Buildings; Stores & shops; Drugstores; Western Union Telegraph Company; Automobiles; Street railroads
Walgreen Drugs, Western Union, and other retail shops and businesses in Martin Brown Building (later renamed the Commonwealth Building), Louisville, Kentucky. The building was demolished in 1994. Handwritten on back of print:...
Views from the ground floor of the rubble remaining from a demolished building. A wall stands but there are no ceilings and the floor is covered with rubble, wood, glass, and other items from the building.
View of the foundation of a house, with bricks, a piece of house containing two windows, and insulation resting inside. A portion of the roof, now knocked to the ground, holds a chair and a rocking horse, intact. The house was apparently demolished...
University of Louisville School of Law building, with cars parked by the curb near the entrance. A previous location of the School of Law (1923-1939), this building has been demolished. Location: Downtown: 312 Armory Place. Former names: Law...
Two women and two men are standing, and two men are sitting, on top of High Bridge, which is 275.5 feet above the low water mark, 1125 feet long, and is reported to be the first cantilever bridge in North America. Two piers anchored in concrete...
University of Louisville--Students; Students; Buses; Bus stops;
Two women and a man holding books wait for an approaching Louisville Transit Co. bus. The covered shelter behind them is probably one of the covered entrances to the tunnel under Eastern Parkway. These shelters and the tunnel were demolished during...
Train on railroad tracks leading toward one of the towers of High Bridge over the Kentucky River. The tracks are cut between cliffs and both towers are seen in the background. The north and south towers were built between 1854 and 1858 by bridge...
Three men stand outside a house that has been demolished by a tornado. One side of the house leans semi-upright, while all other pieces of the wooden structure have been reduced to lumber. Title supplied by cataloger.
Restaurants; University of Louisville--Buildings; Buildings; Signs (Notices);
The side of the Cardinal Inn, at the corner of First Street and Shipp Avenue. There is an advertisement for Levy Brothers, a local men's clothier, painted on the wall of the building and a large metal bin on the sidewalk. Owned by two Lebanese...
Railroads; Railroad stations; Debris; Tornadoes; Disasters; Union Depot (Louisville, Ky.)
The remains of Union Depot, located at Seventh Street and River, which was demolished by the tornado that hit Louisville, Kentucky, on March 27, 1890. The tornado killed an estimated 100 people and many more were injured.
Railroads; Railroad stations; Debris; Tornadoes; Disasters; Union Depot (Louisville, Ky.)
The remains of Union Depot, located at Seventh Street and River, which was demolished by the tornado that hit Louisville, Kentucky, on March 27, 1890. People are standing in front of and on top of a collapsed train shed. The tornado killed an...
Railroads; Railroad stations; Debris; Tornadoes; Disasters; Union Depot (Louisville, Ky.)
The remains of Union Depot, located at Seventh Street and River, which was demolished by the tornado that hit Louisville, Kentucky on March 27, 1890. People are standing in front of and on top of a collapsed train shed. The tornado killed an...
The Galt House Hotel at the corner of First Street and Main Street in Louisville, Kentucky. This building, the hotel's second location, was built in 1869, closed in 1919, and demolished in 1921. The hotel reopened in another location in 1973....
Fraternities & sororities; University of Louisville--Buildings; Buildings; Night photographs; Chi Omega Fraternity. Beta Gamma Chapter (University of Louisville);
The front of the Chi Omega house at 2030 South First Street. The front doorway and the letters "Chi" and "Omega" are lit up, standing out in the darkness. Two women can be seen in the doorway. The sorority moved from this...
The Courier Journal/Will Sales building at the southeast corner of Fourth Street and Green Street (now Liberty Street) in Louisville, Kentucky. A statue of George Prentice, a former editor of the newspaper, stands above the main entrance to the...
Ten-story Columbia Building, at Fourth and Main Streets in Louisville, Kentucky. Horse-drawn carts traverse the street in front of the building, and The Underwood is visible at right. Completed in 1890, the Columbia Building, also known as the...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Stern and port side of H.S. CHAMBERLAIN, at the bank of Ohio River at Howard Shipyard. H.S. CHAMBERLAIN, a stern-wheel towboat with wood hull (140 ft. x 30 ft. x 4 ft.), was built by Howard in 1911. Owned by Roane Iron Company, H.S. CHAMBERLAIN...
Side entrance of Lyndhurst mansion in Lexington, Kentucky, formerly owned by Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Stone. The architect based his plans on a villa he visited in Italy. Construction began in 1861 but was interrupted by the Civil War. The villa was...
Several men sit and talk on a pile of lumber in a clearing in the woods. The lumber looks as if it may be a from a demolished cabin. Handwritten on bottom border: 420. Title supplied by cataloger.
