“This stoa received its name (poikile, ‘painted’) from the series of large paintings which decorated its walls. These were painted on wooden panels by the three great Athenian painters of the day, Polygnotus, Micon and Panaenus. The paintings...
500 block of West Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky, looking west at 600 block. Cars parked along street and people walking in background. Business in foreground, at 509 Main Street, is Guy W. Smith and Sons Movers, Packers, Storage, Shippers....
600 block of south 4th Street looking north. A dump truck filled with bags in front of Hubbuch Brothers and Wellendorff store. An African American man stands with a shovel behind a pile of gravel. Next to the store is a wood fence with painted...
600 block of south 4th Street on the east side looking north. A row of different height buildings including Louisville Rubber Company, a record shop, Western Auto Supply Company, and the Kentucky Theater.
Streets; Buildings; Stores & shops; Commercial facilities; Automobile equipment & supplies stores; Theaters; Hotels; Brown Hotel (Louisville, Ky.)
600 block of south 4th Street on the east side looking south. A row of businesses including the Kentucky Theater and Western Auto Supply Company with the Brown Hotel in the distance.
600 block of south 4th Street on the east side. Multi-story stone building with a Bilharz storefront next to a theater. Portions of the image are overexposed.
600 block of south 4th Street on the northeast corner. View of the Starks Building, a multi-story brick and stone building. On the ground level are stores, including Sutcliffe, Stern's Silk Shop, and a cigar store.
Streets; Buildings; Stores & shops; Drugstores; Construction
600 block of south 4th Street on the west side looking north. Cars parked along the sidewalk next to a row of businesses, including a T.P. Taylor and Company and Piggly Wiggly. A construction site is set up to the north.
600 block of south 4th Street on the west side. A drugstore next to Letzler-Lorch jewelry store in a multi-story stone office building (Martin-Brown building).
Streets; Buildings; Stores & shops; Clothing stores; Construction
600 block of south 4th Street on the west side. Construction site on the west side of the street in front of Dolfinger, Bourne & Bond Sporting Goods, and other stores.
600 block of South 4th Street on the west side. Front of the Rialto Building, a stone building with a marquee reading B.F. Keith's. Located at 616 South 4th Street.
600 block of south 4th Street on the west side. Hotel Berkeley, a cafeteria, Liberty Insurance Bank, Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, T.P. Taylor and Company, and other businesses line the block.
600 block of south 4th Street on the west side. Row of brick buildings with businesses, including a billiards parlor, luncheonette, bowling alley, and hair salon.
600 block of south 4th Street on the west side. View of Bernheim building with Dolfinger, Bourne & Bond Sporting Goods, and other stores lining the block.
Streets; Buildings; Stores & shops; Commercial facilities; Restaurants; Construction
600 block of south 4th Street, with a view of businesses in a two-story brick building with advertisements painted on the wall. The stores are Younger Furs and Fred Haupt Company, with a chop suey restaurant on the second level. Just past the...
600 block south 4th Street looking north. The Brown Hotel is on the right, to the east, and a row of businesses is to the west. Streetcar tracks are on the street.
