Maps; Floods; Disasters; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville--1920--1940; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods--Ohio River
Map, printed in green in on white paper, of the area of Louisville, Kentucky, affected by the 1937 flooding of the Ohio River. Includes description of the flood, chart of elevations and depths of selected sites in Louisville, two photographs of...
Aerial photographs; Stadiums; Baseball; Buildings; Parkway Field (Louisville, Ky.)
Aerial view of a baseball game at Parkway Field, 100 W. Eastern Parkway, Louisville, Kentucky. Players are on the field and the stands are almost full. Beyond the stadium cars are parked along the street and in a parking lot and trolley cars can be...
African Americans--Politics and government; Local elections; Metropolitan government; Voting research
Literature on religious involvement in public affairs typically examines the
national scene, particularly public opinion and political behavior in presidential elections.
Few scholars examine religious actors in urban politics and policymaking....
Airplanes; Airports; Buildings; Bowman Field (Louisville, Ky.)
An airplane is parked in a hangar labeled Curtiss Flying Service and another is parked to the side of it. Cars are parked between the hangar and the brick Administration building at Bowman Field in Louisville, Kentucky. A series of weather...
The lipid aldehydes, 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal (4-HNE) and propene-2-al (acrolein) are reactive α,β-unsaturated aldehydes generated during the peroxidation of lipids and are implicated in the pathogenesis of several oxidative-stress mediated diseases,...
Woodblock prints of, clockwise from top left: man in tunic seated among four male lions; knights on horseback jousting outside castle; girl and boy listening to man seated on porch smoking pipe and holding skull; number 11; man wearing turban and...
Animals; Street railroads; Children; Play (Recreation); Toys; Writing; Reading; Sleeping; Men; Lathes; Shepherds; Barrels; Women; Flowers; Plants; Trees; Urns; Inkstands
Woodblock prints of, from top left and starting with larger images: fox ready to pounce on rabbit, hidden under tree root; 5-cent stamp, bearing image of horse-drawn trolley; mother cat leaping with arched back toward dog to protect her litter of...
Barbershops--Social aspects; African American men--Social life and customs; African American men--Conduct of life; African American men--Psychology
Labeled as a man's environment, the Black barbershop is a sacred location for
Black men. Yet, it is unclear how Black men communicate in the Black barbershop.
This research study examined the communicative process of Black men within the...
Barbershops; Tailor shops; Public accommodation facilities; Buildings; Wooden buildings
Three-story white wood building labeled "Central House," "Trimbles Barber Shop" and "S. Dickstein, The Tailor." The building has a dark painted first floor at the front, and in back is connected to a one-story brick...
Multiple views of a flooding Beargrass Creek in Butchertown, including views of industrial buildings, train trestles, bridges, and debris. Images are labeled 1:10 PM, 1:20 PM, 1:30 PM, 1:40 PM, 1:50 PM, 2:00 PM, and 2:10 PM.
A person stands on a stone bridge with a wide portion of Beargrass Creek running below. Above is a Big Four railroad crossing. Image is labeled 2:20 PM.
Bridges; Stone bridges; Streams; Floods; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville
Curved portion of Beargrass Creek leading to a stone bridge with billboards on the road above. The creek has water in it. Part of an improvement project to the creek. Labeled time is 12:15 pm.
Bridges; Stone bridges; Streams; Floods; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods--Ohio River
Water rising in Beargrass Creek at a portion below a stone bridge with billboards on the road above. Part of an improvement project to the creek.Stamped on the image: Ohio River Flood January-February 1937. by Commissioners of Sewerage. Louisville,...
Buildings; Air pollution; Industrial buildings; Churches; Religious facilities
Address: 215 Central Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Smog lingers in the air above the buildings of Reed Air Filter Company. Two low buildings are labeled with the company's name. One is brick with awnings and the other is made of sheet metal. Lumber...
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...
Buildings; Canopies; Automobiles; Banks; Lincoln Savings Bank (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 136 S. Fourth Street (Demolished, 1973.) The Lincoln Savings Bank is another of the buildings for which Alfred S. Joseph served as chief architect while at Macdonald & Dodd. Its glazed tile upper and lower tiers, setting off the brick...
