This image is part of a set of twelve photographs of houses where tax assessments were raised. In the photograph, five boys with caps sit on the front porch as a woman stands to the side with hands on her hips. The house is shotgun style with a...
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...
Address: 312 E. Walnut Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Three "1/2 ton cap." trucks are shown here in front of the American Dye Works building. Each truck includes a sign reading, "American Dye Works, F. Edmond Klein, Prop., 'A Personal...
American Tobacco Company; Industrial facilities; Automobiles; Street railroads; Transportation; Buildings
Address: 1624 W. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. This view of the American Tobacco Co. from the south side of Broadway between 16th and 17th Streets shows a temporary crossover switch on the streetcar tracks. A car is parked in front of the...
Children; School children; Group portraits; African Americans; Schools; Buildings; People
Address: 1534 Washington Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Students and teachers of the Benjamin Bannecker School stand outside for a group picture. The school building appears to be built of wood plant siding and has a small awning over the front...
Advertising; Stores & shops; Show windows; Street railroad tracks; Automobiles; Utility poles; Louisville Gas and Electric Company; Buildings; Transportation
Written on the front of the photograph is, "January - 10 - 1921, Louisville Gas & Electric Co., Bardstown Road at Highland Ave. looking South - showing all lines moved to Southwest side of street." Utility poles line the sidewalk...
Utility poles; Street railroad tracks; Automobiles; Dwellings; Houses; Louisville Gas and Electric Company; Buildings; Transportation
Address: 1300 block Bardstown Road, Louisville, Kentucky. Handwritten on front: "January 10 - 1921, Louisville Gas & Electric Co., Bardstown Road near Longest Ave. looking North showing all lines moved to Southwest side of street."...
Dwellings; Houses; Stores & shops; Street railroad tracks; Automobiles; Utility poles; Louisville Gas and Electric Company; Buildings; Transportation
Address: 1300 block Bardstown Road, Louisville, Kentucky. Handwritten on front: "January 10 - 1921, Louisville Gas & Electric Co., Bardstown Road near Longest Ave. looking South showing all lines moved to Southwest side of street."...
Address: 1810 Sils Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Designed by J. Earl Henry, the Belknap School was housed in this building until Jefferson County Public Schools closed the school in 1978. The Belknap Building, which became a condominium in 2006,...
Men stand at the edge of the Louisville & Portland Canal as the locks are opened to allow a steamboat, probably the East St. Louis, through. Dark clouds of smoke billow from the boat's pipes. The 26th Street railroad bridge can be seen above...
Men stand at the edge of the Louisville & Portland Canal as the locks are opened to allow a steamboat, probably the East St. Louis, through. Dark clouds of smoke billow from the boat's pipes. The 26th Street railroad bridge can be seen above...
A steamboat is shown leaving the Louisville & Portland Canal and entering the Ohio River. Painted on the back of the boat is "East St. Louis, Port of Louisville." The boat is multiple stories and has two large black steam pipes near...
Group portraits; Families; Hats; Boys; Men; Women; People
A young boy in coat and cap is flanked by a women and a man with a beard. Behind them all is a young man with a case. A taxicab is unloading behind them.
Address: 1001 S. 26th Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Brandeis Elementary School, a brick and stone building, was constructed in 1913. The multi-story building includes multiple chimneys. A cement path leads up to stairs and the front entrance. A...
Intersection at Brook and Burnett Aves where Wymond and Aronson automobiles collided. A light hangs in the center of the intersection. Cars are parked on the street. A business or shop is on one corner. On the other side of the street is a home...
Sculpture; Horses; Houses; Parks; Castleman, John Breckinridge, 1841-1918; Buildings
At the intersection of Cherokee Road and Cherokee Parkway in Louisville, Kentucky, stands this monument to John B. Castleman. Created in 1913, the statue depicts Castleman on his mare Carolina. He is shown in a suit with a hat in one hand and the...
Cave Hill Cemetery (Louisville, Ky.); Cemeteries; Clock towers; Buildings
The entryway to Cave Hill Cemetery is located at Baxter Avenue and Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. The larger part of the gate includes a house and a clock tower topped with a statue of an angel in the Victorian Romanticism style. The gate allows...
Several young African American men work on an automobile chassis. Some wear overalls to protect their clothing; others wear vests and shirts. These young men are likely students at Central Colored School where the photograph was taken.
Women; African Americans; Students; Schools; Cookery; People
Young women at Central Colored School (908 Magazine Street, Louisville, Kentucky) take a cooking class. Each girl wears an apron over her dress and a chef's hat or towel around her hair. The tables have an array of bowls and silverware on them as...
Hospitals; Health care facilities; Lawns; Flags--United States; Central Kentucky Asylum for the Insane; Central State Hospital (Ky.); Buildings
Handwritten on the front of this photograph is "Kentucky State Hospital for Insane / Lakeland, Ky / 63 men at this hospital." A curving sidewalk winds through a manicured lawn with flower pots, trees, and trellises. A United States flag...
