Buildings; Cafes; Signs (Notices); Electric signs; Water pumps; Millinery
Two-story light wooden building attached to a two-story brick building at the corner of Sixteenth and Market, Louisville, Kentucky. The wooden building has Ed Leonard's Cafe on the ground floor, while the brick building houses [Losey] Millinery,...
Sculpture; Electric signs; Electric lighting; Lighting; Lamps; Light bulbs; Names; Artists' signatures; Language; Anamorphic images
"This relates to another work of 1968, My Name As Though It Were Written on the Surface of the Moon, also in neon. The latter, slightly more legibly, reads: 'bbbbbbrrrrrruuuuuucccccceeeeee'. It has been suggested that it may have been a...
Bridges; Industrial facilities; Smokestacks; Electric signs
The four smokestacks belong to the Louisville Gas and Electric Company located near the waterfront in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. Trusses from the Municipal Bridge (later renamed George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge) frame the smokestacks. One of...
Exhibition buildings; Electric lighting; Electric signs; Walkways
A large electric light exposition, apparently inside a big tent or exhibit hall. "Industrial Power Exhibit" is spelled out in lights at the far end of the hall. A chandelier and "star" lights hang from the ceiling. Other lights...
Theaters; Motion picture theaters; Cultural facilities; Buildings; Broadcasting; Electric signs; Signs (Notices)
Close-up view of Scoop Theatre and WGRC electric sign and marquee reading "Damon Runyon's Story At the Stroke of Twelve," which was released in 1941. The Scoop Theatre opened at 418 W. Walnut Street, Louisville, Kentucky, in 1942...
Theaters; Motion picture theaters; Cultural facilities; Broadcasting; Buildings; Electric signs; Signs (Notices)
Close-up view of Scoop Theatre and WGRC electric sign and marquee reading "Ky. Derby in the News Defense of Moscow." The latter is also featured on a sandwich board under the marquee. The Scoop Theatre opened at 418 W. Walnut Street,...
Neon Art Signs building with a neon sign above the front door with the name of the company. Another neon sign is in the window. Two-story building next to a one-story building.
Buildings; Cafes; Bowling alleys; Signs (Notices); Advertisements; Electric signs
Large three-story brick building at the corner of Eighteenth and Walnut (now Muhammad Ali Boulevard), Louisville, Kentucky. Ground floor houses O. J. Baker's Cafe and Bowling Alley. Large windows on the second floor with ornate decorations on top.
Buildings; Bars; Signs (Notices); Advertisements; Electric signs; Horses
Two-story brick building at the corner of Thirty-Second and Rudd, Louisville, Kentucky. Ground floor houses John H. LaPaille's Saloon. A horse is visible in the background, as are ads for Mother's Bread and Duke's Mixture tobacco.
Buildings; Cafes; Eating & drinking facilities; Bars; Signs (Notices); Pedestrians; Electric signs; Street railroad tracks; Furniture stores; Boys; Water pumps
Three-story brick building on street corner at Tweflth and Walnut (now Muhammad Ali Boulevard), Louisville, Kentucky, with a small room at the top and a garage, shown in different eras (with different businesses operating in it).
Sculpture; Signs (Notices); Language; Electric signs; Electron tubes; Advertisements; Advertising; Slogans; Commercialism; Communication; Communication devices
"Jenny Holzer extended the use of language in art to another dimension by presenting words alone; for the viewer, looking and reading became one and the same act. […] In graduate school at the Rhode Island School of Design in the mid-1970s,...
Sculpture; Signs (Notices); Advertisements; Advertising; Electric signs; Electron tubes; Communication; Communication devices; Language; Slogans; Cities & towns; Night; Night photographs; Architecture; Buildings; Walls; Streets; Roads;...
Excerpt from the Survival series. "Jenny Holzer extended the use of language in art to another dimension by presenting words alone; for the viewer, looking and reading became one and the same act. […] In graduate school at the Rhode Island...
Bridges; Construction; Smokestacks; Electric signs
This view captures a portion of the Municipal Bridge from Jeffersonville, Indiana to Louisville, Kentucky. Two concrete columns act as the base for large lights on the Indiana side of the bridge. The columns each have a tableau and the word Indiana...
Buildings; Automobiles; Transportation; Dance halls; Garages; Electric signs; Signs (Notices)
Address: southeast corner of Third and Guthrie Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. The Madrid Ballroom, labeled with a neon sign indicating "Madrid / Dancing," opened in September 1929 as a dance hall in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. White...
Rivers; Steamboats; Railroad tracks; Transportation; Smokestacks; Electric signs
A boat with "Hollywood Showboat" on the side is near the shore of Louisville, Kentucky. Beyond that are the smokestacks of the Louisville Gas & Electric Company and a sign reading, "The Gateway to the South / Louisville."...
