky. View from West Saint Catherine Street of north wall of vacant building featuring two overlapping ghost signs. One appears to have been for mechanics and is partially...
