The Illinois Central Railroad roundhouse, located on the northwest corner of Thirteenth and Oak Streets, Louisville, Kentucky, has numerous railroad tracks leading to and from a semi-circular building. Railroad cars and tanks sit on the tracks and...
Fire fighters; Industrial facilities; Fire engines; Utility poles; People; Transportation; Buildings
A crowd watches as firefighters work on a fire at Thirteenth and Main Streets in the Portland neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. At the left are two steam-powered pumps. In the background a fireman in a light-colored hat and coat climbs a ladder...
Tornadoes; Disasters; Buildings; Men; Women; Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Fraternal lodges; Odd Fellows Hall (Louisville, Ky.)
Men and women standing in front of a damaged building, probably Oddfellows Hall, following the tornado which hit Louisville, Kentucky, on March 27, 1890. The tornado killed an estimated 100 people and many more were injured.
A large group of men in suits and trench coats stand and kneel in front of a billboard reading Home of Progress Refrigerators. The sign is in front of a brick building. Title supplied by cataloger.
Five- or six-story commercial building with a train passing by on the train tracks in front. Painted across the front of the building is "Louisville Tin and Stove Company." Painted on the side of the building is a sign reading...
