Young Men's Christian associations; Buildings; Youth organizations; Signs (Notices); Electric signs; Billboards; Automobiles
View of north side of 200 and 300 blocks of West Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky; YMCA building on corner with Cafeteria: Open to Ladies and Hat Cleaning, Shoe Repairing; Drug store; Brown Hotel; vehicles parked on either side of road. Handwritten...
Buildings along Broadway in Louisville, Kentucky. Trees line the sidewalk in front of the buildings, while the foreground is dominated by Broadway. In the 1870s Broadway was considered a suburb with many large residences. By the end of this decade...
Baptist churches; Broadway Baptist Church (Louisville, Ky.)
Founded in 1870, the Broadway Baptist Church was built originally on Broadway between First Street and Brook Street and the first worship services were held in the sanctuary in May 1872. The last service was held in May 1948 at this location, and a...
Buildings; Liquor stores; Barbershops; Advertisements; Signs (Notices); Water pumps
Two-story wooden building at the corner of Twenty-Sixth and Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky; signpost for W. Broadway is visible. Two ground floor businesses housed in this building: a Union Shaving Parlor and a cafe that serves Fortuna Whisky and...
African Americans; African American business enterprises; African American Business people; Drugstores; Pharmacists; African American pharmacists; Urban renewal; Service stations; Standard Oil Company; Civil rights
Oral history interview with Frank Moorman, Sr., conducted on August 17, 1978 by Kenneth Chumbley. Mr. Moorman was a businessman in Louisville's Walnut Street area. Mr. Moorman discusses his parents and grandparents, and his early life in Owensboro,...
Utility poles; Louisville Gas and Electric Company; Buildings; Commercial facilities
Address: 900 block of E. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. Utility lines crisscross over the street. On one side is a cafeteria. On the other side of the street are signs for The Corner Shoppe ("Drug Sundries Luncheonette"), Coca-Cola,...
Address: 743 E. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. A brick, stone, and marble building displays a sign reading: "'The Oldest National Bank in the South' First National Bank. Shelby & Broadway Branch. 'You can park.'" The corner of the...
A smoky haze lingers over the buildings at Broadway and Second Street in Louisville, Kentucky. The brick intersection is crisscrossed by trolley tracks and wires. At the corner, Broadway Pharmacy advertises La Palina, Filson Club Cigars, and Rubber...
Pedestrians, cars, a trolley, and a horse and buggy drive along Broadway in Louisville, Kentucky. A traffic cop stands in the middle with his hand on a cord or pole attached to a box suspended over the intersection. This box may have been a...
Streets; Automobiles; Transportation; Stores & shops; Buildings; Churches; Religious facilities
At the intersection of Brook Street and Broadway in Louisville, Kentucky, the view to the east shows a small green space followed by the Kosair Temple with a spotlight positioned on the roof. Across the street are St. Paul's Evangelical Church, the...
Streets; Transportation; Motorcycles; Street railroads; Buildings; Parades & processions
Address: Broadway and Sixth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Men on motorcycles ride in front of a string of trolley cars during a parade of the trolleys down Broadway. In the distance the tall white building is the Heyburn Building on Fourth Street...
Transportation; Street railroads; Automobiles; Union Station (Louisville, Ky.); Railroad stations; Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company; Streets
Address: Broadway and Tenth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Union Station's impressive stone edifice faces Broadway. A large canopy protects the entryway above which is a large circular stained glass window. A clock tower indicates the time as 9:00....
Cityscapes; Aerial views; Stores & shops; Religious facilities; Educational facilities; Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings
Aerial view of the intersection of Broadway and Brook Street in Louisville, Kentucky. At the lower right is Knight Soda Fountain Company. Across Brook Street is Myers Hall, home of the University of Louisville School of Dentistry. Beyond that are...
Hotels; Buildings; Automobiles; Streets; Stores & shops; Transportation; Street railroads; Brown Hotel (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 335 W. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. Trolleys and automobiles line the road in front of the Brown Hotel on Broadway. In the middle of the street is a median strip where passengers of the trolleys embark and disembark. Wide sidewalks...
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...
The Chautauqua movement has been called "culture under canvas" and "the university of the people." What began as a training camp for Sunday School teachers on the shores of Lake Chautauqua in western New York State in the...
This thesis is an economic and historical examination of Keeneland racetrack in Lexington, Kentucky. The material commences with a historical overview of the role of sport and recreational activities in the United States. Putting sport and leisure...
Address: 1100 East Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. This building is located at the corner of East Broadway Street and Barret Street. There is a very large ghost sign painted onto the brick side of the building which reads, "OK The Worlds...
Address: 1935 West Broadway, Louisville, Ky. View of wall facing west from adjacent parking lot. Ghost sign partially hidden beneath crumbling frame faade. Legible part of sign reads "M&T Builders." Sign of "Broadway Eye Care...
