"Preston Lodge F & A. M." (Free and Accepted Masons), Louisville, Kentucky. The first floor has concrete blocks and a tiny window; the second and third floors are connected by marble pillars around three windows on each of those...
"Z Taylor 1835" is carved into the trunk of a tree in Iroquois Park, Louisville, Kentucky. The tree is believed to have been carved by Zachary Taylor, the twelfth president of the United States, in 1835. Beneath that carving is another...
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...
A dozen children, all girls, in a Simpsonville, Kentucky, park clustered around a see saw. Most of the children are sitting on the right side of the see saw so that it is on the ground. The left side is unoccupied. Every child but one is wearing...
Window displays; Stores & shops; Hats; Buildings; Mannequins; Stewart Dry Goods Co., Inc.
A female mannequin sits in the display window at Stewart Dry Goods Company which was located in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. The mannequin wears a sheath dress and holds a feathered fan and long white gloves. She looks toward a stand on which a...
A Franklin automobile is shown with four men in it. The top is down for the picture, but the road appears icy and a little bit of snow appears at the base of the statue of Abraham Lincoln at the side of the Louisville Free Public Library at 301...
Majestic Theatre (Louisville, Ky.); Theaters; Cultural facilities; Buildings; Group portraits; African Americans; Boys; Boy Scouts of America; People
A group of African American Boy Scouts pose in front of the Majestic Theatre at 618 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. (Building no longer exists.) Most of the boys wear coats or thick jackets and caps. Handwritten on back: "March 1923,...
Fire stations; Men; Automobiles; Children; Cobblestone streets; Buildings; People; Transportation
A shiny car is parked in front of the doors of the Fire Department Headquarters at 623 W. Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A young boy with a hat sits at the wheel as four men stand around the car. Three of them wear hats. The side of the...
A wood and wire fence surrounds a tree at Iroquois Park in Louisville, Kentucky. The tree is believed to have been carved by Zachary Taylor, the twelfth president of the United States, in 1835. The sky is gray and there are more leaves on the...
Street railroads; Street railroad tracks; Buildings; Louisville Railway Company; Transportation
Address: 1833 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A trolley car is shown halfway into the trolley barns at Fourth and Avery Streets (now known as Cardinal Boulevard) the morning after a fire. The brick of the multi-story building and the...
City & town life; Streets; Banks; Automobiles; Buildings; Historic buildings; Stores & shops
Address: 208 S. Fifth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. At the intersection of Fifth and Market Streets in downtown stands the Louisville Trust Building. Oversized arches mark the entries and are repeated several stories above with smaller arched...
Churches; Religious facilities; Buildings; Historic buildings
Address: 213 E. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. St. Paul's German Evangelical Church and Parish House is set back from the street by a wide sidewalk and parkway with immature trees. Built in 1906 in the late Gothic Revival style, the church is made...
Buildings; Building construction; Kosair Temple (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 224 E. Broadway. Partially obscured sign reads "Future [site of] Kosair Mosque". Low building has multiple doors with wooden steps. This building was likely razed prior to the construction of the Kosair Temple. Written on front:...
Buildings; Building construction; Kosair Temple (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 224 E. Broadway. The site of the Kosair Temple construction shows piles of lumber, works, and scaffolding next to Louisville Used Car Kompany. Written on front: November 13, 1923 / Photo No 52522 (The photo is believed to be taken by...
Buildings; Building construction; Kosair Temple (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 224 E. Broadway. This construction site shows the beginning of building the Kosair Temple. A support beam stands in an excavated site next to the Louisville Used Car Kompany. Piles of lumber and a couple of work shacks are on the sidewalk...
Buildings; Building construction; Kosair Temple (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 224 E. Broadway. This scene captures the beginning work of constructing Kosair Temple. The lot had been cleared and flattened. A man works a steam shovel as others work around a cart with the wording "Highland Motor Transfer Co."...
Address: 301 York Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Cars park outside the Louisville Free Public Library which was built in 1906. The symmetrical lines of the building along with the central pediment supported by columns represent the Beaux Arts style....
Address: 318 E. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. This brick and stone edifice served as the meeting place Banner Council J.O.U.A.M. (Junior Order of United American Mechanics). A cement and metal archway frames the steps to the property and reads...
Stores & shops; Buildings; Automobiles; Streets; Historic buildings; Stewart Dry Goods Co., Inc.
Address: 501 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Rows of black cars are parked on either side of the Stewart Dry Goods Company at the corner of Fourth and Walnut Streets (now Muhammad Ali Boulevard). The stone and brick building rises several...
