The Frank Fehr Cold Storage Plant is shown nearly completed. Parts of the top floors are still unfinished and scaffolding can be seen. Signs posted on a shack in front of the construction read: "Electric Elevators furnished by Kaestner &...
Temples; Domes; Religious facilities; Historic buildings; Buildings
Address: 757 S. Brook Street, Louisville, Kentucky. James J. Gaffney designed this building, with its terra cotta dome, tile mosaics, and elaborate brickwork, for congregation Adath Jeshurun. The first service there was on July 5, 1919. The...
A view of the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge through a veil of fog in Louisville, Kentucky. The bridge was built in 1868 and reinforced later in 1919. It has also been known as the Conrail Railroad Bridge, the 14th Street Bridge, and now as the...
Address: Logan & Lampton St., Louisville, KY. The partially visible advertising is painted on the back/east side of this 13-story building. Built on the site of the Schaefer-Meyer Brewing Company, the plant became Frank Fehr Brewing Co. Plant...
Buildings; Vehicles; Airplanes; Airports; Parachutes; Bowman Field (Ky.)
Five men shown trying to secure a white parachute on the grass at Bowman Field in front of a biplane and buildings, Louisville, Kentucky. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is still in operation, although Standiford Field (now...
Buildings; Vehicles; Airplanes; Airports; Aerial photographs; Bowman Field (Ky.)
Aerial view of Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky. Photo shows a plane on the tarmac, hangar, and administration building. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is still in operation, although Standiford Field (now Louisville...
Victor H. Engelhard elementary school, 119 East Kentucky Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Three-story brick building with a pediment centrally on the roof, over a lower entrance imprinted, "Victor H. Engelhard School." Ivy covers the lower...
Buildings; Vehicles; Airplanes; Airports; Aerial photographs; Bowman Field (Ky.)
Low altitude aerial view of Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky. The layout of the airfield is shown. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is still in operation, although Standiford Field (now Louisville International Airport) took...
Buildings; Vehicles; Airplanes; Airports; Air pilots; Bowman Field (Ky.)
Captain Russ executes a loop in an airplane above Louisville, Kentucky. The airplane is based at Bowman Field. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is still in operation, although Standiford Field (now Louisville International...
Buildings; Vehicles; Airplanes; Airports; Mechanics (Persons); Bowman Field (Ky.)
Seven mechanics work on an airplane in a hangar at Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is still in operation, although Standiford Field (now Louisville International Airport) took over...
Buildings; Vehicles; Airplanes; Airports; Flight crews; Air pilots; Bowman Field (Ky.)
A flight crew consisting of seven men (three in uniforms, four in leather jackets) pose with an airplane in the background at Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky. The man third from the left is Alvin L. Prichard, Sr. and
to his immediate right is...
Buildings; Vehicles; Airplanes; Airports; American Airlines, inc.; Biplanes; Bowman Field (Ky.)
Passengers, mostly men wearing suits and white hats with black bands, are greeted as they exit a large American Airlines biplane on the tarmac at Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is still in...
Buildings; Vehicles; Airplanes; Airports; Bowman Field (Ky.)
Airplane, propellers spinning, on grass at Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky. A man is standing on the left edge of the photo near the plane. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is still in operation, although Standiford Field...
Buildings; Airports; United States. Works Progress Administration; Bowman Field (Ky.)
Architectural rendering in pencil of the Administration Building at Bowman Field in Louisville, Kentucky. Stamp on back of image: "This photograph and any accompanying data are furnished free of charge by the Works Progress Administration in...
Buildings; Airports; United States. Works Progress Administration; Bowman Field (Ky.)
Groundbreaking for the Administration Building, Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky. The dirt is being shoveled by a man in an overcoat and dark hat who is surrounded by men in suits and work uniforms. A small sign in the grass to the left says...
Buildings; Airports; United States. Works Progress Administration; Bowman Field (Ky.)
Addition to Administration Building under construction, Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky, 1936. The building is shown emerging from the worksite rubble. To the left of the building is a small sign saying "USA Work Program WPA"--and the...
Buildings; Vehicles; Airplanes; Airports; Air shows; Bowman Field (Ky.)
Eleven men and one boy stand in a row in front of an airplane at a Bowman Field air show, Louisville, Kentucky. Two men shake hands. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is still in operation, although Standiford Field (now...
Buildings; Vehicles; Airplanes; Airports; Air shows; Bowman Field (Ky.)
Many spectators, including men, women, and children, at an air show at Louisville's Bowman Field. The spectators are standing in a row several people deep in a grassy field with the grass in front worn bare in two streaks. Behind the people there...
Buildings; Vehicles; Airplanes; Airports; Air pilots; Bowman Field (Ky.)
Two pilots in an airplane with spinning propellers preparing to take off at Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky, 1936. A man stands on the right near the plane with one foot forward. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is still in...
Buildings; Vehicles; Airplanes; Airports; Bowman Field (Ky.)
Airplanes parked in air field at Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is still in operation, although Standiford Field (now Louisville International Airport) took over commercial airline...
